WorksheetsAncient India Quiz
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Which continent is India located in?
Asia
North America
South America
Europe
Which mountain range separates India from the rest of the continent?
Rocky Mountains
Himalayas
Appalachian Mountains
Hindu Kush
Which rivers are located in India?
Nile
Tigris and Euphrates
Indus and Ganges
Yellow and Yangtze
Which civilization first settled around the Indus River?
Sumerians
Egyptians
Aztecs
Harappans
"Strong winds that change direction with the season and affect the climate"
Plateau
Subcontinent
Monsoon
Migrate
"Moving from one place to another"
Plateau
Migrate
Monsoon
Subcontinent
"A large area of high and fairly flat land"
Plateau
Subcontinent
Monsoon
Migrate
Which civilization settled around the Indus river after the Harappans vanished?
Incan
Aztecs
Mesopotamians
Aryans
What is the world's oldest major religion that believes every living thing has a soul?
Buddhism
Christianity
Islam
Hinduism
What are the sacred texts of Hinduism called?
Vedas
Bible
Torah
Judaism
What is the ancient, sacred Indian language of Hinduism called?
Cuneiform
Sanskrit
Hinduism
Hieroglyphics
What is the caste system?
a religion
economic system
political system of power
social structure
What is the "rebirth of a soul in a new body after death" called?
Karma
Reincarnation
Hinduism
Sanskrit
Who is at the top of the caste system?
Common people/servants
Warriors/Rulers
Priests/Scholars
Farmers/Merchants
Who were the Untouchables?
The gods
The most powerful caste
Merchants
Out of Caste, too lowly to even be with the varnas
India is huge! In fact, it's so big geographers call it a...
city
state
continent
subcontinent
What is the main hypothesis as to why the Harappans mysteriously vanished?
Aryan invaders conquered them
Climate change left them with less water
Volcano eruption
Devastating floods
