What change did the Aryans bring to India?

They brought Hinduism with them

What was the reason the caste system was developed?

keep control of conquered peoples

grew from a mixture of Aryan and Harrapan beliefs

India's first great Buddhist king

hindu deity, destroyer of the world

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What change did the Aryans bring to India?
They replaced a warlike culture with a peaceful one
They brought Sanskrit
They brought Hinduism with them
They replaced a peaceful culture with a war-like one
2
Pariahs
Untouchables
Common people
priests
warriors
3
What is the system that determines a person’s job, social group, and marriage?
caste
pariahs
siva
arranged
4
What was the reason the caste system was developed?
help Aryans assimilate into Indian culture
explain differences in skin color
determine order in temples
keep control of conquered peoples
5
Among which caste was Buddhism particularly popular?
kshatriyas
vaisyas
brahmins
pariahs
6
An effective modern method of protest was taken from which of the following religions?
Judaism
Jainism
Buddhism
Hinduism
7
Which river empties into the Arabian Sea?
Indus
Ganges
Nile
Paliputra
8
Iron plows
created by Egyptians
created by Indians
created by mesopotamians
created by the Aryans
9
Is the Buddha's real name Siddhartha Gautama?
False
True
10
What did Indian astronomers recognize about the Earth?
all of the above
had gravity
revolved around the sun
was round
11
Many Indian marriages, even today are
_________________
arranged
short
long distance
12
Which social group is made up of warriors and rulers?
Vaisyas
Brahmins
Kshatriyas
Pariahs
13
What torments the wrong-doer?
all of these
seeing his or her good deeds
coming to a bad state
seeing his or her bad behavior
14
Buddha taught that giving up worldly desires would do what?
punish people both ways
torment people both here and beyond
make people satisfied with the caste system
end suffering
15
Himalaya
Mountains that are in Europe
highest mountains in the world
tall mountains in Asia
Lowest mountains in the world
16
Indian literature stressed the importance of what?
pleasure
dharma
caste
karma
17
Gupta Empire
India's golden age of leanring
Not india's golden age of learning
______________
India's dark age
18
Hinduism
Grew from a mixture of Aryan and Hindu beliefs
grew from a mixture of Aryan and Harrapan beliefs
grew from a mixture of Hindu and Buddhist beliefs
Grew from a mixture of Aryan. and Buddhist beliefs
19
What teaches people to work for good and oppose evil?
The four noble truths
Buddha's eightfold path
the Bhagavad Gita
the Dalai Lama
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Dharma
divine law
________________
marshall law
___________
21
Asoka
India's first great Buddhist king
India's first great Hindu King
India's worst Buddhist king
India's worst Hindu king
22
Which rights did the Indian women have?
voting
changing caste
none of the above
divorce
23
In what section of the Mahabharata did Krishna talk about doing one’s duty?
veda
Bhagavad Gita
Ramayana
upanishad
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Siva
buddhist deity, destroyer of the world
hindu deity, destroyer of the world
buddhist deity, creator of the world
hindu deity, creator of the world

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