6th Grade: Unit 5 Test

How did the caste system typically affect everyday life in ancient India?

• People were in the same caste and learned the same job as their parents.
• People could choose their own jobs and that choice would determine their caste.
• People could move up from the lowest classes if they worked hard.
• People were placed in castes by the rulers who determined what jobs each person would do.

What developments emerged during the late empire of ancient India? (Choose 2)

• new medical techniques and medical education in things such as tooth removal, herbal remedies, and resetting broken bones
• new military techniques that allowed the Gupta Empire to conquer China
• new religions that were monotheistic and promised an afterlife for people who lived good lives
• new mathematic advancements such as Hindu-Arabic numerals for the numbers 0-9
• new agricultural advancements that allowed farming on steep mountainsides

What was the name of the social class that was so low, it was below the caste system in India?

• Brahmin
• Priests
• Vaisyas
• Untouchables

Who created Buddhism?

What was the first language in Ancient India?

Was it easy to advance yourself in the ancient Indian caste system?

• Yes
• No

Which statements accurately describe monsoon winds in India? (Choose 2)

• They occur in the winter.
• They lead to dry, dusty conditions
• They occur in the summer.
• They bring heavy rainfall to India.

How do archaeologists know that the Harappan civilization in the Indus River valley was advanced?

• It had architecture built with bricks, sanitation systems, and roads arranged in grid-systems.
• It was built next to a cemetery called the Hill of the Dead and had elaborate military defense systems.
• It was able to survive monsoon winds that destroyed crops by relying on trade rather than agriculture.
• It had a monotheistic religion, a monarchy, and a system of writing using letters.

How did monsoon winds affect the development of civilization in the Indus River Valley?

• They helped it by preventing rain that would have caused rivers to overflow and flood the surrounding plains.
• They harmed it by preventing rain that would have allowed agriculture to flourish.
• They helped it by bringing rain that caused rivers to overflow and deposit rich silt on the plains.
• They harmed it by bringing rain that caused rivers to overflow and flood the surrounding plains.

How did Hinduism develop?

• It developed as a blend of Indo-Aryan traditions and other ideas.
• It developed as a blend of Harappan traditions and other ideas.
• It started as an Indo-Aryan religion, and the Harappans adopted it.
• It started as a Harappan religion, and the Indo-Aryans adopted it.