India History Test

Question 1

Who were the Aryans, and where did they come from?

Answer 1

A war-like group and nomadic group, Central Asian Steppe

Question 2

When did Aryans migrate to India, and when did they conquer India?

Answer 2

Around 1500 BC, the next 500 years

Question 3

Why is the Aryan invasion theory disputed by some historians?

Answer 3

they claim Aryan migrations occurred thousands of years earlier and did not constitute the cataclysmic conflict detailed by Western historians.

Question 4

Raja

Answer 4

Representatives of the gods and used seers to guide their decision making

Question 5

Kshatriya

Answer 5

warrior class

Question 6

Seers

Answer 6

something that guided Raja’s decision making

Question 7

Maharajas

Answer 7

Kings, expected to follow rules without unlimited power

Question 8

What does the term Aryan mean?

Answer 8

Noble

Question 9

On what did the Aryans base their social classes?

Answer 9

Skin color/Varna

Question 10

Brahmins

Answer 10

Priests

Question 11

Vaisyas

Answer 11

merchants

Question 12

Sudras

Answer 12

commoners

Question 13

Bottom class

Answer 13

Untouchables

Question 14

How can we tell that Hinduism was a mix of Aryan and Indus Valley river

Answer 14

The swastika was found on seals in the Indus Valley River. As well as, the Aryans took over the Indus Valley River.

Question 15

How did the Aryans Impact India Socially?

Answer 15

They set up the Caste System which has dominated for 30 years.

Question 16

Aryans were nomadic _______ instead of farmers

Answer 16

hunters

Question 17

By 1000 BC the Aryan’s did what?

Answer 17

took over the Harapeans

Question 18

After the Aryan’s took over the Harrapeans they began to live as______ and raise______

Answer 18

farmers,cattle

Question 19

What did the Aryans develop

Answer 19

A written language called Sanskrit

Question 20

What is the Caste System that the Aryans brought in?

Answer 20

a social group that someone is born into and cannot change

Question 21

The Mauryn Dynasty was a ________

Answer 21

well develop civilization

Question 22

Where did the Mauryn Dynasty develop

Answer 22

North eastern India

Question 23

Why were the Mauryns important?

Answer 23

agriculture, trade, building/development projects, and a large army with spy networks.

Question 24

What were the Mauryn Dynasty argued to be

Answer 24

Settled by a purely Indian or Aryan population

Question 25

when did Emperor Asoka get control?

Answer 25

268 BCE

Question 26

What did Emperor Asoka introduce?

Answer 26

Buddism

Question 27

What did he write in straight stone?

Answer 27

Edicts

Question 28

Chakra-

Answer 28

something that showed the truth and how we should never lose touch with something true.

Question 29

Buddhist

Answer 29

a spiritual belief that has been a guide for people

Question 30

Transformations

Answer 30

Asoka's transformation spiritually

Question 31

Missionaries

Answer 31

people to help spread Religion

Question 32

Edicts

Answer 32

rules written in different languages

Question 33

Legacy

Answer 33

Someone's impact on the world

Question 34

what was the first Empire to ever exist in India?

Answer 34

The Maryn Dynasty

Question 35

Who founded the Mauryan Dynasty, and when?

Answer 35

Chandragupta, 321 BCE

Question 36

When did CM found the Mauryn Dynasty?

Answer 36

After Alexander the Great left India

Question 37

Who created a centralized government

Answer 37

CM

Question 38

What did CM's centralized government include?

Answer 38

rulers who can run everything from he capital city

Question 39

The OG capital of the Mauryan Dynasty

Answer 39

Patlapotra

Question 40

Who is the father of Emperor Asoka?

Answer 40

CM(Chandragupra)

Question 41

Asoka was the first ______ king.

Answer 41

Buddhist

Question 42

Asoka sent _____________ to carry Buddhist teachings throughout Asia

Answer 42

missonaires

Question 43

What did Asoka build

Answer 43

Hospitals and roads

Question 44

Asoka built Stupas=

Answer 44

Buddhist Shrines

Question 45

Asoka's Edicts=

Answer 45

Laws/expectations for those living in the Mauryn Empire/ etched in stone

Question 46

What did the Hindus believe about Hinduism

Answer 46

Reincarnation

Question 47

moksha=

Answer 47

spiritual goal of a Hindu to become one with Brahama (to be at peace)

Question 48

Dharma=

Answer 48

do, duty, deeds

Question 49

Karma=

Answer 49

consequences

Question 50

You would maybe ________ to a better life in the caste system

Answer 50

reincarnate

Question 51

It does not matter what ____ you are at you can still reach moksha

Answer 51

level

Question 52

Your ______ affects you Karma

Answer 52

Dharma

Question 53

___________ did the horrible jobs, nad people did not like them

Answer 53

untouchables

Question 54

founder of Hinduism

Answer 54

nobody, developed out of Brahminsm

Question 55

Place of Origin for Hinduism

Answer 55

India

Question 56

sacred text and building for Hinduism

Answer 56

1. Vedas, Upanishads 2.Mandir

Question 57

reincarnation=

Answer 57

a belief that the soul is eternal and lives many lifetimes

Question 58

Hindus believe in only one god, __________

Answer 58

Braman

Question 59

Caste System=

Answer 59

a division of society to preserve society. They were divided by occupation, and they were all equal

Question 60

3 most important Hindu gods

Answer 60

Brahma Vishnu Shiva

Question 61

3 basic practices of all Hindus

Answer 61

worship cremation following the rules of the Caste System