Ancient Indian History Quiz 205 (20 MCQs)

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1. Steps to end suffering

Correct Answer: E) 8 fold path.

2. What is unique about Buddhism compared to other religions?

Correct Answer: A) It doesn't focus on gods or deities, but on understanding and living by principles to find inner peace and happiness.

3. To which caste did most people of ancient India belong?

Correct Answer: C) Vaisya:.

4. What present day country is the Indus River located in?

Correct Answer: D) Pakistan.

5. Avoiding or doing harm to any living thing; belief in non-violence to humans and animals.

Correct Answer: A) Whisper.

6. This is as a belief that people come back after death with his/her soul reborn into another person.

Correct Answer: B) Reincarnation.

7. Idea that God & human beings are one

Correct Answer: B) Monism.

8. The features of a land, including mountains and bodies of water.

Correct Answer: C) Geography.

9. In the caste system, who is at the very top of the pyramid ..... ?

Correct Answer: A) Priests.

10. Asoka built thousands of Buddhist structures called .....

Correct Answer: D) Stupas.

11. An ancient Hindu practice in which a wife sacrifices herself on her husband's funeral pyre.

Correct Answer: D) Suttee.

12. First Indus Valley civilization.

Correct Answer: A) Harappans.

13. The term Dharma refers to

Correct Answer: A) Knowing your role in society.

14. A Large landmass that is like a continent, only smaller

Correct Answer: A) Subcontinent.

15. How did the Aryan invaders move into the Indian subcontinent?

Correct Answer: B) Through the Khyber Pass.

16. Read the phrase and determine which religion it is associated with:The founder was Siddhartha Gautama who became known as Buddha.

Correct Answer: A) Buddhism.

17. Civil servants in the Han era were chosen based on

Correct Answer: C) Merit.

18. What is the name for the Egyptian writing used for decoration?

Correct Answer: A) Hieroglyphics.

19. A special, dome-shaped building meant to honor the Buddha

Correct Answer: A) Supt.

20. Indians made all of these discoveries in Astronomy except which one?

Correct Answer: D) 10 constellations and the months that they are most visible.