Ancient India

In ancient India’s caste system, which social class was the smallest?

• Brahmins
• Kshatriyas
• Vaisyas
• Sudras

What are the Vedas?

• Historical novels

• Sacred writings

• Scientific journals

• Political treaties

To which of the following groups do these statements apply?

-spoke a language called Sanskrit

-were nomadic warriors who conquered India

-developed the Hindu religion and caste system

• the Aryans

• the Huns

• the Mongols

• the Kush

The Buddha believed that anyone, no matter what caste, could reach nirvana by following the Eightfold Path.

• True

• False

What is the birthplace of Buddha as shown on the map?

• Sanchi

• Kapilavastu

• Burma

• Siam

Why was the settlement of India’s early civilizations near the Indus River important to economic growth?

• Because people had a plentiful supply of food,
  the could spend time making and doing other
  things.
• People traded their extra food and goods with
  other people.
• As wealth grew from trade, people built larger
  cities.
• all of the above

India's civilization developed along two rivers, they are;

• Blue Nile and White Nile

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Huang He and Chang Jiang

• Indus and Ganges

Hinduism strengthened the caste system since people were taught that in order to be

reborn into a higher cast they needed to be content with their role in life and fulfill their

duties.

• True

• False

The chart illustrates the caste system in India. The caste system is an institution that separates _______________.

• India into independent kingdoms

• people into classes of society

• the government into branches

• calendar months into seasons

This map shows the origin and spread of what major belief system around the 500s B.C. to 600s A.D.?

• Hinduism

• Confucianism

• Buddhism

• Islam