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Ancient Indian History Quiz 46 (60 MCQs)

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1. Ashoka was a kind rule rthat built schools
2. Servants, slaves, tenant farmers; the lowest of the caste.
3. Which advancement in mathematics is credited to Indian mathematicians?
4. How were the Himalayan Mountains formed?
5. Around what year was Hinduism founded?
6. The Gupta empire mostly occupied ..... India.
7. What is one reason Hindu traditions stand out?
8. Imagine you're time-traveling historians, Charlotte, Kai, and Lily. You've just landed in the Indus Valley civilization. What would you find most significant about this civilization?
9. Term for when a leader or ruler has complete control over someone or something
10. According to the Aryans, Brahman is the supreme spirit and all other gods represent Brahman in different forms.
11. Which group was ruled by leaders known as rajas?
12. Chandragupta was a kind ruler
13. Why do archaeologists think these cities were abandoned?
14. How was the Gupta Empire able to achieve so much?
15. A way of life, neither too strict nor too easy, that results from following the eightfold path.
16. Connect the following statement with the religion it describes:The Eightfold Path
17. A large landmass that juts out from a continent.
18. Which monsoon is responsible for causing a rainy season?
19. Wet, warm winds in the summer and dry, cool winds in the winter that change India's weather are called .....
20. A strong wind that blows one direction in the winter and the opposite direction in the summer
21. What did Shi Huangdi do that people disliked?
22. Both the Ancient Romans and the Ancient Chinese viewed foreigners as barbarians. This is an example of
23. Ancient Sanskrit writings that are the earliest sacred texts of Hinduism
24. Focus on the individual as being in control of his or her enlightenment.
25. Which term is defined as:Good or bad actions. It helps to determine what your next life will be like.
26. What color does the statue of Mathura school of art will be?
27. Emperor of the Mauryan Empire
28. Aryan religious texts
29. What was the main achievement of Emperor Ashoka?
30. A dome-shaped Buddhist shrine.
31. According to Hindus, what created the Universe?
32. Chandragupta was Ashoka's .....
33. Why did the Shang dynasty lose their Mandate of Heaven to the Zhou Dynasty?
34. A subcontinent is bigger than a country BUT smaller than a continent.
35. The southern two-thirds of India is known as the .....
36. What is the largest religion in India today? It is a blending of many of the religious traditions of Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent.
37. In 563, Siddhartha Gautama was born into luxury and raised as a ..... in India.
38. Hindus believe in ....., or the concept that souls are repeatedly reborn into new bodies.
39. The caste system still exists in present-day India, but it is much less strict.
40. Ancient hymns, stories, and poems were collected in texts called:
41. How many Vedas are there in hinduism in Ancient India
42. What does not describe Siddhartha Gautama?
43. Ancient Indian civilization began along this river:
44. In ancient India, the Aryans developed a distinctive social class system. What was it called?
45. In which year King Rajaraja I became the king?
46. What is the social ranking started by the Harappans?
47. Many people and languages of Europe, Iran, and northern India share common linguistic traits due to being part of this ancient group.
48. What are strong winds that affect India at certain times of the year and bring specific weather?
49. Egypt, Mesopotamia, and the Indus River Valley civilization all traded with each other
50. Strong winds that blows one direction in winter and the opposite direction in the summer.
51. Empire of India's Golden Age was?
52. The idea that your actions in this life can affect your next life is called what?
53. What is the Eighfold Path?
54. Major river that helped shape early civilization in India.
55. The state of neither suffering or desire
56. What is one way that Hinduism differs from all other major world religions?
57. What is the release from pain and achieving ultimate enlightenment called in Hinduism?
58. Hindi, the official language of India, is derived from ....., the language of Ancient India.
59. Many ancient civilizations, such as India and China, began around
60. Why did India not trade as much as other places?
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