WorksheetsAncient India Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
India is part of which continent?
North America
Africa
Asia
Europe
Which one of the oceans is to the south of India?
Arctic
Pacific
Atlantic
Indian
The two major rivers of India are the...?
Tigris and Euphrates
Indus and Ganges
Nile and Amazon
Guang He and Chang Jiang
The mountain range which separates India from China is the...
Himalayan Mountain Range
Hindu-Kush Mountain Range
Which weather pattern in India causes distinct wet and dry seasons?
Monsoons
Hurricanes
Blizzards
Typhoons
What two cities were at the center of the Indus Valley Civilization?
Sparta and Athens
Sumer and Ur
Memphis and Thebes
Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa
India is known as both
supercontinent
subcontinent
island
peninsula
The collection of tribes people moved into India from north of the Black and Caspian Sea around 1500 BCE.
Aryans
Egyptians
Brahmans
Hittites
We cannot read the Harappan language, but we can read the language of the Aryans, which is...
Cuneiform
Pictographs
Sanskrit
Hieroglyphics
Select one reason why the Aryans are so important to India's history.
They destroyed the Harappan culture.
The leader united all of India under a set of laws.
Their social structure developed into the Caste System, and their religion developed into Hinduism.
They were the first to farm and bring trade to India.
A person's social class in Ancient India was determined in a Caste System by:
education
wealth
religion
birth
The "duty one has to perform" or "the law of one's being" is known in the Caste System as...
Dharma
Karma
Aryan
Hinduism
The belief that people can be born again into a new life is known as:
Hinduism
Dharma
Karma
Reincarnation
In the Caste System, if you are part of the highest Caste, or priestly, you are considered:
Brahman
Vaishya
Kshatriya
Sudra
In the Caste System, if you are a warrior, you are part of the _________________ Caste.
Brahman
Vaishya
Kshatriya
Sudra
In the Caste System, if you are a landowner, you are part of the ___________ Caste.
Brahman
Untouchables
Vaishya
Sudra
Those seen as subhuman, who performed jobs nobody else wanted, and were "out of the Caste" were called:
Brahman
Untouchables
Vaishya
Sudras
The correct order of the Caste System is:
Brahmans, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, Sudras, Untouchables
Kshatriyas, Brahmans, Vaishyas, Sudras, Untouchables
Vaishyas, Sudras, Kshatriyas, Brahmans, Untouchables
Vaishyas, Untouchables, Sudras, Kshatriyas, Brahmans
The metaphor or symbol used to represent the Caste system and Indian society is:
an elephant
a mountain
The Buddha
the human body
Could people in India marry into a different Caste or Varna?
Yes
No
