Social studies Ancient India Chapter Test

Question 1

What two mountain ranges isolated India from the rest of asia

Answer 1

Hindu Kush and The Himalayas

Question 2

Instead of a peninsula India is called what

Answer 2

Subcontinent

Question 3

What are the two main rivers in india

Answer 3

Indus River and Ganges river

Question 4

What was the most advancement in the ancient city of mohenjo daro

Answer 4

Sewer system

Question 5

What do the people of ancient India depend on to help with their crops

Answer 5

Monsoons

Question 6

Why do we not know much about Mohenjo daro and harappa

Answer 6

We can’t understand their writing

Question 7

What was the name of the culture that emigrated to India from central asia

Answer 7

Aryans

Question 8

How do we know most of what we know about the early aryans

Answer 8

The book Vedes

Question 9

What is the strict division of classes called

Answer 9

Caste system

Question 10

Which religion was the blending of the Sistine culture of India and the emigrating aryans

Answer 10

Hinduism

Question 11

Who is the founder of hinduism

Answer 11

No single founder

Question 12

Hindus believe in one spiritual power which lives in everything called __________

Answer 12

Brahman

Question 13

What are the three main gods of hinduism

Answer 13

Brahma,Vishnu,shiva

Question 14

Do Hindus believe that all living things have a soul

Answer 14

Yes

Question 15

One of the main beliefs of Hinduism is this

Answer 15

Nonviolence

Question 16

Hindus believe in the rebirth of the soul through a presses called __________

Answer 16

Reincarnation

Question 17

What is the name of the man who became the Buddha

Answer 17

Siddhartha Gautama

Question 18

What does Buddha mean

Answer 18

Enlightened one

Question 19

One day f the main things Buddhist do to find understanding within their own minds

Answer 19

Meditate

Question 20

To overcome suffering Buddhist believe they have to follow what

Answer 20

Eightfold path

Question 21

The goal of Buddhism is to find what

Answer 21

Nirvana or inerpeace

Question 22

Even though Buddhism started in India there are many more Buddhist in what country

Answer 22

China

Question 23

Who founded the mauryan empire

Answer 23

Chandragupta

Question 24

Where did most of the wealth in the early mauryan empire come from

Answer 24

Farming

Question 25

Who w@s the kind Buddhist ruler of india

Answer 25

Asoka