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Ancient India Review

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which two rivers run through India?

a)

Tigirs and Euphrates

b)

Nile and Amazon

c)

Indus and Ganges

d)

Mississippi and Illinois

2.

What mountain range protects India to the north?

a)

Himalayas

b)

Alps

c)

Indian

d)

Bengal

3.

What two city-states first popped up in India?

a)

Peoria and Chicago

b)

Sumer and Babylon

c)

Egypt and Mesopotamia

d)

Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa

4.

The idea that good behavior is rewarded and bad behavior is punished is called:

a)

Karma

b)

Ahimsa

c)

Dharma

d)

Goesaround

5.

The Hindu idea of nonviolence is called:

a)

Karma

b)

Dharma

c)

Ahimsa

d)

Moksha

6.

Who is the "Preserver" in Hinduism?

a)

Shiva

b)

Vishnu

c)

Brahma

7.

Who is the "Destroyer" in Hinduism?

a)

Shiva

b)

Vishnu

c)

Brahma

8.

Who is the "Creator" in Hinduism?

a)

Shiva

b)

Vishnu

c)

Brahma

9.

_____________Marurya began the Indian Empire.

a)

Steve

b)

Chandragupta

c)

Asoka

d)

Siddhartha

10.

What is Buddha's real name?

a)

Steve

b)

Chandragupta

c)

Asoka

d)

Siddhartha

11.

The MIddle Way is also know as the _____fold path.

a)

Ten

b)

Five

c)

Eight

d)

Four

12.

Chandragupta believed in ____________power, which means total control.

a)

strong

b)

weak

c)

absolute

d)

popular

13.

Another name for a fortress in a city.

a)

migrated

b)

citadel

c)

avatar

d)

nirvana

14.

A representation of a Hindu god in human or animal form.

a)

Citadel

b)

Avatar

c)

Nirvana

d)

Tolerance

15.

Moved or when a group of people has moved.

a)

migrated

b)

tolerance

c)

citadel

d)

avatar

16.

This is the lasting peace that Buddhists seek.

a)

Avatar

b)

Nirvana

c)

Citadel

d)

Tolerance

17.

To have or show freedom from prejudice

a)

migrated

b)

avatar

c)

tolerance

d)

nirvana

18.

A strong wind that blows across East Asia

a)

Reincarnation

b)

Monsoon

c)

Missionary

d)

Convert

19.

The rebirth of the soul

a)

Reincarnation

b)

Meditate

c)

Monsoon

d)

Convert

20.

A person who spreads their religious beliefs

a)

Monsoon

b)

Reincarnation

c)

Convert

d)

Missionary

21.

To change one's beliefs

a)

Convert

b)

Missionary

c)

Meditate

d)

Monsoon

22.

To focus one's mind inward

a)

Nirvana

b)

Convert

c)

Meditate

d)

Missionary

23.

In India's caste system, there was upward mobility. In other words, if you didn't like the cast you were in, you could work hard to move up a social class.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

What religion did Asoka convert too?

a)

Hinduism

b)

Buddhism

c)

Islam

d)

Judaism

25.

Which was NOT part of Chandragupta's legacy?

a)

Wells placed every mile down roadways

b)

Hospitals

c)

New irrigation systems

d)

Schools in every village

26.

Mohenjo-Daro is known for having the world's first_________?

a)

sewage system

b)

banks

c)

wells

27.

What is dharma?

a)

moral and religious duties

b)

medicine

c)

reincarnation cycle