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WorksheetsOrigins of South Asian Civilization Part 2 Review
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 27mins
All of the following religions started in India, except
Hinduism
Jainism
Buddhism
Shinto
The founder of Jainism was
Mahavira.
Siddhartha Gautama.
The Dalai Lama.
Chandragupta Maurya.
What is ahimsa?
The Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist doctrine of nonviolence.
An ancient Aryan text.
The name of the Harappans' most famous site.
The Buddhist term for Enlightenment.
Which group adheres to ahimsa most strictly.
Hindus.
Jains.
Buddhists.
Christians.
All of the following are Jain beliefs about building up bad karma, except
Jainism’s founder came up with a hierarchy of souls that determines how much bad karma one accumulates when he or she harms a being.
Even things like plants, earth, fire, and water have souls.
Jains, believe you don't build up bad karma when you eat meat.
Unlike in Buddhism, Jains believe you build up bad karma even if you didn’t intend to harm a being.
The Hindu goddess Karni Mata is
one of the three most worshiped gods in Hinduism.
has worshipers who believe that thousands of rats at her temple are their ancestors.
the goddess associated with the Ganges River.
is the founder of Buddhism.
The founder of Buddhism is called the Buddha. His real name is
Mahavira.
Chandragupta Maurya.
Siddhartha Gautama.
Ashoka Maurya.
The Buddha reached enlightenment under the Bodhi Tree after 40 days of meditation. The Buddhist term for enlightenment is
dharma.
samsara.
moksha.
nirvana.
The principles the Buddha discovered when he reached enlightenment are called
the Four Noble Truths.
the three jewels.
the Eightfold Path
the Analects.
The basic idea the Buddha discovered when he reached enlightenment was that
to end suffering, one must end desire.
to succeed in life, one must be as ruthless as possible.
reincarnation isn't possible.
people should follow their dharma in the caste system.
The holiest site for Buddhists is the a city in northeast India called ____________________. This is the location of the tree where the Buddha reached Enlightenment.
Detroit, Michigan.
Bodh Gaya, India.
St. Petersburg, Florida.
Kabul, Afghanistan.
The two main branches of Buddhism are
Presbyterians and Episcopalians.
Digambaras and Svetambaras.
Theravada and Mahayana.
Sunni and Shia.
The form of Buddhism that follows the stricter teachings of the Buddha and argues that only men can achieve nirvana is __________________ Buddhism.
Mahayana.
Svetambara.
Digambara.
Theravada.
The more popular form of Buddhism in which believers worship the Buddha like a god and believe anyone can achieve nirvana is called __________________ Buddhism.
Mahayana.
Svetambara.
Digambara.
Theravada.
Bodhisattvas are individuals who, like the Buddha, achieve nirvana but refuse enlightenment so they can stay on earth to help humans achieve it.
followers of Jainism.
individuals who, like the Buddha, achieve nirvana but refuse enlightenment so they can stay on earth to help humans achieve it.
followers of Hinduism.
people who believe they are about to achieve moksha.
______ Buddhists emphasize meditation as the key to achieving enlightenment.
Zen
Jain
Tibetan
Sri Lankan
Where is Zen Buddhism popular?
Israel.
Iran.
Japan.
India.
What did China do in 1959 that led the Dala Lama and his followers to live in northern India?
They took over Manchuria.
They took over Sri Lanka.
They took over Kashmir.
They took over Tibet.
The famous Mauryan leader who conquered most of India and is famous for issuing edicts promoting Buddhist ideals was
Aurangzeb.
Ashoka Maurya.
Shah Jahan.
Shah Ismail..
All are true of Indian emperor Ashoka Maurya, except
He was very intolerant of people who practiced other religions.
Indians believe he was one of their greatest leaders.
He conquered most of India.
He adopted Buddhism after a great battle during which 100,000 people died.
Ashoka Maurya built thousands of stupas. Stupas are
Large temples in honor of the Hindu god Vishnu.
Large temples in honor of the Hindu god Shiva.
Bell-shaped monuments that hold relics remains or possessions) of the Buddha or other important Buddhist holy figures.
Large temples in honor of the Hindu god Brahma.
The great founder of the Gupta Empire was
Chndra Gupta I.
Chandragupta Maurya.
Aurangzeb.
Shah Jahan.
The advisor to Chandragupta Maurya who wrote a guidebook for rulers similar to The Prince, a book written by Niccolo Machiavelli written more than 1,000 years later, was
Shah Jahan.
Chanakya Kautilya.
Ashoka Maurya.
Aurangzeb.
Shah Ismail.
All of the following were developments of the Gupta golden age, except
the steam engine.
the discovery that the earth is round and rotates on its axis.
Arabic numerals.
chess and playing cards.
Mystics called __________ are highly respected in India because they peacefully brought Islam to India.
Jains.
Bodhisattvas.
Hare Krishnas.
Sufis.
The Delhi Sultanate refers to the period when
Burmese dynasties ruled much of India.
The Mughals ruled much of India.
Hindu dynasties ruled much of India.
Turkish Muslim dynasties ruled much of India.
All of the following are true of Tamerlane, except
He created a great empire in the Middle East and Central Asia.
He said that he was descended from the Mongol leader Genghis Khan.
He conquered the city of Delhi in northern India.
He ruled from Samarkand in what's now Uzbekistan.
He was a Christian.
The founder of the Mughal Empire was ____________. He believed he was descended from the ___________.
Shah Jahan, Burmese
Aurangzeb, Ceylonese
Babur, Mongols
Akbar, Javanese
___________ founded the Mughal Dynasty by defeating a Sultan of Delhi at the _________ in 1526.
Babur, Battle of Panipet
Akbar, Battle of Mumbai
Tamerlane, Battle of Delhi
Kublai Khan, Battle of Samarkand
The Mughal leader Akbar is known for all of the following, except
He conquered very little territory.
Though many Mughal leaders were tolerant of people of other religions, he was the Mughal leader best known for his religious tolerance.
He promoted Buddhist ideals through edicts (laws) he had inscribed on pillars he had posted throughout important cities in his empire.
He created a religion that incorporated parts of all major religions that he called the Divine Faith.
The Mughal leader Akbar's two famous capitals were
the Taj Mahal and the Temple Caves at Ajanta.
the Red Fort at Agra (Agra Fort) and Fatehpur Sikri.
Dunhuang and Khanbaliq.
Samarkand and Ulan Bator.
Mughal Emperor Akbar named __________________, the city that is a site of one of the four Kumbh Mela festivals. Three of India’s holy rivers (one of them mystical) meet here.
Chandigarh
Allahabad
Delhi
Jaipur
Shah Jahan’s devious son __________________ imprisoned Shah Jahan when he got sick and fought a civil war for control of the Mughal Empire. His religious intolerance, particularly toward Hindus, began the gradual decline of the Mughal Empire.
Babur
Larry
Aurangzeb
Dara
All of the following tried to gain control of areas of India in the 1600s and 1700s, except
the British.
the French.
the Portuguese.
the Dutch
the Chinese.
Between 1740 and 1760, __________ ousted other countries from India. As a result, it became the dominant power there.
China
Britain
Japan
Russia
