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India

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What continent does India lie in?

a)

Africa

b)

China

c)

Asia

d)

South America

2.

The highest mountains in the world make up India's northeast border. What are they?

a)

Himalayas

b)

Ural Mountains

c)

Hindu Kush Mountains

d)

Atlas Mountains

3.

What is the tallest mountain in the Himalayas and in the world?

a)

Mount Elbrus

b)

Mount McKinley

c)

Mount Everest

d)

K2

4.

A strong wind that brings heavy rain to India is called _______

a)

Hurricane

b)

Monsoon

c)

Typhoon

d)

Tropical Storm

5.

What river in India is most sacred to Hindus and where a majority of Indians live near today?

a)

Indus River

b)

Brahmaputra River

c)

Ganges River

d)

Yellow River

6.

What river in India is where ancient Indians lived and developed civilization?

a)

Ganges River

b)

Nile River

c)

Brahmaputra River

d)

Indus River

7.

What is the massive stone and sand desert is located in northern India?

a)

Thar Desert

b)

Gobi Desert

c)

Sahara Desert

d)

Atacama Desert

8.

What ancient Indus River Valley city can be translated as "hill of the dead?"

a)

Harappha

b)

Patilputra

c)

Mohenjodaro

d)

Delhi

9.

What city in the Indus River Valley was first to be discovered?

a)

Mohenjodaro

b)

Harappa

c)

Patilputra

d)

Mumbai

10.

The presence of ________ in the Indus River Valley lets us know that these people traded

a)

Statues

b)

The Great Bath

c)

Stone Seals

d)

The Granary

11.

What structure in Mohenjodaro is where experts think the people might have bathed together for religious purposes?

a)

The Granary

b)

Sewer System

c)

The Great Bath

d)

Citadel

12.

What did the people of Mohenjodaro have that other groups wouldn't have until the Romans?

a)

Standing Army

b)

Drinking Well

c)

A Sewer System

d)

An Emperor

13.

What is one of the oldest religions in the world that developed in India?

a)

Christianity

b)

Islam

c)

Hinduism

d)

Zoroastrianism

14.

What Hindu epic poem describe the protagonist struggle to save his wife from the demon king?

a)

Mahabharata

b)

Ramayana

c)

Vedas

d)

Gilgamesh

15.

What group of people arrive and central Asia and end the Indus River civilization?

a)

Aryans

b)

Greeks

c)

Mongols

d)

Chinese

16.

What is considered one of the holy book of Hinduism?

a)

Vedas

b)

Ramayana

c)

Mahabharata

d)

Puranas

17.

What is the ancient language of India and Hinduism called?

a)

Sanskrit

b)

Cuneiform

c)

Hieroglyphics

d)

Petroglyphs

18.

What do we call the now-defunct social class system created by Hinduism?

a)

Feudalism

b)

Social Pyramid

c)

Patricians & Plebeians

d)

Caste System

19.

Of the classes in caste system, which one ranks the highest?

a)

Brahmins

b)

Shudras

c)

Kshatriyas

d)

Vaishyas

20.

What did the Hindus call someone who was not part of a caste because they were seen as dirty?

a)

Untouchables

b)

Intolerables

c)

Unlovables

d)

The Unclean

21.

What is the Hindu name for the supreme power that is greater than all other gods?

a)

Shiva

b)

Brahma

c)

Brahman

d)

Vishnu

22.

What is the Hindu word for the soul?

a)

Moksha

b)

Dharma

c)

Atman

d)

Karma

23.

What term describes a religion that teaches in the existence of multiple gods?

a)

Polygon

b)

Polygomy

c)

Polytheism

d)

Polyhedron

24.

Which god in the Hindu religion is considered to be the Creator?

a)

Brahma

b)

Vishnu

c)

Shiva

d)

Krishna

25.

Which god in the Hindu religion is considered to be the Preserver?

a)

Shiva

b)

Krishna

c)

Vishnu

d)

Brahma

26.

Which god in the Hindu religion is considered to be the Destroyer/Transformer?

a)

Vishnu

b)

Krishna

c)

Brahma

d)

Shiva

27.

What holiday is the Hindu festival of lights?

a)

Yom Kimpur

b)

Purem

c)

Diwali

d)

Passover

28.

What word in the Hindu religion refers to the law, obligation, and duty?

a)

Karma

b)

Atman

c)

Varna

d)

Dharma

29.

What word in Hinduism refers to all the good and evil a person had done in past lives?

a)

Karma

b)

Varna

c)

Dharma

d)

Atman

30.

What do Hindus call the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth?

a)

Moksha

b)

Karma

c)

Samsara

d)

Dharma

31.

What is the belief that a person's soul is reborn into a new body after death called?

a)

Reincarnation

b)

Jihad

c)

Reinfleshment

d)

Nirvana

32.

What do Hindus the event when a soul is released from samsara?

a)

Karma

b)

Moksha

c)

Nirvana

d)

Dharma

33.

What does the title "Buddha" mean?

a)

"Great One"

b)

"Enlightened One"

c)

"Best Teacher"

d)

"Holy One"

34.

Who is considered to be the founder of Buddhism?

a)

Siddhartha

b)

Ashoka

c)

Jesus

d)

Muhammad

35.

What religion in India teaches the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path?

a)

Hinduism

b)

Jainism

c)

Buddhism

d)

Sikhism

36.

Which of the following is NOT one of the Three Forms of Suffering Siddhartha discovered?

a)

An Old Man

b)

A Dead Man

c)

A Man in Pain

d)

A Poor Man

37.

What is a person who gives up worldly pleasures called?

a)

Savant

b)

Slave

c)

Ascetic

d)

Missionary

38.

Under what tree did Siddhartha meditate until he reached enlightenment?

a)

Tree of Life

b)

Bodhi tree

c)

Tree of Knowledge

d)

Spruce Tree

39.

In Buddhism, what is an ideal state of happiness and peace?

a)

Nirvana

b)

Paradise

c)

Heaven

d)

Utopia

40.

What was the name of the god that tried to frighten and tempt Siddhartha while meditating?

a)

Marduk

b)

Vishnu

c)

Mara

d)

Shiva

41.

The Four Noble Truths are associated with which religion?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Jainism

c)

Hinduism

d)

Shinto

42.

The Eightfold Path is associated with which religion?

a)

Zoroastrianism

b)

Hinduism

c)

Jainism

d)

Buddhism

43.

What group was the first the united all of India under one rule?

a)

Guptas

b)

Mauryans

c)

Persians

d)

Shang

44.

Who is credited with establishing the Mauryan Empire and being its first ruler?

a)

Ahsoka

b)

Siddhartha

c)

Chandragupta

d)

Mahinda

45.

Which ruler of the Mauryan Empire is known for promoting Buddhism throughout India?

a)

Ashoka

b)

Mahinda

c)

Chandragupta

d)

Siddhartha

46.

Ashoka is known for promoting Buddhism, general welfare, justice, and security through _____.

a)

Laws

b)

Executive Orders

c)

Edicts

d)

The Court System

47.

What line of rulers is considered to be the Golden Age of India?

a)

Mauryans

b)

Chinese

c)

Guptas

d)

Persians

48.

Which of the following is the Gupta credited with inventing?

a)

The Number 0

b)

The Number Pi

c)

The Number 100

d)

The Number 1000

49.

What is the name of a Buddhist temple?

a)

Ziggurat

b)

Pyramid

c)

Monastery

d)

Stupa

50.

What was the capital of the Mauryan Empire?

a)

Delhi

b)

Cairo

c)

Pataliputra

d)

Kalinga