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Ancient Indian History Quiz 54 (60 MCQs)

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1. Strong winds. Winter = dry cold air. Summer = warm wet air or rainy season
2. Who or what is Raja
3. A person's position in society, and it determines what the person is allowed to do in life
4. Indian Empire that ruled from about 322-185 BC
5. What is the most important number created in Ancient India?
6. In the Caste System, the servants of the other 3 castes are called .....
7. Check all that apply. Which religion(s) believe in maya?
8. Which one of these was a technological innovation of the Harrappan civilization
9. The ancient Hindus played musical instruments such as
10. The effect of a person's actions in this and in previous lives
11. Most members of the Vaishya, "Middle Class", group work as
12. Mahayana Buddhism spread to which of the following countries?
13. Which religion grew out of Aryan beliefs and practices?
14. Which religion:Largest Religion in India
15. The process of rebirth, is a central belief of Hinduism
16. Did not agree with the Caste System
17. What is a caste?
18. At age 29, Siddhartha decides to leave everything behind but his dad tries to get him to stay.
19. Hindus believed the soul is eternal and reborn in different bodies over different life cycles. This is known as
20. A time when glaciers covered much of the land
21. Who is the popular Hindu god of new beginnings and the remover of obstacles that also has the head of an elephant?
22. Check all that apply. Which religion(s) believe in the Four Noble Truths?
23. The study of the stars and planets.
24. What is the most common religion in Ancient India?
25. The ancient language of India is
26. (Sec. 1) For centuries, contact between India and other civilization was limited by
27. The written language developed in Aryan villages
28. We know that ..... was well planned because its streets were designed in a grid.
29. Today, where does Buddhism have the most followers?
30. What was the lowest social class in the Indo-Aryan culture?
31. Where did most of the people of Mohenjodaro live?
32. What mountain range is in northern India?
33. One of the worlds largest religions and originated 2, 500 years ago in India. They believe that the human life is one of suffering, and that meditation, spiritual and physical labor, and good behaviors are the ways to achieve enlightenment or nirvana.
34. A set of spiritual duties.
35. What is the name of the ancient city whose name means "mound of the dead" ?
36. An emotional or spiritual state of perfect peace and happiness
37. How did the Indus Valley end?
38. What landform is the majority of India?
39. Which language was used the most at ancient india?
40. Eastern hemisphere
41. Buddhism and Jainism rejected the caste system.
42. Holy text of Buddhism
43. Vocabulary:Social divisions
44. Which civilization settled around the Indus river after the Harappans vanished?
45. Which date would come second?
46. Why do historians and archaeologist lack knowledge on the government and religion of the Indus Valley Civilization?
47. Which large mountain range seperates India from the rest of Asia?
48. 2 natural barriers (things made in nature that are hard to cross) that surround India are the
49. All of the following are basic principles of Jainism EXCEPT
50. What strictly divided society into groups based on birth, wealth, and occupation in India?
51. What best describes the philosophy (way of thinking) of Confucianism?
52. What caused many people from lower social classes to support the Buddha's teachings?
53. What is defined as what happens to a person as a result of their previous actions?
54. Aryan communities were small, included members of an extended family, and were led by a ..... who was often a warrior.
55. Indian doctors knew how to protect people against disease through ....., a method of injecting a person with a small dose of a virus to help him/her build up defenses to a disease.
56. About; approximately; around this time
57. Who is the founder of Sikhism?
58. The 3 main Hindu gods are ALL BUT
59. A large landmass that juts out from a continent; India is considered a subcontinent.
60. The rigid social group into which person is born.
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