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WorksheetsAncient/Modern India
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 1hrs 4mins
The Indus River Valley is located modern day country of: _____________
Pakistan
China
Laos
Mongolia
Why do scholars believe that the Indus Valley had a highly developed civilization?
buildings with mud bricks
Its cities show a high level of well planned cities
extensive sewer systems and indoor plumbing
All options are correct
When the Indian colony was divided into two separate countries, India became mostly ___________ and Pakistan was mostly _______________.
Hindus,muslims
Buddhist, Hindu
muslim,christian
Muslim, Hindu
The science of working with metals(it makes stronger materials)
Injecting people with a small dose of a virus to help build up defenses to a disease(it is a Vaccine)
Which of the following is NOT considered an achievement/invention from India?
metallurgy
Magnetic compass
Inoculation
Hindu-Arabic numerals
How is the Indian government trying to reduce the high rate of poverty?
All answers are correct
India implemented the green revolution to help farmers implement modern agricultural practices.
The Indian government has brought information technology (IT) jobs to India.
What is one major reason why our knowledge of the Harappan Civilization is limited?
Most evidence of the civilization was wiped out by invaders
The damp climate has ruined too many of the Harappan manuscripts
The Harappans built only with wood, which rots over time
Historians are unable to read Harappan writing
Today, India has the world's largest _________________.
military
democracy
economy
GDP
Which caste included members who were priests and teachers?
Brahmin
Kshatriya
Vaishya
Dalits
Which caste included members who were farmers, merchants, or artisans?
Brahman
Kshatriya
Vaishya
Dalits
What caste included members who were unskilled workers and laborers?
Vaishya
Dalits
Shudra
Kshatriya
What caste included members who were called "untouchables"?
Dalits
Shudra
Brahman
Vaishya
What caste included those who were rulers and warriors?
Vaishya
Brahman
Dalits
Kshatriya
Why did the Indus River civilization abruptly come to an end?
The earth's crust moved, causing the river to change its course.
All answers are correct
Others rivers in the area may have dried up, contributing to starvation and disease.
Repeated flooding could have caused a buildup of salt in the soil, making growing crops difficult.
How were Indians placed in the caste system?
They were included based upon birth or occupation.
They applied to join a specific caste.
They were voted into a caste.
They married into a caste.
The _________ River begins in the Himalayas and empties into the Bay of Bengal.
Indus
Sarasvati
Ganges
Krishna
What desert lies along India's border with Pakistan?
Ghats
Gobi
Taklamakan
Thar
What mountain ranges define the eastern and western edges of India's central plateau?
Hindu Kush
Ghats
Karakorum
Himalayas
The ________________ were formed by the collision of the Indo-Australian tectonic plate with the Eurasian tectonic plate.
Atlas Mountains
Ghats
Tian Shan
Himalayas
Which of the following is NOT an Indian cash crop?
cotton
indigo
tea
potatoes
Which group of people created the first urban civilization along the Indus River?
Harappans
Sumerians
Muslims
Aryans
One of India's most spectacular buildings, the ________________ was built by ruler Shah Jahan as a tomb for his wife.
Mysore Palace
Taj Mahal
Qutub Minar
Hawa Mahal
The _________ Empire, ruled by Muslims, grew rich from the trade of tea and spices.
Moghul
Gupta
British
Mauryan
By the mid-1800's, India had become a British ______________, or a territory inhabited and controlled by people from a foreign land.
city-state
province
commonwealth
colony
It is important to study India because...
it has a rapidly growing population.
it can produce nuclear weapons.
it contains a workforce employed by many American companies.
All answer choices are correct
The large _________________ Plateau is located south of the Ganges Plain between the Eastern and Western Ghats.
Bashang
Bagua
Deccan
Dadu
In what ways did British colonialism help India?
Railroads, telephone, and telegraph lines were built.
Local warfare and attacks by bandits decreased.
Literacy rates improved.
All answer choices are correct.
What were the causes of British Imperialism in Asia and especially in India?
The British needed raw materials for their factories in Great Britain.
The British felt superior to those on other continents.
All answers are correct
The British competed with other European countries for world dominance.
Hindus believe that bathing in the sacred Ganges River will purify them and remove some of their bad ______________.
sundara
moksha
karma
mudita
In the 1600's, Muslim rulers of India granted the ____________________, a British trading company, valuable trading rights on the subcontinent.
London Company
Queen's Monopoly
Manchester Merchants
British East India Company
The seizure of a weaker, less developed country or territory by a stronger, more advanced country is called ____________________.
totalitarianism
communism
absolutism
imperialism
To move goods around India, the British built a network of ____________ throughout the colony.
airports
railroads
highways and toll roads
shipping canals
Upset by their position as second-class citizens, a group of Indians created the _____________________ to gain more rights.
Indian Rights Watch
Amnesty India
Indian National Congress
Indian Liberties Coalition
Which of the following is an example of the nonviolent and civil disobedience strategies used by Gandhi?
Salt March
Hunger Strikes/Fasting
Boycotting
All of the above
When did Britain grant India's independence?
1930
1937
1940
1947
India is the world's __________ democracy.
only
oldest
largest
first
