Ancient India Post Test Review

What led the emperor Ashoka to become less harsh and warlike during his reign?

• a visit to athens showed him the benefits of democracy

• a peasant revolt made him worried he would lose power

• a destructive military victory caused him to adopt Buddhist ideas

• a meeting with Confucius convinced him to change his political ideas

Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya, and Sudra are all part of a class system related to which religious tradition?

• Buddhist

• Hindu

• Taoist

• Zoroastrian

What responsibility would belong to a member of the Brahmin caste in ancient India?

• leading an army into battle

• trading goods in a marketplace

• performing a religious ceremony

• working as a laborer for a landowner

What responsibility would belong to a member of the Sudra caste in ancient India?

• organizing an army to protect a city

• giving orders to a laborer in a workshop

• performing religious rituals at a wedding cermony

• carrying goods from a market to a customer's home

Arjuna is a hero in the ancient Indian story the Mahabharata. He is a skilled archer who talks with the god Krishna about his duty as a warrior.

Arjuna belonged to which caste?

• Brahmin

• Kshatriya

• Sudra

• Vaishya

In ancient Indian society, someone who owned a shop that sold spices most likely belonged to what caste?

• Brahmin

• Kshatriya

• Sudra

• Vaishya

Which caste in ancient Indian society had the most number of people?

• Brahmin

• Kshatriya

• Sudra

• Vaishya

What word is used to describe people in ancient Indian society without caste identity?

• helots

• satraps

• pharaohs

• untouchables

What responsibility would be carried out by those in ancient Indian society known as "untouchables"?

• cleaning streets and removing waste

• performing religious cermonies

• preparing and serving food

• leading soldiers into battle

Born in about 563 BCE in the Himalaya region of present-day India and Nepal

Practiced meditation

Found relief from suffering

This information is most closely connected with which religious leader?

• Lao Tzu

• Zoroaster

• Confucius

• Siddhartha Gautama