Ancient India

The ancient city of Harappa had

• paved roads, sewer lines, and grids of streets

• an opera house, a postal service, and an art school

• restaurants, bookstores, and public transportation

• a city council, a mayor, and a fire department

Which of the following is a true statement?

• India has a single, very long river that brings water to the entire country.

• In the summer, big winds called monsoons bring lots of rain and thunderstorms to India.

• India contains over a dozen active and inactive volcanoes

• India is covered by mountains on all four sides

The Himalayas are

• a mountain range of many tall peaks where you will find Mount Everest

• the mythical beasts that live in the forest in India

• a river that flows from the mountains into India

• an advanced ancient civilization that mysteriously disapeared in 2000 BC

The Rig Veda is often considered the

• first written collection of fairy tales

• most perfectly preserved skeleton ever found

• earliest written document of governmental laws

• oldest existing piece of literature

The Vedas explored the relationship between the soul and the world and founded the basis of

• Buddhism

• Hinduism

• Taoism

• Confucianism

The Dalit were

• Indo-Europeans who migrated from Central Asia around 1500 BC

• The soldiers and their wives who made up the second highest caste

• The lowest caste also called the "untouchables," who had the worst jobs in society

• Merchants and farm owners

____ _____ determines what you will come back as in your next life

• Your caste

• Your job

• Your karma

• Your wealth

Buddhists believe Nirvana can be reached

• by the castes of priests

• by becoming very rich

• by being reincarnated into someone beautiful

• by finding peace and freeing oneself of pain and suffering

The Indus and the Ganges are

• ancient cities that were very similar despite being 300 miles apart

• rivers that flow into India and bring water to the country

• groups of invaders who failed to conquer ancient India

• the highest castes

Siddhartha was

• A. the founder of Hinduism

• B. a powerful Aryan leader

• C. a famous ruler of India who converted to Buddhism

• D. the founder of Buddhism