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Ancient India 2018

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following are architectural achievements of Ancient India?

a)

Great Wall and Grand Canal

b)

Great Pyramid and Sphinx

c)

Indoor plumbing and sewage systems

d)

Ziggurat and Temple of Luxor

2.

What was the written language used in Ancient India?

a)

Sanskrit

b)

Cuneiform

c)

Calligraphy

d)

Hindu

3.

Social structure in Ancient India was determined by birthright, this division of classes is called?

a)

Karma

b)

8 Fold Path

c)

Feudalism

d)

Caste System

4.

The Aryans displayed knowledge of health and medicine by doing which of the following?

a)

Successful blood transfusions

b)

Lobotomies

c)

Inoculations

d)

Dissecting DNA

5.

What two major religions started as part of Ancient civilization in the Indus River Valley?

a)

Hinduism and Catholicism

b)

Islam and Polytheism

c)

Hinduism and Buddhism

d)

Judaism and Christianity

6.

Which of the following are two successful early cities of the Indus River Valley?

a)

Ur and Cairo

b)

Rome and Carthage

c)

Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro

d)

Sumer and Punt

7.

Which of the following were important central beliefs to the two major religions that came out of Ancient India?

a)

Holy trinity/ heaven/ golden rule

b)

Karma/ reincarnation/ meditation

c)

5 Ks/ Guru Nanak/ Selfless service

d)

Mohammad/ 5 pillars/ Quran

8.

What was the highest group in the Aryan caste system?

a)

Brahmins

b)

Kshatriyas

c)

Sudras

d)

Vaisyas

9.

Ancient India began around the

a)

Arabian River

b)

Indus River

c)

Nile River

d)

Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

10.

The Vedas were a collection of poems, hymns, and rituals written by

a)

Aryan priests

b)

Harappan priests

c)

Mauryan priests

d)

Guptan priests

11.

The Harappan Civilization probably traded with the Mesopotamians by sailing across the...

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Arctic Ocean

12.

Making _______ involves the mixing of 2 or more metals to make a stronger one.

a)

Alloys

b)

Metallurgy

c)

Wheels

d)

Mohenjo-Daro

13.

Advances in what science allowed people in the Indus Valley to plan planting and harvesting around annual flooding?

a)

Metallurgy

b)

Biology

c)

Astronomy

d)

Chemistry

14.

Your caste in Ancient India was determined by...

a)

Buddhist priests

b)

You, once reaching the age of 12

c)

The caste your parents belonged to

d)

The job you chose

15.

The Indus river begins in the __________ and empties into the __________.

a)

Himalayan Mountains, Arabian Sea

b)

Arabian Sea, Himalayan Mountains

c)

Indian Highlands, Gulf of Oman

d)

Gulf of Oman, Indian Highlands