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Ancient Indian History Quiz 136 (25 MCQs)

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1. What materials did the Harappan civilization use to build their buildings?

2. Asoka built large stone pillars with (blank) inscribed (or carved) on them throughout the Maurya Empire

3. The dry season of the monsoons is caused by

4. An organization of social group into which one is born and cannot change.

5. Who governed the jatis?

6. In Hinduism, dharma were the rules and expectations your social group was supposed to follow. Why did people follow dharma?

7. Ava, Mason, and Lily are discussing the concept of dharma in ancient Indian beliefs. Mason believes it's about the energy created by actions in life that comes back in the future. Ava thinks it's about the moral duty or responsibility each person has to fulfill in their life. Lily, on the other hand, believes it's about the soul being reborn into a new body after death, starting a new life. According to ancient Indian beliefs, who is correct?

8. Which mountain range separates India from Tibet and the rest of Asia?

9. Which of the following inventions was invented by the Harappans?

10. 'The concept of "action" or "deed" in Dharmic religions understood as denoting the entire cycle of cause and effect described in Hindu, Jain, Sikh, and Buddhist philosophies

11. Two great rivers flow through northern India. What are they called?

12. Is there an Indus river or Indus valley in ancient India

13. This leader and his armies conquered the Persian Empire and, in 330 BCE, invaded the Indus River Valley.

14. Name the two rivers that were part of the Indus Valley

15. What is the system that divides society into groups based upon a person's wealth, birth or occupation?

16. What group was considered the lowest in Hindu India?

17. A main river and all of the other rivers and streams that drain into it.

18. The Himalayan Mountains are to the north of China.

19. Sanskrit was passed down generation to generation

20. What group conquered India in 1500 B.C. and set up the caste system?

21. Extinct ancestor to modern day elephants

22. The ancient Indus Valley Civilisation began _____

23. Which was NOT a geographic feature of India?

24. What are the 3 major rivers of the Ancient Indian Empire?

25. True or False:Farmers in Mohenjo-Daro did not produce surpluses of food.

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