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CHAPTER 6: INDIA
CHAPTER 6: INDIA
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Chapter 6: India Review
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1
What does the term "The Buddha" mean?
Enlightened One
Truth Seeker
Master of Meditation
Holy Teacher
2
What is the name of the force that results from Dharma and influences a person's Samsara?
Nirvana
Karma
Moksha
Brahman
3
Which religion did not have a singular founder?
Buddhism
Hinduism
Jainism
Zoroastrianism
4
The longest poem ever written.
Bhagavad Gita
Song of Solomon
Ramayana
Mahabharata
5
Religion founded by Siddhartha Gautama.
Confucianism
Judaism
Hinduism
Buddhism
6
Where did ancient India's first civilization begin?
Himalaya Mountains
Indus River Valley
Nile River
Ganges River
7
Indian astronomers theorized that the world revolved around the sun and that Earth was _______.
Round
Square
Flat
Oblique
8
The all-seeing, supreme God of Hinduism is _____
Brahma
Shiva
Vishnu
Lakshmi
9
What statement about arranged marriages is still true?
They only happened in ANCIENT India
They still happen today
You could divorce your spouse if you didn't like them
The mothers were the ones that made the arrangements
10
Buddhist reach Nirvana, the highest state of enlightenment, when they ______.
are reincarnated into someone they want to be.
enter Heaven.
meet God.
end desire and suffering.
11
What major mathematical invention are the Ancient Indians credited with?
Fractions
Computers
Calculators
Zero
12
What Buddhist belief is represented by the Dharma Wheel?
The Eightfold Path
The Four Basic Beliefs
The Eight Basic Beliefs
The Four Noble Truths
13
What body of water is represented by the Asterisk(*) on the map?
Ganges River
Arabian Sea
Bay of Bengal
Indian Ocean
14
Who was the first Emperor of the Mauryan Empire?
Siddhartha Gautama
Chandra Gupta Maurya
Buddha
Ashoka
15
Which ancient Indian religion did NOT support the Caste System?
Zoroastrianism
Buddhism
Jainism
Hinduism
16
Who are the three gods in the Hindu Trinity?
Krishna, Shiva, Vishnu
Brahma, Vishnu, Ganesha
Brahma, Lakshmi, Shiva
Brahma, Shiva, Vishnu
17
Which religion believes in the truth that life is full of suffering is?
Buddhism
Moksha
Hinduism
Confucianism
18
What was the name of the trade network that was responsible for spreading Buddhism?
The Satin Street
The Polyester Path
The Silk Road
The Cotton Highway
19
Siddhartha believed that suffering is caused by _______ rather than needs.
work
desire
academics
hunger
20
Which religion believes in one universal spirit called Brahman?
Shintoism
Buddhism
Confucianism
Hinduism
21
What is a Buddhist place of worship called?
Jati
Guru
Stupa
Raja
22
Who was the Hindu god known as "The Preserver?"
Shiva
Brahama
Vishnu
Krishna
23
What is the Hindu belief that refers to responsibility or duty called?
Moksha
Dharma
Karma
Samsara
24
Group outside of the caste system.
Untouchables
Unmentionables
Undesireables
Unapproachables
25
What type of people are in the Vaisyas Varna?
Common People
Warriors
Priests
Unskilled Workers
26
Divisions in the caste system in India are called _____.
Varnas
Four Noble Truths
Sections
Classes
27
Early civilizations began near
Rivers
Forests
Other civilizations
Mountains
28
Gupta Empire doctors began to set broken bones, use stitches for cuts, and perform _______.
Magic Tricks
Standup Comedy
Voodoo
Surgery
29
What type of people would be in the Sudra Varna?
Unskilled workers
Priests
Warriors
Common People
30
What type of people would be in the Kshatriya Varna?
Unskilled Workers
Common People
Priests
Warriors
31
Which number represents India on the map?
1
2
4
3
32
What type of people would be in the Brahmins Varna?
Common People
Warriors
Unskilled Workers
Priests
33
Which river did the Aryans first settle along?
Ganges
Nile
Tigres
Indus
34
What religion did Ashoka practice that allowed his empire to flourish and be peaceful?
Buddhism
Hinduism
Christianity
Jainism
35
What landform (5) separates India from China?
Indus River
Himalaya Mountains
Ganges River
Hindu Kush
36
What is the belief that people have multiple lives called?
Reincarnation
Restoration
Reformation
Recreation
37
The first written language of the Aryans
Hieroglyphics
Cuneiform
Sanskrit
Indian
38
The Vedas are _____
Another name for the caste system
The written language of the Aryans
Sacred writings of Buddhism
Sacred writings of Hinduism
39
Hindu deities were created to explain what "universal spirit?"
The Force
Brahman
Nirvana
Brahma
40
The state of perfect peace and happiness is _______.
Nirvana
Moksha
Heaven
Brahman
