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WorksheetsAncient India
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What river is labeled on this map?
a)
Indus
b)
Ganges
c)
Euphrates
d)
Brahmaputra
2.
This city in the Indus civilization flourished around 2600-1700 BC in the western part of south Asia. The name of this city is often used to describe the culture associated with the earliest Indus valley settlers
a)
Mohenjo-Daro
b)
Harappa
c)
Pakistan
d)
New Deli
3.
Nomadic cattle herders that migrated across the Hindu Kush mountains from central Asia and into the Indus Valley around 1500 BC.
a)
Mongols
b)
Huns
c)
Aryans
d)
Hittites
4.
The fall of the Mauryan Empire is associated with this man's death.
a)
Chandragupta Maurya
b)
Siddhartha Gautama
c)
Chandra Gupta
d)
Asoka
5.
What religion did Asoka convert to, leading to a time of peace during the Mauryan Empire?
a)
Hinduism
b)
Buddhism
c)
Christianity
d)
Taoism
6.
Indian mathematicians were able to make great advances in the 3rd and 2nd century BCE, in part because of their development
a)
Invention of addition
b)
use of the calculator
c)
developing the concept of zero
d)
the abacus
7.
People in India who live outside of the caste system. These people are shunned from society and usually have undesirable jobs.
a)
Untouchables
b)
Shudras
c)
Kshatriya
d)
Vaishya
8.
Important Indian dynasty that brought about a golden age in the development of the arts, sciences, and religion.
a)
Xia
b)
Shang
c)
Gupta
d)
Zhou
9.
The Four Noble Truths are associated with what religion?
a)
Confucianism
b)
Taoism
c)
Hinduism
d)
Buddhism
10.
What is the spiritual goal of Hinduism?
a)
To reach heaven
b)
Moksha, to escape the cycle of death and rebirth
c)
To bathe in the Ganges
d)
To become a cow
11.
The sum total of a person's actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as deciding their fate in future existences.
a)
Tao
b)
Dharma
c)
Karma
d)
The force
12.
The soul or spirit of a person beginning life in a new body after death. This is a central tenant in Hinduism and also a feature of Buddhism known as rebirth.
a)
Reincarnation
b)
Karma
c)
Dharma
d)
Taoism
13.
In what system does an individual's social class dictate what work the person can do and who the person can marry?
a)
merit system
b)
caste system
c)
democratic system
d)
republic
14.
Which group within the caste system has the most influence and power?
a)
Vaishya
b)
Brahmins
c)
Sudra
d)
Kshatriya
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