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Ancient India Unit Review
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This is for LJHS 6th graders who have just finished their unit on Ancient India
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1
What varna was at the top of India's Caste System?
Dalits or untouchables
Kshatriyas or merchants
Brahmins or priests
Vaisyas or farmers
2
What dynasty built India's first great Empire?
Harrapans
Mauryan
Aryans
Guptas
3
Most people in the Indus Valley worked as what?
Farmers
Traders/Merchants
Metal Workers/Craftsmen
Warriors
4
In Aryan society which was the highest importance in regard to the caste system?
helping people from lower castes rise up
Interacting with people of different castes
Following the rules of the caste system
Moving to a higher varna
5
What are the TWO main rivers that provide so much for India?
Euphrates and Tigris
Nile and Ganges
Indus and Tigris
Indus and Ganges
6
Asoka is famous for using war elephants to help spread what religion?
Buddhism
Brahmanism
Hinduism
Jainism
7
What TWO major world religions started in India?
Hinduism and Islam
Hinduism and Buddhism
Judaism and Christianity
Christianity and Buddhism
8
What is a large landmass, which is smaller than a continent known as?
Reincarnation
Subcontinent
Caste System
Indus Valley
9
All ancient civilizations develop surrounding what?
Plateaus
Farmland
Mountains
Rivers
10
What is the division of Indian society into groups called?
Subcontinent
Caste System
Indus Valley
Reincarnation
11
What did Buddha claim was the cause of all suffering?
desire or wanting
believing in the wrong gods
building idols to honor the gods
not having enough possessions
12
Who is credited with founding Hinduism?
Asoka
Siddhartha Guatama
No one knows
Chandragupta
13
Which group were the Ancient Indus people believed to have traded with?
Chinese
Sumerians
Egyptians
Americans
14
What is believed to be a reason the Indus Valley civilization declined?
Natural Disaster
Lack of technology
Disappearance
Invasion
15
Who is the BEST 6th grade Social Studies teacher?
Mr. Bell
Mrs. Gates
16
What are the names of the TWO major cities built along the Indus River
Mohenjo Daro and Harappa
Babylon and Harappa
Memphis and Cairo
Acadia and Ur
17
Why was India able to develop a distinct culture?
Protected/Isolated by Mountains
Constant Invasion
Massive Deserts
Lack of culture spread
18
What physical feature helped to protect/isolate India?
Mediterranean Sea
Caspian Sea
Red Sea
Arabian Sea
19
Buddhists believe ____ to be "a state of perfect peace".
Nirvana
Karma
Dharma
Sanskrit
20
What were the TWO major mountain ranges that helped isolate and protect India?
Andes and the Sierra Nevada
Himalayas and Atli Shan
Himalayas and Hindu Kush
Andes and the Hindu Kush
21
Whom was a warrior leader that helped spread Buddhism?
Samudragupta
Asoka
Ramses
Chandragupta
22
The Aryans changed India's culture in all of the following ways except ...
The Aryans brought a new type of government.
The Aryans brought a new language.
The Aryans brought a new religion called Buddhism.
The Aryans brought a new religion called Brahmanism.
23
What "age" are the Guptas credited with starting in India?
Bronze Age
Golden Age
Copper Age
Stone Age
24
What is the name of the main Hindu god?
Buddha
Shiva
Brahma
Vishnu
25
What is the process where a soul is reborn in a new body known as?
Caste System
Indus Valley
Reincarnation
Subcontinent
26
Who is credited with founding Buddhism?
Asoka
Siddhartha Guatama
No one knows
Chandragupta
27
What TWO fields experienced tremendous advancements during the Gupta dynasty?
Buddhism and Hinduism
Mathematics and Medicine
Agriculture and Medicine
Agriculture and Engineering
28
_____ is the language and writing system of Ancient India.
Cunieform
Greeko
Sanskrit
Heiroglyphics
29
The force created by a person's good or bad decisions is ____?
Karma
Nirvana
Sanskrit
Dharma
30
Who invaded India in 1500 BCE and brought Brahmanism with them?
Harrapans
Mauryan
Guptas
Aryans
31
What part of the world did the Aryan people invade India from?
Central Asia (Caucus Region)
North Africa (Egypt)
East Asia (China)
Southeast Asia (Indonesia)
