Ancient History: Chapter 4 Ancient India Review

Trade (buying and selling things) was not very important in Indus Valley cities.

Who was the founder of Buddhism?

Who founded the India’s first empire?

Where did the Aryans come from?

What is a guru?

India's first civilization was the 

Aryans borrowed some religious ideas from India and mixed it with their own beliefs and it eventually became Hinduism.

India's climate is heavily influenced by wind patterns that cause wet and dry seasons, called

Hindu's believe if an individual lived a bad life, they might be reborn into a lower caste or life-form.

It was very cold in the Indus Valley.

The practice of suttee is now forbidden.

Who decides who you are going to marry in India, even today?

The group that was not part of the caste system was called

The four classes in the caste system are called

The Mahabharata and Ramayana are among the shortest epics ever written.

The Harappans developed this for trade...

The people at the bottom of the caste system were 

Who do Historians think India’s greatest king was?

The numbers we use today were first developed by Indian mathematicians. They are called...

The Caste System imposed by Aryans

The Indian word for caste is

The youngest man in the family was in charge.

Hinduism is the ________ largest religion in the world today.

The life of Untouchables was very easy.

By 600 B.C., many Indians began to question Hindu ideas. Ordinary Hindus wanted a simpler, more spiritual religion.

Games invented in Ancient India.

Archaeologists have found lots of clay toys, such as model carts and animals.

The symbol we use for zero today was invented in Ancient India.

This led to the first great Indian empire.

The Aryans were organized into tribes led by a

Historians think the Indus people invented dice.

How did the Gupta empire become wealthy?

Which river is associated with ancient India?

The group at the top of the caste system were

How you are reborn depends on your actions in life, your ...

Only sons could inherit property.

Hindus believe it may take several lives to reach understanding, so you may need to be reborn.

Dharma does not requires people to perform the duties of their caste.

Which animals were pets in Ancient India?

What large mountain range is in India?  (Hint:  It contains the world's highest mountain.)

The Indus people were one of the first civilizations with an effective water system.

The ancient Indian social structure was called the 

The Mauryan Empire fell after Asoka's death because rulers made decisions that led to the people turning against them.

Aryan measured wealth by

Hinduism is a monotheistic religion.

Siddhartha believed that the only way to find the truth about the world was to obtain all your desires.

Siddhartha Gautama was born poor and lived a very hard life.

The Gupta empire was the second great empire.

The Aryans were good

How did the belief in reincarnation affect Indians?

True or False:  You could easily change levels within the caste system.

Buttons were discovered in Ancient India.

Men and women had equal rights in Ancient India.

What religion were the Guptas?

The ancient cities of Harappa and Mohenjo Daro had

Rulers made of this were discovered in Ancient India.