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Ancient India Review Game
Ancient India Review Game
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Students will review the culture, religions, and government of ancient India. #ancientindia
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1
What was Buddha's real name?
Brahmin
Abraham
Sanskrit
Siddhartha
2
What religion grew in popularity during the Gupta empire?
Jainism
Hinduism
Judaism
Buddhism
3
What is a monsoon?
Flooding
River
Strong Seasonal Winds
Cold Wind
4
On which continent is India located?
North America
Africa
Europe
Asia
5
Which empire is known for being the Golden Age of India (Prosperity, peace & arts)?
Aryan
Gupta
Indus Valley
Mauryan
6
Which of the following is an achievement of the Gupta Civilization
Anatomy
Algebra
Inoculations
Hindu-Arabic numeral system
7
What are the people of the first urban Indian civilizations sometimes called?
Indus
Ganges
Priests
Harappans
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What are the 2 major rivers of ancient India?
Tigris & Euphrates
Ganges & Indian
Ganges & Indus
Nile & Mississippi
9
The only way to move up in the caste system is
death
reincarnation
Heaven
nirvana
10
Who was responsible for the spread of Buddhism in India and Asia?
Ashoka
David
Abraham
Chandragupta
11
Most art in India is focused on what subject?
Farming
Nature
Daily life
Hinduism/Buddhism
12
What is 1 theory that could explain what happened to the Indus Valley civilization?
The sun burned up the crops.
An earthquake moved the Indus River.
They went to war with each other.
A tsunami hit the city.
13
What are the Vedas?
Aryan Sacred writings
Farming Advice
Harappan Sacred Writings
It determined the Rajas
14
What are the 2 cities of ancient India that were discovered in the 1920's?
Mohenjo-Daro & Harappa
Houston & Mohenjo-Daro
Aryan & India
Aryan & Harappan
15
Which of the following is a Hindu god
Buddha
Brahma
Vishnu
Shiva
16
What characteristic could be used to describe the Aryans?
Lazy
Warriors
Peacekeepers
Engineers
17
Doing one's duty during life is called?
Dharma
Moksha
Nirvana
Karma
18
The people in the top class of the caste system were the
farm owners
warriors
untouchables
priests
19
The main teachings of Buddhism are called
The 8 Noble Truths
The 4 Noble Truths
The Noble Path
The Caste System
20
Siddhartha believed that suffering is caused by ________ rather than needs.
hunger
desire
work
academics
21
Buddhists reach Nirvana, the highest state of enlightenment, when they...
are finally at peace & free of pain & suffering.
are reincarnated into someone they want to be.
meet God.
enter Heaven.
22
Siddartha Guatama believed that the goal of life was to reach _________.
wealth
Nirvana
Your true love
Afterlife
23
Why did the people of ancient India depend on the summer monsoon from the ocean?
It caused destruction.
It dried up the flooding.
It heated the region up.
It brought much needed rainfall.
24
According to Hinduism, everything is a part of a cosmic spirit called
God
Yahweh
Buddha
Brahman
25
What religion did Asoka practice in his later life?
Buddhism
Isalm
Christianity
Hinduism
26
The houses of the Indus Valley were made out of this:
standard bricks
steel
papyrus
wood
27
The Mahabharata, Ramayana, Upanishads, and the Rig Veda are sacred books of
Buddhism
Christianity
Judaism
Hinduism
28
Mohenjo-Daro and Harappan cities were known for
A Great Ziggurat
Curved roads
A sewer system
Straight streets and intersections
29
The Aryans were different than the Harappans because they lived
by never settling down (nomads)
in large, planned cities
in villages with a local ruler
in China
30
What written language did the Aryans develop?
Cuneiform
Sanskrit
Hieroglyphics
Rosetta Stone
31
The group of people that are considered unclean and outside of the caste system are
The Untouchables
The Stained
The Hindi
The Dirties
32
What is the caste system?
A social group that one is born into.
A way to wrap up injuries.
A social group in which you choose where you belong.
A way to learn to fish.
33
Where did ancient India's first civilization begin?
Nile River
Indus Valley
Himalaya Mountains
Ganges River
34
The massive Indian subcontinent is separated from the rest of Asia by
seas
Himalayan Mountains
lakes
Gobe Desert
