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Ancient Indian History Quiz 43 (60 MCQs)

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1. According to Buddha, how can people avoid the process of reincarnation?
2. Vedas/Vedic Texts
3. What caste were farm workers, servants, and other unskilled workers in?
4. Which inventions under the Gupta empire had a lasting influence?
5. Which of the following is NOT part of the Eightfold Path?
6. Which caste is the lowest caste?
7. True or False:Karma is belief that good and evil done in past life determines the nature of that person's life
8. The first Indian civilization started
9. What was the first Indus River Valley city to be discovered?
10. Site of one of the great cities of the Indus Valley civilization of the third millennium B.C. It was located on the northwest frontier of the zone of cultivation, and may have been a center for the acquisition of raw materials.
11. What was the main source of wealth for the Mauryan Empire during the era of the Silk Route?
12. In the Indian caste system, who are the Kshatriyas?
13. Warriors and rulers of the Hindu society
14. Decide whether the phrases listed describe the Indus River, Ganges River, or Both.Provides water for farmlands.Starts in the Himalayan Mountains.
15. How many Vedas are there?
16. Believe people strive to reach Nirvana
17. Which of the following is the force in the Indian religions of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism that decides the form a person will take in his next life, based on how he has acted in past lives?
18. Weights and bricks with specific ratios were evidence of THIS aspect of well-planned cities
19. The body of water to India's east is .....
20. Ancient Indian ruler who converted to Buddhism.
21. Which religions have people use meditation, tell people to get rid of worldly desires, and have the goal to stop reincarnation and reach nirvana?
22. By following ..... a person can reach nirvana
23. Hindu's "destroyer god;" stresses self-control and knowledge.
24. Ancient India's most important language.
25. This religion is a combination of Aryan and local beliefs.
26. What group was part of the lower class?
27. What is the world's highest mountain system?
28. Buddha said the goal was to reach ....., a state of wisdom.
29. The Harappan civilization emerged in which river valley?
30. People who want to spread their religious beliefs.
31. A new civilization developed by the Aryans in India during the ..... period.
32. What is the only way that a person in Ancient India could gain entrance into a higher caste?
33. Several regions controlled by one person
34. Which statement best explains why the time Gupta Empire was considered India's Golden Age?
35. A strong wind that blows in one direction in the summer bringing rain and another direction in the winter bringing dry and cold weather.
36. The Indus River Valley had a thriving .....
37. Large land mass that's smaller than a continent
38. Opposed to the caste system
39. What did Siddhartha's dad do when he was 16 to try to keep him happy and headed towards being a great ruler? (dad did not want him to be a religious man)
40. Early farming villages first grew up around the ..... River.
41. Which empire took over after the Mauyran?
42. In the center of Mohenjo-Daro was a great ....., or fortress
43. Trading this made Harappans very wealthy
44. What does polytheism mean? Belief in .....
45. Siddartha Gautama was the founder of which religion?
46. Ashoka expanded the Mauryan Empire until he
47. During his time as ruler, Ashoka became more violent and warlike.
48. The Indus River civilization and the Harappan civilization are the same.
49. Buddhists believed being released from the cycle of reincarnation was called what?
50. Only ..... could be priests
51. Nomads from Central Asia. 2. Not a tribe, but spoke similar languages. 3. Good warriors-expert horse riders and hunter. 4. Arrived in Indus River Valley around 1500 BCE.
52. The ..... tells the story in which the good king Rama kills the evil king Ravana
53. Series of weak leaders, civil wars, and invasions by other people groups led to the collapse of which two empires?
54. Untouchables are at the top of Indian society doing work admired by everyone.
55. What are Himalayas?
56. Number the events in chronological order. Oldest at the top, and newest at the bottom.
57. Hinduism began in Harappa.
58. Which powerful king of chola kingdom conquered Pandayas and Pallavas.
59. The Mauryan dynasty set up a ..... government, which was controlled by the capital city
60. The oldest ancient Indian civilization is:
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