Ancient India

Which mountain range isolates and protects the Indian subcontinent?

• Himalayas

• Rockies

• Pyrenees

• Urals

Which major river supports life in India?

• Indus

• Tigris

• Nile

• Yangtze

What are monsoons?

• floating fields that support agriculture

• long period of dry, hot weather

• strong seasonal winds that blow at certain times of the year

• disease that causes many deaths

What is a planned city?

• highest in an ancient city

• a city where people move place to place

• a Greek city-state

• city built with specific layout in mind

Which of the following were planned cities of the Indian civilization?

• Harappa

• Mohenjo-Daro

• Carthage

• Cairo

Ashoka was the first ruler to promote . . .

• Jainism

• Hinduism

• ahisma

• Buddhism

______________ became known as the Buddha.

• Siddhartha Gautama

• Vedas

• Dalai Lama

• Stupas

Sacred books that recorded Aryan hymns, stories, poems and prayers are called . . .

• Stupas

• Guru

• Buddha

• Vedas

Reincarnation is ____________________________________.

• Hindu prayers

• language of the Vedas

• personal duty

• the rebirth of the soul

Dharma refers to one's ________________________________

• family status

• personal duty

• nirvana

• prayer life