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1
What is the name of the seasonal winds that dominate the climate of India?
Typhoons
Monsoons
Cyclones
Hurricanes
2
The final state of salvation, where freedom from the Hindu life-death cycle is attained, is called:
Moksha
Nirvana
Shiva
Samsara
3
Artifacts similar to this one found in both the Indus River Valley and Mesopotamia. Historians think they were used for
trade
war
taxes
legal codes
4
In traditional India, the caste system and the Hindu beliefs in karma and dharma most directly resulted in
the rapid industrialization of the economy.
a strong emphasis on the acquisition of wealth.
a strong belief in the importance of education.
the establishment of a set of rules for each individual in society.
5
This advisor proposed tough-minded policies to hold the empire together, including the use
of force and spying
Kautilya
Imhotep
Vishnu
Siddhartha Gautama
6
The Mauryan Empire included all of the following EXCEPT
roads to connect people
a well organized bureaucracy
a brutal but efficient police force
the world's first democracy
7
This ruler converted to Buddhism and is best known for its spread
Liu Bang
Bindsura
Asoka
Chandragupta Maurya
8
The name for Buddhist scriptures that translates to “three baskets of teachings” is
Upanishads
Tripitaka
Mahavira
Vedas
9
Although Hindus worship different deities such as Vishnu and Shiva, they are really
aspects of a single divine force
the spirit of ancestors
representations of natural forces
a metaphor for people in every day life
10
About 1500 B.C.E. early Indian civilization was influenced by the arrival of
Harappans
Huns
Aryans
Kushans
11
This picture is
Road side shrine to Vishnu
Mauryan Palace
A buddhist stupa
Hindu Temple
12
Who was the founder of the Mauryan Empire?
Chandragupta
Asoka
Avaiyar
Fa Hsien
13
Buddhism and Hinduism share all of the following EXCEPT
Nirvana
Non-violence toward living things
Karma
Reincarnation
14
The Aryans were mainly
farmers
traders
hunters
herders
15
All of the following were achievements of the Gupta empire EXCEPT
Creation of the microscope
Invention of the Arabic decimal number system
Kalidasa was a great poet and playwright
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