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Ancient Indian History Quiz 23 (60 MCQs)

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1. In 500 BCE, what language were the holy scriptures written in?
2. Uses the caste system to place people in social groups
3. The founder of Buddhism is known as the Buddha which means BLANK.
4. People who migrated from around the Caspian Sea to the Indus River Valley after the Harappan Civilization.
5. During the Golden Age of the Gupta dynasty, Indian mathematicians contributed .....
6. The Dalit were .....
7. King of Maurya Empire whose name means "without sorrow"
8. What is correct sequence of the Hindu life cycle?
9. Why did Buddhism spread throughout India?
10. In India, the title for a king or prince
11. What was the person's name that sat under a fig tree for 49 days?
12. This innovation helped to measure the bricks used to build houses in ancient India.
13. Which river does ancient Indian civilization forma round?
14. Guatama fasted and meditated under what?
15. The most important Hindu gods are
16. Who was the guy who was standing on a cliff and saw some hungry tigers about to eat their cubs so he jumped in to be the dinner instead? He was one of the previous incarnations of Siddhartha according to Buddhists.
17. One of four social classes
18. It had a well-planned road and drainage system. The "Great Bath" in the city center was heated and seemed to be a primary community gathering place. Most scholars agree this was the first stepwell (steps leading into a well or man-made pool) invented. Achievements:Select an excerpt from the reading above that explains the historical importance of the Great Bath of Mohenjo-Daro.
19. The numbers that we use today
20. What is the name of the desert in India that is very unsuitable for living?
21. Gautama taught that a person could be freed from suffering
22. Which of the following may have influenced the divisions of the Aryan class system?
23. Select the choice that best represents the word, epics.
24. Who is brahman and what does he do?
25. If you were born into the untouchables caste and had bad karma, what might be one way you were reincarnated in the next life?
26. What were the two important cities in the Harappan Civilization?
27. What was the most significant language of Ancient India?
28. What are the Ramayana and the Mahabharata?
29. Hinduism developed because Buddhist wanted a more spiritual faith.
30. In chola kingdom settlement of Peasants known as .....
31. What is the highest social class of the caste system of ancient India?
32. In Hinduism, the one universal spirit, or creator, is called .....
33. Which of the following is true about BOTH Hinduism and Buddhism
34. India is a ..... because even though it is part of Asia, huge mountains separate it from the rest of Asia.
35. A series of rulers all from the same family
36. Which Buddhist group spread their ideas to the south and east of India, and to Ceylon?
37. A woman who devotes her life to a religious group
38. What is the definition of "enlightenment" ?
39. Because of its geography, India
40. The tallest mountain in the world is ..... and it can be found in the ..... mountain range in northern India.
41. Today, India has the largest (blank) industry
42. What is a possible reason for the decline of the Harappan civilization?
43. List of Technology found in Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa-Bathrooms had plumbing and drains-Windows Facing cool breezy city streets-Each had its own well for fresh waterthis means the city had
44. How did innovations and inventions of ancient India help make ancient India successful and powerful?
45. One of the great achievements of the Indus Valley civilization was
46. Hindus believe that their end goal is to?
47. What river is located in northeastern India? It is the holy river of Hinduism.
48. A state of perfect happiness
49. What does it mean for a civilization to have a "Golden Age?"
50. What was the location of Ancient China?
51. One of the Hindu gods, he was one of the many forms of god Vishnu.
52. China was isolated from the rest of the world because of its natural barriers. (mountains, oceans, deserts, etc.)
53. What was the major source of money for the Mauryan Empire?
54. How did the Mauryan Empire change Indian civilization?
55. The Gupta Empire thrived through the trade of goods such as
56. What kind of information does this table provide?
57. Siddhartha Gautama lived during the time of which civilization or empire?
58. A social system determined by birth.
59. Means that each person has many lives.
60. Which of the following is a Hindu deity known as "the Preserver" ?
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