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Unit 7 Review

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What advancements were found in early Indian cities such as Mohenjo-Daro?

a)
Castle walls, and cannons
b)

Sewers and bath houses

c)
Public transportation
d)
Ziggurats or temples
2.
What is a land mass that is set apart from a continent?
a)
Peninsula
b)
Cravass
c)
Subcontinent
d)
citadel
3.
What is the highest varna in the Indian Caste System called (priests)?
a)
Kshatriyas
b)
Sudras
c)
Brahmin
d)
Dalits
4.
What is the lowest caste system of "Untouchables" called?
a)
Sudras
b)
Svengouls
c)
Dalits
d)
Pharaohs
5.
Name of people who came to the Northern part of India in 1500 B.C (noble ones)
a)
Aryans
b)
Persians
c)
Babylonians
d)
Egyptians
6.

Sacred texts of the Ancient Indians are:

a)
Dalits
b)
Vedas
c)
Monsoons
d)
Dice
7.
What are the seasonal winds that blow in southern Asia called?
a)
Hurricaines
b)
Typhoons
c)
Monsoons
d)
Trade winds
8.
Fixed social class where Indian people were born into was called the __________ system
a)
Sewer
b)
Caste
c)
Metric
d)
society
9.
Where did people first settle near India?
a)
Indus River 
b)
Nile River
c)
Himalaya Mts.
d)
Ganges River
10.

Which mountains form a border between India and China?

a)

Himalayas

b)

Hindu Kush

c)

Khyber Pass

d)

Appalachian

11.

Social structure in Ancient India was determined by birthright, this division of classes is called?

a)

Karma

b)

8 Fold Path

c)

Feudalism

d)

Caste System

12.

Which of the following were important central beliefs to the two major religions of Jainism and Hinduism?

a)

Holy trinity/ heaven/ golden rule

b)

Karma/ reincarnation/

c)

5 Ks/ Guru Nanak/ Selfless service

d)

Mohammad/ 5 pillars/ Quran

13.

Advances in what science allowed people in the Indus Valley to plan planting and harvesting around annual flooding?

a)

Metallurgy

b)

Biology

c)

Astronomy

d)

Chemistry

14.
The knowledge that all thoughts and actions result in future consequences is known as...
a)
darma
b)
reincarnation
c)
moksha
d)
karma
15.
* numbers, concept of 0
* _________________
* literature
* medical advances

What is missing from the Gupta Empire's list of contributions?
a)
music
b)
astronomy
c)
chemistry
d)
economics
16.
Which statement regarding Hinduism is TRUE?
a)
No known founder with many forms of one God.
b)
Founded by Asoka during the Golden Age of India.
c)
Founded by Chandragupta Maurya, spread along trade routes.
d)
Began in China and spread to India.
17.

Who were the Aryans?

a)

Nomadic herders who migrated from Central Asia into India

b)

Farmers who migrated from Eastern Europe into Asia

c)

Warriors who killed all the people of Mohenjo Daro

18.

Who was the Buddha?

a)

Siddhartha Gautama

b)

Chandragupta Maurya

c)

Asoka Kalinga

19.

Key term: the religious and moral duties of Hindus

a)

reincarnation

b)

dharma

c)

nirvana

20.

Key term: the rebirth of the soul in the body of another living being

a)

reincarnation

b)

avatar

c)

meditate

21.

Which ruler won a battle but then became very upset by the bloodshed, and then converted to Buddhism and spread it to his people?

a)

Chandragupta

b)

Ashoka

c)

Maurya

22.
When the Aryan culture and Indian culture blended, which religion resulted?
a)
Christianity
b)
Buddhism
c)
Hinduism
d)
Taoism
23.
According to the Hindu belief of reincarnation, faithful followers 
a)
cannot escape the cycle of death to rebirth.
b)
will be born into a higher position once they die.
c)
will be reborn as animals.
d)
will never be reborn again.  
24.
What two rivers were important to the people of Ancient India?
a)
The Tigris and Euphrates
b)
The Indus and the Ganges
c)
The Missouri and the Mississippi
d)
The Themes and the Seine
25.
Aryans invented a strict division of classes known as...
a)
castes.
b)
monks.
c)
dharmas.
d)
citadels.
26.
Nirvana is...
a)
A rock band from the 70's.
b)

A lasting peace/heaven

c)
A type of meditation.
d)
The Hindu crown of peace.
27.
Who invented Buddhism?
a)
A young Hindu prince named Siddartha Goutama
b)
An elderly monk on the top of the Himalayas
c)
A priest who wanted to gain world peace
d)
A Christian gone wild
28.
What is the main teaching of Buddhism?
a)
The Eightfold Path
b)
Jesus
c)
You don't need Buddha
d)
Wealth is wonderful
29.
Archaologists can tell the city of Mohenjo-Daro was a carefully planned because of its...
a)
use of soil, which turned into desert plains.
b)
use of a city wall, citadel, and streets which looked like city blocks.
c)
the city was built on flat land away from rivers.  
d)
no-trade policy.