India Quiz

Question 1

what did the indus river valley have to make them so advances?

Answer 1

the great bath, sewage systems, and gridded streets

Question 2

2 major indus river cities?

Answer 2

mohenjo daro and harrapa

Question 3

where is the indus river valley modern day?

Answer 3

pakistan

Question 4

why did the indus river valley disappear?

Answer 4

because they were conquered by the Aryans

Question 5

what were the Aryans language?

Answer 5

sanscript

Question 6

what was the Aryans religion?

Answer 6

Hinduism

Question 7

what was the native language of the harrapans and mohenjo-daro people?

Answer 7

they had one, but we could not find it out and translate so we do not know

Question 8

who did the indus river valley people trade with?

Answer 8

they traded with Sumer, Babylon, and Egypt

Question 9

what was the proof that the indus river valley people trade with Sumer?

Answer 9

that they had gold and jewls that did not come from pakistan and was from sumer and babylon

Question 10

what was the proof that the indus river valley people traded with each other?

Answer 10

their square seals

Question 11

what are three hindu gods, and what were they the gods of?

Answer 11

Vishnu, the protector, Brahma the creator, and Shiva destruction

Question 12

what is the difference between Brahma, Brahmin, and Brahman?

Answer 12

Brahman: ultimate reality, Brahmin the priest, and Brahma is the god (the creator)

Question 13

What is the caste system?

Answer 13

Priests, Warriors, Artisans, servants, untouchables (not even named)

Question 14

Are castes still an existence today?

Answer 14

yes

Question 15

are castes legal today?

Answer 15

no

Question 16

what is sati?

Answer 16

when a husband dies the woman has to commit suicide by jumping into a fire.

Question 17

what is the writing that the Aryans recorded?

Answer 17

Vidas

Question 18

what was the holiest book of the vidas (the Aryans book)

Answer 18

The Rig Vida

Question 19

how does one reach ulitmate reality in hinduism

Answer 19

have to accumulate good karma until your next life time

Question 20

3 differences between hinduism and buddhism?

Answer 20

hindu’s can’t eat cow or meat, (similarity: both religions want to stop reincarnation), Buddhism is monotheistic, Hinduism is polytheistic, Hinduism believes in the caste system and buddhism does not

Question 21

how is hinduism monotheistic?

Answer 21

Brahman is the god

Question 22

hinduism is polytheistic?

Answer 22

because they have many gods that all make up Brahman

Question 23

are the sikhs monotheistic or polytheistic?

Answer 23

monothiestic

Question 24

what came first BEIC or Deic

Answer 24

beic

Question 25

beic or british government come first

Answer 25

beic

Question 26

sepoy rebellion happen 1st or Inc

Answer 26

The sepoy rebellion

Question 27

partition or Ghandi’s death happen first

Answer 27

partition

Question 28

when the partition happened what two countries were created

Answer 28

pakistan and India

Question 29

what country did east Pakistan become?

Answer 29

bangladesh

Question 30

what was the sepoy rebellion for?

Answer 30

pig fat and cow fat grease for bullets, no more pensions, and British got job promotions and the Hindi’s did not get it

Question 31

what body was created to get equal rights for indians

Answer 31

the inc, the indian national congress

Question 32

what was the green revolution?

Answer 32

getting new seeds and genetically modified organism’s

Question 33

what were Ghandi’s ways of rebelling?

Answer 33

spun cloth, salt march, and fasting

Question 34

what was another religion that believed in nonviolence?

Answer 34

Jainism

Question 35

what was the holy land of the Sikhs?

Answer 35

amrostar

Question 36

What is the guru

Answer 36

The holy book of sikhism

Question 37

what is the partition

Answer 37

where india was divided into india and pakistan

Question 38

what came first in india?

Answer 38

Indus river valley civilazation

Question 39

who took over the indus river valley?

Answer 39

The Aryans

Question 40

what were the four parts of indian history?

Answer 40

1. Before the Aryans
2. The Vedic Age
3. British Imperialism
4. Independence

Question 41

what was before the Aryans?

Answer 41

the indus river valley civilization, mohenjo-daro, and harrapa

Question 42

what was the Vedic age?

Answer 42

the time of the aryans

Question 43

what was the british imperialism?

Answer 43

when the beic and the british government ruled

Question 44

what was the BEIC

Answer 44

the British east india company

Question 45

what were the 2 major rivers?

Answer 45

the indus and the ganges

Question 46

what did the BEIC do?

Answer 46

they were a monopoly in India where indians could only buy products from them

Question 47

what was the independence

Answer 47

when india became independent from britan

Question 48

what came first the beic or the inc

Answer 48

the beic

Question 49

what was the inc for?

Answer 49

to gain rights over the british and seperate

Question 50

what does aryan mean

Answer 50

indo-european, or warrior

Question 51

when did the aryan invasions start?

Answer 51

1700-1400 BCE

Question 52

what is a pension

Answer 52

when the company that you worked at gives you money towards your retirement and time to go and see your family