Final Exam Ancient India

The world's highest mountains are the ________________.

• Indus

• Rockies

• Tetons

• Himalayas

A stamped image with images of humans and/or animals is know as a(n) ________________.

• pictograph

• seal

• cuneiform

• oligarch

As in ___________________, the flooding river created fertile plains where people first settled in India.

• Mesopotamia

• Greece

• Carthage

• Rome

India's first known civilization is call the __________________ civilization.

• Sumerian

• Harappan

• Babylonian

• Egyptian

What is today's problem with the Harappan writing system?

• It disappeared with the Harappan civilization.

• The "Seals" only tell stories about animal legends.

• Scholars have not yet learned to read it.

• The Harappan civilization had no writing system.

What is Sanskrit?

• a language spoken by early Aryans

• a collection of stories that has cultural value

• a community made up of many family members

• a group of people who migrated from Central Asia

The religion practiced by the Aryan priests became known as _____________________________.

• Sanskrit

• Brahmanism

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

Aryan society was divided into four main social classes called ___________.

• vedics

• rajas

• brahmas

• varnas

A division of Indian Society into groups based on a person's birth, wealth, or occupation.

• Caste system

• Brahmanism

• Socioeconomic status

• Poverty gap

India's largest religion today is called _______________.

• Hinduism

• Brahmanism

• Buddhism

• Judaism