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Ancient Indian History Quiz 93 (60 MCQs)

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1. A source created by someone that was NOT at the event
2. Ancient Indian people devised a language called:
3. Which elevated landform caused China's isolation from the southwest, dividing China and India?
4. Each of the four Hindu castes are part of the
5. Two large ancient cities formed along this.
6. Which is the correct chronological order from oldest at the top to newest at the bottom
7. Where were the Inca located?
8. Located within the Himalaya Mountains is ....., the highest point in the world. *
9. A system of dividing people into classes of society according to their occupation
10. Who are, oldest of the Indian religions whose religious traditions were collected into Vedic texts?
11. What did the Aryans have that helped clear thick forests?
12. Which of these was the lowest caste? (It was considered below the caste system.)
13. What are Buddhist places of worship called?
14. Ancient India was the first place that ..... was grown.
15. True or False:Asoka converted to Hinduism and helped spread it around India.
16. One of the largest Harappan cities
17. Those with in higher castes are?
18. Harappa and Mohenjo Daro were well-planned cities because they were what?
19. According to Hindu belief, what is moksha?
20. Which Ancient civilization will our test be on?
21. The Hindus believed that the caste you were born into was based on your what?
22. The Hindu god Brahma is known as the:
23. What TWO countries use to be included in India's territory?
24. The Indian invention of ..... around A.D. 500 had a great impact on the study of mathematics and science.
25. A building or other built object
26. Who discovered zero?
27. What was the period during the Gupta Empire called?
28. Historians describe a civilization's ..... by identifying its motivators, goals, values, and basic beliefs.
29. Social class that a person is born into
30. All of the following countries make up the subcontinent EXCEPT:
31. What was the name for nomadic Arabian shepherds?
32. What is the difference between the Theravada and Mahayana expressions of Buddhism?
33. According to Buddhist tradition, who was the Buddha?
34. Which of the following is NOT a way that the ancient cities were advanced for their time?
35. According to the 4 Noble Truths, how can someone end suffering?
36. Why don't we know much about Harappan Society?
37. What is to move from one place to another?
38. Your caste in Ancient India was determined by .....
39. What was the written language of ancient India?
40. Indian civilizations need ..... that was safe, quick, and reliable to trade.
41. What religion did Ashoka turn to that changed the way he ruled the Maurya Empire?
42. Five countries make up the ..... which is separated from the rest of Asia by the Himalayas.
43. Founder of buddhism was raised to be a preist
44. It's also a strange place.
45. Which caste is described below?This social class was considered the soldiers and warriors.
46. The river where India's first civilization developed
47. All of the following are traits of the planned city Mohenjo-Daro except for:
48. The belief that the Chinese king's right to rule came from the gods
49. Gupta ruler gave money for people to make art and literature.
50. Initially strong military leader who won many battles. Eventually gave up life of violencefor peace. Made India a large trade network. Made laws. Built thousands of stuppas or buddhist shrines across India.
51. What is the lowest caste?
52. The four noble truths teach us .....
53. The practice of ahimsa began with Jainism. Many Jains try not to hurt any living thing-not even insects. The Buddha believed in ahimsa, or a type of right action. Right action for Buddhists is one of the components of the Eightfold Path that leads to nirvana or the end of suffering. In the 20th century, Mohandas Gandhi used ahimsa in the protests he led to free India from British rule. What is ahimsa?
54. He knew, however, that during the rule of the Mauryans, Ashoka changed his life when he turned to .....
55. Connect the following statement with the religion it describes:Dharma:a person's duty to do what is right.
56. What caste are priests and religious leaders in?
57. India and China's geography was very important because it offered both countries .....
58. In Hinduism, what inherited status is used to determine a person's caste?
59. The Vedas were a collection of poems, hymns, and rituals written by
60. Mohenjo-Daro was divided into two parts, the ..... and .....
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