Ancient India Unit Study Guide

Where did ancient India develop?

• in southwestern Asia

• in northern Africa

• in the Indus River valley

Which of these geographical features makes India a subcontinent of Asia?

• the Indian Ocean

• the Himalayas

• the Indus River Valley

What happened to Ashoka after he conquered the kingdom of Kalinga?

• A. He conquered kingdoms in China.

• B. He rejected violence and became a Buddhist.

• C. He gave up his rule of India.

Which one of these rulers believed that “government is the science of punishment”?

• Chandragupta Maurya

• Ahriman

• Ashoka

India’s Golden Age was during which empire?

• Mauyra Empire

• Gupta Empire

• Akkadian Empire

The items on this list are evidence of what? painting, literature, sculpture, scientific advances

• a popular emperor

• a stable society

• a nation of warriors

What invention did the people of ancient India develop to help prevent sickness, which we still use today?

• inoculations

• hospitals

• metallurgy

The written language of ancient India came from

• the Aryans

• Harappa

• Mohenjodaro

The written language of ancient India was called

• sanskrit

• hieroglyphics

• calligraphy

The people of ancient India developed the written number system we still use today which is called

• A. Roman numerals

• B. Hindu-Arabic numerals

• C. numbers