15 questions
Along the banks of what river did the earliest Indian civilization begin?
Indus River
Ganges River
Yellow River
Yangtze
What is the cycle of rebirths (the process of reincarnation) called?
circle of life
wheel of life
wheel of fortune
wheel of destiny
What famous Indian poet earned the title of “the Indian Shakespeare”?
Asoka
Siddhartha Gautama
Chandragupta Maurya
Kalidasa
Language of ancient India
Sanskrit
Nepalese
Persian
Aryan
The great god of Hinduism is
Gautama
Krishna
Brahman
Shiva
What are the rigid social divisions of India called?
feudal system
caste system
aristocracy
oligarchy
Indian ruler of the Mauryan Empire who renounced war and became a convert to Buddhism.
Asoka
Siddhartha Gautama
Chandragupta Maurya
Kalidasa
established the Mauryan Empire
Asoka
Siddhartha Gautama
Chandragupta Maurya
Kalidasa
TRUE or FALSE?
Hindus believe all religions to be equally true and equally false.
TRUE
FALSE
The early Indus civilization ended suddenly, and it was at this time (1500 BC) that a warlike people called the migrated into the Indus Valley. Who were these invaders?
Aryans
Greeks
Mongols
Huns
The basic tenets of Hinduism are found in the religious literature of ancient India called by what name?
Vedas
Sutras
Scrolls of Hinuism
Buddha's biography
What Indian religion states that the ultimate purpose and goal of every person, according to the Vedas, is to reunite his soul with the world soul.
Hinduism
Buddhism
Confucianism
Taoism
What religion is built on works and moral behavior and states that once a man has absolutely freed himself from his selfish cravings, he enter into "nirvana," the state of absolute peace and happiness where one loses himself into nothingness?
Buddhism
Hinduism
Confucianism
Taosim
The most important group in India's caste system was the priests, called the
Brahmins / Brahmans
Sudras / Shudras
Vaishyas
Outcastes / Untouchables
The lowest class group (composed of servants and serfs) in the Indian caste system was the
Buddhists
Brahmins / Brahmans
Sudras / Shudras
Aryans