Ancient Indian History Quiz 150 (25 MCQs)

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1. Which animal do Hindus have a lot of respect for?

2. 6.C&G.1.4 In the Egyptian social order, which class was a part of the bureaucracy which helped the pharaoh run the government and temples?

3. The Caste to which someone belonged was determined by

4. How did Hinduism originate?

5. Chandragupta's grandson was _____

6. Who did the Shang Dynasty lose the Mandate of Heaven to?

7. Why did many people in early India accept the Buddha's message?

8. What was the high fortified area of a city called?

9. What were houses with flat roofs built with?

10. Much of the water in the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra rivers comes from:

11. The Indus river begins in the _____ and empties into the _____

12. A large landmass that sticks out from a continent

13. The fourth varna made up of unskilled laborers and servants

14. What was a mathmatical contribuation the Indian's made during the Gupta empire?

15. Leader of the Mauryan dynasty of India who conquered most of India but eventually gave up violence and converted to Buddhism.

16. An ancient language of India. Language used in Hinduism.

17. The people group that inhabited the Indus Valley AFTER the Harappans

18. What are Buddhists in search of?

19. What is the "rebirth of a soul in a new body after death" called?

20. What is a similarity between Hinduism and Buddhism

21. What determines a person's caste?

22. Arjuna's dilemma in the Bhagavad Gita is

23. Wonder of the ancient world from Mesopotamia

24. The name of early Aryan religion.

25. Civilization that developed the written language of sanskrit.