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Ancient Indian History Quiz 6 (60 MCQs)

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1. MOHENJO-DARO FLOURISHES
2. What did Buddha sit under when he got enlightened
3. What is the writing system of Ancient India known as?
4. Which belief or practice is not shared between Hinduism and Buddhism?
5. What is meditation?
6. How do many people farm on the Indo-Ganges Plain?
7. The Gupta Period was known as the .....
8. What is the ultimate goal in Buddhism?
9. What was the center of life for many Ancient Indians?
10. Maharajas were exempt from following dharma.
11. Buddhists follow a path to enlightenment. How many "folds" in this path?
12. Powerful Indian state based in the Ganges Valley. It controlled most of the Indian subcontinent through a combination of military force and its prestige as a center of sophisticated culture. Often associated with a Golden Age of classical India.
13. Which two major world religions began in India?
14. During the ..... Empire, art, literature, education and architecture flourished.
15. Indian Empire in South Asia from 280 A.D. to 550 A.D.
16. Which statement best explains how the monsoons affected the development of early Indian civilizations?
17. Which religion believes in many deities?
18. A seasonal wind that produces a wet or dry period in a region, especially in Southern Asia.
19. What mountain range is located in northwestern India and separate it from Afghanistan?
20. Buddha's birth name.
21. Ancient Indians knew that earth rotated around the sun.
22. Sacred hymns that described the Indo-Aryan religion and society are known as:
23. What is metallurgy?
24. Which feature of the Hindu-Arabic numeral system was an improvement over previous numeral systems?
25. All of the following are principles of Ashoka's moral law EXCEPT:
26. ..... deals with hymns recited during the performance of the Yajnas.
27. Read the phrase and determine which religion it is associated with:Believe in performing your duty to your caste (dharma) to achieve good karma.
28. The Gupta Empire successfully traded goods such as
29. Karma is one's spiritual duties.
30. Untoucables are treatedd the same as other groups
31. Indian astronomers stated that the Earth was round and revolved around the Sun.
32. Apart from Madurai, which among the following was also a capital of Pandyas?
33. Warrior people that settled in India and created caste system
34. Who built many stupa's throughout India?
35. What war had a profound impact on Emperor Ashoka and led him to embrace Buddhism?
36. What were the 2 early cities in the Indus River Valley?
37. The idea of putting numerals in the ones, tens, hundreds, and thousands places is called:
38. What is a line of rulers from the same family called?
39. The ..... are the highest mountains in the world.
40. How was a person's social class determined in Ancient India's caste system?
41. True or False:It was absolutely impossible to move from one caste into another.
42. This term means ultimate peace, being released from the cycle of rebirth.
43. Seasonal wind patterns that cause are warmer/wet in summer and colder/dry in winter
44. Sacred river, used for religious purposes and ceremonies
45. What dynasty first ruled China according to Confucianism?
46. A territory that is part of a country or an empire is known as .....
47. What is the practice of breathing exercises that Hindus believe is a path to spiritual insight?
48. What land mass separates India from modern day China?
49. Many Indian marriages even today are
50. A religion of ancient India that does not believe in a supreme being. It emphasizes none violence and respect for all living things
51. What could of been one of the reasons the Harrapan Civilization declined and disappear?
52. The belief that actions have consequences (good and bad) is known as what?
53. Which is a wind pattern that brings in different weather patterns at different times of the year?
54. The word ..... is applied to the ancient Hindu scriptures.
55. Two large cities formed along this?
56. The largest group in the Indian caste system was the .....
57. What is heavy rain?
58. Merchants, craftsmen, landowners, and skilled workers
59. Which of the following is the lowest in the caste system?
60. Which religion(s) started in India
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