How did Chandragupta Maurya improve trade and business throughout his empire?

He created one currency used by merchants and moneylenders.

How are Jainism and Hinduism similar?

Many of their followers practice nonviolence

Which statement accurately characterizes the purpose of the Vedic texts?

They described the religious rituals of Brahmanisn.

How were early Aryan social levels determined?

according to a person’s profession

How did the Gupta Empire end?

Hun armies invaded the country.

How did Buddha’s teachings oppose traditional Hindu beliefs?

He taught that all people were equal.

What is the Hindu Kush?

a mountain range northwest of India

Which advancement in mathematics is credited to Indian mathematicians?

Indian mathematicians were the first to use the number zero.

Why are the ancient cities of Harappa & Mohenjo-daro considered part of the same civilization?

They are similar in their construction.

a community made up of many family members

How were Harappan and Mesopotamian civilizations similar?

Both created irrigation systems 2 supply water 2 their crops

Why is India considered to be a subcontinent?

B/C- large landmass separated from Asia by mountain ranges.

Which of the following accurately characterizes Hinduism?

Like the Bible, there is 1 holy book that all Hindus follow.

rites of passage for different stages in a person’s life

Why did early Indian blacksmiths create alloys of two or more metals?

Alloys were often stronger than one metal alone.

How were the early Aryan and Harappan civilizations similar?

They settled in the Indus Valley.

What did early Indian astronomers believe about our solar system?

that the planets revolved around the sun

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1
What religion spread in India during the Gupta Empire 2 become major religion of the country?
Christianity
Islam
Judaism
Hinduism
2
How did Chandragupta Maurya improve trade and business throughout his empire?
He insisted that foreigners control the banking system.
He allowed women to become merchants.
He created one currency used by merchants and moneylenders.
He created a system of weights and measures.
3
In which language did Mauryan and Gupta authors write?
Sanskrit
Hindi
Chinese
Arabic
4
Aryan communities were small, members of an extended family, & led by a raja, who was often a
Warroir
Servant
Priest
King
5
How are Jainism and Hinduism similar?
The religions were founded by the same holy man.
The religions practice similar rituals.
Many of their followers practice nonviolence
All of their followers are vegetarians.
6
Which statement accurately characterizes the purpose of the Vedic texts?
They retold acts of heroism of early Aryan warriors.
They described the religious rituals of Brahmanisn.
They instructed doctors how to cure certain diseases.
They explained the punishments for breaking laws
7
How were early Aryan social levels determined?
by whether a person was rich or poor
according to a person’s place of birth
according to a person’s profession
by whether a person was male or female
8
Mauryan made it easier to conduct business in the empire by creating 1 currency of copper and
Gold coins
Bronze coins
Silver coins
Iron coins
9
How did the Gupta Empire end?
Disease from China spread throughout the country.
Hun armies invaded the country.
Monsoon winds failed 2 bring needed rain 2 the subcontinent.
Farmers rebelled in protest of the caste system.
10
What remarkable of art that was produced during the Mauryan and Gupta Empires still survives?
photographs
paintings
ballet dances
guitar music
11
How did Buddha’s teachings oppose traditional Hindu beliefs?
He taught that all people were equal.
He taught that people should lie.
He did not believe that nirvana was possible.
He did not believe in reincarnation
12
What is the Hindu Kush?
a mountain range northwest of India
the winds that flow northward during the summer
the highest mountain range in the world
a vast desert to the west of the Himalayas
13
Which development ended Mauryan warfare throughout India under Asoka’s rule?
his conversion to Buddhism
the spread of the plague
the death of his son
his marriage to a Hindu princess
14
Which advancement in mathematics is credited to Indian mathematicians?
Indian mathematicians invented geometry.
Indian mathematicians were the 1st to use negative numbers.
Indian mathematicians were the first to use the number zero.
Indian mathematicians invented calculus.
15
Why are the ancient cities of Harappa & Mohenjo-daro considered part of the same civilization?
They are similar in their construction.
They are located close together.
Harappan documents describe them as sister cities.
Harappans have written about the leaders of these cities
16
According to Buddha, how can people avoid the process of reincarnation?
by reaching nirvana
by giving your money away
by passing away
by living a good life
17
What is a grama?
a collection of stories that has cultural value
a community made up of many family members
a language spoken by early Aryans
a group of people who migrated from Central Asia
18
What title was Siddhartha Gautama given once it was believed that he had reached enlightenment?
Swami
Buddha
Sahib
Guru
19
According to Hindu belief, what determines whether people will have bad or good karma?
their profession
their social level
their choices in life
their wealth
20
How were Harappan and Mesopotamian civilizations similar?
They both spoke the same languages.
Both created irrigation systems 2 supply water 2 their crops
They both built pyramids in which to bury their dead.
They both used the same system of weights and measures.
21
The Harappan civilization was the first major Indian civilization along the __________River.
Tigrus
Ganges
Yellow
Indus
22
Why is India considered to be a subcontinent?
Because it has few large rivers, unlike the rest of Asia.
Because it is separated from Asia by a shallow sea.
B/C- large landmass separated from Asia by mountain ranges.
B/C it has landforms not found in other parts of Asia.
23
Which of the following accurately characterizes Hinduism?
Like the Bible, there is 1 holy book that all Hindus follow.
Hinduism is a blend of many religious ideas.
people do not remember who founded Hinduism.
no gods are more important than the others.
24
What are samskaras?
evil spirits that cause people to commit evil actions
people who do not belong to a particular caste
dresses worn for special occasions, like a wedding
rites of passage for different stages in a person’s life
25
Why did early Indian blacksmiths create alloys of two or more metals?
Alloys were less expensive to produce than one metal alone.
Alloys were often stronger than one metal alone.
Alloys could be made in2 swords whereas one metal could not.
Alloys created taller buildings than only one metal.
26
Which king converted to Buddhism and built many Buddhist temples and schools throughout India
Buddha
Chandra Gupta
Mohandas Gandhi
Asoka
27
Most of the surviving Sanskrit literature, Bhagavad Gita, was written about ________________.
kids
reilgion
government
men
28
How were the early Aryan and Harappan civilizations similar?
They settled in the Indus Valley.
They used Sanskrit to communicate.
They organized under the leadership of a king.
They created large cities.
29
What did early Indian astronomers believe about our solar system?
that the moon was another planet
that there were only three planets
that the earth was the center of the universe
that the planets revolved around the sun

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