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Chapter 6: India Review
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1
Buddhist reach Nirvana, the highest state of enlightenment, when they ______.
meet God.
end desire and suffering.
enter Heaven.
are reincarnated into someone they want to be.
2
The first written language of the Aryans
Sanskrit
Hieroglyphics
Indian
Cuneiform
3
What major mathematical invention are the Ancient Indians credited with?
Zero
Fractions
Calculators
Computers
4
Where did ancient India's first civilization begin?
Ganges River
Himalaya Mountains
Nile River
Indus River Valley
5
Civilization that began in the Indus river valley 5000 years ago
Harappan
Gupta
Maurya
6
Which ancient Indian religion did NOT support the Caste System?
Jainism
Hinduism
Buddhism
Zoroastrianism
7
What is the belief that people have multiple lives called?
Recreation
Restoration
Reincarnation
Reformation
8
Religion founded by Siddhartha Gautama.
Judaism
Confucianism
Buddhism
Hinduism
9
Which religion did not have a singular founder?
Zoroastrianism
Jainism
Hinduism
Buddhism
10
What is a Buddhist place of worship called?
Raja
Jati
Guru
Stupa
11
What type of people would be in the Brahmins Varna?
Common People
Unskilled Workers
Warriors
Priests
12
Siddhartha believed that suffering is caused by _______ rather than needs.
hunger
desire
academics
work
13
What Buddhist belief is represented by the Dharma Wheel?
The Eightfold Path
The Eight Basic Beliefs
The Four Noble Truths
The Four Basic Beliefs
14
Which river did the Aryans first settle along?
Ganges
Nile
Tigres
Indus
15
What is the name of the force that results from Dharma and influences a person's Samsara? You have good and bad this
Moksha
Nirvana
Brahman
Karma
16
Who was the first Emperor of the Mauryan Empire?
Siddhartha Gautama
Buddha
Chandra Gupta Maurya
Ashoka
17
Group outside of the caste system.
Untouchables
Unapproachables
Unmentionables
Undesireables
18
What does the term "The Buddha" mean?
Master of Meditation
Enlightened One
Truth Seeker
Holy Teacher
19
What type of people are in the Vaisyas Varna?
Priests
Common People (merchants)
Unskilled Workers
Warriors
20
Which number represents India on the map?
4
3
2
1
21
What type of people would be in the Sudra Varna?
Priests
Common People
Warriors
Unskilled workers like farmers
22
The state of perfect peace and happiness is _______.
Brahman
Heaven
Nirvana
Moksha
23
What religion did Ashoka practice that allowed his empire to flourish and be peaceful?
Christianity
Hinduism
Jainism
Buddhism
24
What landform (5) separates India from China?
Indus River
Himalaya Mountains
Ganges River
Hindu Kush
25
The all-seeing, supreme God of Hinduism is _____
Lakshmi
Shiva
Vishnu
Brahma
26
Hindu deities were created to explain what "universal spirit?"
Nirvana
The Force
Brahma
Brahman
27
What type of people would be in the Kshatriya Varna?
Priests
Unskilled Workers
Warriors
Common People
28
Divisions in the caste system in India are called _____.
Classes
Sections
Varnas
Four Noble Truths
29
Early civilizations began near
Forests
Mountains
Other civilizations
Rivers like indus
30
Harappan civilization had this modern convenience
electricity
Refrigerators
baths
31
The Vedas are _____
The written language of the Aryans
Another name for the caste system
Sacred writings of Buddhism
Sacred writings of Hinduism
32
Which religion believes in the truth that life is full of suffering is?
Confucianism
Hinduism
Moksha
Buddhism
33
The longest poem ever written.
Ramayana
Song of Solomon
Bhagavad Gita
Mahabharata
34
What is the Hindu belief that refers to responsibility or duty called?
Karma
Dharma
Moksha
Samsara
35
Which religion believes in one universal spirit called Brahman?
Confucianism
Shintoism
Buddhism
Hinduism
36
Indian astronomers theorized that the world revolved around the sun and that Earth was _______.
Flat
Square
Oblique
Round
