History of Ancient India

Question 1

Harappans’ contact with other cultures was mostly in the form of

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trade

Question 2

the science of working with metals

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metallurgy

Question 3

What describes the Mauryan Empire?

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Large army with elephants, heavy taxes

Question 4

Injecting a person with a small dose of a virus

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inoculation

Question 5

Which physical feature is this?

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The Bay of Bengal

Question 6

Both Harappa and Mohenjo Daro are located near...

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Indus River

Question 7

A basic concept in Jainism is

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nonviolence

Question 8

What type of government does India have today?

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Democracy

Question 9

According to Hinduism, the new form someone is born into is based on their

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karma

Question 10

Aryan society was very similar to Harappan society

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False

Question 11

a military leader who seized control of northern India

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Candragupta Maurya

Question 12

What empire united the warring city states?

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Gupta

Question 13

Gupta society began to decline after the rule of __________

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Candra Gupta II

Question 14

the division of Indian society into groups

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caste system

Question 15

India's civilizations from oldest to newest are:

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Harappan, Aryan, Mauryan, Gupta

Question 16

Which of the following would Buddha disagree?

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Contentment comes from getting what one wants

Question 17

How did Hindu temples change during the Gupta period?

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temples became more complex

Question 18

The language of ancient India

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Sanskrit

Question 19

Which feature is the arrow pointing to?

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Ganges River

Question 20

This physical feature makes the roof of India and provided protection.

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Himalayas

Question 21

The ____________ arrived in the Indus valley from the northwest

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Aryans

Question 22

After Asoka converted to Buddhism

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he promised to fight no more wars

Question 23

What was the Gupta policy on religion?

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Hinduism was the main religion but they had religious tolerance

Question 24

What happened after the Guptas took control of India?

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Hinduism became more popular

Question 25

Which physical feature is circled?

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The Himalayas

Question 26

Which physical feature is the arrow pointing to?

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The Indus River

Question 27

People of which varna in early India were at the top?

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Brahmins

Question 28

people who spread their religious beliefs

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missionaries

Question 29

The Harappa civilization thrived from

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2300 BC to 1700 BC.

Question 30

Which of the following was of highest importance in regard to the caste system?

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adhering to the strict rules of the caste

Question 31

the process of a soul being reborn into a body

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reincarnation

Question 32

A major river flowing through India and Pakistan where people settled to farm.

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Indus

Question 33

On what was the Aryan system of government based?

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Led by skilled warriors

Question 34

A large landmass, that sticks out from the continent

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Subcontinent

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