Ancient India Test Review

Question 1

Tribal chiefs who fought to control trade and became powerful hereditary rulers were known as

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Rajahs

Question 2

collection of poems and sacred hymns composed around 1500 BCE that describe Aryan beliefs and daily life

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Vedas

Question 3

What natural feature isolated the Indian subcontinent from the rest of Asia?

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The Himalaya and Hindu Kush mountain ranges

Question 4

Once the Aryans became settled farmers, they measured their wealth by

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the number of cows and bulls they owned

Question 5

___________________ means having a special regard for something.

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Veneration

Question 6

Warriors who migrated from Central Asia (modern Russia) into the Indus Valley around 1500 B.C.

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Aryans

Question 7

Why do historians know so little about the early Indus Valley civilization?

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Scholars are unable to figure out the meaning of the writing

Question 8

The ______ is the longest epic poem and tells the story of war between 2 sets of Aryan cousins.

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The Mahabharata

Question 9

The class in Aryan society that was made up of herders, farmers, merchants and craftspeople. Known as

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Vaisyas

Question 10

In 1500 B.C., Aryans entered the Indus Valley. In Aryan people were divided into groups based

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on their occupations or job types

Question 11

Which answer is NOT an effect the summer monsoons could have?

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Summer monsoons bring heavy rain, the crops grow larger & harvest is better

Question 12

Aryan gods and goddesses

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represented natural forces like the sky, sun, storms, fire

Question 13

Under the caste system, the most difficult jobs were given to

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Non-Aryans

Question 14

The early Indus Valley people used simple symbols to represent words.

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pictographs

Question 15

The lowest class in Aryan society was made up of farm workers, servants and laborers. Known as

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Sudras

Question 16

Which does NOT describe Mohenjo-Daro?

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a confusing place where streets weren't in any order

Question 17

The Aryans developed a written language used by priests to write down sacred texts called

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Sanskrit

Question 18

The class in Aryan society was made up of warriors and government administrators. Known as

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Kshatriyas

Question 19

One of the two long epic poems that mix history, mythology, adventure & religion

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Ramayana

Question 20

At the top of Aryan society were the Brahmin who

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were priests who performed religious important ceremonies

Question 21

One of the well-known features about the Indus River civilization was its

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well-planned cities

Question 22

Select 2 answers that describe features of the religious beliefs of the Indus Valley people.

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worshiped sacred animals, polytheistic

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