India's Caste System

What river valley did civilization in India begin in?

• Indus Valley

• Ganges Valley

• Nile Valley

• Yangtze Valley

Who were the nomadic warriors that took over India around 1500 B.C.?

• Aryans

• Mongols

• Huns

• Vikings

True or False: The caste system in India was based in part upon skin color.

• True

• False

(a)   were at the top of the caste system.

• Priests

• Warriors

• Peasants

• Non-Aryan workers

Caste membership determined (a)   .

• a person’s position in society

• what kind of job a person could have

• whom a person could marry

• all of the above

Discrimination based on the caste system in India was finally outlawed in the (a)   .

• 1500s B.C.

• 1500s A.D.

• 1750s A.D.

• 1950s A.D.

ACROSS 2. _________ worked as butchers, gravediggers, and garbage collectors.

• untouchables

• merchants

• warriors

• priests

DOWN 4. The _________ _________ was a set of class divisions.

• caste system

• feudal hierarchy

• social ladder

• economic tier

The _________ invaded the Indus River Valley.

• aryans

• romans

• mongols

• vikings

Were Kshatriyas higher or lower than Vaisyas?

• Higher

• Lower