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6th Grade Ancient India Quiz
6th Grade Ancient India Quiz
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Ancient India-Ch. 5 Geography and Civilizations
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1
_________ is a building designed to pretect a city or army
fortress
church
Ziggurat
castle
2
Another name for the Enlightened One is
Ashoka
Cyrus
Buddha
Chandragupta I
3
Why did the people of the Indus Valley settle where they did?
because they liked the climate
because they wanted to play basketball
the area was great for farming
the nearby mountains protected them from invaders
4
One possible reason the Aryans migrated to India from Europe and Asia is
because their homelands were overpopulated
because they were looking for a new god
D. because they wanted to live in a different climate
because they were searching for gold and glory
5
Season when moist winds blow from the ocean to the subcontinent of India
monsoon
hurricane
tornado
flooding
6
What are the two main rivers in India?
Mississippi and Ohio
Tigris and Euphrates
Ganges and Indus
Nile and Amazon
7
What makes India a subcontinent?
C. the Himalaya mountains separate it from the continent
it is too small to be considered a real continent
it is below sea level
it is a poor country
8
The Golden Age of India happened during the_____empire
Gupta
Zorathustra
Ashoka
Maurya
9
During the Mosoon season in India
Snow from the Himilaya mountains melts and floods the rivers
Rain overflows in the Deccan Plateau
Dry wind blows from India to the Indian Ocean
Moist wind blows from the Indian Ocean toward India
10
The lowest group on the caste (social class) system-did all the unpleasant jobs in society
unappreciables
unbelieveables
unacceptables
untouchables
11
Craft workers or merchants carved an_________or written message on their goods for trade/sale.
answer
animal
inscription
Indian Sanskrit
12
A person that speaks with a divine message is called a _____________
emperor
prophet
king
politician
13
The religion of_________teaches that life is a stuggle between the forces of light and darkness
Hinduism
Ghandi
Vedas
Zoroastrianism
14
Accepted into the general population of other cultures is
flooding
blending in
deforestation
assimilation
15
Which of these Indian rulers ruled very harshly for his whole time in power?
Ashoka
Tut
Zarathustra
Chandragupta Maurya
16
How did Darius the Organizer improve communication within the Persian Empire and collect taxes?
He built a large navy to move people actoss the empire
He had couriers ride horses & carry messages across empire
He published a newspaper read by people through the empire
He sent priests across empire to spread news & information
17
A possible explanation for the disappearance of the Mohenjo-Daro people is that
All of these answers are true
The people were killed by invading enemies
The people were victims of an earthquake or a flood
The people suddenly died from disease
18
The Aryan religion became the religion of_____one of the oldest religions still practiced today
Lagalism
Zoroastrianism
Confucianism
Hinduism
19
Which of these descriptions of the Indus Valley Cities is correct?
none of them had walls or fortifications
all of them were important
Their buildings were made with sod and grass
they were built with similar street layouts
20
The widespread cutting down of trees is called a
monsoon
assimilate
foresting
deforestation
