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India review

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which group below brought the Vedas and the beginning ideas of Hinduism to India?

a)

the Goths

b)

the Aryans

c)

the Mesopotamians

d)

the Persians

2.

Which of the following below was a sacred text of Hinduism?

a)

the Torah

b)

the 10 commandments

c)

the Book of the Dead

d)

the Vedas

3.

All of the gods of India were a part of a single, all powerful god. What was this gods name?

a)

Atman

b)

Brahman

c)

Vishnu

d)

Shiva

4.

In Hinduism, they believe that people lived multiple lives. What is this called?

a)

dharma

b)

karma

c)

reincarnation

d)

moksha

5.

Hinduism taught that people needed to do their job without complaint. What is this called?

a)

dharma

b)

karma

c)

reincarnation

d)

moksha

6.

Hinduism teaches that your good and bad actions determine what you were reborn as. What is this concept called?

a)

dharma

b)

karma

c)

reincarnation

d)

moksha

7.

Hindus believe that once you get enough good karma, you are freed from the suffering of life and join Brahman for all eternity. What is their concept of salvation called?

a)

dharma

b)

karma

c)

reincarnation

d)

moksha

8.

Which group below brought the idea of the caste system to India?

a)

the Mesopotamians

b)

the Chinese

c)

the Persian

d)

the Aryans

9.

Where did the first civilizations in India appear?

a)

along the Huang river

b)

in the mountain peaks of the Himalayans

c)

on the coast near the Indian ocean

d)

on the banks of the Indus river

10.

What is the end goal of Hinduism?

a)

to have your heart judged to be lighter than a feather

b)

to reach enlightenment

c)

to achieve nirvana and free yourself from selfish desire

d)

to obtain moksha

11.

Which caste would have been made up of the priests in India?

a)

Brahmins

b)

Dalits

c)

Sudras

d)

Vaisyas

e)

kshatriyas

12.

Which caste was made up of the farmers and servants of India?

a)

Brahmins

b)

Vaisyas

c)

Sudras

d)

Kshatriyas

e)

Dalits

13.

Which caste was made up of the merchants and craftsmen of India?

a)

Vaisyas

b)

Sudras

c)

Kshatriyas

d)

Brahmins

e)

Dalits

14.

Which caste made up the leaders and warriors of India?

a)

Vaisyas

b)

Sudras

c)

Kshatriyas

d)

Brahmins

e)

Dalits

15.

Which group of people were considered so low that they weren't even apart of the caste system?

a)

Vaisyas

b)

Sudras

c)

Kshatriyas

d)

Brahmins

e)

Dalits

16.

Which of the following was the written language of India?

a)

Cuneiform

b)

Hieroglyphics

c)

Sanskrit

d)

Papyrus

17.

Which of the following math concepts were created by India?

a)

long division

b)

algebra

c)

the number zero

d)

multiplication

18.

Which of the following were unique to the city of Harrapa and Mohenjo Daro? (select two)

a)

they had sanitation pipes to deal with their waste

b)

the homes were built poorly and would fall apart very quickly

c)

each of the homes were built very far apart from one another

d)

the city was built in grid system type of pattern