Ancient India Review

India's climate is shaped by seasonal winds called ________.

• Monsoons
• Trade Winds
• North winds
• Typhoons

How is a person's social class determined in a caste system?

• By education
• By religion
• By job
• By wealth

The two main rivers in India are the ________ and the _______.

• Nile and the Ganges
• Ganges and the Indus
• Nile and the Indus
• There are no major rivers in India

Buddhism is based on the teaching from ________.

• God
• Asoka
• Siddhartha Gautama
• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

What Indian invention do we use everyday at school?

• The numerals 1-9 and zero
• Drawing
• Reading poetry
• Physical Education

Fill in the Pyramid with who is at the top of Indian society.

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-Sudras (Farmer & Laborers)

-Untouchables (Did work that was not pure)

-Brahmins (Priests & Teachers)

-Kshatriyas (Warriors & Rulers)

-Vaishyas (Bankers & Landowners)

What is the other name Siddhartha Gautama is known as?

• Buddha

• Noble

• Raja

• God

A large landmass that is smaller than a continent

• Subcontinent

• Sanskrit

• Reincarnation

• Karma

• Nirvana

The most important language of ancient India

• Subcontinent

• Sanskrit

• Reincarnation

• Karma

• Nirvana

Which of the following lists the correct order of the varnas, or social divisions, from highest to lowest?

• Sudra, Kshatriya, Brahmin, Vaishya

• Vaishya, Brahmin, Sudra, Kshatriya

• Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya, Sudra

• Kshatriya, Vaishya, Sudra, Brahmin