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Ancient India: Genius or No?

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
India is such a huge piece of land that it is referred to as a ____.
a)
Giant
b)
Continent
c)
Subcontinent
d)
Subterranean
2.

The earliest Indian civilizations formed around which river?

a)
Nile
b)
Indus
c)
Ganges
d)
Euphrates
3.
In Ancient India, they didn't have one ruler like a king. Instead they had rulers over small communities called ____.
a)
Governor
b)
Judge
c)
Mayor
d)
Raja
4.
Which of the following is NOT true of the Indian caste system?
a)
It was very strict
b)
You could marry into other castes
c)
The rulers were in the second highest caste
d)
You could only move castes through reincarnation
5.


The following describes which religion:

-Believed in the Brahman
-No records of one founder
-Believed in reincarnation & karma
-End goal: Be reunited with Brahman

a)
Christianity
b)
Buddhism
c)
Hinduism
d)
Judaism
6.

The following describes which religion: founded by Siddharta Gautama, an unhappy prince
-focuses on relieving human suffering
-Four Nobles Truths (why we suffer)
-Eightfold Path (how we rid suffering from life)
-Nirvana

a)
Christianity
b)
Buddhism
c)
Hinduism
d)
Judaism
7.
Who of the following was NOT an Indian ruler?
a)
Chandragupta Mauyra
b)
Asoka
c)
Candra Gupta I
d)
Ramses II
8.
What language developed out of India?
a)
Cuneiform
b)
Sanskrit
c)
Hieroglyphics
d)
Hebrew
9.
Which of the following is NOT an example of Sanskrit literature from India?
a)
Panchatantra
b)
Indianayalata
c)
Ramayana
d)
Mahabarta
10.
Ancient Indians had many medical advances. Which of the following is a medical advance that has to do with giving a person a small dose of a disease to help build up his defenses?
a)
Inoculation
b)
Metallurgy
c)
Hindu-Arabic Numerals
d)
Kalidasa
11.

Whose culture & religion, when combined with the native culture of India, created Hinduism?

a)

Aryans

b)

Chinese

c)

Hittites

d)

Greek

12.

Which of the following is an achievement the Indians made in mathematics?

a)

The Pythagorean Theorum

b)

The concept of 0

c)

Number lines

d)

Euclidean Geometry

13.

Which TWO of the following contributed to the spread of Buddhism?

a)

Missionaries

b)

An official mandate by a priest

c)

The king's vizier

d)

An Indian King

14.

If a person lives a good and pure life, he will be reincarnated to a higher caste level in the next life. This belief is known as ____.

a)

Faith

b)

Salvation

c)

Kharma

d)

Nirvana

15.

Which of the following DID NOT isolate Indian civilizations?

a)

Ocean

b)

Sea

c)

Rivers

d)

Mountains

e)

Desert