world history ch 2 test

The primary feature of the South Asian subcontinent’s climate is the _______.

• desert

• monsoon

• tundra

• savanna

The land-owning _______ was second in power only to the royal family.

• merchants

• peasants

• aristocracy

• warriors

_______ is the rebirth of an individual’s soul in a different form after death.

• Karma

• Dharma

• Reincarnation

• Meditation

A _______ is a person of faith who travels to a shrine or holy place.

• pilgrim

• monk

• priest

• guru

In a _______ government job, positions are determined by examination.

• democratic

• merit-based

• hereditary

• autocratic

In India, these four groups comprised the system of social classes.

• aristocracy

• caste system

• monsoons

• varnas

The Vedas were recorded in what language?

• Sanskrit

• Chinese

• Latin

• Hindi

• Mandarin

In Hinduism, it is believed that a person’s actions in this life determine his or her status in the next life. What is this concept called?

• dharma

• karma

• puja

• yoga

This great religious poem describes the principles of Hinduism.

• Analects

• Bhagavad Gita

• Upanishads

• Vedas

What was Siddhārtha Gautama trying to reform?

• Confucianism

• Daoism

• Zoroastrianism

• Hinduism

• Jainism