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6.1 Ancient India
6.1 Ancient India
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A Quiz! to review the civilizations of ancient India.
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Stories, poems and epics passed down from generation to generation, written in books called...
The Vedas
The Dead Sea Scrolls
The Torah
The Quran
2
In Aryan life women were considered what?
property of men
equal to men
independent from men
slaves to men
3
In Aryan life, both boys and girls could receive an education.
False
True
4
The more a person owned the more wealthy they were.
cattle
gold
servants
land
5
What provides 80% of the rainfall to India?
The Arabian Sea
hurricanes
The Ganges River
monsoons
6
Why did the Harappans settle in the Indus River Valley?
easy access to trade
warm weather
it was beautiful
fertile soil
7
The rulers and warriors were part of which caste/varna?
Pariahs
Kshatriya
Brahmin
Sudra
8
Indo-Europeans who migrated to India and created the caste system.
The Aryans
The Harappans
Spartans
The Huns
9
Unskilled laborers and servants belonged to which caste/varna?
Brahmans
Vaisyas
Pariahs
Sudras
10
The written language developed by the Aryans after they settled in India.
Hindu
Gujarati
Sanskrit
Urdu
11
Which caste/varna did the priests belong to?
Kshatriyas
Sudras
Brahmans
Vaisyas
12
What did the Harappan people have very little of?
jewelry
weapons
cotton cloth
toys
13
The Harappans developed this to allow them to farm.
crop rotation
terraced farming
the steal plow
irrigation
14
Which of the following did the Himalayas NOT provide to ancient Indian civilizations?
rivers
warm climate
easy trade routes
protection from invasion
15
Glaciers melting off the Himalayas cause what to form?
The Tropic of Cancer
The Arabian Sea
The Ganges River and the Indus River
The Deccan Plateau
16
The Aryans government was divided into small tribes ruled by a. . . ?
Pharaoh
Emporer
Raja
Brahman
17
What religion did the Aryans bring to India?
Buddhism
Islam
Daoism
Hinduism
18
Pariahs perform which of the following jobs?
farming, merchants, minor officials
warriors and rulers
collect trash, skin animals, handling dead bodies
manual labor and servants
19
A large distinguishable part of a continent.
subcontinent
pseudo-continent
isthmus
peninsula
20
Highly developed cities in the Indus River valley with indoor bathrooms and garbage chutes.
Alexandria
Sparta
Mohenjo-Daro
Harappa
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Farmers, merchants, skilled laborers, and common people belonged to which caste/varna?
Pariahs
Vaisyas
Kshatriyas
Sudras
