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WorksheetsAncient India Review
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the eight fold path?
a)
rules to guide the ways Hindus live
b)
Rules to guide the way Buddhists live
c)
Eight easy steps to understanding
d)
eight easy steps to making more money
2.
What aspect of Hinduism beliefs supported and encouraged maintaining the caste system?
a)
Karma
b)
Reincarnation
c)
Dharma
d)
Atman
3.
What did Brahmanism blend with to form Hinduism?
a)
Buddhism
b)
Harappan beliefs
c)
Aryan's beliefs
d)
Other cultures' beliefs
4.
Which one of the following is the universal spirit?
a)
Brahman
b)
Atman
c)
Reincarnation
d)
Karma
5.
Who was Mahavira?
a)
founder of Jainism
b)
Brahmanism priest
c)
Lover of the rituals
d)
founder of Buddhism
6.
Who was the founder of Buddhism and referred to as the Buddha?
a)
Gandhi
b)
Siddhartha Gautama
c)
Brahman
d)
Gautama
7.
Which of the following is NOT a reason Buddhism was popular among lower castes?
a)
belief that people shouldn't be confined to a certain place in society
b)
anyone could achieve nirvana by following the 8 fold path
c)
Reincarnation was rejected
d)
encouraged to avoid extreme behaviors
8.
What is the name of the mountain range that is along the Northern boarder of India?
a)
Himalayas
b)
Hindu Kush mountains
c)
Ganges Mountains
d)
Deccan Mountains
9.
What is the name of the strong winds that blow into India during the summer and out of India during the winter?
a)
Monsoons
b)
Tsunamis
c)
hurricanes
d)
Tornados
10.
Because of its size and the mountain ranges that form a boarder, India is considered a what?
a)
subcontinent
b)
continent
c)
country
d)
area of land
11.
Who are the nomad invaders who brought Brahmanism with them into India?
a)
Harappans
b)
Aryans
c)
Mauyras
d)
Guptas
12.
This is the caste that is the most respected of all the castes
a)
Brahmins (priests)
b)
Kshatriyas (leaders and military)
c)
Vaisyas (business owners)
d)
Sudras (servants)
13.
What Jainism belief did Ahimsa come from?
a)
That all living things are a part of the cycle of rebirth
b)
All things are alive
c)
Harm no life
d)
reincarnation
14.
What is Ahisma?
a)
A person's spirit/soul
b)
nonviolence
c)
a religious text
d)
heaven
15.
This religion spread throughout Asia.
a)
Brahmanism
b)
Hinduism
c)
Jainism
d)
Buddhism
16.
Which of the following emperors had a network of spies and a large army that included elephants?
a)
Chandragupta Mauyra
b)
Asoka
c)
Candra Gupta I
d)
Candra Gupta II
17.
This emperor's style of rule changed after he converted to Buddhism.
a)
Chandragupta Mauyra
b)
Asoka
c)
Candra Gupta I
d)
Candra Gupta II
18.
Which of the following emperors was promoted Hinduism by building temples?
a)
Chandragupta Mauyra
b)
Asoka
c)
Candra Gupta I
d)
Candra Gupta II
19.
Which of the following emperors was ruled during the high point of India?
a)
Chandragupta Mauyra
b)
Asoka
c)
Candra Gupta I
d)
Candra Gupta II
20.
Which version of Buddhism tried to follow Buddha's teachings exactly how he originally shared them?
a)
Theravada
b)
Mahayana
21.
Which of the following is an accomplishment that Ancient India made in Mathematics?
a)
figured out how to divide and multiply
b)
created tally marks
c)
created the numerals we use today
d)
figured out how to use money
22.
Which of the following is NOT an accomplishment that Indians made in medicine?
a)
casting spells
b)
medicine from plants and animals
c)
performing surgery
d)
innoculations
23.
The Iron pillar (the pillar that has never rusted) is a prime example of the advancements Indians made in which area?
a)
Early Indian Art
b)
Sanskrit Literature
c)
Metallurgy
d)
Astronomy
24.
Art in Ancient India often represented what?
a)
The scenery
b)
The buildings
c)
Religious beliefs
d)
imaginary worlds
25.
This is the combining of different metals in order to make them stronger or more pliable...
a)
Metallurgy
b)
Alloys
c)
mixing
d)
oxidizing
26.
Indians made all of these discoveries in Astronomy except which one?
a)
discovered 7 of the 9 planets
b)
that the sun was the center of the color system and the world revolved around it
c)
earth is a sphere and rotates on its axis
d)
10 constellations and the months that they are most visible
27.
What is the very first Indian civilization that formed in India?
a)
Harappan
b)
Aryan
c)
Mauyran
d)
Gupta
28.
What is Nirvana?
a)
A pose in Yoga
b)
total peace and freedom from the cycle of reincarnation
c)
the universal spirit of Hinduism
d)
A persons spirit according to Hinduism
29.
Which of the following is not a land feature found in India?
a)
Hindu Kush river
b)
Indus River
c)
Deccan Plateau
d)
Thar Desert
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