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Ms. Haywood's Ancient India Review Game!
Ms. Haywood's Ancient India Review Game!
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Students will review the culture, religions, and government of ancient India.
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1
What animal was sacred to the Aryans and current Hindus?
cows
crows
cats
llamas
2
The Indus Valley written language has given us helpful clues into their daily lives.
True
False
3
Siddhartha believed that suffering is caused by ________ rather than needs.
desire
hunger
work
academics
4
The houses of the Indus Valley were made out of this:
papyrus
standard bricks
clay
wood
5
What are the 2 cities of ancient India that were discovered in the 1920's?
Aryan & Harappan
Aryan & India
Mohenjo-Daro & Harappa
Houston & Mohenjo-Daro
6
Why did the people of ancient India depend on the summer monsoon from the ocean?
It brought much needed rainfall.
It dried up the flooding.
It caused destruction.
It heated the region up.
7
What are the 2 major rivers of ancient India?
Nile & Mississippi
Tigris & Euphrates
Ganges & Indian
Ganges & Indus
8
On which continent is India located?
Europe
North America
Asia
Africa
9
This is the belief that a person's soul is reborn.
Heaven
death
reincarnation
nirvana
10
What religion did Asoka practice in his later life?
Isalm
Hinduism
Buddhism
Christianity
11
Which empire is known for being the Golden Age of India (Prosperity, peace & arts)?
Indus Valley
Mauryan
Gupta
Aryan
12
What characteristic could be used to describe the Aryans?
Warriors
Peacekeepers
Engineers
Lazy
13
Buddhists reach Nirvana, the highest state of enlightenment, when they...
meet God.
are finally at peace & free of pain & suffering.
are reincarnated into someone they want to be.
enter Heaven.
14
Archaeologist found a large central bath/pool at Mohenjo Daro & named it _____.
The Epic Bath
Hot tubs!
The Great Bath
The Great Pool
15
What is 1 theory that could explain what happened to the Indus Valley civilization?
The sun burned up the crops.
They went to war with each other.
An earthquake moved the Indus River.
A tsunami hit the city.
16
Historians believe that the Harappans were probably the first to make clothing from
linen
cotton
silk
animal skins
17
What is a monsoon?
River
Strong Seasonal Winds
Cold Wind
Flooding
18
What is the caste system?
A way to learn to fish.
A social group that one is born into.
A social group in which you choose where you belong.
A way to wrap up injuries.
19
What are the Vedas?
Sacred writings
Farming Advice
It determined the Rajas
Local News
20
People of the Gupta Empire were given rights & responsibilities. They were called ________.
subjects
slaves
citizens
wealthy
21
The people in the top class of the caste system were the
untouchables
farm owners
priests
warriors
22
What written language did the Aryans develop?
Sanskrit
Rosetta Stone
Hieroglyphics
Cuneiform
23
The ancient city of Harappa had such features as:
All of the above
Private wells
Private bathrooms
1 & 2 story homes
24
What was Buddha's real name?
Siddhartha
Abraham
Sanskrit
Brahmin
25
Where did ancient India's first civilization begin?
Indus Valley
Himalaya Mountains
Nile River
Ganges River
26
What are the people of the first urban Indian civilizations sometimes called?
Ganges
Harappans
Indus
Priests
27
Siddartha Guatama believed that the goal of life was to reach _________.
Your true love
Afterlife
wealth
Nirvana
28
The massive Indian subcontinent is separated from the rest of Asia by
Himalayan Mountains
lakes
Gobe Desert
seas
