India Unit Test Review

Summer monsoons bring water for crops.

• True

• False

How was the Indus Valley Civilization similar to early civilizations in Egypt and Mesopotamia?

• Its people all needed to farm.

• Its cities were enclosed in a fortress.

• It had many mountains to protect it from invasion.

• It developed near a great river system.

The fact that there were well-planned cities in the Indus Valley Civilization indicates that the people traveled and learned about other cultures.

• True

• False

The Aryans remained separate from the descendants of the Indus Valley people.

• True

• False

Priests and leaders maintained their status in the highest social class by claiming to be purer than other classes.

• True

• False

Which is the highest Caste?

• Brahmins
• Kshatriyas
• Vaisyas
• Sudras

What religion blended with the ideas of other people of India to form Hinduism?

• Islam

• Ahimsa

• Vedas

• Buddhism

Hindu teachings were originally spread

• through writings.

• orally.

• through rituals.

• by its founder.

What are the basic beliefs of Hinduism?

• Carrying out one's assigned duties in life.

• Karma

• Belief in only one deity.

• Reincarnation

What religion did Siddhartha Gautama found?

• Buddhism

• Christianity

• Islam

• Hinduism