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Religion & Society of Ancient India

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is considered the founder of Buddhism?

a)
Siddhartha Gautama
b)
Aryan the Harappan
c)
Muhammad
d)
Vishnu
2.
What are the main beliefs in Buddhism called?
a)
Four Noble Truths
b)
Tipitaka
c)
Karma
d)
Enlightenment
3.
What is the term for a person being reborn after a previous life?
a)
maya
b)
reincarnation
c)
recluse
d)
dharma
4.

This quotation best represents the religious views of:

a)

Hindus

b)

Zoroastrians

c)

Buddhists

d)

Jews

5.

Buddhists achieve enlightenment by following the

a)

Laws of the Ten commandments

b)

Decrees of the Upanishads

c)

Five Pillars

d)

Eightfold Path

6.

Which religion best completes the graphic?

a)

Taoism

b)

Hinduism

c)

Judaism

d)

Buddhism

7.

Which of the following best completes the shaded area on the diagram?

a)

Believes in the Four Noble Truths

b)

Sacred texts include the vedas

c)

Major religion of India today

d)

Strict social class system

8.

Which geographic feature(s) isolated India?

a)

Alps Mountains

b)

Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

c)

Khyber Pass

d)

Himalayan and Hindu Kush Mountains

9.

Vedas and Upanishads are sacred text to which religion?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Judaism

c)

Hinduism

d)

Islam

10.

Two cities located on the Indus River?

a)

Tigris and Euphrates

b)

Harrappa and Mohenjo Daro

c)

Athens and Sparta

d)

Limpopo and Zambezi

11.

The map below represents which civilization:

a)

India

b)

China

c)

Egypt

d)

Persia

12.

 Which of the following is matched correctly?

a)

1: Persia

b)

2: China

c)

3: Mesopotamia

d)

4: Indus

e)

5: Egypt

13.

Which statement below is supported by the image shown?

a)

The Mauryan empire continued the political unification of much of India

b)

The caste system allowed Indo-Aryans to assert dominance in India

c)

The Gupta empire influenced medical advancements including setting bones

d)

The rigid caste system determined choices of occupations

14.

Which religion would be associated with?

a)

Christianity

b)

Judaism

c)

Hinduism

d)

Buddhism

15.

Which religion of the Persian Empire believed there were opposing forces of good and evil in the universe?

a)

Zoroastrianism

b)

Hinduism

c)

Judaism

d)

Islam