Ancient Indian History Quiz 35 (25 MCQs)

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1. After the Harappan civilization was abandoned, it is believed the people

2. How does Hinduism support the caste system in India?ABCD

3. Which of the following is NOT a major mountain range in or near India?

4. What did the people of the Indus Valley have to control for their economy to work?

5. What religion reinforced the idea of a caste system?

6. Ahimsa means practicing nonviolence towards all living things. What Indian religion practiced this?

7. Aryans wrote their Vedas in what language?

8. The most popular religion in India today is:

9. What do you call the imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemisphere?

10. Collections of hymns and prayers that make up the earliest Hindu sacred writings.

11. What jobs did the Brahmans have?

12. In Hinduism and Buddhism, a spiritual teacher and thinker.

13. From the following choices, what is the major contribution to world history made by the Gupta Empire?

14. How did Siddhartha attain enlightenment and become the Buddha?

15. How are all cultural hearths similar?

16. What may have been to blame for the decline in the Harappan Civilization?

17. Which religion does this belong to? REINCARNATION

18. Ruler of the Mauryan Empire, he extended his controller most of India and promoted the spread of Buddhism

19. Why was the Mandate of Heaven important to Ancient China?

20. What was the first strong Indian empire?

21. This religion spread throughout Asia.

22. Determine if the phrase describes dharma, karma, or both.Determines what a person will be born into in next life.

23. Indo-Aryans were warriors and _____

24. What was the earliest form of writing called?

25. What spirit is the destroyer of the world.