Ancient India and China Quiz

Which of the following is a defining geographic feature of life on the Indian subcontinent?

• Desertification

• Deforestation

• A lack of arable land

• Monsoons

Where did the first civilizations emerge on the Indian subcontinent?

• Huang He valley

• Indus River valley

• Nile River valley

• Tigris River valley

What did the ancient people of present-day India consider sacred?

• Cattle

• Pottery

• Crops

• Ivory

How have archaeologists learned about the Aryans?

• Rajahs

• The Vedas

• City ruins

• Crafts

A long epic poem about Aryan warfare is the -

• Vedas

• Bhagavad-Gita

• Mahabharata

• Ramayana

The Hindu belief that a person is reborn in another bodily form is called -

• dharma

• moksha

• karma

• reincarnation

Which of the following is a Hindu forbidden to do based on the caste system?

• Follow the principle of ahimsa

• Marry into a different caste

• Live with other people in their caste

• Stay away from dalits

Why did Siddhartha Gautama, AKA Buddha, leave the palace gardens?

• He was searching for a wife who was not as privileged as he had been raised.

• He sought answers to the cause and cure of suffering and sorrow.

• He wanted to find the answers to questions that Hindu scholars sought.

• He hoped to find a safer place to live that was free of suffering and despair.

According to the Eightfold Path, what is the final goal for a Buddhist?

• Suffering

• Meditation

• Nirvana

• Enlightenment

Both Hindus and Buddhists believe in -

• nonviolence

• many gods

• the caste system

• formal rituals