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  • Who made up the top class (Brahmins) of the Indian caste system
    Warriors
    Slaves
    Farmers
    Priests or religious leaders
  • What is true about houses in the Mohenjo Daro?
    The size of the house depended on the varna of the family
    They were all about the same size and had = access to water
    The size of the house depended on the veda of the family
    Only priests were allowed to live in brick homes
  • The Vedas are considered books of
    Laws
    The Harry Potter Series
    Truth
    History
  • What is the name of the mountain range that separates India from China
    The Himalayas
    Hindu Kush
    Mohenjo Daro
  • What is a dalit?
    What the flashlight did to the dark night
    A Hindu place of worship
    A Hindu spiritual leader
    A Hindu "untouchable" or "unclean" person
  • What is a monsoon?
    A strong, seasonal wind
  • Who is responsible for creating Hinduism?
    Buddha
    No one really knows which one person created the belief
    Jesus Christ
    Elon Musk
  • During what season would the monsoons bring cold dry air into the Indus Valley?
    Fall
    Spring
    Winter
    Summer
  • What word describes a fortress at the west end of each city?
    Varna
    Stupa
    citadel
    Brahman
  • Which word describes an Indian teacher?
    Raja
    Varna
    Guru
    Veda
  • What were the twin cities of the Indus Valley?
    Mohenjo Daro and Harappa
    Harappa and Himalaya
    Harappa and Cairo
    Mohenjo Daro and Sumer
  • A Vaishya would most likely hold which job?
    Farmer
    Priest
    Picking up cow manure from the streets
    Warrior
  • What is the process of a cycle of rebirth, over and over, called in Hinduism
    Reincarnation
  • What mountain range did the Aryans travel into the Indus Valley through?
    Hindu-Kush
    Himalayan
    Everest
    Aryan
  • What is a citadel?
    A bath where everyone would bathe together
    A high place of safety from attack
    A place to honor the kings and priests
    A place of worship
  • What was the river that Hindus believe wash away bad karma
    Indus
    Nile
    Ganges
    Brahmaputra
  • Which is larger: A caste or a varna
    Varna
    Same size
    A caste--it is a collection of varnas
  • How were Indus Valley spouses chosen?
    The guru picked a wife for his student
    Parents arranged the marriage by the age of 12
    The raja chose the spouses
    "Hey, shawtee..."
  • Hinduism is the world's ________ religion
    Most strict
    Oldest
    Most take a bath in Grandma's ashes
    Most popular
  • Your daily duty in life is your ____________
    Puja
    Brahmin
    Dharma
    Karma
  • A varna is
    An Aryan prince
    An irrigation tool
    One of the social classes in a caste
    A strong seasonal wind
  • What cities were the Twin Cities of the Indus Valley?
    Mohenjo Daro and Cairo
    Harappa and Yangtze
    Harappa and Mohenjo Daro
    Minoa and Mycenae
  • What is the main role of Shiva?
    To destroy life so that it can be rebuilt or reborn better
    Protect Hindus in battle
    Serve as an action your body makes when it is very cold
    Bring the rain so that crops will grow
  • What was the name of the language that the Aryans introduced into the Indus Valley
    Hammurabi
    Sanskrit
    Papyrus
    Cuneiform
  • India is a _____________ of Asia
    Subcontinent
    Country
    Continent
    City
  • Which class is at the bottom of the jati pyramid, but still above the dalits?
    Shudras
    Vaishyas
    Khatriyas
    Swifties
  • Which group invaded the Indus Valley and brought social changes?
    The Mesopotamians
    The Egyptians
    The Sumerians
    The Aryans
  • What is a word that describes a place of peace, with no more rebirth required?
    Moksha
    Shiva
    Varna
    Veda
  • True or False: People in India frequently moved up and down in the caste system, depending on who was leading the city
    False
    True
  • Who was the Kshatriyas made up of?
    Slaves
    Warriors and soldiers
    Priests
    Teachers
  • The majority of what was the Indus Valley is in what current country
    Iran
    India
    Syria
    Pakistan
  • River flooding made the Indus Valley
    dangerous
    fertile
    arid
    tropical
  • True or false: Sudras did the work no one else would do, like carrying dead bodies
    False--that was the Untouchables
    True
  • What would most likely happen to the land during the summer in the Indus Valley?
    Crops would grow the fastest
    It would flood
    Silt would be left on the banks of the Euphrates
    There would be a drought
  • Vedas contained all of the following except:
    laws
    poems
    sacred or holy writings
    songs
  • Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva are all
    Mountain ranges that allow for travel and trade
    Social classes in Hinduism
    Parts of the soul or spirit of Brahmin
    Key rivers in India
  • Which two empires invaded India between 500 BC and 300 BC?
    Egypt and Mesopotamia
    Persia and Greece
    Rome and Egypt
    Greece and Rome
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