WorksheetsAncient India 2020
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
80% of the people who live in India, practice the ______________ religion.
a)
Judaism
b)
Christian
c)
Muslim
d)
Hinduism
2.
The sacred texts from Hinduism are:
a)
The Vedas & Upanishads
b)
The Old & New Testament
c)
The Torah
d)
The Giving Tree & Harry Potter
3.
Mohenjo-Daro was an Ancient India civilization that had an ____________________.
a)
Starbucks
b)
advanced plumbing system
c)
elementary school
d)
swimming pool
4.
Fixed social class where Indian people were born into was called the __________ system
a)
Sewer
b)
Caste
c)
Metric
d)
society
5.
Where did people first settle near India?
a)
Indus River
b)
Nile River
c)
Himalaya Mts.
d)
Ganges River
6.
Who brought Hinduism into India?
a)
The Chinese
b)
The Indians
c)
The Aryans
d)
The Americans
7.
The two main rivers in Ancient India......
a)
Indus & Euphrates
b)
Euphrates & Tigris
c)
Nile & Ganges
d)
Indus & Ganges
8.
Which of the following is NOT a geographic feature of India
a)
Himalayans
b)
Ganges River
c)
Indus River
d)
Nile River
9.
The belief that if you do bad things in this life you will suffer for it in the next life.
a)
Karma
b)
Dharma
c)
Parma
d)
Farma
10.
The Indian caste system was instituted by the_______
a)
Guptas
b)
Aryans
c)
Greeks
d)
Mughals
11.
Which number is the Himalaya Mountains?
a)
2
b)
4
c)
6
d)
8
12.
Which number is the Indus River?
a)
1
b)
3
c)
5
d)
7
13.
Which number is the Indian Ocean?
a)
2
b)
4
c)
6
d)
8
14.
Which number is the Hindu Kush Mountain Range?
a)
3
b)
5
c)
7
d)
9
15.
Because India is isolated from the rest of Asia, it is referred to as a __________.
a)
peninsula
b)
nation
c)
empire
d)
subcontinent
16.
What was one feature of Mohenjo Daro that was different from other settlements of this time?
a)
It had walls
b)
It had private homes
c)
It had roads
d)
It had sewer systems
17.
Reincarnation
a)
The process of recycling
b)
The process of rebirth
c)
The process of decomposition
d)
The process of farming
18.
Which group of people ranked highest in the caste system?
a)
warriors
b)
priests
c)
farmers
d)
merchants
19.
In which language did Aryans write their poems and hymns?
a)
Indian
b)
Vedic
c)
Sanskrit
d)
Harappan
20.
You do not want to be born into the unclean or polluted class called the _____________. (Fill in the blank)
a)
Untouchables
b)
Unlikeable
c)
Unpopular
d)
Unstable
21.
Aryans could be characterized as....
a)
Aggressive
b)
Warriors
c)
light-skinned
d)
all of these
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