India Review Jeopardy

A

1

What were the two main rivers in India?

A. Indus and Ganges

B. Nile

C. Yellow and Yangtze

D. Tigris and Euphrates

A. Indus and Ganges

2

Which group was at the top of the social pyramid in the caste system?

A. Sudras

B. Vaisyas

C. Kshatriyas

D. Brahman

D. Brahman

3

What is one thing the Silk Road did not provide?

A. Guaranteed safety for travelers 

B. Spices

C. Jewels

D. New ideas

A. Guaranteed safety for travelers 

4

What mathematical concept was developed in India?

A. The Pythagorean theorem 

B. The concept of zero

C. Roman numerals 

D. The 360-degree circle 

B. The concept of zero

5

Which group in the caste system traditionally performed services or labor jobs?

A. Brahmin

B. Vaisyas

C. Kshatriyas

D. Sudras

D. Sudras

B

1

What determined a person's place in the caste system?

A. Their wealth

B. Their job

C. Their birth

D. Their atman

C. Their birth

2

What is the point of an Edict?

A. To record goods traded along the Silk Road 

B. To tell stories about gods and heroes 

C. To announce an official order or law

D.  To explain how to grow crops 

C. To announce an official order or law

3

Which emperor in India promoted and spread the teachings of Buddhism?

A. Siddhartha Gautama

B. Ashoka

C. Chandragupta Maurya

D. Aryabhata

B. Ashoka

4

Which group in the caste system traditionally served as warriors?

A. Sudras

B. Brahman

C. Vaisyas

D. Kshatriyas

D. Kshatriyas

5

Who was the founder of Buddhism?

A. Siddhartha Gautama

B. Aryabhata

C. Ashoka

D. Chandragupta Maurya

A. Siddhartha Gautama

C

1

In Buddhism you can end suffering by doing what?

A. The Ten Commandments

B. The Eightfold Paths

C. The Code of Hammurabi

D. The Rosetta Stone

B. The Eightfold Paths

2

Which mountain range helped limit interference in Indian society?

A. Himalayas

B. Rockies

C. Alps

D. Appalachian

A. Himalayas

3

The belief you are reborn based on your deeds is called what?

A. Reincarnation

B. Meditation 

C. Nirvana 

D. Dharma

A. Reincarnation

4

Which religions share the belief in karma?

A. Buddhism and Taoism

B. Buddhism and Hinduism

C. Hinduism and Taoism

D. Taoism and Christianity

B. Buddhism and Hinduism

5

Who was responsible for carrying out laws and policies?

A. Shudras

B. Brahmin

C. Officials

D. Vaishyas

C. Officials

D

1

Which religion uses the caste system as its social pyramid?

A. Buddhism

B. Christian

C. Muslim

D. Hinduism

D. Hinduism

2

What scientific concept was developed in India?

A. The Sun revolves around Earth 

B. The Earth was round

C. Earth is the center of the universe 

D. The Moon produces its own light 

B. The Earth was round

3

What artifact did Ashoka use to communicate laws to the people of India?

A. The Rosetta Stone

B. The Code of Hammurabi

C. Edicts

D. Sanskrit

C. Edicts

4

What were two major cities in India?

A. Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro

B. Sumer and Babylonia

C. Giza and Alexandria

D. Athens and Sparta

A. Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro

5

Which branch of mathematics did ancient Indian scholars help develop? 

A. Trigonometry 

B. Geometry 

C. Algebra

D. Calculus

C. Algebra

E

1

In Hinduism a person can be reincarnated, born again, if they live a good life. This is affected by what?

A. Karma

B. Artha

C. Dharma

D. Moksha

A. Karma

2

In Hinduism where does the human soul exist?

A. Only in sacred temples 

B. Beyond the body and mind

C. Within each living being 

D. Only in sacred rivers 

B. Beyond the body and mind

3

Which group in the caste system traditionally worked as merchants?

A. Brahman

B. Sudras

C. Kshatriyas

D. Vaisyas

D. Vaisyas

4

What form of infrastructure helps unite an empire?

A. Temples

B. Walls

C. Roads

D. Palaces

C. Roads

5

What is the goal of the Eightfold Paths?

A. Gai power and wealth

B. End suffering and achieve Nirvana

C. Be reborn into a higher class

D. Gain eternal life

B. End suffering and achieve Nirvana