Ancient Indian History Quiz 266 (20 MCQs)

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1. Harappans build these as places to gather and perhaps to worship their gods instead of ziggurats or pyramids.

Correct Answer: A) Bath houses.

2. Government/Leadership:What major event led Ashoka the Great to practice Buddhism?

Correct Answer: C) His remorse for a massacre of 100, 000 people at the city-state Kalinga.

3. Ultimate goal to have a union with Brahman. Must be reincarnated several times to achieve this state.

Correct Answer: B) Salvation.

4. The philosophy that is based on the teachings of Buddha

Correct Answer: A) Buddhism.

5. Brahma the Creator, Vishnu the Preserver, and Shiva the Destroyer are the three chief

Correct Answer: A) Humanlike gods in Hinduism.

6. In Greek, Mesopotamia means?

Correct Answer: A) The land between 2 rivers.

7. To change one's beliefs; used in particular to describe a change from one religion to another.

Correct Answer: B) Convert.

8. Who was a Hindu Prince that founded Buddhism?

Correct Answer: A) Siddhartha Gautama.

9. Chola king who developed a Navy and raided the Ganga valley?

Correct Answer: C) King Rajendra I.

10. If two nobles from distant parts of China met during the Shang dynasty, what would be the easiest way for them to communicate?

Correct Answer: C) By writing, because they wrote with the same characters.

11. Which group of people built over 19, 000 miles of roads?

Correct Answer: D) Incas.

12. What was the capital of India?

Correct Answer: A) Pataliputra.

13. A state of perfect peace is called:

Correct Answer: C) Nirvana.

14. "Think good thoughts, say nice things, and do good for others. Everything comes back to you" This quote is most similar to which Hindu belief?

Correct Answer: B) Karma.

15. Which river does this list describe? begins in the Himalayas flows through Pakistan empties into the Arabian Sea

Correct Answer: D) Indus.

16. Who is the universal spirit in Hinduism?

Correct Answer: D) Brahman.

17. In Hinduism, the religious and moral duties of each person are called their .....

Correct Answer: D) Dharma.

18. Which was an Indian invention that had a great impact on the study of mathematics and science?

Correct Answer: D) The symbol zero.

19. India's golden age of culture flourished under this monarch

Correct Answer: D) Asoka.

20. What advice would Confucius give if you had a problem that you couldn't solve?

Correct Answer: B) Ask advice from someone older.