Why is India's climate warm?
a.) winter monsoons bring warm winds from the south.
b.) waters of the Indian Ocean warm nearby waters.
c.) mountains block the cold northern winds
d.) rains from the Arabian Sea warm India.
What is c.) mountians block the cold northern winds.
100
At which location did Harappans conduct religious rituals?
a.) marketplaces
b.) courtyards
c.) mountians
d.) public baths
What is d.) public baths
100
What was the main goal of people who followed Buddhism?
a.) missionary work
b.) reincarnation
c.) meditation
d.) reaching nirvana
What is d.) reaching nirvana
100
What is one of the most sacred texts of Hinduism?
a.) Bhagavad Gita
b.) Eightfold path
c.) Four Noble Truths
d.) dharma
What is a.) bhagavad gita
100
Why are the Aryans important?
a.) Their practices developed into Hinduism and the caste system
b.) They destroyed Harappan civilization
c.) They were the first to farm in India
d.) Their leader united India under one rule and set of laws.
What is a.) Their practices developed into Hinduism and the caste system
200
How do monsoons affect India's climate?
a.) dry winters, rainy summers
b.) rainy winters, dry summers
c.) rainy winters, dry springs
d.) dry summrs, rainy springs
What is a.) dry winters, rainy summers
200
Under which ruler did India's golden age occur?
a.) Mohandas Gandhi
b.) Chandraputa Maurya
c.) Chandra Gupta II
d.) Siddartha Gautama
What is c.) Chandra Gupta II
200
What do Buddhists and Hindus have in common?
a.) worship of many deities
b.) belief in reincarnation
c.) teachings of the Veda
d.) teachings of the Dharma
What is b.) teachings of the Veda
200
How are Hinduism and social class linked?
a.) Hindus created the class system
b.) Hindus must carry out assigned duties in life
c.) Each social class worships different deities
d.) The goal of Hindus is to be reborn into a higher class.
What is b.) Hindus must carry out assigned duties in life
200
What was an accomplishment of Chandragupta?
a.) uniting kingdoms into empire
b.) spreading buddhism
c.) setting number of days in year
d.) writing the Bhagavad Gita
What is a.) uniting kingdoms into empire
300
In ancient times, what river ran parallel to the Indus?
a.) Ganges
b.) Saraswati
c.) Narmada
d.) Godavari
What is b.) Saraswati
300
Which comes from India?
a.) addition and subtraction
b.) algebra
c.) numerals 1-9
d.) multiplication tables
What is c.) numerals 1-9
300
Why did many Hindus become Buddhists under Asoka?
a.) He outlawed Hinduism
b.) Buddhists supported science
c.) Hindu rites were in a language few understood
d.) Asoka covnverted to Hinduism
What is c. Hindu rites were in a language few understood
300
Which is most important to Hindus?
a.) doing good deeds
b.) becoming a Brahmin
c.) worshiping Krishna
d.) not eating animals
What is a.) doing good deeds
300
Whose life and beliefs inspired Martin Luther King Jr.?
a.) Asoka
b.) Buddha
c.) Siddhartha
d.) Gandhi
What is d.) Gandhi
400
Which was the capital of the Gupta Empire?
a.) Ayodhya
b.) Mathura
c.) Pataliputra
d.) Prayaga
what is a.) Ayodhya
400
Which is a sign Harappans had strong government?
a.) writing
b.) cities
c.) warfare
d.) trade routes
What is b.) cities
400
In what way does Hinduism differ most from Buddhism?
a. belief in reincarnation
b. worship of deities
c. spread through trade
d. developed in India
What is b.) worship of deities
400
Standard weights and measures were important to which activity?
a.) crafts
b.) farming
c.) religion
d.) trade
What is d.) trade
500
To which caste did the greatest number of people belong
a. Brahmin
b. ksatriya
c. sudra
d. vaisya
What is c. sudra
500
How has India influenced the U.S Civil rights movement?
a. U.S Hindus demanded civil rights
b. African Americans were inspired by Gandhi
c. Buddhism inspired minorities to protest discrimination
d.) India's freedomes have been copied in the United States
What is b.) African Americans were inspired by Gandhi
500
Who became known as "The Budda" or the enlightened one?
What is Siddartha Gautama
500
Why is the Bhagavad Gita influential in Indian history and culture?
a. it is an important Hindu text
b. it gives an account of aryans's conquest
c. it provides first laws by Asoka
d. It created caste system
What is a.) it is an important Hindu text
500
Who influenced Asoka?
a.) Chandragupta Maurya
b.) Chandra Gupta I
c.) Chandra Gupta II
d.) Siddartha Gautama