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India

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Fill in the blank with a vocab word from India, Lesson 1:

Boys from wealthy or important families had a ________ until they were old enough to attend school.

a)

guru

b)

monsoon

c)

veda

d)

varna

2.

Which river did the Aryans settle along when they migrated into north India?

a)

Ganges River

b)

Indus River

c)

Nile River

d)

Tigris River

3.

What are the Aryan Vedas?

a)

Aryan cities

b)

high priests

c)

sacred writings

d)

sacred rivers

4.

Who were the most powerful Varna?

a)

Brahmans

b)

Kshatryias

c)

Vaisyas

d)

Sudras

5.

Which religion was more accepting of the lower castes and untouchables?

a)

Hinduism

b)

Buddhism

6.

Which of the following is NOT a possible reason that the Harrapan civilization collapsed?

a)

earthquakes

b)

floods

c)

drought

d)

war

7.

What are the 4 levels of Indian society called?

a)

jati

b)

rajas

c)

varnas

d)

Vedas

8.

What language were the Vedas written in?

a)

Sanskrit

b)

Hindi

c)

Hieroglyphics

d)

pictographs

9.

What is the leader of an Indian tribe called?

a)

raja

b)

chief

c)

veda

d)

caste

10.

Which varna was the lowest and had the most people in it

a)

Brahmans

b)

Kshatryias

c)

Vaisyas

d)

Sudras

11.

How did Indian boys and girls decide who to marry?

a)

Brahman priests decide

b)

parents decide

c)

the gods "tell" them who to marry

d)

they fall in love

12.

Who had more rights in ancient India?

a)

men

b)

women

c)

untouchables

d)

Sudras

13.

Which one of the following deities is NOT one of the three most important gods in Hinduism?

a)

Brahman

b)

Osiris

c)

Shiva

d)

Vishnu

14.

The ultimate goal of every follower of Buddhism

a)

Brahman

b)

fasting

c)

meditation

d)

Nirvana

15.

What belief does Buddhism and Hinduism have in common?

a)

the belief in Nirvana

b)

the belief in Brahman

c)

the belief in reincarnation

d)

the belief in the caste system