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What geographic feature provided protection from invasion?
Ganges River
Indus River
Himalayan Mountains
Deccan Plateau
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What are a sum of a person's actions?
their moksha
their karma
their dharma
their reincarnation
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Who is credited with starting Hinduism?
Siddhartha Gautama
The Brahman
The Ayrans
The Harappans
4
What mathematical concept did the Gupta's develop?
algebra
zero as a symbol
the decimal system
zero as a number
5
Where is the Indian subcontinent located?
South Asia
South Africa
North Africa
North Asia
6
What are the numbers that were developed in the Gupta Empire called today?
Digits
Roman Numerals
English Numerals
Hindu-Arabic Numerals
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Select the sacred texts of Hinduism. (Select more than one)
Vedas
Ramayana
Mahabharata
Tripitaka
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Where were the first civilizations of Ancient India located?
Along the Bay of Bengal
The Ganges River Valley
Southern India
The Indus River Valley
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Who is credited with starting Buddhism?
The Aryans
The Harappans
Siddhartha Gautama
The Monks
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What is the ultimate goal of Hinduism?
reincarnation
dharma
moksha
nirvana
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What are the sacred texts/beliefs of Buddhism? Select more than one.
Four Noble Truths
Ramayana
Tripitaka
Eightfold Path
12
How did monsoon winds benefit India?
They created snow in the moutains.
They brought heavy rains which led to flooding.
They had no benefit to India.
They created hot, dry conditions.
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Which Gupta medical achievement is now helping us to combat COVID-19?
knowledge of dentistry
plastic surgery
how to make vaccines
knowledge of anatomy
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How do archaeologists know that the Harappan Civilizations were advanced? (Select 3)
sanitation and sewer systems
architecture made with bricks
roads on a grid system
religious temples
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How is a person's caste determined?
by dharma
by their parents
by a lottery system
by luck
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Which Indian emperor converted to Buddhism after the bloody Battle of Kalinga?
Siddhartha Gautama
Chandra Gupta I
Ashoka
Chandragupta Maurya
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What group of people were considered to be beneath the caste system?
Dalits
Sudras
Vaishyas
Brahmins
18
What is the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth?
dharma
reincarnation
moksha
karma
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How are Hinduism and Buddhism alike? Select 2.
polytheism
believe in the cycle of reincarnation
practiced in Asia today
focus on the caste system
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Which of the following terms describes the release from reincarnation? (Select 2)
nirvana
karma
moksha
dharma
