Ancient India Week 2

What term describes how a civilization of people divides itself into different roles, responsibilities, and privileges?

• Vedas

• Social Classes

• Citadel

• Reincarnation

Who are the members of the upper class of ancient Indian society, including priests, teachers, judges, and scholars?

• Vaisyas

• Brahmans

• Shudras

• Gupta Empire

What term refers to the common people, including farmers, craftspeople, and traders?

• Vaisyas

• Brahmans

• Shudras

• Citadel

What term describes servants and unskilled workers in ancient Indian society?

• Vaisyas

• Shudras (Sudras)

• Brahmans

• Gupta Empire

What is the oldest religion in the world and the main religion of India, which includes the worship of many gods and the belief in reincarnation?

• Buddhism

• Hinduism

• Vedas

• Eightfold Path

What are the books of knowledge in the Hindu religion called?

• Citadel

• Vedas

• Reincarnation

• Gupta Empire

What term refers to a fortress that overlooks and protects a city?

• Vedas

• Citadel

• Social Classes

• Shudras

What concept describes the belief that a soul is reborn after death?

• Buddhism

• Reincarnation

• Eightfold Path

• Gupta Empire

What is the religion based on the teaching that life is filled with suffering caused by desire, which stops when desire stops?

• Buddhism

• Hinduism

• Vedas

• Social Classes

What is the path one must follow to achieve nirvana, when the soul will no longer be reincarnated to earthly suffering?

• Gupta Empire

• Eightfold Path

• Reincarnation

• Harappa Civilization