Ancient Indian History Quiz 114 (25 MCQs)

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1. What is the social ranking started by the Harappans?

2. A fixed social class into which a person is born

3. Many people and languages of Europe, Iran, and northern India share common linguistic traits due to being part of this ancient group.

4. What are strong winds that affect India at certain times of the year and bring specific weather?

5. Egypt, Mesopotamia, and the Indus River Valley civilization all traded with each other

6. Strong winds that blows one direction in winter and the opposite direction in the summer.

7. Empire of India's Golden Age was?

8. What is the Eighfold Path?

9. Major river that helped shape early civilization in India.

10. The state of neither suffering or desire

11. What is one way that Hinduism differs from all other major world religions?

12. Which of the following is NOT a contribution made during the Gupta Empire?

13. What is the release from pain and achieving ultimate enlightenment called in Hinduism?

14. Hindi, the official language of India, is derived from _____, the language of Ancient India.

15. Many ancient civilizations, such as India and China, began around

16. Why did India not trade as much as other places?

17. Which two rivers flow through India?

18. How did early Aryans pass down their stories before they had a written language?

19. What are the names of the three ancient Indian Religions we have been learning about?

20. The Hindus believe that the _____ River is Holy and can wash away their sins.

21. The concept of one's actions in the present life affecting their rebirth in the next life is

22. How has the location of the Himalaya Mountains benefited India?

23. Vocabulary:The oldest of the four collections of hymns and poems sacred to the Aryans

24. Vocabulary:Ancient dockyard

25. Founder of Hinduism