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Ancient India Pre-Test

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

_________ is a a large, distinguishable part of a continent, such as North America or southern Africa.

a)

Subcontinent

b)

City-State

c)

Country

d)

County

2.

Which 3 rivers are in India?

a)

Yellow, Yangtze, Yinnik

b)

Tigris, Euphrates, Yellow

c)

Nile, Amazon, Tigris

d)

Indus, Ganges. Brahmaputra

3.

How many monsoon seasons are there?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

4.

What seasons bring monsoons?

a)

Winter, Summer

b)

Winter, Spring

c)

Spring, Fall

d)

Summer, Fall

5.

The Indus River Valley contains which two major cities?

a)

Memphis, Cairo

b)

Harappa, Mohenjo- Daro

c)

Beijing, Tokyo

d)

Harappa, Thebes

6.

Most people in Harappa __________

a)

were farmers

b)

played the didgeridoo

c)

worshipped one god

d)

went swimming

7.

The main crops were (select all that apply)

a)

Rice

b)

Wheat

c)

Cotton

d)

Barley

8.

True or False: Winter Monsoons bring rain and flooding

a)

True

b)

False

9.

True or False: Winter monsoons bring dry air and moderate temperatures

a)

True

b)

False

10.

True or False: Summer monsoons bring dry air and moderate temperatures

a)

True

b)

False

11.

True or False: Summer monsoons bring rain and often flooding

a)

True

b)

False

12.

What evidence of language has been found?

a)

Pictograms on seals

b)

Cave paintings

c)

Hieroglyphics on tombs

d)

Written script on coins

13.

True or False: We do not know a lot about the Harappans and their cities because we haven't deciphered their pictograms.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Why did the Harappans disappear? (Select all that apply)

a)

Climate change

b)

Disease

c)

socio-economic upheaval

d)

invasion

15.

Harappans worshipped gods associated with....

a)

human forces

b)

emotions

c)

natural forces

d)

space forces

16.

A satrapy is a

a)

province

b)

city

c)

city-state

d)

country

17.

True or False: Chandragupta Maurya expanded the Mauryan empire through conquests and alliances

a)

True

b)

False

18.

True or False: Ashoka was Chandragupta Maurya's grandson

a)

True

b)

False

19.

After seeing the horrors of war Ashoka announced he would follow the teaching of which religious figure?

a)

Buddha

b)

Zeus

c)

Horus

d)

Loki

20.

During the Gupta empire which religion became dominant?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Hinduism

c)

Judaism

d)

Zoroastrianism

21.

The Iron Pillar of Delhi honored which Hindu god?

a)

Brahma

b)

Vishnu

c)

Shiva

d)

Devi

22.

India's society is based off of which system....

a)

Caste System

b)

Social Class System

c)

Omni-Directional Movement System

d)

Upper Caste System

23.

Which is an achievement of Ancient India? (select all that apply)

a)

inoculation

b)

algebra

c)

flushing toilets/sewer

d)

astronomy

24.

True or False: Polytheism is the belief in one god or goddess

a)

True

b)

False

25.

True or False: Monotheism is the belief in multiple gods or goddesses

a)

True

b)

False