Buddism/ Hinduism

The Harappan civilization developed in the valley of which river?

• Indus

• Mississipii

• Missouri

• Harappa

What is the term for a large landmass that is smaller than a continent and often seperated from the main landmass by physical barriers such as moutains?

• Desert

• Subcontinent

• Peninsula

• Plateau

What are the seasonal wind patterns that cause India's wet and dry seasons?

• Local Winds

• Monsoons

• Trade winds

• Primary Winds

In what language were the sacred hymns and poems of the Aryans composed?

• Sanskirt

• English

• French

• Cave

What were the names of the two ancient Indian planned cities?

• Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro

• Hami and Karnataka

• Ujjain and Madhya

• Patna and Bihar

Is Hinduism polytheistic or monotheistic?

• Polytheistic

• Monotheistic

What was the name given to the divine laws of the caste a person belonged to?

• Truth

• Dharma

• Harmony

What is an alloy

• a mixture of two or more metals

• a mixture of dirt

• a mixture of chemicals

What kinds of things did Indian astonomers know before the rest of the world?

• they knew about 7 of the planets

• they knew the Sun was a star and the Earth revolved around it

• the knew the Earth was a sphere that rotated on its axis

• all of the above

What is astronomy?

• The study of planets and stars

• The study of science

• The study of the world