Module 5 Ancient India

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What is the Hindu Kush?

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a mountain range northwest of India

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How were Harappan and Mesopotamian civilizations similar?

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They both created irrigation systems to supply water to their crops.

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What is a grama?

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a community made up of many family members

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What are samskaras?

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rites of passage for different stages in a person’s life

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According to Hindu belief, what determines whether people will have bad or good karma? Options: their wealth, their profession, their social level, their choices in life

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their choices in life

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According to Buddha, how can people avoid the process of reincarnation?

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by reaching nirvana

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Which development ended Mauryan warfare throughout India under Asoka’s rule? Options: the death of his son, the spread of the plague, his conversion to Buddhism, his marriage to a Hindu princess

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his conversion to Buddhism

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How did the Gupta Empire end?

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Hun armies invaded the country.

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Why did early Indian blacksmiths create alloys of two or more metals?

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Alloys were often stronger than one metal alone.

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Which advancement in mathematics is credited to Indian mathematicians?

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Indian mathematicians were the first to use the number zero.