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A fortress built to protect a city:
How many people are believed to have lived in Mohenjodaro?
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How many people are believed to have lived in Mohenjodaro?
10,000
50,000
500,000
1,000,000
2
A fortress built to protect a city:
castle
compound
bunker
citadel
3
India is what part of Asia?
western plain
southern rainforest
peninsula
subcontinent
4
The ancient writing of India:
Hanzi
Kanji
Sanskrit
Alphabet
5
A strong wind that brings heavy rains to southern Asia in the summer:
hurricane
cyclone
monsoon
typhoon
6
This is area is a triangle shaped region between two mountain ranges.
The Western Ghats
The Eastern Ghats
Deccan Plateau
The Khyber Pass
7
Which caste were warriors and rulers?
Brahmins
Kshatriyas
Shudras
Vaishias
8
The Vaishya class had which dharma?
priests and religious scholars
merchants and herders
warriors and rulers
servants
9
Escaping the cycle of death and rebirth:
moksha
dharma
samsara
karam
10
A place to store grain:
mausoleum
cistern
granary
vault
11
What is a person's role in life, according to Hinduism?
Samsara
Dharma
Karma
Moksha
12
A flat area of land that is elevated, or raised, above the land around it:
plain
plateau
mountain
mesa
13
According to Hinduism, living according to one's role in life is called:
dharma
samsara
moksha
karma
14
The highest mountain range in the world located on the northern border of India:
Hindu Kush
Qingcheng
Ghats
Himalayas
15
The Hindu name for a class or caste is:
sanyassa
yogi
varna
guru
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A network of pipes that disposes of sewage or waste water:
aqueduct
trench
septic tank
sewer system
17
The massive desert in northern India:
Thar
Gobi
Sahara
Kutch
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When did early walled towns appear in India?
3500 BCE
2500 BCE
8000 BCE
1000 BCE
19
These mountains form a barrier between India and Afghanistan, and is home to the Khyber pass.
HIndu Kush
Himalayas
Satpura
Ghats
20
A huge mass of ice that slowly slides over a land area:
iceberg
landslide
glacier
avalanche
21
This river begins in the Himalayas, flows through Pakistan, and empties into the Arabian Sea.
Bramaputra
Ganges
Sarasvrati
Indus
22
The cycle of death and rebirth in Hinduism:
karma
samsara
moksha
dharma
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This river starts high in the Himalayas, and joins another river in the Indian plains.
The Brahmaputra River
The Indus River
The Sarasvati River
The Tapti River
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The belief that a person's soul is reborn into a new body after death:
reanimation
rebirth
afterlife
reincarnation
25
A class or group in Hindu society:
caste
hierarchy
level
strata
26
This river starts in the Himalayas and flows across most of northern India.
Indus
Bramaputra
Ganges
Sarasvati
27
An ancient Indian religion in which the priests and religious scholars are the dominant class.
Buddhism
Islam
Hinduism
Brahmanism
28
The Brahmins had what dharma?
warriors and rulers
merchants and herders
servants
priests and religious scholars
29
Which caste's dharma was servant?
Vaiyshas
Kshatriyas
Shudras
Brahmin's
30
A collection of Hindu sacred writings:
Upanishads
Vedas
Puranas
Bhagavad Gita
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Long mountain chains near the coasts of India.
Himalayas
Eastern and Western Ghats
Satpura
Hindu Kush
32
This river dried up around 1900 BCE.
Ganges
Indus
Sarasvati
Brahmaputra
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Mohenjodaro was built on the banks of which river?
Ganges
Sarasvati
Bramaputra
Indus