Chapter 4 / Ancient India
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- 1.India's mountains and surrounding water influenced its development by
- A.
Providing contact with Asian lands
- B.
Encouraging invasions by other civilizations
- C.
Limiting contact between the subcontinent and the rest of the world
- D.
Providing unlimited contact with the countries to the east and west
- 2.The people of India depend on the summer monsoon to
- A.
Carry melting snow to the dry lands
- B.
Create natural passages in the Himalaya Mountains
- C.
Bring cold air to the subcontinent
- D.
Carry moisture that provides seasonal rains
- 3.Archaeologists know that Mohenjo-Daro was carefully planned because
- A.
The fertile soil eventually turned into desert
- B.
The streets were laid out in a grid
- C.
The city was built on a flat plain
- D.
The city was used for farming instead of trade
- 4.One way in which Hinduism differs from the other major religions is
- A.
It has no single founder
- B.
Believers rely on a single sacred book
- C.
It has developed fairly recently
- D.
It has not attracted many followers
- 5.When the Aryan and Indian cultures blended, what religion resulted?
- A.
Vedic
- B.
Buddhism
- C.
Hinduism
- D.
Christianity
- 6.According to the Hindu belief of reincarnation, faithful followers of Hinduism
- A.
Cannot escape from the cycle of death and rebirth
- B.
Will be rewarded in the next life
- C.
Will be reborn as animals
- D.
Will not be rewarded in the next life
- 7.Buddha taught that the cure for human suffering was
- A.
Worship many gods
- B.
Exercise and eat healthy food
- C.
Give up selfish desires
- D.
Gain wealth through hard work
- 8.Like the Egyptian pharaohs, the Indian emperor Chandragupta believed in
- A.
Sharing his power with governors of city-states
- B.
Maintaining a small army
- C.
The democratic principles of government
- D.
The absolute power of the ruler
- 9.
- A.
Under his rule, the Maurya empire extended across China
- B.
He was a kind ruler who thought of his people as his children
- C.
He used his wealth to build huge, splendid palaces
- D.
He invented astronomy to predict when the Indus River would flood
- 10.To protect himself from being killed, Chandragupta
- A.
Made servants taste his food
- B.
Maintained an army of lions
- C.
Put an end to foreign trade
- D.
Took over most of China
- 11.What was a weakness of the Maurya empire that contributed to its breakup?
- A.
There were food shortages
- B.
After Asoka died, there were no more strong rulers
- C.
There were few roads to connect the different parts of the empire
- D.
The people, who had converted to Buddhism, refused to fight
- 12.A strong seasonal wind that blows across a region at certain times of year
- A.
Ahimsa
- B.
Caste
- C.
Nirvana
- D.
Monsoon
- 13.To think deeply
- A.
Caste
- B.
Dharma
- C.
Meditate
- D.
Citadel
- 14.A lasting peace that Buddhists seek
- A.
Nirvana
- B.
Dharma
- C.
Caste
- D.
Ahimsa
- 15.A large landmass that juts out from a continent
- A.
Reincarnation
- B.
Subcontinent
- C.
Monsoon
- D.
Meditate
- 16.A person who spreads his or her religious beliefs to others
- A.
Nirvana
- B.
Ahimsa
- C.
Caste
- D.
Missionary
- 17.Please select the 3 main Hindu gods
- A.
Asoka
- B.
Brahman
- C.
Shiva
- D.
Chandragupta
- E.
Buddha
- F.
Vishnu
- 18.Along with Knowledge and Physical what are the other two Hindu Yoga's?
- A.
Brahman
- B.
Devotion
- C.
Wealth
- D.
Reincarnation
- E.
Giving
- 19.Siddhartha Gautama is known as Buddha.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 20.The Middle Way is also known as the Nine fold path.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 21.What are 2 things that are the same in Hinduism and Buddhism
- A.
Monsoon
- B.
Non-violence
- C.
Eightfold path
- D.
Reincarnation
- E.
Brahman
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