India

What is an accurate statement about the Silk Road based on the excerpt?

• The Silk road was responsible for cultural diffusion, not just the trade of goods.

• Travel and trade along the Silk Road was limited and tightly controlled by the Roman Empire.

• While a popular cultural story, little archeological evidence has been found to support that the Silk Road was real.

• Although called a road, the Silk Road was mostly water trade routes.

What evidence from the excerpt supports the answer to Part 1?

• "The Silk Road spanned the Asian continent..."

• …silk, cotton, wool, glass...gold, silver...traveled those routes...

• "Arabs traveled to India and China, Chinese to Central Asia, India, and Iran."

• "Buddhism itself was carried along these roads..."

Vedas is

• works of hindu literature.

• a book that was created by the Dalits.

• a cycle of Rebirth, reincarnation.

• a river located in the west area of Ancient India.

What caste was at the bottom of the social pyramid?

• Untouchables

• Buddha

• Dalit

• Brahmins

Today India is divided between what countries?

• Pakistan, Bangladesh

• Kish, Parma

• Sri Lanka, Bangladesh

What are the 4 regions?

• Himalaya region in the north and northeast, the river plains of the Indus and Ganges, the rocky Deccan plateau and southern coastal plain of Tamil Nadu

• Himalaya region in the south and southeast, the river plains of the Indus and Ganges, the rocky Deccan plateau and northern coastal plain of Tamil Nadu

What are 2 of India's rivers?

• Indus and Ganges

• Indus and Nile

• Tigers and Ganges

What is the capital city of India?

• A) Mumbai

• B) New Delhi

• C) Kolkata

• D) Chennai

Which Indian festival is known as the 'Festival of Lights'?

• A) Holi

• B) Diwali

• C) Eid

• D) Christmas

Who was the first Prime Minister of independent India?

• A) Mahatma Gandhi

• B) Jawaharlal Nehru

• C) Indira Gandhi

• D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel