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WorksheetsIndia (Chapter 9) Content Test Review
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 11mins
Which of the following is a series of ancient texts that describes the search for Brahman?
Eightfold Path
Four Noble Truths
Upanishads
Vedas
Who was the Hindu deity, known as “the Destroyer”?
Brahma
Vishnu
Shiva
Brahman
What is the highest peak in the Himalaya?
Tibet
Mount Everest
Ganges River
Harappa
The early Aryans developed a language called ____________ as they moved from place to place.
hieroglyphics
cuneiform
sanskrit
greek
The Indian subcontinent is part of the continent of
Africa
Asia
Europe
South America
If a mosquito lands on my hand and I refuse to kill it, I am practicing
The Eightfold Path
Ahimsa in Jainism
Theravada
Dharma
Buddhism appealed to a wider range of people than Hinduism because
Buddhist believe in many gods
The Buddha traveled to many places
Buddhism treated all people equally
Buddhist poetry was so beautiful
In the Indian caste system, your karma was largely decided by
Whether you were reincarnated
whether you followed your dharma
whether you learned the Four Noble truths
whether you belonged to a jati
The Aryans were the first people to develop
foreign trade
indoor plumbing
major cities
written language
Farming, transportation, and trade in the Indus Valley were all dependent on
mountains
rivers
monsoons
lakes
What was a major city of the Indus Valley people?
Mesopotamia
Mahenjo-Daro
Pakistan
Pataliputra
Monsoon winds bring pouring rains to India during which season?
fall
spring
summer
winter
As the Aryans settled in India, many of them began to build towns along the
Arabian Sea
Brahmaputra
Ganges River
Indus River
India’s ancient people relied on three major rivers for
defense and hunting
farming, transportation, and trade
fishing and religion
construction and empire building
One example of an Indus Valley trade item would be
cotton cloth
steel wool
ships
marble
In early India,
women had more rights than men
Individuals lived with their immediate families
men had more rights than women
women attended public schools
The belief that people pass through many lives is called
dharma
kharma
reincarnation
reunification
Many Indian marriages even today are
arranged
freely made by the husband and wife
worshipped
between men and women living long distances apart
Which of these statements correctly describes the lives of women in early India?
They had to finish 12 years of education before marrying
They inherited property before men
They often became priests
They were usually educated at home
Which religion believes that the way to stop suffering is to stop desire?
Buddhism
Hinduism
Jainism
Judaism
Which of the following determined a person’s job, social group, and marriage in early India?
Ahimsa
British colonial rule
caste system
the Eightfold Path
“Life is full of suffering” is one of the
Four Noble Truths
Ten Commandments
Upanishads
Vedic teachings
Buddhism became popular in part because it did not support
the caste system
dharma
the Hindu gods
life after death
Under which group did the caste system emerge in India?
Aryans
Guptas
Harappans
Mauryans
