Ancient India

India is a __________.

• Island

• Region
• Nation
• Subcontinent

India's climate is shaped by seasonal winds called ________.

• Monsoons

• Trade Winds

• North winds

• Typhoons

How is a person's social class determined in a caste system?

• By education
• By religion
• By birth

• By wealth

India's greatest king was:

• Alexander the Great

• Asoka

• Chandragupta Maurya

• Siddhartha Gautama

The two main rivers in India are the ________ and the _______.

• Nile and the Ganges
• Ganges and the Indus
• Nile and the Indus
• There are no major rivers in India

Who brought Hinduism into India?

• The Chinese
• The Indians
• The Aryans
• The Americans

Why did many Indians choose Buddhism over Hinduism?

• Buddhism did not believe in the caste system.

• Hinduism believed all people were gods.

• Buddhism gave free food.

• Hinduism only allowed one person per family to reincarnate.

Buddhism is based on the teaching from ________.

• God
• Asoka
• Siddhartha Gautama
• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

What Indian invention do we use everyday at school?

• The numerals 1-9 and zero
• Drawing
• Reading poetry
• Physical Education

What number system did the Indian mathematicians invent?

• Multiplication

• Division

• Fractions

• Algebra