WorksheetsModule 5 Review
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the Hindu Kush?
a)
a mountain range northwest of India
b)
the highest mountain range in the world
c)
a vast desert to the west of the Himalayas
d)
the winds that flow northward during the summer
2.
How were Harappan and Mesopotamian civilizations similar?
a)
They both spoke the same languages.
b)
They both built pyramids in which to bury their dead.
c)
They both used the same system of weights and measures.
d)
They both created irrigation systems to supply water to their crops.
3.
How are Jainism and Hinduism similar?
a)
The religions practice similar rituals.
b)
All of their followers are vegetarians.
c)
Many of their followers practice nonviolence.
d)
The religions were founded by the same holy man.
4.
How did Buddha’s teachings oppose traditional Hindu beliefs?
a)
He taught that people should lie.
b)
He did not believe in reincarnation.
c)
He taught that all people were equal.
d)
He did not believe that nirvana was possible.
5.
How did Candragupta Maurya improve trade and business throughout his empire?
a)
He allowed women to become merchants.
b)
He created a system of weights and measures.
c)
He insisted that foreigners control the banking system.
d)
He created one currency used by merchants and moneylenders.
6.
According to Hindu belief, what determines whether people will have bad or good karma?
a)
their wealth
b)
their profession
c)
their social level
d)
their choices in life
7.
According to Buddha, how can people avoid the process of reincarnation?
a)
by passing away
b)
by living a good life
c)
by reaching nirvana
d)
by giving your money away
8.
Which development ended Mauryan warfare throughout India under Asoka’s rule?
a)
the death of his son
b)
the spread of the plague
c)
his conversion to Buddhism
d)
his marriage to a Hindu princess
9.
How did the Gupta Empire end?
a)
Hun armies invaded the country.
b)
Farmers rebelled in protest of the caste system.
c)
Disease from China spread throughout the country.
d)
Monsoon winds failed to bring needed rain to the subcontinent.
10.
Why did early Indian blacksmiths create alloys of two or more metals?
a)
Alloys were often stronger than one metal alone.
b)
Alloys were less expensive to produce than one metal alone.
c)
Alloys created taller buildings than the use of only one metal.
d)
Alloys could be made into swords whereas one metal could not.
11.
Which advancement in mathematics is credited to Indian mathematicians?
a)
Indian mathematicians invented calculus.
b)
Indian mathematicians invented geometry.
c)
Indian mathematicians were the first to use the number zero.
d)
Indian mathematicians were the first to use negative numbers.
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