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Ancient India

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Rigid social structur determining a person's position in society.

a)

Ranking

b)

Nirvana

c)

Caste System

d)

Nobility

2.

The idea that your actions determine your next life when you are reborn is called?

a)

Nirvana

b)

Karma

c)

Sundras

d)

Rajas

3.

Which ancient Indian language, dating back to 1000 BC, was used to write legends and religious chants?

a)

Papyrus

b)

Hieroglyphics

c)

Sanskrit

d)

Sudras

4.

Belief that a person's soul is reborn in a different form after death

a)

Origin

b)

Nirvana

c)

Dharma

d)

Reincarnation

5.

What are the seasonal winds in India's climate that bring dry or wet precipitation called?

a)

Monsoons

b)

Typhoon

c)

Rainy Season

d)

Drought

6.

Achieving wisdom and reuniting with the Great World Soul, Brahman

a)

Nirvana

b)

Karma

c)

Utopia

d)

Bliss

7.

Who holds the top position in the caste system?

a)

Aryans

b)

Sudras

c)

Brahmins

d)

Sanskrit

8.

In Hinduism and Buddhism, a spiritual teacher and thinker.

a)

Priest

b)

Guru

c)

Minister

d)

Leader

9.

A large area of land that is part of a continent.

a)

Europe

b)

Landform

c)

Subcontinent

d)

River Valley

10.

Everlasting peace, stop wanting things, no more reincarnation

a)

Dharma

b)

Golden Age

c)

Nirvana

d)

Karma

11.

A way of organizing society

a)

Monsoons

b)

Levee

c)

Caste

d)

Subcontinent

12.
Social group a person is born into and can not change.
a)
Karma
b)
Caste
c)
Sanskrit
d)
Monsoon
13.
Divine Law: Do your duties
a)
Dharma
b)
Karma
c)
Sanskrit
d)
Guru
14.

Irrigation

a)

Controlling flood waters by building canals

b)

Supplying water to land in order to grow crops

15.

A social class system that divides Indian society is

a)

Caste System

b)

Social Pyramid

c)

Untouchables

d)

Varna

16.

Hindu religious stories and hymns

a)

Vedas

b)

Varna

c)

Victory

d)

Verizon

17.

Ancient Egyptian writing system that used picture symbols

a)

sphinx

b)

Rosetta Stone

c)

hieroglyphics

d)

papyrus

18.
What were pyramids?
a)

a place to store food surplus

b)
prisons
c)
tombs for pharaohs
d)
tombs for nobles
19.
Who was at the top of the Egyptian social order?
a)
slaves
b)
pharaoh
c)
priests
d)
scribes
20.
Egypt is on what Continent?
a)
Africa
b)
Asia
c)
Europe
d)
South America