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20 Multiple Choice Questions

Hindu believe that good or bad deeds will lead to good or bad things in you next life
17)What is a caste?
CORRECT: 26) What is karma?
15) What is reincarnation?
16)What is Dharma?
20) What are SEVERAL similarities between Buddhism and Hinduism?
CORRECT: Both believe in karma, dharma, and reincarnation. Both are vegetarians, began in India, and are major world religions
A social group that a person is born into and cannot change
Hindu believe that good or bad deeds will lead to good or bad things in you next life
Harappa and Mohenjo Daro were cities along the Indus River
They had a strong centralized government that allowed for well planned cities with indoor plumbing and septic systems.
INCORRECT: 13) What is Karma? What religion(s) believe in Karma?
6) What are Harappa and Mohenjo Daro? What river where they near?
CORRECT: 10) What inference can you make about the planning of the cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro?
14) What did the Aryans bring with them to India?
The Indus and Ganges Rivers
CORRECT: 2) What two rivers were considered to be most important to Indian civilizations?
23) What did members of the Indian nobility typically paint?
INCORRECT: 3) Why is the Khyber Pass so important?
21) What are several differences between Buddhism and Hinduism?
8) Define Sanskrit.
Siddhartha Gautama
INCORRECT: The Indus and Ganges Rivers
The duty one must perform based on their caste
CORRECT: The main language of Ancient India
Strong winds that blows one direction brings warm, wet rains in the summer and cold,dry winds in the winter
11) Define Brahman.
4) Define subcontinent
CORRECT: 5) Define Monsoons.
8) Define Sanskrit.
27)List the caste system from top to bottom.
In Hinduism, this is the universal spirit, or creator,
CORRECT: Brahman
Kshatriya
Vaisya
Sudra
Untouchable/Pariah
gods and religious stories, royalty and the richness of noble life
INCORRECT: A social group that a person is born into and cannot change
23) What did members of the Indian nobility typically paint?
The duty one must perform based on their caste
CORRECT: gods and religious stories, royalty and the richness of noble life
INCORRECT: Harappa and Mohenjo Daro were cities along the Indus River
Sanskrit, religion, and the caste system
13) What is Karma? What religion(s) believe in Karma?
It is the largest polytheistic religion in the world because they worship many gods
INCORRECT: A social group that a person is born into and cannot change
The duty one must perform based on their caste
CORRECT: It is the good or bad actions a person builds up based on whether a person has lived a good or bad life. The religions that believe in Karma are: Buddhism and Hinduism
12) Is Hinduism monotheistic or polytheistic? Explain why.
INCORRECT: A social group that a person is born into and cannot change
CORRECT: It is the largest polytheistic religion in the world because they worship many gods
The rebirth of the spirit in a new body after death
Sanskrit, religion, and the caste system
22) What mathematical concepts were discovered in India and are still used today?
The duty one must perform based on their caste
Sanskrit, religion, and the caste system
The Indus and Ganges Rivers
CORRECT: numbers 1-9 and zero; geometry, algebra, trigonometry, algorithms
It was founded by Siddhartha Guatama around 600 B.C in India and he had been a Hindu believer.
CORRECT: 18) Describe the origins of Buddhism.
INCORRECT: 8) Define Sanskrit.
19) Write a quote to describe Buddhism.
5) Define Monsoons.
14) What did the Aryans bring with them to India?
The Indus and Ganges Rivers
Siddhartha Gautama
CORRECT: Sanskrit, religion, and the caste system
The main language of Ancient India
1) What were Ancient India's natural defenses?
The duty one must perform based on their caste
CORRECT: The Himalayas and Hindu Kush Mountains blocked invaders from the north.
INCORRECT: The rebirth of the spirit in a new body after death
Harappa and Mohenjo Daro were cities along the Indus River
28) What was the Buddha's real name?
The main language of Ancient India
INCORRECT: The Indus and Ganges Rivers
Sanskrit, religion, and the caste system
CORRECT: Siddhartha Gautama
India produced surplus crops which allowed them to have things to trade. Many other civilizations wanted the exotic exports that India had such as animals, cotton, and the various foods.
19) Write a quote to describe Buddhism.
INCORRECT: 27)List the caste system from top to bottom.
3) Why is the Khyber Pass so important?
CORRECT: 7) Explain how India was able to export so many goods.
3) Why is the Khyber Pass so important?
CORRECT: It was the only way to get though the mountains. It was used as a trade route or a route for invaders.
The rebirth of the spirit in a new body after death
INCORRECT: The Himalayas and Hindu Kush Mountains blocked invaders from the north.
It is the good or bad actions a person builds up based on whether a person has lived a good or bad life. The religions that believe in Karma are: Buddhism and Hinduism
Harappa and Mohenjo Daro were cities along the Indus River
CORRECT: 6) What are Harappa and Mohenjo Daro? What river where they near?
14) What did the Aryans bring with them to India?
13) What is Karma? What religion(s) believe in Karma?
1) What were Ancient India's natural defenses?
11) Define Brahman.
INCORRECT: The duty one must perform based on their caste
CORRECT: In Hinduism, this is the universal spirit, or creator,
The Indus and Ganges Rivers
The rebirth of the spirit in a new body after death
India has a fall and spring harvest whereas Egypt and Mesopotamia only have one harvest each year.
CORRECT: 25) How are the harvest seasons in Mesopotamia and Egypt different from those in India?
24) How are the floods of the Indus River Valley similar to and different from the floods in Mesopotamia or Egypt?
6) What are Harappa and Mohenjo Daro? What river where they near?
14) What did the Aryans bring with them to India?