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social stiudye india ding a ling a ling

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 6hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

what is subcontinent

a)

a wind pattern that influences the climate and leds to wet and dry seasons

b)

a large part of a contient thats NOT a continent

c)

continent

d)

a large part of a subcontinent thats NOT a continent

2.

what is monsoon

a)

a wind pattern that influences the subcontinent that lead to wet and dry seasons

b)

a wind pattern that influences the climate that leads to wet and dry seasons

c)

wind

d)

a wind pattern that influences the continent that lead to wet and dry seasons

3.

what is harrapa

a)

the first known sttlement in india

b)

indias first civilization, which is located along the indus river

c)

an ancient city in india

d)

indias second civilization, which is along the indus river

4.

Mohenjo-Daro is

a)

a country in Harrapan

b)

one of the largest Harrapan cities

c)

an important person in hinduism

d)

an important person in buddhism

5.

Vedas is

a)

a collection of religious art that influenced Hinduism

b)

a collection of religous poems, myths and hymms that influenced Hinduism

c)

a caste part of the caste system, which is basically the middle class

d)

a caste part of the caste system, which is more in the upper class

6.

who are the Aryans

a)

people from the Mauryan empire

b)

a group from

Central Asia who

supposedly moved

into India and

established Vedic

society

c)

a subcontinent in Central Asia that got into war and was forgotten

d)

an important language in India

7.

Sanskrit is an important __________ of Ancient India

a)

language

b)

empire

c)

civilization

d)

city

8.

caste system is _______?

a)

a social order

that has

determined

ones place in

Indian society

b)

how animals are distrubuted based on their wealth ( meat, milk, etc)

c)

a social order that has determined ones gold in indian society

d)

the caste system is how people and their farming tools are seperated

9.

Hinduism is a major world religion that developed in India from the _____??

a)

Aryans

b)

Vedas

c)

Mauryans

d)

Buddhist people

10.

Hinduism and Buddhism follows what? What is the definition?

a)

a civilization that took over india

b)

Reincarnation

c)

the rebirth of ones soul

d)

aryans

e)

mauryans

11.

Buddhism and Hinduism both follow what?

a)

dharma and sanskrit

b)

karma and dharma

c)

reincarnation and vedas

d)

kharma and darma

12.

what is karma? what is dharma?

a)

kharma is is the effect a persons actions have on

their soul and darma is ones spiritual duties

b)

karma is the effect a persons actions have on

their soul and dharma is ones spiritual duties

c)

karma is ones spiritual duties and dharma is the effect a persons actions have on their soul

d)

kharma is ones spiritual duties and darma is the effect a persons actions have on their soul

13.

what is ahmisa?

a)

violence

and no respect

for humans

b)

nonviolence

and respect

for all living

things

c)

violence

and no respect

for all living

things

d)

nonviolence

and respect

for animals

14.

moksha is achieved when one is released from the cycle of ____

a)

dharma

b)

karma

c)

rebirth

d)

sanskrit

15.

how many gods do buddhist people follow?

a)

1

b)

0

c)

2

d)

10+

16.

meditation is

a)

yoga

b)

focusing

ones mind

on spiritual

ideas

c)

a form of anger

d)

a type of mental excercise

17.

what is nirvana?

a)

a brand of t shirts

b)

a state of

peace that is

free from

suffering and

desire

c)

a persons name

d)

a type of flower

18.

who is Siddhartha Gautama

a)

a princess who discovered

enlightenment and became

known as the Buddha or the

Enlightened One

b)

a prince who discovered

enlightenment and became

known as the Buddha or the

Enlightened One

c)

a king who discovered

enlightenment and became

known as the Buddha or the

Enlightened One

d)

a prince who discovered

enlightenment and became

known as the Buddha or the

Light one

19.

what is Jainism

a)

a religion made by jewish people

b)

a religion

founded by

Mahavira that

promotes

nonviolence

c)

a religion

founded by

Buddhist people that

promotes

nonviolence

d)

jainism is all about war and violence

20.

who is Chandragupta Maurya?

a)

a leader

who founded the

Mauryan Empire

b)

a military leader

who founded the

Mauryan Empire

c)

a military leader

who founded the

Aryan Empire

d)

a soviet leader

who founded the

Mauryan Empire

21.

who is Ashoka and what did he convert to?

a)

Ashoka was a Mauryan prince that built hospitals and shade trees but then he converted to Hinduism

b)

Ashoka was a Mauryan king that witnessed bloddy battles but then he converted to Buddhism

c)

Ashoka was a Mauryan king that witnessed bloody battles but then he converted to Hinduism

d)

Ashoka was a Mauryan prince that built hospitals and shade trees but then he converted to Buddhism

22.

who is Chandra Gupta II?

a)

a military leader

who founded the

Gupta Empire

b)

leader who expanded the

Gupta empire and

strengthened the economy

c)

leader who expanded the

Mauryan empire and

strengthened the economy

d)

a military leader

who founded the

Mauryan Empire