Ancient India Review (Unit 4)

Where did the first civilization of India arise?

• along the Ganges River

• along the Indus and Sarasvati Rivers

• near the coast of the subcontinent

• on the central plateau

What physical feature separates the subcontinent of India from the rest of Asia?

• Indian Ocean

• Bay of Bengal

• Deccan Plateau

• Himalayas

What did the Indus Valley civilizations use their granaries for?

• defense bulwarks

• government offices

• storing food 

• housing travelers

What caused the Indus Valley civilization to disappear?

• heavy flooding

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    drought

• foreign invaders

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    no known cause

Why did multiplication and division become easier during the Gupta empire? 

• They were the first to use base-10 numbers.

• They were the first to understand long division.

• They created a numeral for zero.

• They combined Chinese and Greek knowledge.

What did Siddartha Gautama do after seeing old age, sickness, death, and finally a holy man in the city streets? 

• vowed to rule his people so that fewer would be sick and face old age and death in poverty

• shut himself up in the palace and refused to travel outside again

• took his riches from the palace and gave them to the needy in the city

• cut his hair, traded his robes, and became a religious seeker

How did the emperor govern in the Gupta empire? 

• through giving citizens freedom and choice

• through threats and corporal punishment

• through keeping subjects uneducated and dependent

• through enriching subjects through trade

What are the Vedas?

• a language written in Sanskrit

• sacred hymns

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    priests who recited offerings

• the number system of the Indo-Aryans

Many of the achievements of the ancient Indus Valley civilization was due to their advanced knowledge of 

• science

• mathematics

• trade

• farming

What group was in the highest caste?

• Dalits

• rulers and warriors

• priests

• landowners and merchants