Chapter 5 - Standardized Test Practice

Civilization grew on the Indian subcontinent along river marked on the map by the letter

• W
• X
• Y
• Z

The people of which varna in early India had the hardest lives?

• Brahmins
• Kshatriyas
• Sudras
• Vaisyas

What is the main goal of people who follow Buddhism as it was taught by the Buddha

• wealth
• rebirth
• missionary work
• reaching nirvana

The Mauryan emperor Asoka is known for all of the following except

• expanding the empire across most of India
• spreading Hinduism
• working to improve his people's lives.
• practicing nonviolence

Early India's contributions to world civilization included

• developing the world's first calendar
• creating what is now called algebra
• inventing the plow and the wheel
• introducing zero to the number system.

In this chapter you learned about two great epics, the Mahabharata and the Ramayana. Which of the following is also an epic poem that you have studied?

• Hammurabi's Code
• the Book of the Dead
• Gilgamesh
• the Pyramid Texts

As you learned earlier in this course, the ancient Egyptians held elaborate religious rituals. Which of these Indian religions also involved many rituals, including sacrifices?

• Buddhism
• Brahmanism
• Jainism
• Mauryanism