Duplicate of Ch. 6.5 Ancient India, Indian Achievements

Question 1

The _____ is the most famous of the passages from the Mahabharata.

Accepted Answer

Bhagavad Gita

Question 2

Indian doctors understood the concept of ______, which helps build human defenses to a disease.

Accepted Answer

inoculation

Question 3

The ancient Indians were masters of _______, the science of working with metals.

Accepted Answer

metallurgy

Question 4

Many works of _______ literature were created during the Maurya and Gupta periods.

Accepted Answer

Sanskrit

Question 5

The numerals we use today were created by _____ and brought to Europe by Arabs.

Accepted Answer

Indian scholars

Question 6

Indian scholars were also skilled in ____, enabling them to identify seven of the nine planets.

Accepted Answer

astronomy

Question 7

Indian artists of the Maurya and Gupta periods created great works of art, often of a __nature.

Accepted Answer

religious

Question 8

An _____ is a mixture of two or more metals.

Accepted Answer

alloy

Question 9

The Mahabharata contains passages about ______ beliefs.

Accepted Answer

Hindu

Question 10

Many of the finest works of art in Ancient India can be found in _____.

Accepted Answer

temples

Questions 10