Ancient Indian History Quiz 251 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is the name of a building or shrine that houses relics of the Buddha?
2. Leader left worldly possessions behind to find enlightenment
3. Children in the Indus Valley went to school every day.
4. Why are the Indus Valley people still such a mystery to archaeologists and historians?
5. A type of special exercise in devotion, self less deeds, physical activity, or knowledge, practiced by Hindus is called;
6. The people at the very top of India's social caste system:
7. Which word describes a large landmass that is part of a continent?
8. First written language of India
9. When Buddha became enlightened, he realized that ..... way is the best way to live.
10. What group of people belong to the highest class in the caste system?
11. Fill in the blank:Historians need to ..... their evidence, or say where it's from.
12. Historians describe a civilization's ..... by identifying its tools, weapons, inventions, methods, and scientific discoveries.
13. The ancient Indians were the first people to create the mathematical concept of zero.
14. True or False:In the 320s a military leader named Candragupta Maurya seized control of the entire southern part of India.
15. Mountain range that is home to the highest mountains in the world
16. They are the top Varna. Their jobs are priests.
17. Native Americans who built a society in the southeastern United States are known as ..... because of the earthen mounds they built as places of burial or worship.
18. Who is considered the supreme deity in Hinduism, the creator and preserver of the universe?
19. What is the name of the social structure of Ancient India that was brought to the Indus River Valley by the Aryans?
20. After being initiated into the sacred thread, young men began Vedic studies with a