Quiz on the Indian Caste Test Review System

The social class system that came to be known as the caste system was established in India by

• Buddhists

• Aryans

• Hindus

• Indigenous Indians

What does the diagram represent?

• Class system of China

• Political system of Greece

• Feudal system of Japan

• Caste system of India

The Indian Caste system

• Closely resembled the Greco-Roman structure

• Was extremely complex and stratified; a person could almost never change caste

• Had little basis in Hindu religious writings

• Integrated non-Aryans into ruling class as a way of political control

India flourished under Asoka who did all the following EXCEPT

• Convert to Buddhism

• Build up India’s role in regional trade

• Set up hospitals

• Convert to Hinduism

This is the name of India's second great empire, which ruled during the Golden Age.

• Mauryan

• Gupta

• Chandra Gupta I

• Asoka

Discovery of streets arranged in a grid-like pattern and a system of pipes for moving water in Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro suggest that these ancient river valley cities in South Asia had

• Organized governments

• Industry-based economies

• Polytheistic beliefs

• Rigid social classes

Who were the Aryans?

• Founders of Buddhism

• The distant relatives of the Harrapans

• Indo-European nomadic peoples who created a new Indian society

• The first religious leaders of India

What served as natural barriers for India?

• Himalayas and Hindu Kush

• Hindu Kush and Zagros

• Himalayas and Pyrenees

• Pyrenees and Alps

The ____ are seasonal winds that bring critical moisture to south Asian farmlands.

• Varnas

• Cyclones

• Jatis

• Vedas

• Monsoons

What are the two key cities in the Indus River Valley civilization?

• Harappa & Mohenjo-Daro

• Memphis & Harappa

• Ur & Mohenjo-Daro

• Mohenjo-Daro & Sumer