Unit 3

1. What is the caste system?

• a. The government of India
• b. The social organization of India
• c. The thing that makes India a civilization
• d. The culture in India

2. What is true about the caste system?

• a. The caste system has 10 levels
• b. The caste system doesn't tell you what your purpose in life is
• c. The only way to move through the caste system is through reincarnation
• d. The defining characteristic is laws

3. What do Hindus (people who practice Hinduism) believe about dharma?

• a. It is the goal they should try to meet
• b. It is the way to describe what the good and the bad you have done
• c. It is the cycle of birth, death, rebirth
• d. All of the above

4. What do the Hindus (people who practice Hinduism) believe about karma?

• a. Bad action leads to bad things happening
• b. Good actions lead to good things happening
• c. You need to live by your dharma to have good karma
• d. All of the above

5. What is reincarnation?

• a. The idea that light defeats darkness
• b. The idea that you need to go to school
• c. The idea that when you die your soul is reborn as another person
• d. The idea that pastries are delicious and scrumptious

6. What is migration?

• a. A trip
• b. A permanent movement of people
• c. A long term goal
• d. A pattern

7. Which is an example of migration?

• a. The Jewish people being pushed out of Israel
• b. The amount of people who go to Disney
• c. The typical path merchants travel
• d. All of the above

8. Migration almost always leaves a mark on the place people go to. Which of the following represents this impact?

• a. Having many people who are Latino in America but not celebrating the day of the dead
• b. The movement of animals have in the winter and summer
• c. The Angolans speak French because many French people lived in Angola many years ago
• d. The tendency to assume everyone’s experiences are the same as your own

9. Who are the Indus River Valley or Harrapan Civilization? Hint they are the group before the Aryans

• a. They are the group that brings Buddhism to India
• b. They are the group that are nomads then settle down
• c. They are the group that makes coins
• d. The are the group that first settled India

10. What lasting impact did the Aryan migration have on India?

• a. Their language
• b. Their religion
• c. Their social organization
• d. All of the above