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WorksheetsAncient India
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
The first Indian empire began
near the Pacific Ocean
in the Ganges River valley
in the Indus River valley
on the Himalayas
What are possible reasons for the decline of the Harrappan civilization?
Aliens
Floods or droughts
Earthquakes
Widespread sickness
Siddhartha Gautama sat under a tree and meditated for how long?
49 years
49 days
1 month
too long
What are some of the achievements of the Gupta Empire?
The 12 month calendar
Astronomy
Epic poems
Paintings
Algorithms
What did the Buddha believe was the key to end suffering?
Being nice to people
Traveling and teaching
Obtaining wealth
Giving up your desires
A prince or ruler of India was called:
Pharaoh
Raja
Ms. McMillan
King
A monsoon
is seasonal wind
is a type of French snack
can bring drought
can bring heavy rains
is a type of cow
Another name for a god or goddess is
raja
deity
Brahma
Buddha
The Buddha was
a teacher
a god
a cow
a hero
A long poem of literature about a hero is called
a superhero movie
an epic
a book
a ballad
Chandragupta Maurya's well organized government had:
a postal system
paved roadways
free doctor care
taxes for projects
How did Asoka's empire end?
Rulers after him were not good leaders
Floods wiped out the empire
Aliens invaded India
People stopped trading with each other
What was a Bhramin?
A priest
A street cleaner
A scholar
A warrior
Select the answers that relate to a Sudra
They were servants
They were street cleaners
They would fan the Kshatryias
They would preform manual labor
They could go to school
Select all that are true about Untouchables
They were not apart of the Caste System
They were street cleaners
They had to live separate from everyone
They had to work at night so no one saw them
They were the richest caste
Select all that is true about the Kshatriyas
They were the richest caste
They were warriors
They were kings
They had power over the Brahmins
They had power over the Viashyas
Select all that is true about the Vaishyas
They were farmers
They were merchants
They were skilled and made things
They had power over the Kshatriyas
Karma
follows you through reincarnation
is your good and bad thoughts/actions
is the name of a Beyoncé song
is taken seriously in Hinduism
The oldest texts of Hinduism are called:
The Holy Bible
The Four Vedas
The Torah
Epics
Why did people in India start switching from Hinduism to Buddhism?
Buddhism was easier: no gods to please
The teacher, Sid, was a really cool guy
People wanted to believe in more gods
There was no Caste system in Buddhism
According to the Buddha, to become Enlightened, you must
Believe the Four Noble Truths
Give up chocolate
Give up Fortnite
Follow the Eightfold Path
Mediate for a SUPER long time
The tallest mountain in the Himalayas
is also the tallest in the world
is Mount Everest
is very dangerous to climb
separates China from India
An import is
a product brought into a country
a photograph
a product sent out of a country
an object of importance
Cotton was a surplus crop and so the Gupta Empire did this with it.
Imported it
Exported it
Burned it
Ate it
