WorksheetsAncient India 2
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
If you are a person who works with the dead, cleans the street, has a sickness or incurable disease where you would fit in the social pyramid.
a)
Untouchables
b)
Kshatriya
c)
Vashaya
d)
Brahmin
2.
Seasonal wind patterns that cause wet and dry seasoms
a)
typhoon
b)
monsoon
c)
hurricane
d)
subcontinent
3.
Hindus believe that a person's ultimate goal should be to reunite their soul with karma.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
According to __teachings, if people can overcome their desires, they will reach nirvana.
a)
Buddhist
b)
Hindu
c)
Janists
5.
Which of the following is NOT a geographic feature of India
a)
Himalayans
b)
Ganges River
c)
Indus River
d)
Nile River
6.
This determines the state of your reincarnation
a)
Vedas
b)
Karma
c)
Aryans
d)
Upanishads
7.
Who was the founder of Buddhism?
a)
No real founder
b)
Abraham
c)
Asoka
d)
Siddhartha Gautama
8.
Which group of people brought the Caste System to India
a)
Hittites
b)
Aryans
c)
Phoenicians
d)
Hebrews
9.
True or False. Hinduism and Buddhism believe in reincarnation.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
Which major religion teaches conformity (following) a caste system?
a)
Taoism
b)
Hinduism
c)
Christianity
d)
Buddhism
11.
What belief system teaches the Eightfold Path?
a)
Hinduism
b)
Buddhism
c)
Judaism
d)
Shintoism
12.
Indian civilization began around the
a)
Ganges River
b)
Indus River
c)
Indian Ocean
d)
Arabian Sea
13.
According to the map, the Aryans migrated from Europe to India through the
a)
Hindu Kush Mountains
b)
Gobi Desert
c)
Himalayan Mountains
d)
Ganges River
14.
This diagram illustrates the key concepts of which religion?
a)
Islam
b)
Hindusim
c)
Buddism
d)
Confucianism
15.
Hindus believe that ____________________________ is one God that shows himself in many forms
a)
Bama
b)
Brahman
c)
Shiva
d)
Krishna
16.
This image represents the founder of?
a)
Hinduism
b)
Buddhism
c)
Islam
d)
Confucianism
17.
The goal of Buddhism is to:
a)
Sit under a tree
b)
Reach Moksha
c)
End Suffering
d)
Find Salvation
18.
The Aryans did not live in a single place before settling in India. This makes them:
a)
Nomads
b)
Gypsies
c)
Invaders
d)
Farmers
19.
For Hindus this is the responsibilities of their caste system is:
a)
Karma
b)
Moksha
c)
Nirvana
d)
Dharma
20.
Where did Siddhartha Gautama live before becoming famous?
a)
The Indus River
b)
A fig tree
c)
a palace
d)
the wilderness
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