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Module 5: India

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 1hrs 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How did the Himalayas positively impact the Indus Valley?

a)

Provided protection from outside invaders

b)

Isolated the area from trading with other civilizations

c)

Kept the region very cold which limited food growth

d)

United the region with other areas of the world

2.

What were the first two major cities created in the Indus Valley?

a)

Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro

b)

Egypt and Mesopotamia

c)

Mohenjo-Daro and Cairo

d)

Troy and Greece

3.

Peace Chant

"May He (the Supreme Being) protect us both, teacher and taught. May He be pleased with us. May we acquire strength. May our study bring us illumination. May there be no enmity among us.

OM! PEACE! PEACE! PEACE!"

- The Katha, Upanishad

Answer the following question using information from the source above:

What is the central idea of this source?


a)

Hindus used this as their war chant.

b)

Hindus chanted this in order to gain peace.

c)

Hindus said this before they became a god.

d)

Hindus used this when they were angry with the gods.

4.

What made Mohenjo-Daro an advanced city compared to those we have studied before?

a)

Sewage System

b)

Walls

c)

Water Source

d)

Farmland

5.

Which group took over the society of the Indus Valley?

a)

Dravidians

b)

Aryans

c)

Harappans

d)

Egyptians

6.

". . . The Katha-Upanishad is probably the most widely known of all the Upanishads. It was early translated into Persian and through this rendering first made its way into Europe. Later Raja Ram Mohun Roy brought out an English version. It has since appeared in various languages; and English, German and French writers are all agreed in pronouncing it one of the most perfect expressions of the religion and philosophy of the Vedas . . . ."

Answer the following question using information from the source above:

Which inference can best be supported by this source?


a)

The Upanishad is the sacred text of the Jews.

b)

The Upanishad is only read in one language.

c)

The Upanishad is a banned text in most parts of the world.

d)

The Upanishad was widely popular and translated/read by many cultures.

7.

The caste system in India was characterized by what?


a)

toleration for various religious beliefs

b)

equality between men and women

c)

a lack of social mobility

d)

the right of people to choose their occupations

8.

How did Asoka's changes in governing policy effect the Maurya empire?



a)

The changes brought peace and helped to unite his empire.

b)

The changes weakened the empire.

c)

The changes caused the people to revolt.

d)

The changes had very little effect on people.

9.

What element must a society have before it can begin to develop into a civilization?

a)

Relgion

b)

Education

c)

Food Suprlus

d)

Government

10.

Which statement best explains this characteristics of the Aryan caste system?

"The Indian caste system places warriors and soldiers at a higher level than merchants and farmers."


a)

The priests who occupy the highest caste are first trained as soldiers.

b)

There were fewer merchants and farmers in ancient India than warriors and soldiers.

c)

Security was not a concern to ancient India due to its defense walls.

d)

Military strength and security were important to the Aryans.

11.

The Caste System

The caste system developed during the Gupta period in India, about 400 AD. Castes created social and political order. People could not rise to another caste or change caste by marriage. A person could fall to a lower caste by behaving badly. The rules of the caste system covered marriage, jobs and social habits, such as the way someone ate or drank. There was little need to have powerful local leaders because the strict rules of the caste system kept order.


What did the CASTE system create?


a)

A set of rules for the Brahmin

b)

Social and political order

c)

Fairness and equality for all people

d)

Chaos and disorder

12.

A wealthy family founded the Gupta dynasty in India. The third Gupta king was Chandra Gupta I. He was a mighty ruler in 320 AD. The family used war and marriage alliances to grow in power. The ruling class loved culture and the arts. The Gupta period was a "Golden Age." It was a time of great works of literature, music, art, architecture, and philosophy. Fa Xian was a Chinese pilgrim who traveled to the Gupta Empire in the early fifth century. He wrote of beautiful cities, fine hospitals and Universities. He also saw that the people were prosperous.

What can you conclude from the reading about the Gupta dynasty?

a)

Only India could have a "Golden Age"

b)

The Gupta valued music more than art

c)

The Gupta felt that traveling to another country would help the development of art

d)

A "Golden Age" shows progress in art, music, and literature

13.

"The most wonderful aspect of the Indus civilization was the excellent town-planning. The Indus civilization was an urban civilization and Mohenjo-daro was the oldest planned city of the world. Both the cities were populous and materially prosperous. The excellent town-planning is in itself a puzzling novelty. The buildings were of baked bricks, some twostoried and some even three-storied. The houses were in one line and the roads and lanes covered the space between the houses. Each house had a yard and was encircled with walls . . . The roads were wide and straight and there was a proper drainage system. The streets were from the north to the south so that the air could work as a sort of suction pump, thereby clearing the atmosphere automatically . . . The excellent drainage system is most attractive. The drains led from individual houses to the back streets and from the back streets by cross drains to the main roads along which many deep drains ran out of the city."

—Arun Bhattacharjee, History of Ancient India, 1979 From “City Planning” from History of Ancient India by Arun Bhattacharjee. Copyright © 1979 by Arun Bhattacharjee. Reproduced by permission of Sterling Publishers PVT. LTD.

Based on the following document, which phrase best describes Mohenjo - Daro?

Correct Answer

a)

A highly populated, economically and technologically prosperous urban center

b)

A rural, agricultural area in an isolated geographic location

c)

A manor of lower-class citizens working as sharecroppers for a monarch

d)

A native population that was conquered by Spanish conquistadors

14.

Which of these Indus civilization's technologies supports the idea that its people practiced good hygiene?

a)

Buildings were made of baked bricks

b)

The city was built with wide, straight roads

c)

A drainage system ran sewage out of the city

d)

The Indus economy was based on agriculture

15.

Use the list below to answer the question.


• Vedas

• Reincarnation

•Karma


The religion described by these elements is primarily practiced in which region?


a)

Middle East and some areas of North Africa

b)

India and some areas of Southeast Asia

c)

Russia and some areas of the Balkans

d)

China and some areas of the Koreas

16.

How did Hinduism develop as a religion?

a)

Aryan invaders brought their religion to India, and it combined with other local religions to form Hinduism.

b)

A prophet lived among the people and taught them the basic beliefs of Hinduism.

c)

Indian leaders were considered to be gods, and they established Hinduism.

d)

The first people to settle in India had a creation story that developed into Hinduism.

17.

Which factor MOST determined the caste to which a person belonged in ancient India?

a)

Office to which one was elected

b)

Family into which one was born

c)

Level of academic achievement

d)

Amount of wealth owned

18.

[Indian] society became divided into a number of rigid hereditary classes . . . (1) Brahmans, or priests; (2) warriors; (3) agriculturists and traders; and (4) serfs, or Sudras. The Brahmans were those of pure Aryan blood, while the Sudras were the despised and oppressed non-Aryan aborigines. The two middle classes, the warriors and the cultivators of the soil, were of mixed Aryan and non-Aryan blood. Below these several castes were the Pariahs, or outcasts, the most degraded of the degraded natives.


A General History for Colleges and High Schools by P. V. N. Myers, 1889


Based on the text, which statement describes a difference between agriculturalists and serfs in the Indian caste system during the ancient period?

a)

Agriculturalists enjoyed complete social mobility, while the serfs were consigned to remain in the caste into which they were born.

b)

Agriculturalists were the least respected members of the caste system, while the serfs were respected members of Indian society.

c)

Agriculturalists were descended in part from the Aryan invaders, while the serfs had ancestors who had been natives of India.

d)

Agriculturalists were day laborers on farms owned by others, while the serfs owned their own land.

19.

More reliable and abundant food supply

Job specialization based on a surplus of food

development of a more formal social hierarchy

Increased population creating some social pressures as traditional family/clan loyalties broke down


All of the above resulted from what cultural change?

a)

The development of complex government

b)

The use of agriculture

c)

The development of metal tools

d)

The growth of complex organized religion

20.

Nomadic group that invaded/migrated into India

a)

Aryans

b)

Romans

c)

Greeks

d)

Egyptians

21.

The strict social structure of India

a)

Cape System

b)

Caste System

c)

Production System

d)

Family System

22.


An area under a single authority (ruler)

a)

Empire

b)

Continent

c)

Government

d)

Tribe