Question 1

Upper caste boys often had a(n) ____ to teach them until they went to the city.

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guru

Question 2

The golden age of Indian culture came during which empire?

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Gupta

Question 3

A system in which the rulers run the government from a capital city is called a(n)

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centralized government

Question 4

Buddhism became popular in part because it rejected

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caste system

Question 5

This king rejected violence and embraced Buddhism.

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Asoka

Question 6

This religion believes that all life is sacred.

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Hinduism

Question 7

"Life is full of suffering" is one of the

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Four Noble Truths

Question 8

This system determines a person's job, social group, and marriage.

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caste

Question 9

This religion believes that the way to stop suffering is to stop worldly desires.

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Buddhism

Question 10

Many Indian marriages, even today are

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arranged

Question 11

Indian astronomers recognized that Earth

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revolved around the sun

Question 12

The belief that people pass through many lives is called

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reincarnation

Question 13

Which social group is made up of warriors and rulers?

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Kshatriyas

Question 14

The Vaisyas are

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common people

Question 15

Which social group is above all the others?

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Brahmans

Question 16

The ____ River and the ____ River are India's most important rivers.

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Ganges, Indus

Question 17

About 3000 B.C., the first people to live in the Indus River valley were the

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Harappans

Question 18

What natural disasters possibly caused the collapse of the Harappan civilization?

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earthquakes and floods

Question 19

____ is one of the oldest religions in the world and is today's third largest.

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Hinduism

Question 20

In Hinduism, the universal spirit, or creator, is called

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Brahman

Question 21

Buddhism was founded by ____ around 600 B.C.

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Siddhartha

Question 22

The Buddha believed that the only way to find truth was to give up

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all desires

Question 23

The two groups of Buddhists who spread Buddha's ideas to Southeast Asia were

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Theravada and Mahayana

Question 24

The Aryans developed a written language called

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Sanskrit

Question 25

The Mauryan ruler ____ built new roads and hospitals for people and animals.

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Asoka

Question 26

The Indian invention of ____ around A.D. 500 had a great impact on the study of mathematics and science.

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zero

Question 27

a strong wind that blows one way in winter and another way in summer

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monsoon

Question 28

a social group that one is born into and cannot change

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caste

Question 29

the prince or leader of a tribe

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raja

Question 30

mountain range that is home to the highest mountains in the world

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Himalayas

Question 31

divine law that requires people to perform the duties of their caste

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dharma

Question 32

the consequences of how a person lives

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karma

Question 33

a government controlled by religious leaders

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theocracy

Question 34

the idea of passing through many lives to be united with Brahman

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reincarnation

Question 35

a state of wisdom

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nirvana

Question 36

Buddhist shrines shaped like a dome or mound

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stupa

Question 37

one of India's best-known ancient writers

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Kalidasa

Question 38

used trade routes to travel to religious shrines or sites

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pilgrims

Question 39

considered to be the Mauryan dynasty's greatest king

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Asoka

Question 40

founded India's first empire

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Chandragupta Maurya

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