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Nat Geo: Ancient India Unit Test
Nat Geo: Ancient India Unit Test
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What are the Vedas?
a rigid social class system
Aryan priests
the most important Hindu deities
four sacred texts
2
Which religion grew out of the Aryan beliefs and practices?
Sanskrit
Vishnu
Buddhism
Hinduism
3
Which religion has the most followers in India today?
Hinduism
Buddhism
Judaism
Christianity
4
What was the name of the Aryan language?
Dharma
Sanskrit
Vedic
Nirvana
5
Which of the following is an achievement of Indian astronomers?
They translated the Ramayana into Sanskrit.
They developed the number symbols we use today
They practiced inoculation
They accurately calculated the length of the solar year.
6
What formed as the subcontinent of South Asia collided with Asia?
the Hindu Kush ranges
the Indus River
the Himalayas
the Deccan Plateau
7
Which ruler encouraged the spread of Buddhism?
Chandragupta Maurya
Asoka
Chandra Gupta II
Chandra Gupta I
8
Which ruler built the first great Indian empire?
Chandra Gupta I
Chandragupta Maurya
Asoka
Chandra Gupta II
9
What beliefs do Hinduism and Buddhism share?
Both believe in the caste system
Both believe in rebirth & living a good and moral life can end suffering
Both believe in the same gods and godesses
Both believe in rebirth and the afterlife
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Use the chart below to answer the question.
In what year was Buddha born?
c. 320 B.C.
563 B.C.
c. 1500 B.C.
C. A.D. 320
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What is Ayurveda?
the principle of nonviolence toward animals
a way of preventing diseases such as smallpox
an alternative form of healing
a form of Indian architecture
12
The teachings of Siddhartha Gautama are found in which of the following?
the Bhagavad Gita
the Ramayana
the Four Noble Truths
the Vedas
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Use the chart below to answer the question.
When did Chandragupta Maurya become king of Magadha?
c. 269 B.C.
c. 320 B.C.
C. A.D. 320
c. 325 B.C.
14
Which Indian civilization developed some of the world’s first planned cities?
Aryan
Guptan
Harappan
Mauryan
15
Asoka converted to which religion?
Judaism
Buddhism
Brahmanism
Hinduism
16
Which of the following is a legacy of Indian astronomy?
the concept of 0
the architecture of the temple of Angkor Wat in Cambodia
determining the Earth is round
the philosophy of nonviolence
17
What is a subcontinent?
a large peninsula
a large landmass
the populated part of a continent
fertile land between two rivers
18
The Harappan civilization emerged in which river valley?
Ganges
Indus
Tigris
Nile
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Which of the following is one of the three major Hindu male gods?
Siddhartha Gautama
Arjuna
Bhagavad Gita
Shiva
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According to the Four Noble Truths, what causes suffering?
desire
suffering
the casate s
gods
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The Gupta Empire brought 200 years of peace and prosperity to India.
False
True
