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Unit 5 Ancient India
Unit 5 Ancient India
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Which of the following is one of the 3 major Hindu gods?
Bhagavad Gita
Arjuna
Siddhartha Gautama
Shiva
2
Which two major religions had their origins in India?
Buddhism and Sandskrit
Nirvana and Karma
Hinduism and Buddhism
Hinduism and Brahmanism
3
Which of the following is a contribution of ancient India to modern medicine?
nonviolence towards animals
The practice of inoculation
The concept of zero
architecture
4
What was the name of the Aryan language?
Nirvana
Vedic
Sandskrit
Dharma
5
Who established the Gupta empire?
Chandragupta
Ashoka
Chandra Gupta II
Chandra Gupta I
6
What was the goal of following the Buddha's Eightfold path?
Nirvana
Understanding the Vedas
Karma
End of the caste system
7
Which Indian civilization developed some of the world's first planned cities?
Mauryan
Guptan
Aryan
Harappan
8
Which ruler encouraged the spread of Buddhism?
Chandragupta Maurya
Ashoka
Chandra Gupta I
Chandra Gupta II
9
How did Ashoka's empire control people's behavior?
A large army and spy network
State officials monitored moral conduct
Pillars with Buddhist policies written on them.
Good roads with plenty of shade and water.
10
What are the Vedas?
four sacred texts
Aryan priests
A rigid social class system
The most important Hindu deities
11
The social class system of the Aryans developed into which of the following?
Caste system
reincarnation
Buddhism
Brahmanism
12
The Hindu and Buddhist principal of nonviolence towards animals led to what practice?
inoculation
Angkor Wat
vegetarianism
Ayuveda
13
Which religion grew out of the Aryan beliefs and practices?
Hinduism
Sanskrit
Buddhism
Vishnu
14
Teachings of Siddhartha Gautama are found in which of the following?
Bhagavad Gita
Judah
The four Noble Truths
The Vedas
15
The Harappan civilization emerged in which river valley?
Tigris
Indus
Nile
Ganges
16
Which ruler built the first great Indian empire?
Chandra Gupta II
Chandra Gupta I
Chandragupta Maurya
Ashoka
17
Which statement best describes the empire of Chandragupta Maurya?
much smaller than the earlier Harappan civilization.
Strong central government and taxes
Group of independent cities
Empire ended with the death of Chandragupta
18
Why are monsoons important to the subcontinent's development?
rainfall is light and not reliabe for farming.
Dry winds keep the land from being used for farming
THey protect the Indus valley from the cold of the Himalayas
Brings heavy rainfall in summer. water for agriculture.
19
India's golden age was during the reign of which ruler?
Chandra Gupta II
Ashoka
Chandragupta
Chandra Gupta I
20
What is Ayunveda?
An alternate form of healing
form of Indian architecture
principle of nonviolence of animals
way to prevent diseases
21
Which of the following is an achievement of Indian astronomers?
developed number systems used today.
translated the Ramayana into Sanskrit.
calculated the length of the solar year.
practiced inoculations
22
Which religion has the most followers in India today?
Buddhism
Hinduism
Christianity
Judism
23
What are the Mahabharata and Ramayana?
mound like structures
Epic poams found in the Vedas
avatars of Vishnu
Hindu goddesses
24
Which of the following words is central to Buddhism's Four Noble truths?
beauty
morality
poverty
Suffering
25
Which Indian leader inspired Martin Luther King Jr.?
Mahatma Ghandi
Chandra Gupta
Ashoka
Kalidasa
