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6th grade ESE level review of Ancient India
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The Aryans developed an important written language called
Hieroglyphics
Greek
Sanskrit
Latin
2
The most popular religion in India today
Hinduism
Buddhism
Judaism
Christianity
3
A young prince who was raised Hindu and abandoned his birthright in search of enlightenment.
Asoka
Chandragupta Maurya
Siddhartha Gautama
Siva
4
When Siddhartha Gautama achieved Enlightenment, he became known as "the Englightened One", or
Siddhartha
Vishnu
Buddha
Brahma
5
After Harrapan civilization in the Indus River Valley collapsed, the ________ moved into India.
Aryans
Mesopotamians
Egyptians
6
Civilization in Ancient India first developed near the
Tigress and Euphrates Rivers
Yellow River
Nile River
Indus River
7
Most works of literature (writings) in Sanskrit are religious.
False
True
8
In 320 BC, this military leader unified Northern India and created the Mauryan Empire.
Chandragupta Maurya
Ghandi
Samudra Gupta
Asoka
9
The Ancient Indians were NOT interested in architecture.
False
True
10
The people of the Mauryan and Gupta periods created great works of art.
True
False
11
Buddha did not reject all of the Hindu beliefs, Buddhist and Hindu people share belief in
Asoka
Vedas
Siva
reincarnation
12
Which of the following was NOT a scientific advance made by the Ancient Indians?
papermaking
astronomy
innoculation
metalworking
13
The people of the Indus River Valley Cilization developed two major cities,
Assur and Babylon
Memphis and Thebes
Mohenjo Daro and Harrapa
14
In 301 BC, Candragupta Maurya passed the throne to his son, who
died young
expanded the empire
improved trade
lost in all in war
15
Which of the following is NOT one of the major Hindu gods?
Brahman the Most High
Brahma the Creator
Siva the Destroyer
Vishnu the Preserver
16
Though Gupta rulers were Hindu, both Hinduism and Buddhism flourished during the Gupta Empire.
False
True
17
The Aryans had important religious writings called
the Christian Bible
the Quran
the Vedas
the Tipitaka
18
The Aryans believed in the Varnas, which led to social division called
Brahma
the Caste System
Hinduism
Hieroglyphics
19
Civilization in Ancient India first developed near the
Yellow River
Tigress and Euphrates Rivers
Nile River
Indus River
20
The first emperor (king) of the Gupta Empire was
Candragupta Maurya
Candra Gupta I
Candra Gupta II
Asoka
21
Today, we use the Hindu-Arabic numerals, that were created by ancient Indians.
True
False
22
Nirvana means
a cool band
the religious writings of the Aryans
a perfect state of peace
Enlightened One
23
Candragupta Maurya's grandson and the most strong and famous Mauryan emperor (king) was
Gupta
Candragupta
Bindusara
Asoka
24
Another important aspect of Hinduism is "ahimsa", which is Sanskrit for
reincarnation
Ghandi
nonviolence
moksha
25
The two Ancient Indian Empires were called
Asoka and Gupta
Mauryan and Gupta
Chandra and Mauryan
Old Kingdom and New Kingdom