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Ancient India Review Sections 1 - 3

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why did people in India depend on monsoons?

a)

helped the Himalayas

b)

provided sun for crops

c)

provided rain for crops

2.

What mountain range can be found in India?

a)

Appalachian Mountains

b)

Rocky Mountains

c)

Himalaya Mountains

3.

What two cities were the first and most famous in the Indus Valley?

(PICK 2)

a)

Harappa

b)

Mesopotamia

c)

Mohenjo Daro

d)

Nubia

4.

What was the path that Buddhists follow?

a)

Buddhist Path

b)

8 Fold Path

c)

Right Path

5.

Buddha taught that the cure for human suffering was to...

a)

exercise

b)

make money

c)

give up selfish desires

6.

Gautama became known as the "Buddha" and founded the religion...

a)

Buddhism

b)

Hinduism

c)

Islam

7.

Before Becoming the enlightened one, Gautama was a...

a)

prince

b)

soldier

c)

peasant

8.

The Tripitaka was a book of 3 written by Monks about Buddhas ways for Buddhism.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Who created Hinduism?

a)

Buddha

b)

Vishnu

c)

No - one single creator

10.

What is the religious text in Hinduism?

a)

Tripitaka

b)

Vedas

c)

Bible

11.

What river is found in India and Hindus bathe in to wash away their sins?

a)

Tigris

b)

Nile

c)

Ganges

12.

What was believed to happen when Hindus followed their religion?

a)

Born into a lower class

b)

Born into a higher class

c)

Born as an animal

13.

What changed Ashoka’s attitude in life? (What event)

a)

Death of his father

b)

Battle of Chambersburg

c)

Battle of Kalinga

14.

Women had (many/few) rights in the Gupta Empire.

a)

many

b)

few

15.

Animal used in war in Ancient India

a)

donkeys

b)

lions

c)

elephants

16.

Chandragupta was a paranoid ruler who had his servants taste his food for poison, slept in a different room each night and even had a spy network. 

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Which of the following are accomplishments of the Gupta empire?

a)

Concept of 0

b)

Earth is round

c)

Performed surgeries

d)

All of the above