Class Quiz

Question 1

What is NOT a major geographic zone in India?

Answer 1

Gobi Desert

Question 2

In which region of India did civilization first begin?

Answer 2

Northern Plains

Question 3

What is NOT a proposed explanation for how the Indus Valley Civilization fell?

Answer 3

Invasion by Alexander the Great

Question 4

Many historians believe that the Aryans who took control of most of India around 2000 BC were related to Europeans based on what type of evidence?

Answer 4

Linguistics

Question 5

Which deity of Hinduism could be considered the one god, as in monotheism?

Answer 5

Brahman

Question 6

Which sacred text in Hinduism is a series of philosophical reflections on the Vedas?

Answer 6

Upanishads

Question 7

What is one of the most important pilgrimage sites for Hindus?

Answer 7

Ganges River

Question 8

What is a good example of ahimsa?

Answer 8

Becoming a vegetarian

Question 9

The establishment of the Mauryan Empire was said to be inspired by whom?

Answer 9

Alexander the Great

Question 10

What led Ashoka to convert to Buddhism?

Answer 10

Being appaled lat the level of violence in his conquest of eastern India

Question 11

During the Gupta Empire, which religion gained most in popularity?

Answer 11

Hinduism

Question 12

What was NOT a good from India traded along the Silk Roads?

Answer 12

Wine

Question 13

The Laws of Manu best exemplify what concept in history?

Answer 13

Patriarchy

Question 14

A stupa was what type of structure during the Gupta Empire?

Answer 14

Temple

Question 15

In what language were works from the Gupta Empire written?

Answer 15

Sanskrit