Ancient India Quiz

What is a large landmass that is smaller than a continent?

• Delta
• Subcontinent
• River
• State

Seasonal wind patterns that cause wet and dry seasons

• Hailstorms
• Hurricanes
• Tornadoes
• Monsoons

The written language of Ancient India

• Alphabet
• Hieroglyphics
• Sanskrit
• Cuneiform

Which was NOT a level in the Indian caste system?

• Deities
• Sudra
• Kshatryia
• Untouchables

What is the largest religion in India today that believed in many gods?

• Buddhism
• Christianity
• Hinduism
• Islam

Hindu belief that souls are born and reborn many times, each time in a new body

• Nirvana
• Reincarnation
• Buddhism
• Moksha

The effect that good or bad actions have on a person's soul (good and bad deeds)

• Nirvana
• Hinduism
• Buddhism
• Karma

Means "Enlightened One." Got rid of worldly possessions and taught a way to overcome suffering

• Buddha
• King Tut
• Abraham
• Moses

A state of complete or total happiness in Buddhism

• Reincarnation
• Nirvana
• Moksha
• Hinduism

The study of stars or planets

• Sociology
• Anthropology
• Paleontology
• Astrology