Unit 4 Ancient India Review

What geographical term is used to describe India and a few neighboring territories?

• Subcontinent

• Peninsula

• Landmass

• Civilization

The Indus and Ganges when combined with every tributary that feeds them are examples of .....

• Rivers

• River Systems

• Watersheds

• Flood Plains

What do historians believe caused the end of the Indus River Valley civilization?

• Famine

• Climate Change

• War

• Disease

True or False. Frequent droughts, likely caused by climate change, led to famine and the eventual fall of the Indus River Valley civilization

• True

• False

Ancient Indian civilizations relied on these seasonal rains to provide water for crops during the summer months.

• Typhoon

• Monsoon

• Hurricane

• Summer Rains

When the Indus River Valley civilization fell it is believed that people migrated to what other river system found on the Indian subcontinent?

• Indus River

• Nile River

• Tigris River

• Ganges River

What are the collection of hundreds/thousands of sacred hymns?

• Varna

• Upanishads

• Jati

• Veda

Which of the following is the correct order, from top to bottom, for the caste system?

• Sudras, Vaishyas, Kshatriyas, Brahmins

• Kshatriyas, Brahmins, Sudras, Vaishyas

• Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, Sudras

• Vaishyas, Sudras, Brahmins, Kshatriyas

True or False. Followers of Hinduism believe that accruing good karma can allow you to ascend the caste system when you reincarnate.

• True

• False

What language used to write the Vedas is still used for religious texts in Hinduism today?

• Heiroglyphics

• Cunieform

• Sanskrit

• Phoenician