WorksheetsAncient India Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a large landmass that is smaller than a continent?
a)
Delta
b)
Subcontinent
c)
River
d)
State
2.
Seasonal wind patterns that cause wet and dry seasons
a)
Hailstorms
b)
Hurricanes
c)
Tornadoes
d)
Monsoons
3.
The written language of Ancient India
a)
Alphabet
b)
Hieroglyphics
c)
Sanskrit
d)
Cuneiform
4.
Which was NOT a level in the Indian caste system?
a)
Deities
b)
Sudra
c)
Kshatryia
d)
Untouchables
5.
What is the largest religion in India today that believed in many gods?
a)
Buddhism
b)
Christianity
c)
Hinduism
d)
Islam
6.
Hindu belief that souls are born and reborn many times, each time in a new body
a)
Nirvana
b)
Reincarnation
c)
Buddhism
d)
Moksha
7.
The effect that good or bad actions have on a person's soul (good and bad deeds)
a)
Nirvana
b)
Hinduism
c)
Buddhism
d)
Karma
8.
Means "Enlightened One." Got rid of worldly possessions and taught a way to overcome suffering
a)
Buddha
b)
King Tut
c)
Abraham
d)
Moses
9.
A state of complete or total happiness in Buddhism
a)
Reincarnation
b)
Nirvana
c)
Moksha
d)
Hinduism
10.
The study of stars or planets
a)
Sociology
b)
Anthropology
c)
Paleontology
d)
Astrology
11.
The single spiritual power that Hindus believe lives in everything
a)
Reincarnation
b)
Brahma
c)
King Tut
d)
Nirvana
12.
Which was NOT an ancient city of the Indus civilization?
a)
Mohenjo-Daro
b)
Harappa
c)
Jerusalem
13.
Personal duty in Hinduism
a)
Moksha
b)
Karma
c)
Dharma
d)
Nirvana
14.
The world's highest mountain range, which forms the border of the Indian subcontinent
a)
Hindu Kush
b)
Eastern Ghats
c)
Appalachian
d)
Himalayas
15.
Which is NOT a river that was essential to the Ancient Indian society?
a)
Nile
b)
Ganges
c)
Indus
16.
Which was NOT an invention from Ancient India?
a)
Iron Plow
b)
Sewer/Septic system
c)
Dental work
d)
Printing press
17.
Siddartha Guatama was the founder of Buddhism
a)
True
b)
False
18.
Wheat, barley, and rice were crops commonly grown in the Indus Valley region
a)
True
b)
False
19.
Which was NOT one of the 3 main deities in Hinduism?
a)
Brahma
b)
Kshatryia
c)
Vishnu
d)
Shiva
20.
Which was the highest caste that included priests in the Ancient India caste system?
a)
Untouchables
b)
Brahmin
c)
Sudra
d)
Kshatryia
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