Ancient India for Mrs. Smithson's Classes

Question 1

Which *Dynasty* made Hinduism the official religion??

Accepted Answer

Gupta Dynasty

Question 2

What were the Vedas??

Accepted Answer

prayers for religious ceremonies, ancient hymns

Question 3

A Hindu god which is the destroyer of the world?

Accepted Answer

Siva

Question 4

Great first Buddhist king...

Accepted Answer

Asoka

Question 5

What was brought by the Aryans when they invaded India?

Accepted Answer

Iron Plows

Question 6

Who was the Hindu god Creator of the World??

Accepted Answer

Brahma

Question 7

What is Karma?

Accepted Answer

Consequences on what you do comes back to you.

Question 8

What is a "Pariah?"

Accepted Answer

Dalits, Untouchables

Question 9

Most likely known as the "Enlightened One." Named Siddhartha Gautama...

Accepted Answer

the Buddha

Question 10

What are some Indian women rights?

Accepted Answer

School

Question 11

Why did Buddhism become popular?

Accepted Answer

It rejected the Caste system.

Question 12

Who achieved a centralized government and postal system.

Accepted Answer

Gupta Dynasty, Mauryan Dynasty

Question 13

What is a system in which the rulers run the government from a capital city called??

Accepted Answer

Centralized Government

Question 14

The caste system helped these people to rule people who outnumbered them.

Accepted Answer

Aryans

Question 15

Who taught Upper Caste boys until they went to the city??

Accepted Answer

Guru

Question 16

What raja conquered weak kingdoms left by Alexander the Great’s leaving?

Accepted Answer

Chandragupta Maurya

Question 17

India's first settlements where here!!

Accepted Answer

Indus River Valley

Question 18

What is Dharma?

Accepted Answer

Divine law that requires people to perform their duties.

Question 19

Grew from the mixture of Aryan beliefs and those of the Harappans.

Accepted Answer

Hinduism

Question 20

What empire was India's golden age of of learning and culture?

Accepted Answer

Gupta Empire

Question 21

Describe Indian Marriage? Be careful this one's a trickster!!

Accepted Answer

Arranged

Question 22

Did you enjoy this quiz?? -Samantha Garcia

Accepted Answer

No, I loved it!!, No it needs improvement, Yes

Question 23

The highest mountains in the world located in southern Asia.

Accepted Answer

Himalaya

Question 24

Who created Sanskrit?

Accepted Answer

Aryans

Question 25

These people were expert horse riders and they invaded India from the North...

Accepted Answer

Aryans

Question 26

Who where the Harappans??

Accepted Answer

All of the above, Peaceful people who farmed and traded with their neighbors.

Question 27

What aspects of life does the caste system determine?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 28

"Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy" What ancient country are we talking about??

Accepted Answer

India

Question 29

Is Pataliputra the capital city of both the Mauryan and Gupta Empires??

Accepted Answer

Yes

Question 30

#TBT to Chapter 5/Who was Greece's Northern Neighbor??

Accepted Answer

Macedonia

Ancient India for Mrs. Smithson's Classes

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Ancient India for Mrs. Smithson's Classes

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