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1
Invaders, floods, earthquakes, and the Indus River changing course are all offered as explanations for:
the careful planning of Mohenjo Daro.
the development of the Caste System.
the disappearance of Mohenjo Daro.
the rise of Mohenjo Daro.
2
What was one possible use for the Great Bath House at Mohenjo Daro?
Providing water for crops
Storing ice
Religious rituals
Cleaning sewage
3
The earliest known settlements in India were near:
the Thar Desert
river plains
the Deccan Plateau
the Himalayas
4
What is the name of the mountain ranges that border India's east and west coasts?
The Caucasus
The Hindu Kush
The Ghats
The Himalayas
5
The system of rules that devout Buddhists follow is called:
The Path of Eighty
The Vedas
The Ten Commandments
The Eight Fold Path
6
What is the name of the social class that Hindus do not consider to be a part of the Caste System?
Shudras
Untouchables
Brahmans
Vaishyas
7
Which artifact would reveal that people had leisure time?
a toy
a weapon for combat
a tool for farming
construction materials
8
Although it is hot and dry and is prone to dust storms, this area of India supports a variety of wildlife:
Thar Desert
Gobi Desert
The Eastern Ghats
The Western Ghats
9
What is the name of the ancient Indian city archaeologists discovered the ruins of in 1922?
Calcotta
Moscow
Mohenjo Daro
Dehli
10
The Gupta empire was able to make advances in art, science, mathematics, and literature because it was:
prone to invasion
stable and peaceful
lacking basic needs
constantly at war
11
What does the artifact shown in the image reveal about life in Mohenjo Daro?
The wheel was invented there.
They moved things with carts and animals.
They had lots of mud.
They raced carts for sport.
12
How do Hindus believe karma affects a person's life?
It does not affect your life.
It gives you good dharma.
It determines the caste you are born into.
It determines when you will die.
13
Which of these was NOT an achievement of the Gupta Empire?
The Mahabharata
The Buddhist School at Nalanda
The number 0
Hieroglyphics
14
Which part of India has some of the most fertile farmland in the world?
The Hind Kush Foothills
The Great Plains
Deccan Plateau
The Ganges River Plains
15
What is the name of the pass that cuts through the Hindu Kush mountains that connects India with the rest of Asia?
The Indus River
The Cumberland Gap
The Kaiser Pass
The Khyber Pass
16
What is the best description of a plateau?
A flat area of raised land
A type of mountain range
A small piece of land completely surrounded by water
A mountain with 3 sides
17
Which artifact found in Mohenjo Daro suggests they had a uniform system of measuring?
Figurines
Scale and weights
Dice
Cooking utensils
18
Which empire is referred to as India's Golden Age?
The Harrappan Dynasty
The Gupta Empire
The Mauryan Empire
The Han Empire
19
What evidence shows that Mohenjo Daro was a carefully planned city?
There are maps that show how it was to be constructed.
It had streets arranged in Buddhist symbol.
The Citadel was in a valley below the settlement.
It had streets arranged in grids and a sewer system.
20
How is water coming from the mountains to India's north beneficial for agriculture?
It cannot be polluted.
It destroys crops.
It is cold.
It carries rich sediments.
21
Buddha was the title given to which religious leader in ancient India?
King Ashoka
Chandragupta I
Siddhartha Guatama
Mohenjo Daro
22
Which river in Africa is comparable to the Indus River?
The Nile
The Colorado
The Congo
The Rhine
23
How was Ashoka's rule of the Mauryan Empire different from his grandfather Chandragupta's?
He was a bad leader and the empire went into decline.
He was Hindu and rejected Buddhist values.
He stopped wars of conquest and ecouraged peace.
He ended the peaceful ways of his people and started wars.
24
Which Mauryan king contributed to the spread of Buddhism in ancient India?
Chandragupta
Mahatma Gandhi
Nebuchadnezzar
Ashoka
25
Which discovery revealed Mohenjo Daro to be very different from other settlements of the time period?
Protective walls
City Streets
A sewer system
Mud brick buildings
26
Who is considered to be the founder of the Gupta Empire?
Chandragupta
King Ashoka
Mahatma Gandhi
Tutankhamen
27
What is the belief that a soul can be born many times into different forms?
Reincarceration
Reenforcement
Reincarnation
Resurrection
28
Which mountain range serves as a natural barrier that helped protect ancient India from invaders?
The Himalayas
The Rockies
The Alps
The Ganges
29
What is the name for a strong wind that brings heavy rain to southern Asia in the summer?
Typhoon
Chinook
Monsoon
Hurricane
30
Which of the following did the Caste System NOT determine?
Your name
Social Class
Job
Who you can marry
