Ancient India--Empire of the Spirit

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Ancient India--Empire of the Spirit

Quiz Number: 4 Course Name: World History Before 1500 Course No.Hist3a Quiz N0. = 4 Teacher: Dr. Eric Mayer Teacher's Home Page: http://www.emayzine.com Teacher's Email: emayvvc@earthlink.net

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1. Indian civilization first emerges

a) Around 326 BC

b) About 2500 BC

c) Sometime around 3000 BC

d) 1800 BC

e) 2000 BC

2. In the north there is the famous Khyber pass through which passed

a) merchants

b) travelers

c) religions

d) A, B, C, and E

e) conquerors

3. The two first cities in Indian history were

a) Mohenjo Daro

b) Harappa

c) Sind

d) Punjab

e) A and B

4. In these two great cities a scarcity of weapons suggests

a) They paid mercenaries to do their fighting for them.

b) They had no contact with Mesopotamia

c) A relatively peaceful and conflict free society

d) All of the above.

e) None of the above

5. The Aryan invasion

a) Ushered in the early Vedic Age 1500-1000 BC

b) Brought the language of Sanskrit to India

c) Brought into India the four Vedas which were great collections of hymns to their gods

d) Brought to India the caste system

e) All are true

6. Most of our knowledge about India in the period 1000-500 BC comes from

a) Papyrus and tablet writing

b) The Mahabarata and Ramayana

c) Dharma

d) The Upanishads

e) None of the above

7. All of the following are true about the core religious beliefs of India

a) The gods want you to prosper and enhance your wealth to honor them.

b) Each individual possesses a soul which is part of the World Soul.

c) The material world is an allusion

d) The fundamental reality of all things is spiritual

e) Attraction to material things is the cause of all human suffering

8. Hinduism

a) is a religious synthesis of hundreds if not thousands of gods

b) At the top is the Trinity of Brahama the creator, Vishnu the preserver and Shiva the destroyer.

c) Stresses the duality of god...male/female in one body.

d) Celebrates Shiva during the Shivatry which honors the oldest continuously worshipped god in human history

e) All of the above

9. Buddhism stresses

a) Human suffering is caused by attachment to material objects and people

b) Baptism and purification and criticism

c) The process of reincarnation in order to achieve nirvana

d) Worshipping your father as you would a god

e) Only A and C

10. India contributes the following ideals

a) B and E

b) The unity of all life

c) The idea of good vs. evil

d) The belief that life is constant change and conflict

e) There is no dividing line between the human and the divine.

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1.	Indian civilization first emerges

	a)	Around 326 BC
	b)	About 2500 BC
	c)	Sometime around 3000 BC
	d)	1800 BC
	e)	2000 BC


2.	In the north there is the famous Khyber pass through which passed

	a)	merchants
	b)	travelers
	c)	religions
	d)	A, B, C, and E
	e)	conquerors


3.	The two first cities in Indian history were

	a)	Mohenjo Daro
	b)	Harappa
	c)	Sind
	d)	Punjab
	e)	A and B


4.	In these two great cities a scarcity of weapons suggests

	a)	They paid mercenaries to do their fighting for them.
	b)	They had no contact with Mesopotamia
	c)	A relatively peaceful and conflict free society
	d)	All of the above.
	e)	None of the above


5.	The Aryan invasion

	a)	Ushered in the early Vedic Age 1500-1000 BC
	b)	Brought the language of Sanskrit to India
	c)	Brought into India the four Vedas which were great collections of hymns to their gods
	d)	Brought to India the caste system
	e)	All are true


6.	Most of our knowledge about India in the period 1000-500 BC comes from

	a)	Papyrus and tablet writing
	b)	The Mahabarata and Ramayana
	c)	Dharma
	d)	The Upanishads
	e)	None of the above


7.	All of the following are true about the core religious beliefs of India

	a)	The gods want you to prosper and enhance your wealth to honor them.
	b)	Each individual possesses a soul which is part of the World Soul.
	c)	The material world is an allusion
	d)	The fundamental reality of all things is spiritual
	e)	Attraction to material things is the cause of all human suffering


8.	Hinduism

	a)	is a religious synthesis of hundreds if not thousands of gods
	b)	At the top is the Trinity of Brahama the creator, Vishnu the preserver and Shiva the destroyer.
	c)	Stresses the duality of god...male/female in one body.
	d)	Celebrates Shiva during the Shivatry which honors the oldest continuously worshipped god in human history
	e)	All of the above


9.	Buddhism stresses

	a)	Human suffering is caused by attachment to material objects and people
	b)	Baptism and purification and criticism
	c)	The process of reincarnation in order to achieve nirvana
	d)	Worshipping your father as you would a god
	e)	Only A and C


10.	India contributes the following ideals

	a)	B and E
	b)	The unity of all life
	c)	The idea of good vs. evil
	d)	The belief that life is constant change and conflict
	e)	There is no dividing line between the human and the divine.