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Which of the following was an important contribution of Indian mathematicians of the Gupta period?
a) the development of physics
b) explaining the idea of infinity
c) the idea of fractions
d) the development of geometry

India’s ancient people relied on three major rivers for
a) defense and hunting.
b) farming, transportation, and trade.
c) fishing and religion.
d) construction and empire-building.

Under which group did the caste system emerge in India?
a) Aryans
b) Guptas
c) Harappans
d) Harappans

Indian astronomers proposed the theory that the Earth
a) was shrinking.
b) was the center of the universe.
c) was flat.
d) revolved around the sun.

Ashoka was an important leader of the
a) Aryans.
b) Gupta Empire.
c) Mauryan Empire.
d) Indus Valley people.

Which of the following was a major city of the Indus Valley people?
a) Mesopotamia
b) Mohenjo-Daro
c) Pakistan
d) Pataliputra

Which of the following determined a person’s job, social group, and marriage in early India?
a) ahimsa
b) British colonial rule
c) caste system
d) the Eightfold Path

Which of the following is a Hindu deity known as “the Preserver”?
a) Ashoka
b) Brahma
c) Shiva
d) Vishnu

Buddhism became popular in part because it did not support
a) the caste system
b) dharma
c) the Hindu gods
d) life after death

Which king eventually rejected violence and embraced Buddhism?
a) Ashoka
b) Chandra Gupta Maurya
c) Krishna
d) Lakshmi

Written language developed by the Aryans
a) Gupta Empire
b) Dharma
c) Sanskrit
d) Aryans

India's first civilization began here
a) Indus River Valley
b) Buddha
c) Karma
d) Vedas

Means 'Englightened One'
a) Aryans
b) Buddha
c) Hinduism
d) Vedas

Expert horse riders who entered India from the north
a) Vedas
b) Dharma
c) Aryans
d) Buddha

A force that decides how people will be reborn into their next lives
a) Vedas
b) Karma
c) Dharma
d) Aryans

Ancient collection of sacred early Hindu writings
a) Sanskrit
b) Vedas
c) Buddha
d) Karma

Period during which India entered a golden age
a) Gupta Empire
b) Indus River Valley
c) Vedas
d) Dharma

Developed as the faith of the Aryans
a) Hinduism
b) Buddhism
c) Buddha
d) Hindu

Personal duty, depending on one's place in society
a) Karma
b) Dharma
c) Sanskrit
d) Vedas

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