Ancient India Study Guide Review

A

100

This is a characteristic of the Indus Valley Civilizations. A. Cities were always at war. B. Cities were designed without thinking. C. Cities were planned and had their own plumbing and sewage systems. D. Cities were destroyed by invaders in horse-drawn chariots.

What is cities were planned and had their own plumbing and sewage systems?

200

This is what caused the collapse of the Indus River civilization. A. Natural disaster B. War C. The decline of trade. D. Historians cannot be completely accurate on one reason for the decline. It could be a variety.

What is historians cannot be completely accurate on one reason for the decline. It could be a variety?

300

This is the direction the Eightfold Path gave Asoka in the Mauryan Empire. A. The organization of the caste system. B. The method that the Aryans migrated to the Indus River Valley. C. The laws and the ways people of India should live. D. The way to be reincarnated into a new caste.

What is the laws and the ways people of India should live?

400

We know that the people of the Indus Valley traded with the Sumerians. This is how we know this? A. We found remnants of their ships in the Indian Ocean. B. Indus River Valley seals were found in Sumer and Sumerian items were found in the Indus River Valley. C. Sumerians learned plumbing from Indus Valley people. D. Sumerian bronze artifacts were found in Egypt.

What is Indus River Valley seals were found in Sumer and Sumerian items were found in the Indus River Valley?

500

This statement describes a difference between the caste system of ancient India with the social structure of Ancient Egypt. A. Ancient India’s caste system and Ancient Egypt’s social structure are the exact same. B. Egypt’s social structure described who could and who could not read and teach The Vedas. C. Both systems categorized people by jobs, but the caste system was put in place by the Aryans to maintain order. D. All of the above.

What is both systems categorized people by jobs, but the caste system was put in place by the Aryans to maintain order?

B

100

The Aryans created a social class system based on a person's... A. birth B. jobs C. education D. gender (male/female)

What is birth?

200

This is true about Buddhism. A. Promotes the practice of meditation as a means to achieve nirvana. B. Promotes the idea that Enlightenment and sacred knowledge are for all, not just the "high born" C. Both A and B D. Neither A nor B.

What is both A and B?

300

This was a long term effect of India interacting and trading with other empires. A. the spread of Hinduism and Buddhism. B. the spread of Sanskrit, their writing. C. the spread of the caste system. D. there was no impact from their interactions.

What is the spread of Hinduism and Buddhism?

400

Hinduism... A. is a religion that was created through the teachings of the Vedas and the wisdom of many wise men and women. B. is the fourth caste of the caste system. C. is a religion created by Siddhartha Gautama because he couldn’t find the answers he was seeking. D. is the most eastern mountain range on the subcontinent of India.

What is a religion that was created through the teaching of the Vedas and the wisdom of many wise men and women?

500

This is how the Hindu belief of Karma related to the caste system. A. People can be reborn into a higher caste if they have good Karma and born into a lower caste if they had bad karma. B. People are in a caste because of how much money they earn. C. People can move between caste levels in the current life if they pay a tax. D. People born into a low caste can't improve their karma.

What is people can be reborn into a higher caste if they have good Karma and born into a lower caste if they had bad karma?

C

100

The early migration of this group of people led to the creation of the caste system in India. A. The Aryans B. The Sumerians C. The Hittites D. The Assyrians

What is the Aryans?

200

This is how Alexander the Great's invasion impacted Ancient India? A. His invasions caused the Indus River Valley to collapse. B. His invasions promoted trade with Mesopotamia. C. His invasions gave the Mauryan people the idea to unite all of city states around the Ganges River. D. His invasions began the Golden Age of the Guptan Empire.

What is his invasions gave the Mauryan people the idea to unit all of the city states around the Ganges River?

300

This is true about Harrapa and Mohenjo-Daro. A. Planned on a grid system like many modern cities. B. Had advanced water and sewage systems. C. Used mud brick as the primary construction material. D. All of the above.

What is all of the above?

400

This is the impact the Aryans have on Indian culture. A. Because of the Aryans, the rivers flooded and the people had to migrate. B. Because of the Aryans, the Indus River Valley had a developed language, religion and social structure. C. Both A AND B. D. Neither A NOR B.

What is because of the Aryans, the Indus River Valley had a developed language, religion and social structure?

500

This is why the Guptan Empire was important? A. Their influences in literature, medicine and math and sciences are still evident today. B. They created a writing system that lasted until modern time. C. They created the greatest and largest empire during the ancient times. D. They were the first empire to spread Buddhism to other cultures.

What is their influences in literature, medicine and math and sciences are still evident today?

D

100

What was unique about the rule of Asoka the Great? A. His transition from bloody warfare to peace. B. His transition from Hinduism to Buddhism. C. He did not believe in reincarnation. D. His sacrifices based on the Bhagavad Gita.

What is his transition from bloody warfare to peace?

200

This is what caused the decline of the Guptan Empire. A. The Golden Age B. Wars and invasions from the Huns. C. The Aryans bringing in the caste system. D. Natural disasters

What is wars and invasions from the Huns?

300

The caste system in India.... A. required people to perform a certain job because of the caste they were born into. B. told people what job they had, but if they were unhappy they could choose different occupation. C. had nothing to do with jobs. D. none of the above.

What is required people to perform a certain job because of the caste they were born into?

400

This is how Asoka encourage the spread of Buddhism. A. He threatened people to convert. B. By teaching people about dharma and Buddhism and sending them out to foreign lands. C. Through being a terrible leader that conquered surrounding lands. D. Asoka was not a Buddhist and did not want to spread Buddhism.

What is by teaching people about dharma and Buddhism and sending them our to foreign lands?

500

This action(s) shows Asoka was a fair and peaceful ruler? A. Asoka encouraged the equal treatment for all people and religious groups. B. Asokka built universities to encourage learning. C. Asoka protected animals and restricted unnecessary killings. D. All of the above are true.

What is all of the above are true?