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Ancient India: Indus Valley and Vedic Age
Ancient India: Indus Valley and Vedic Age
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Indus Valley and Vedic Age
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Archeologists use ____________from an ancient civilization to understand their society.
Pennies
Public Baths
Snow
Artifacts
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What are the ancient cities on the Indus River in Pakistan?
Alexandria and Arlington
Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa.
Babylon and Urek
Athens and Sparta
3
An advancement in the Indus Valley Culture was ________
Microwave ovens
Indoor plumbing and sanitation system
Washers and Dryers
Hair dryers
4
What was the name of the empire in India ruled by Asoka?
Mauryan Empire
Assyrian Empire
Kalingan Empire
Chandragupta Empire
5
Asoka became a ______________. He sent this religion to China.
Buddhism
Hinduism
Judaism
Janism
6
Asoka was a...
Emperor of the Mauryan Empire
Buddhist
A and B
7
In Hinduism, reincarnation is the belief that a _____________
The public bath cleanses your soul to become beautifuly pure
soul has many lives/incarnations, then it becomes one with the universe
A home gets a new kitchen
The moon passes over the sun and creates an eclipse
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In what modern country is the Ancient Indus Valley located?
Mesopotamia
Iraq
India
Pakistan
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Gupta empire
500 years after Mauryan, founded by Chandragupta I, Golden Age, Hinduism
400 years after Mauryan,Chandragupta,dark age,Buddhism
450 years after Mauryan,Chandragupta I,Golden Age,Hinduism
500 years after Mauryan,Chandragupta I,dark age,Buddhism
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In Hindu society, your place of birth was connected to wealth and power, this was called the
way the city was built with public baths.
caste system=social hierarchy or class system
the system of democracy
11
The Vedic Age was
brought by Rome to the Indian subcontinent
brought by King Asoka to Indian subcontinent
brought by the nomadic Aryans into Indian subcontinent
12
A characteristic of the Mauryan empire
Hinduism, postal system
Located in northern/central India
Developed indoor plumbing
13
The Ganges River in India is sacred to what religion?
Hinduism
Judaism
Islam
14
The main religion of the Gupta Empire was
Hinduism
Buddhism
Sikhism
Jainism
15
The sacred books of Hinduism are the
Vedas and Upanishads
Bible
Three baskets of wisdom
Torah
16
What did King Asoka do?
built better roads
sent Buddhist teachings to China
made hospitals for humans and animals
all of the above
17
Who was the founder of the Gupta Empire?
Shi Huangdi
Chandra Gupta
Ashoka
Chandragupta Maurya
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What were the accomplishments of the Mauryan and Gupta empires?
fire
planes
Hospitals & Mathematics
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The group of nomadic warriors came to the Indian subcontinent, they were called the __________________
Aryans
Religious beliefs
Egyptians
Sandskrit
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Hinduism was brought to the Indian subcontinent by the ...
Aryans
Warriors
Saint Paul
Buddists
21
The correct order of the Caste system is...
Aryans, Priests, Farmers, Merchants/Artisans, Untouchables
Hinduism, Aryans, Sandskrit, Social Classes, Asoka, Warriors
Untouchables, Aryans, Artisans/Merchants, Farmers, Warriors
Priests, Warriors, Merchants/Artisans, Farmers, Untouchables
22
The writing used in the books of the Hindus was __________
Polytheistic
Sanskrit
English
Hindu
23
The city of Mohenjo Daro was a planned city with a system of roads in the form of a
grid with ordered streets
circles and spirals
very disorderly, it was eay to be lost
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IIn the caste system in India, the "Untouchables" were considered to be ______________________
artisans and craftsmen
the lowest humans, they could not move up in caste system
kings with great power
merchants and business people
