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Ancient India 6th Grade
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1
Ancient city planners did all of the following EXCEPT
Build canals to control flooding
Build on high grounds
Build a citadel (fortress)
Build on low grounds right next to the river
2
What is a large landmass that juts out from a continent?
Continent
subcontinent
Peninsula
Island
3
What is a Monsoon?
A period of heavy rain caused by melting snow
Strong winds blowing during different seasons, dry or wet
Strong winds occurring only at night
The space between the mountain ranges
4
How does Hinduism differ from other major religions?
It is a new religion
it only has a few followers
it has no single founder
believers rely on a single sacred book
5
What is the natural barrier that separates India from the rest of Asia?
Ganges River
Rocky Mountains
Indus River
Himalaya Mountains
6
Who is a person who spreads his or her religious beliefs to others?
Chandragupta
a buddhist
dharma
A missionary
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What is the Hindu idea of nonviolence?
Nirvana
ahimsa
A missionary
dharma
8
Like the Egyptian pharoahs, the Indian emperor Chandragupta believed in
maintaining a small army
sharing his power with governors of city-states
the absolute power of the ruler
a democratic society
9
This was a strict division of social classes
the caste system
the dynasty system
the ranking system
the class system
10
What is the "middle way"?
the endless wheel of reincarnation
the eightfold path to Nirvana
the path through the Himalayas
another word for the Ganges River
11
For centuries, contact between India and other ancient civilizations was limited by
The caste system
The Himalaya Mountains
The Great wall
The Rocky Mountains
12
What was the earliest known religious book of Aryan society called?
The ancient sciptures
The Bible
The Vedas
The Quaran
13
What language did the citizens of Mohenjo-Dara speak?
It is still a mystery
Egyptian
Spanish
Chinese
14
When Aryan and Indian cultures blended, what religion resulted?
Christianity
Islam
Hinduism
Buddhism
15
What does it mean to meditate?
focus the mind inward in order to find spiritual awareness
to follow the eightfold path
to sing in praise
to practice yoga
16
What are the religious and moral duties of Hindus?
meditation
karma
dharma
nirvana
17
Bronze weapons were introduced
The Aryan invasion of India
the founding of Mohenjo-Daro
The introduction called Vedas
during Chandragupta's reign
18
Monsoons are important to India because they carry
dry air to farming regions
rains that enable farmers to grow crops
rich soils that enable farmers to grow crops
snow to dry lands
19
What body of water is directly west of India?
Persian Gulf
Bay of Bengal
Indian Ocean
Arabian Sea
20
Who was the founder of the Maurya empire?
Brahman
Gautama
Chandragupta
Asoka
21
Because of its geography, India was
had limited contact with the rest of the world
limited to trade only with Africa
limited to trading with Asian lands
was easily able to trade with all countries
22
What was in the center of Mohenjo-Daro
a mountain
A monsoon
A castle
A citadel
23
According to the Hindu belief of reincarnation, faithful followers of Hinduism
will be reborn as animals
will be born into a higher positions
cannot escape from the cycle of death and rebirth
Will not be rewarded in the next life
24
Gautama thought a person could be free from suffering by
accepting suffering because it can't be avoided
giving up selfish desires
changing their form of government
ignoring it
25
What group of people decided to migrate from their central Asian homeland?
Aryans
The Buddhists
The Mesopotamians
The Egyptians
26
What are two important rivers that start in the Himalaya Mountains?
the Mississippi and the Rio Grande
The Indus and the Ganges
the Nile and the Trigris
the Indus and the Arabian
27
After Asoka's death, the Maurya Empire
increased its wealth
United its territories and became even stronger
conquered all of Asia
declined because they no longer has a good leader
28
The Maurya rule Asoka thought of his people as his
parents
children
conquests
slaves
29
One of the ideas in the Upanishads is
reincarnation
monotheism
the middle way
ziggurats
30
What is Nirvana?
A lasting peace that Buddhist seek
How you treat others will come back to you
Reincarnation
Meditation to focus
31
The followers of Gautama called him
The Buddha
both Buddha and the Enlightened one
The Enlightened one
