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Review for India, Ancient Civilizations 6th grade
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1
Where are the Himalayas located in India?
Southeast
Northeast
East
West
2
The culture of ancient civilizations developed in certain ways due to their . . .
Physical georaphy
Communication with other nations
Ability to control fire
3
How many seasons does the climate of India have?
Dry Summer and Wet Winter
Warm Wet, and Cold Wet Season
Dry all year long
Warm, Wet Season & Cool, Dry Season
4
What Indian Empire allowed other religions to be practiced and founded a money system?
Indus
Gupta
Ganges
Mauryan
5
What was the Eightfold Path?
A way to not help yourself live
A way to live and be at peace with your actions
Destroyed peoples way of life
A way to help others
6
What has been done in modern India to deal with the Caste System?
Laws have been made to help untouchables have a better life
No laws have been made
Brahmans have authority over everyone
7
What did the Aryans bring to India?
Religion, social structure, and a language
Religion, and language
Disease, war, and tyrants
8
Who was Chandragupta Maurya's grandson?
Sauron
Gupta
Asoka
Bindusara
9
The types of people who did not associate with the four castes are called?
Untouchables
Dwellers
Peasents
10
What three Rivers were the first settling places in India?
Nile, Ganges, and Huang He
Euphrates, Tigris, and Nile
Indus, Nile, and Saravasvati
Bramaputra, Ganges, and Indus
11
Was Harappa advanced for its time?
No
Yes
It was normal for the time period
12
Hinduism was passed by word of mouth at first then written in what language and book?
Sanskirt and Bible
Cuneiform and Code of Law
Sanskrit and Vedas
Sanskrit and the Quran
13
What caste was Gautama from before he became the Buddha?
Kshatriya
Sudhra
Brahmin
Unouchable
14
What geographic feature did early civilizations develop around?
Rivers
Mountains
Valleys
15
What do do Hindus believe in?
Polytheism, reincarnation, and nonviolence
Violence and polytheism
Reincarnation and violence
Monotheism, reincartion, and nonviolence
16
What isolates India and makes it a good land to settle in?
It is mineral rich and has no Deserts
Mountains for protection and rivers for farming
It doesn't have physical features that help people survive
Little mountains with slight protection
17
Does the Indus and Ganges River carry silt and flood often, for great agriculture?
Yes
No
18
What do both Hindus and Buddhists believe in?
Moksha
Nirvana
Reincartion
The Truth
19
Do monsoons effects India's climate positively, negatively, or it has no effect?
India would be fine without the monsoons
It causes more good than bad
Negatively with not needed rain
Positively with needed rain
20
Who created the Mauryan Empire?
Aryans
Brahma
Chandragupta Maurya
Asoka
21
Early civilizations were generally what type of religion?
Polytheistic
Hexatheistic
Monotheistic
22
Did Chandragupta Maurya create the first united empire in India?
No
Yes
23
Where does the Indus River begin and what does it carry with it?
Appalachians and Fish
Himalayas and Silt
Hindu Kush and Silt
Himalayas and Sand
24
What two words describe how to live a successful life in Hinduism?
Dharma and Brahma
Dharma and Karma
Karma and Nirvana
Reincarnation and Nirvana
25
What is the moral law of cause and effect in Hinduism?
Moksha
Shiva
Karma
26
What did man develop to control and use water?
Irrigation
Boats
Domestication
27
Where does the Ganges River start and what does it create at the Head of the River?
Hindu Kush and an Isthmus
Hindu Kush and a Delta
Himalayas and a Delta
Himalayas and salt
28
Who founded Buddhism?
Siddhartha Gautama
Hammurabi
Chandragupta Maurya
The Aryans
29
What did the population of Harappa do for a living?
Fighting
Trading
Raiding
Farming
30
What technology allowed for increased storage of food?
Caves
Pottery
Temples
31
What is the Caste System?
Social structure based off of fighting ability
A social system based off of wealth
Social structure based off of what your parents did
32
What was the main goal of people who followed Buddhism as taught by Buddha?
Nirvana
Missionary Work
Wealth
33
What were the two greatest achievements of the Indian Empires?
History & Art
Math & Astronomy
Irrigation
Religion
34
What subject helped the Major Cities of Harappa thrive?
Astronomy
History
Mathematics
Art
35
What did the 4 Noble Truths teach?
Hinduism is a better way to live
Suffering is caused by desire and there's no cure
All life is not full of suffering
There's always suffering caused by desire & you must detach
36
Why was Mohenjo-Daro one of the most advanced cities of its times?
Centralized gov't, grand army, and No walls
Centralized gov't, religious center, and no houses
Houses, drainage sys, centralized gov't and religious center
37
What are the two bays that boarder each coast of India
South China Sea and Arabian
Bengal and Arabian
Indian and Arabian
Indian and Tasmanian
38
What type of rocks are the Himalayas made of?
Sedimentary
Metamorphic, Igneous, and Sedimentary
Igneous and Metamorphic
Metamorphic and Sedimentary
39
How does the Caste System work?
You could marry out of your caste
You can move up and down the social structure freely
You are Born into it and cannot freely move up or down
Hindu beliefs, birth decides your caste & no way up or down
40
Who was the first ancient civilization to use divisions?
Egypt
China
India
Mesopotamia
41
What were the two cultures that mixed to start Hindusim?
Aryan and Mespotamian
Mauryan and Gupta
Egyptian and Mesopotamian
Aryan and early Indian beliefs
42
What was the war machine that the Mauryan empire used that is similar to the modern tank
Phalanx
Chariot
Horse
Elepant
43
Who were the Aryans?
Nomadic People From Europe and Russia
Hunter-gatherers from China
Nomadic people in India
Nomadic people from Mesopotamia
44
The Buddhists believe in a path to the end of suffering. How many folds is this path?
Eight
Ten
Five
