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Chapter 6: India's Early Civilizations, Hinduism & Buddhism, and India's First Empires
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1
Which is a prince or leader of a tribe?
raja
caste
Himalaya
monsoon
2
Which is the mountain range that is home to the highest mountains in the world?
Rocky
Andes
Himalaya
Sierra Nevada
3
Which is a social group that someone is born into and cannot change?
Sanskrit
caste
Himalaya
raja
4
_____ is one of the oldest religions in the world and is today's third largest.
Buddhism
Aryanism
Hinduism
Brahmanism
5
The Gupta Empire is known as the __________ of India.
Bronze Age
Silver Age
Golden Age
Platinum Age
6
Who is considered to be the Mauryan dynasty's greatest king?
Asoka
Kalidasa
Aesop
Chandragupta Maurya
7
Who founded India's first empire?
Krishna
Asoka
Chandragupta Maurya
Kalidasa
8
The Mauryan ruler _____ built new roads and hospitals for people and animals.
Kalidasa
Asoka
Gupta
Chandragupta Maurya
9
Which is a government controlled by religious leaders?
nirvana
democracy
theocracy
reincarnation
10
The Mauryan dynasty set up a _____ government, which was controlled by the capital city.
city-state
theocratic
democratic
well-organized
11
Which is the consequences of how a person lives? (good or bad)
dharma
karma
theocracy
nirvana
12
The ____ River and the ____ River are India's most important rivers.
Ganges, Arabian
Ganges, Indus
Bengal, Indian
Indian, Indus
13
The two groups of Buddhists who spread Buddha's ideas to Southeast Asia were ______ and ______.
Cambodia and Laos
Theravada and Mahayana
Myanmar and Thailand
Ceylon and Sri Lanka
14
Who was one of India's best-known ancient writers?
Aesop
Chandragupta
Asoka
Kalidasa
15
Nomadic people, the ____, entered the Indus River valley around 1500 B.C.
Brahmins
Sudras
Vaisyas
Aryans
16
Five hundred years after the Mauryan dynasty failed, the ____ dynasty created an empire.
Hindu
Kalidasa
Gupta
Asoka
17
Who used trade routes to travel to religious shrines or sites?
Chandragupta
pilgrims
Kalidasa
Asoka
18
Which is a Buddhist shrine shaped like a dome or mound?
pilgrim
Kalidasa
Asoka
stupa
19
The Buddha believed that the only way to find truth was to give up ______.
your family
wisdom
all desires
your home
20
What natural disasters possibly caused the collapse of the Harappan civilization?
disease and famine
hurricanes and wildfires
earthquakes and floods
volcanoes and monsoons
21
In Hinduism, the universal spirit, or creator is called _______.
Indra
Brahman
Siva
Krishna
22
Which is the divine law that requires people to perform the duties of their caste?
theocracy
karma
dharma
nirvana
23
Which is the idea of passing through many lives to be united with Brahman?
reincarnation
theocracy
nirvana
karma
24
Which is a state of wisdom?
reincarnation
karma
nirvana
theocracy
25
Which is a strong wind that blows one way int winter and another way in summer?
caste
raja
Sanskrit
monsoon
26
Buddhism was founded by ______ around 600 B.C.
Siddhartha
Dalai Lama
Sarawati
Lakshmi
27
About 3000 B.C., the early people who lived in the Indus River valley were the _____.
Indians
Mohenjo-Daro
Aryans
Harappans
28
Two famous sacred texts that Indians today still like to read are the
Mahabharata
and _____.
Panchantantra
Theravada
Ramayana
Bhagava Gita
29
Which is the written language developed in India?
Hieroglyphs
English
Sanskrit
Cuneiform
30
The Indian invention of _____ had a great impact on the study of mathematics and science.
zero
algebra
algorithms
plastic surgery
31
In India's jati and varna system, the Kshatriyas class contains these people.
common people
Untouchables
warriors and rulers
priests
