Ancient India

This was an opening through the mountains that was used by nomadic people to migrate to India.

• Hindu Pass

• Cumberland Gap

• Khyber Pass

These were great works of religious literature of the Indo-Aryan people.

• Vedas

• Torah

• New Testament

• Four Nobel Truths

The Vedas were written in what language?

• Hieroglyphics

• Sanskrit

• Oracle Bone Script

• Arabic

Which is not true about the Upanishads?

• it was added to the Vedas

• Regarded animals as sacred

• there is a universal spirt in all life

• were written by the Buddha

Which is not true of the Bhagavad Gita?

• contained in the the Upanishads

• most important Hindu scripture

• contained in the Eight Fold Path

• stresses the importance of duty

Which of the following does not have to do with the caste system?

• varnas

• belief of Buddhism

• jatis

• belief of Hinduism

The ruler Asoka convert to, and promoted which religion?

• Buddhism

• Hinduism

• Judaism

• Christianity

What dynasty of ancient India ruled during the Golden Age of Indian Culture?

• Mauryan

• Buddhist

• Hindu

• Gupta

What religion did the rulers of the Gupta Dynasty follow?

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Judaism

• Christianity

What was not an accomplishment of the Gupta Dynasty?

• advances in medicine

• realized the world was round

• developed algebra

• invented geometry