Ancient India and China Quiz

What river did people in ancient India settle along?

• Tigris

• Nile

• Indus

• Euphrates

Why we know very little about the Indus Valley Civilization?

• They did not have a system of writing

• It was a very secret society that didn't write down any records

• We cannot decipher their script or written language

How do we know the cities in the Indus Valley had a government?

• We read it in their writings.

• Their cities had well planned, grid patterned streets.

• The kings told us.

• We don't know that they had a government.

What prevented ancient India from having much contact with other civilizations?

• religion

• the Himalayas

• no language

• it was illegal

A central fortress in Ancient Indian cities was called __________

• keep

• monsoon

• citadel

• brahamin

Which engineering feat was thousands of years ahead of its time and major cities such as Harappa and Mohenjo are known for?

• Canal that had running water into homes & sewage system

• System of economic trade that centered around China & Europe

• Language that translated into many others world wide

• Military tactics that were used by other armies around the world

Which was a probable cause for the disappearance of the people of the Indus Civilization?

• Natural disaster such as Earthquakes

• Over flooding over the river

• Moved to other areas after being conquered

• All of them

Which dynasty ruled first?

• Shang Dynasty

• Zhou Dynasty

• Eliya Dynasty

• Nipitella Dynasty

What was a common practice in the Shang Dynasty?

• Ancestor worship

• Praying to Buddha

• Mummification

• Confucianism

The idea that rulers were picked by the gods

• Dynastic cycle

• Taoism

• Polytheism

• Mandate of Heaven