WorksheetsIndia
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
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.
guru
monsoon
veda
varna
Which river did the Aryans settle along when they migrated into north India?
Ganges River
Indus River
Nile River
Tigris River
What are the Aryan Vedas?
Aryan cities
high priests
sacred writings
sacred rivers
Who were the most powerful Varna?
Brahmans
Kshatryias
Vaisyas
Sudras
Which religion was more accepting of the lower castes and untouchables?
Hinduism
Buddhism
Which of the following is NOT a possible reason that the Harrapan civilization collapsed?
earthquakes
floods
drought
war
What are the 4 levels of Indian society called?
jati
rajas
varnas
Vedas
What language were the Vedas written in?
Sanskrit
Hindi
Hieroglyphics
pictographs
What is the leader of an Indian tribe called?
raja
chief
veda
caste
Which varna was the lowest and had the most people in it
Brahmans
Kshatryias
Vaisyas
Sudras
How did Indian boys and girls decide who to marry?
Brahman priests decide
parents decide
the gods "tell" them who to marry
they fall in love
Who had more rights in ancient India?
men
women
untouchables
Sudras
Which one of the following deities is NOT one of the three most important gods in Hinduism?
Brahman
Osiris
Shiva
Vishnu
The ultimate goal of every follower of Buddhism
Brahman
fasting
meditation
Nirvana
What belief does Buddhism and Hinduism have in common?
the belief in Nirvana
the belief in Brahman
the belief in reincarnation
the belief in the caste system
