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Ancient India Caste System.

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The highest caste in the caste system are the _____________.  They include the priests and the teachers.
a)
Kshatriyas
b)
Brahmin
c)
Sudras
d)
Untouchables
2.
The Hindu caste system is made up of how many different classes?
a)
3
b)
4
c)
5
d)
6
3.

What is the Caste system?

a)

The Indian system of social classes

b)

The actors in a movie

c)

People with broken arms

d)

Unknown

4.

Who is at the bottom of the Indian Caste system?

a)

Brahmin

b)

Sudra

c)

Untouchables

d)

Vaishya

5.

Social Hierarchy is...

a)

Talking to one another

b)

Social media

c)

Unknown

d)

Powerful to weak, based on social class in the form of a pyramid

6.

Brahmins were also known as ..

a)

Priests and Teachers

b)

Warriors

c)

Merchants

d)

Peasants

7.

Untouchables are also known as...

a)

Priests

b)

Warriors

c)

Merchants

d)

Outcast- Out of Caste, street sweepers

8.
People enter their caste level at birth.
a)
true
b)
false
9.
____________ is the belief that the soul is reborn until a person reaches spiritual perfection.
a)
Eightfold Path
b)
4 Noble Truths
c)
Karma
d)
Reincarnation 
10.

The Caste System is based on...

a)

Hindu religious beliefs

b)

Hindu virtue beliefs

c)

Hindu land ownership

d)

Hindu social beliefs

11.

*READ THE QUESTION!* Who brought the Caste system to India AND What was the book that it was based on?

a)

Vedas

b)

Aryans

c)

THE HOLY COW

d)

Shudras

e)

The Bible

12.

outside of the system

a)

Sudras

b)

Vaisyas

c)

Kshatriyas

d)

Untouchables

13.

society was divided into ranked groups based on ______

a)

occupation

b)

religion

c)

appearance

d)

CHEESE

14.

another name for untouchables

a)

Dalits

b)

untouchables

c)

Beyoncé

d)

brahmins