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