Ancient India section 2 test review

What are the Vedas?

• a. sacred hyms

• b. the number system of the Aryans

Which theory about the Aryans do most scholars support?

• a. The Aryans invaded India as nomadic people.

• b. The Aryans were nomadic herders who slowly spread across India.

How did people in Aryan society enter a certain caste?

• a. They had to pass a test.

• b. They inherited their caste from their parents.

• c. They married into a caste.

Where did Aryan kingdoms develop by 500 B.C.?

• a. Indus Valley

• b. Ganges Plain

What is the best known of the Vedas?

• a. the Big Veda

• b. the Rig Veda

Who were the Brahmins?

• a. warriors

• b. merchants

• c. priests

Which group would have been most likely to clean the streets?

• a. Brahmins

• b. Sudras

• c. Vaishyas

The Dalits were also called

• a. the invincibles

• b. the untouchables

What is the language of sacred literature that still remains today?

• a. English

• b. Hindu

• c. Sanskrit

What is a caste?

• a. a fixed social class

• b. a type of plow

• c. a sacred hymn