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WorksheetsMod 5 - Vedic Society
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is Sanskrit?
a language spoken by early Aryans
a collection of stories that has cultural value
a community made up of many family members
a group of people who migrated from Central Asia
Unlike the Harappans, the Aryans did NOT build _______________.
cities
bathrooms
barns
ships
The early Aryans had a rich and expressive language, but they did not write. How did they preserve their poems and their history without writing?
stories were recorded by alien civilizations
Sanskrit
painting
word of mouth
The religion practiced by the Aryan priests became known as _____________________________.
Sanskrit
Brahmanism
Hinduism
Buddhism
The Vedic texts contained ancient sacred _________________________.
scripture
songs
hymns and poems
death rituals
Aryan society was divided into four main social classes called ___________.
varnas
brahmas
rajas
vedics
The lowest social class in Aryan society was the _________________.
farmers, craftspeople, and traders called Vaisyas
rulers and warriors called Kshatriyas
laborers and non-Aryans called Sudras
priests called Brahmins
A division of Indian Society into groups based on a person's birth, wealth, or occupation.
Caste system
Brahmanism
Socioeconomic status
Poverty gap
In ancient India, how was a person's caste determined?
the Kshatriyas (rulers and warriors) determined one's place
as it was written in the Vedas
by scores on achievement tests
by birth, wealth, or occupation
To keep the social classes distinct, the Aryans wrote guides called _____________ that listed all the rules for the caste system.
sutras
karmas
brahmas
vedas
