Chapter 5 Quiz - Central & Southern Asia

The (a)   developed a strict social plan, the caste system, to keep people apart from each other.

• Aryans

• Dravidians

Answer explanation

The Aryans wanted nothing to do with the Dravidians and looked down on them.

In the early years there were four main traditional caste and thousands of subcastes. Place the castes in order from most important to least important.

• Farmers, laborers, and servants

• Landowners and merchants

• Brahmins

• Princes and warriors

Answer explanation

The worst thing about the caste system was that a person could NEVER work his way out of the caste into which he was born.

If a person broke the rules of his caste, he was put out of his caste and considered an ______ for the rest of his life.

• untouchable

• outcaste

• leader

It was considered a disgrace if an outcaste accidentally touched a person belonging to a caste. For this reason, they were called (a)   and could only live with other outcastes and were given the hardest work.

• untouchables

• servers

• commoners

What is the main religion in India today?

• Christianity
• Hinduism
• Buddhism
• Islam

Hindus worship many gods that they believe make up one universal spirit called (a)   .

• Brahma

• Buddha

• Allah

Hindus believe a man's soul is part of Brahma, along with animals and even plant life. When someone or something dies, its soul is reborn into some other newborn, man, or animal in a process called ______.

• reincarnation

• enlightenment

• metamorphosis

• evolution

Answer explanation

India is one of the poorest nations in the world today because of their belief in the false religion of Hinduism and a continued following of the caste system.

Who was dissatisfied with Hinduism and claimed to receive enlightenment, or a vision that answered his questions about life and death while meditating under a tree? After his vision, his followers gave him the title Buddha.

• Brahma

• Alexander the Great

• Henry Martyn

• Gautama

Answer explanation

Buddha means Enlightened One

Buddha called the state of being free from suffering​ (a)   , which could be achieved by getting rid of all desires and all worldly goods. At 80 years old, he died, and his followers began spreading his teachings. With the passing of years, ​ (b)   spread throughout Asia.

• nirvana
• Buddhism
• enlightenment
• Hinduism
• Islam

The Indians discovered very important principles of mathematics. They developed a symbol that meant "not any" that we call (a)   , and (b)   which is now called the decimal numeral system, and our modern written numbers.

• zero

• number value

• place value

• negative