Quiz: Ancient India

First and Last Name

Which is NOT a river of ancient India?

• Indus
• Ganges
• Brahmaputra
• Nile

What brings rain from the ocean and often cause flooding?

• Summer Monsoons
• Winter Monsoons
• Fall Monsoons
• Spring Monsoons

In the Harrapan civilization, each house had at least one bathroom with drains and chutes connecting to?

• an Outhouse
• the Indus River
• a Sewer System
• the Indian Ocean

What makes it difficult to know much about the Harappans?

• Lack of written records that we can translate
• Too many written records- it's overwhelming!
• They burned all of their documents
• The Harrapans never existed

What is the word for reincarnation, or the "rebirth of the soul continues until a person reached spiritual perfection"?

• Moksha
• Caste System
• Samsara
• Mandala

According to Hindu beliefs, why would someone be reincarnated as a member of the Dalits (Untouchables) caste?

• Good karma in their past life
• No karma in their past life
• Back luck in this life
• Bad karma in their past life

Who can achieve spiritual perfection in Buddhism?

• Anyone
• Brahmins
• Dalits
• Kshatriyas

Which of the following was a possible reason for the collapse of the Harrapans?

• Volcano Eruption
• Climate Change
• Introduction of Buddhism
• War

Which level of the caste system were those who "Performed unclean jobs like street sweepers, waste handlers, dead body handlers"?

• Sudra
• Brahmin
• Kshatriya
• Dalit