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Ancient India
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1Name given to India because it separated from the rest of Asia by two mountain ranges
- Asubcontinent
- BIndus River Valley
- CDeccan Plateau
2Tribe of warrior-nomads, who were gifted horseman that invaded the Indus River Valley in 2000 BCE
- AVedas
- BAsoka
- CAryans
3Which 3 bodies of water surround the Indian subcontinent? (click all that apply)
- AArabian Sea
- BGanges River
- CPacific Ocean
- DBay of Bengal
- EIndian Ocean
4Sanskrit word for knowledge
- AVedas
- BCaste
- CHindu
5Aryan system of social class
- ACaste
- BHInduism
- CVedas
6Aryan spoken language that is the basis for many Indian languages today
- ASanskrit
- Bbrahman
- CVedas
7Drag and drop the following levels of the Caste system into order from most important to lowest in society. [blank_start]Brahman[blank_end] Kshatriya [blank_start]Vaisya[blank_end] Sudra .
- ABrahman
- BSudra
- CVaisya
- DKharma
8Aryan collection of poems and hymns
- AVedas
- BSanskrit
- CFour Noble Truths
- DEightfold Path
9Aryans had a written language when they invaded India.
- ATrue
- BFalse
10Aryan class system that included priests
- ABrahman
- BSudra
- CVaisya
11According to the Hindu religioun how can a person move to a higher caste?
- APerform the duties within their caste, then move up through reincarnation
- BThrough marriage
- CThrough death
- DOne cannot move up in caste, no matter what
12Level of Caste that included warriors, kings, cheiftans and soliders
- AFirst
- BSecond
- CThird
- D4th
13Level of caste that included farmers and servants
- AFirst
- BSecond
- CThird
- DFourth
14Which caste did Sidhartha Guatama belong to?
- AFirst
- BSecond
- CThird
15Sidhartha Guatama and his followers devleoped a collection of writings called the Vedas
- ATrue
- BFalse
16Hindu term for a person's soul or the essence of self-existance
- Aatman
- Bbrahman
- Ckarma
- Ddharma
17Warrior king who turned from violence to Buddhism
- AAsoka
- BSiddhartha Guatama
- CChandragupta Maurya
18First Indian Empire's ruler
- ASiddhartha Gautama
- BAsoka
- CChandragupta Maurya
19The Eightfold Path is an important part of the Hindu religion
- ATrue
- BFalse
20Budhist contingency plan for dealing with human suffering that includes acknowledging suffering and determining the cause of suffereing
- AEightfold Path
- BFour Noble Truths
- CEnlightenment
- DMaharaja
21List of responsibilities in Hindu
- Adharma
- Bkharma
- Catman
22Accumulation of good and bad deeds; what Hindu's do to be good
- AKharma
- BDharma
- CAtman
23Hindu's submit to a rigid caste society in hopes of taking advantage of what Hindu principle to move to another caste
- Areincarnation
- BDharma
- Ckharma
24A Hindu ruler or prince of one of the native states of India
- Amaharaja
- Basoka
- Cedict
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- 8th grade World History Quiz on Ancient India, created by sherri oberding on 18/10/2021.
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