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A review of all things Indian!
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1
What describes the geography of India?
It sticks out into the Bay of Bengal
It is a peninsula
It is in Asia
It is a subcontinent
2
What is the connection between reincarnation and karma in Hinduism?
Reincarnation will help you escape from the cycle of karma.
Good karma will allow you to move up in the caste system.
Karma will determine your future.
Your bad karma will end the cycle of reincarnation.
3
Where is the Ganges River?
East India
North India
West India
South India
4
How did the mountain ranges of India impact the civilization?
Created the source for fertile river valleys
Flooded the river valleys
Provided protection from invaders
Provided economic opportunities
5
Ones position in the caste system is determined by...
your occupation/job
a test you take at 15
your deeds in a previous life (reincarnation)
the caste system of your husband of wife
6
Reincarnation, karma, Veda texts, and 1 billion followers
Judaism
Islam
Buddhism
Hinduism
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What are the two effects the caste system had on the people of ancient India?
Buddhism became the main religion of India.
Occupations determined one's caste
Indian culture was spread throughout Asia
Strong prejudices developed against lower caste
8
The Aryans brought religion, Sanskrit, and advanced weaponry when they invaded/migrated to
Harappa
New Delhi
Mohenjo Daro
outcasts
9
India has this type of social structure.
Classes based on wealth
Social Pyramid
Caste System
No class system at all
10
What did the Indo-Aryans bring to India?
hospitals
writing
concept of zero
The caste system
11
Warrior nomads who migrated/invaded to the Indus river valley, inhabited by the Harappans.
Chinese
Bohemians
Aryans
Japanese
12
In early India, towns were governed by....
Democracy
autocracy
Confucianism
Small councils with a chief
13
The founder of Buddhism.
Siddhartha Gautama
Ashoka
Ramayana
Sargon
14
Who are considered unclean?
Untouchables or outcasts
Undesirables
Impurities
Shundras
15
Which language did the Aryans bring with them to India?
Sanskrit
German
Mongolian
Egyptian
16
Workers and servants were a part of this caste.
Brahmins
Kshatriyas
Outcasts
Sudras
17
A person's job/ occupation was determined by their
friends
schooling
caste
intellect
18
What is the last of the Four Noble Truths?
Follow the Eight Fold Path
Everybody suffers
Honor thy mother and father
We suffer because we want what we cannot have
19
What were some of the medical advancements of the Gupta Empire?
A cure for cancer
surgical procedures, inoculations and medicine from plants
eyeglasses
first to trace the circulatory system
20
Warriors and rulers were a part of this caste.
Vaisyas
Kshatriyas
Outcasts
Sudras
21
Asoka's missionaries (during the Mauryan Empire) brought this religion from India to China.
Islam
Christianity.
Buddhism
Hinduism
22
What did Siddhartha Gautama, who became known as the Buddha believe was the cause of suffering?
selfish desires
The Eightfold Path
Truth
Enlightenment
23
The sacred texts of Hinduism include the Vedas, the Upanishads, and the
The Bhagavad Gita
the Ganges
The Harappa
Ganesha
24
Siddhartha saw 4 sights: old age, sickness, death and suffering. What are these called?
The Laws of Karma
The Four Sights
The Cycle of Life
The Koran
25
The Brahmins were the
priests, the highest level of the caste system
the second highest level in the caste system
third highest level of the caste system
landowners
26
The sacred, religious writings of the Aryans were the....
Dharmas
Brahmans
Sudras
Vedas
27
Farmers, craftspeople and traders were part of this caste.
Vaisyas
Brahmins
Sudras
Outcasts
28
Indian mathematicians made advances in math because of...
the calculator
the invention of Hindu-Arabic numerals
the use of "zero"
the abacus
29
Which two religions were widely practiced in Southeast Asia in the 1500's AD?
Buddhism and Christianity
Hinduism and Judaism
Hinduism and Buddhism
Christianity and Judaism
30
Brahman, Shiva and Vishnu are
Major Indian Rulers
Major Hindu Gods
Buddhist Beliefs
Classes in the Caste System
