EOY Ancient World 7.0

The Aryans migrated into India had an advanced technological skill. It was: (a)  

• Iron forging
• stone tools
• Bronze tools
• papermaking

The new Aryan tribes who migrated into India ...

• drove fast cars and lived destructive lifestyles

• looked around, saw what the climate was like, and turned around to go home

• mixed with the descendants of the Indus Valley people to form a new culture

• Had to wait at the border for immigration officials to allow them entry

The system of social hierarchy that the Aryans brought when they migrated into India is called (a)  

• the social system
• the caste system, or varnas
• the pecuniary system
• the legal sysem

The Brahmins were at the top of the pyramid. Those condemned to the lowest level were called untouchable. The word for "untouchable" is actually Chandala. But the word those people in the lowest caste call themselves is Dalit. It means ...

• best people

• the oppressed

• our people

• the chosen

The Vedas, the Hindu holy books, were written in what language? (a)  

• Spanish
• Greek
• Chinese
• Sanscrit

The concept that the non-physical essence of a living being begins a new life in a new body after death is called...

• rebirthing

• water birth

• born again

• reincarnation

In the Bhagavad Gita, it says that worn out garments are shed by the body and worn out bodies are shed by (a)  

• the population
• the soul
• certain kinds of trees
• autumn

In Hinduism, Karma refers to a principle of cause and effect, wherein the actions of an individual influence the future of that individual. Another way to define Karma is to say ...

• no good dead goes unpunished

• what goes around, comes around

• when a door closes, another door opens

• when the going gets tough, the tough get going

In Hinduism, (a)   includes duties, rights, laws, conduct, virtues and "right way of living".

• Obeying the Word of God
• relaxation
• Dharma
• transmigration