Ch. 6 Ancient India

The ____ River and the ____ River are India's most important rivers.

• Ganges, Indus

• Indian, Indus

• Ganges, Arabian

• Bengal, Indian

What natural disasters possibly caused the collapse of the Harappan civilization?

• hurricans and wildfires

• earthquakes and floods

• volcanoes and monsoons

• disease and famine

Nomadic people, the ________, entered the Indus River valley around 1500 B.C.

• Brahmins

• Sudras

• Aryans

• Vaisyas

In Inida's jati and varna system, the Kshatriyas class contains these people.

• Untouchables

• Priests

• Common People

• Warriors

_____ is one of the oldest religions in the world and the third largest today.

• Buddhism

• Hinduism

• Aryanism

• Brahmanism

In Hinduism, the universal spirit, or creator is called...

• Siva

• Krishna

• Brahman

• Indra

Buddhism was founded by _______ around 600 B.C.

• Dalai Lama

• Siddhartha Guatama

• Sarawati

• Lakshmi

The Buddha believed that the only way to find truth was to give up ...

• your family

• your home

• all desires

• wisdom

The two groups of Buddhists who spread Buddha's ideas to Southeast Asia were...

• Ceylon and Sri Lanka

• Myanmanr and Thailand

• Cambodia and Laos

• Theravada and Mahayana

The Mauryan Dunasty set up a _________ government, which was controlled by the capital city.

• city-state

• well-organized

• Kalidasa

• Gupta