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Ancient Indian History Quiz 45 (60 MCQs)

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1. A HIGH AREA OF LAND AT THE CENTER OF THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT
2. Which religion believes in following the Eightfold Path in order to reach nirvana?
3. Why were Untouchables excluded from other Indians?
4. Who was the founder of the Gupta Empire?
5. A force that decides the form that people will be reborn into in their next life
6. THESE MOUNTAINS SEPARATE INDIA FROM CHINA AND ARE THE TALLEST IN THE WORLD
7. Which caste is described below?This social class was considered below the social class pyramid and were forbidden to enter temples and schools.
8. What likely caused the people in the Indus Valley to leave?
9. Much of what we known about the Aryans come from what source?
10. Why is it important to have wheeled transportation?
11. Resources found in nature and used for trading with civilization who didn't have access to them.
12. Type of religious structure meant to house relics of the Buddha
13. Describe cities of ancient India.
14. What is a nomad?
15. The third largest world religion that is practiced by 80% of India today.
16. In Hinduism, the highest goal of the individual soul was:
17. Pick the key concept:The Gupta Empire traded all over the world through land and sea routes that connected Arabia, China, and Rome.
18. The Four Noble Truths say life is .....
19. What is the name of group of people below any Varna?
20. Seasonal wind, especially in the Indian Ocean and southern Asia
21. What did the budda say to give up get to nirvana?
22. When the Aryans arrived writing changed from pictographs to what?
23. Which of the following did the cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro NOT have?
24. Historians describe a civilization's ..... by identifying its trade, production, goods, services, financial systems, consumption, networks of exchange, and taxes.
25. In ancient India, you were born into your caste and stayed in it your entire life.
26. Before he was Buddha, what was Siddhartha Gautama?
27. An early civilization located in the area that is now Pakistan and north west India. It was one of the earliest civilizations to build major cities.
28. What geographical feature boarders India and China?
29. What is the belief that your soul will be reborn into another form?
30. Which is NOT true about the caste system?
31. Compare and Contrast the Ancient Indian Caste System with our current social hierarchy in the USA. Which statement is accurate?
32. FIRST GUPTA EMPIRE RULER WHO UNIFIED INDIA AFTER 500 PEARS OF WARRING KINGDOMS
33. What sea does the Indus River flow into?
34. What are alloys?
35. Buddha's Eightfold Path is similar to Hinduism's .....
36. The religious writings (collections of poems, hymns, myths and rituals) of the Aryans were know as .....
37. Portuguese name given to a rigid social structure in Indian society that said every person is born into a social group defined by occupation and family lineage
38. Brahmins held what type of job
39. Chandragupta's grandson who succeeded him to the throne was named .....
40. Does not involve the worship of gods
41. What caste were landowners, farm owners, merchants, skilled traders in?
42. What was the purpose of domesticating the water buffalo?
43. Who are the people in the caste system that perform difficult work?
44. A nontheistic religion that emphasizes nonviolence and respect for all living things.
45. Ashoka released a series of edicts carved into .....
46. Who is the author of Maha-Sidhhanta?
47. Who was at the top of the caste system?
48. Most people living in modern India claim ..... as their religion.
49. In India, the social class is called:
50. Which river is known as the most sacred river?
51. Buddha wanted to stop suffering so he taught people to stop being greedy.
52. ..... was a strong ruler, the strongest of all the Mauryan emperors.
53. Where do the winds blow from in the winter in India creating warm, dry winters?
54. The Brahman was an invisible energy, force, or spirit that is a part of everyone.
55. Books created on palm leaves are an example of an achievement in:
56. Who is the Hindu god that exists in everything and can take many different forms?
57. The act or an instance of planning or thinking quietly is called .....
58. What correctly describes Hindu poems like the Bhagavad Gita?
59. Who is considered a hero to the lower castes and fought non-violently for the end of the caste system.
60. What is another name for the Middle Way that Buddhists follow?
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