Study guide for unit 4 exam: Ancient India and Hinduism

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Unit IV Study Guide: India and Hinduism: Test & Study Guide due 11-24-15
Label the RiverValleyCivilizationsandrivers on the map above:
Rivers:Indus, Euphrates,Tigris, Nile, Ganges, Civilizations:IndusValley,Mesopotamian,andEgyptian
1. Egypt,Mesopotamia,andthe IndusValleyall developedaroundwhatnatural geographic
feature?_______________________________________________________________________
2. All of the rivervalleycivilization’seconomieswere basedon(how didtheymake theirmoney?)
______________________________________________________________________________
3. Usingthe latitude marker,whichlatitude line crossesall three civilizations?_________________
4. All three ancientcivilizationsdevelopedinrivervalleysaroundthe similarlatitude andtheir
economieswere all basedonfarming.Whatcanyouinferaboutthese three rivervalleys?
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5. Indiaissuch a large country itis consideredtobe a ________________________ and ispart of
the continentof ______________________
6. What are the twomajor riversassociatedwithIndia?___________________________________
7. What majorweatherpatterninfluencesIndia’sclimate_________________________________
Name ClassPeriod
ParentSignature (5pts) ____________________________________________________

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Harappans and Aryans (notebook p. 44)
8. What isthe artifactabove called?___________________________________________________
9. What culture createdthe artifactabove?_____________________________________________
10. Harappan civilizationgrewas__________________________________ and irrigationimproved.
11. Whichtwo citiesdidthese people settle in?__________________________________________
12. Can Harappan writingbe readandunderstoodtoday?__________________________________
13. The Aryans tookcontrol of the IndusValleyafterthe decline of the Harappan civilization;they
were successful becausetheyhadadvanced_________________________________________.
14. Aryanswrote inthe _____________________ language,whichisstill usedinthe Hindu religion.
Indian Achievements (notebook pg. 47)
15. WhichIndianinventionrepresentednothingmathematically?____________________________
16. WhichIndianinventionrepresented“withoutend”mathematically?_____________________
17. The Indiancivilizationcame upwitha new wayto write outnumberscalled_________________
18. Label the contributionsof ancientIndiansinthe artsandsciencesusingthe wordbankbelow.
Fill inthe blanks inthe box:vaccination,eight,moon, metal smelting,revolved,Hindu-Arabic,
star

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19. What isthisbuildingcalledandwhatwasitspurpose?
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20. What civilizationcreatedthisbuilding?______________________________________________
The Religion of Hinduism (notebook pg. 45-46)
21. What isone of the oldestreligionsinthe worldandisthe world’sthirdlargestreligiontoday?
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22. Where didHinduism begin?_______________________________________________________.
23. The Hindureligionis___________________________ meaningthattheyworshipmultiplegods.
24. What isreincarnation?___________________________________________________________
25. What iskarma? _________________________________________________________________
26. All Hindugodsare justdifferentrepresentationsof the universal spirit _____________________
27. Whichancientsocietyisthe originof the religionrepresentedbythe imagesabove?
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28. The statementisfalse,rewrite ittomake ittrue:The HindudeitiesBrahma,Vishnu,andShiva
representthe childrenof Brahman.
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The Caste System (notebook p. 43)
29. Whichcivilizationusedthe Caste System?____________________________________________
30. Indiansocietywasdividedbyaperson’s_______________, wealth,or____________________.
31. Who wasdeemedsolowthattheydidnot evenappearonthe Caste System?______________
32. Under whichIndiangroupdidthe Caste Systemfirstappear?____________________________
33. Fill inthe differentsocial classesforthe IndianCaste System
34. What can you inferaboutthe importance of religioninthe Caste Systembasedontheirsocial
hierarchypyramid? ______________________________________________________________
Indian Epic Poems (notebook pg. 48)
35. Thisstatementisfalse;rewrite ittomake ittrue. Hinduepicstaughtincorrectand unacceptable
behavior.______________________________________________________________________
36. The oldestrecordedepicsfromancientIndiawere writteninwhatlanguage ________________
37. Write the letternexttothe epicpoemthe detail goeswith,some detailswillbe usedwithboth
epics.
Epic Details
Ramayana
Mahabharata
A. Tellsabouta prince namedRama
B. One of the world’slongestliterary
works
C. Detailsacontestbetweentwonoble
families
D. Includesdetailedpassagesabout
Hindureligiousbeliefs
E. Introducesthe monkeygodHanuman
F. The characters were seenasmodels
for how goodIndiansshouldbehave

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38. What isan epicpoem?___________________________________________________________
39. The Ramayana andTheMahabharata are examplesof literature fromwhatcountry?_________
40. Thisstatementisfalse;rewrite ittomake ittrue. All epicpoemsare historicallyaccurate.
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41. The segmentBhagavad-Gita isfoundinwhichIndianepicpoem?_________________________
Timelines
42. Place these eventsinchronological orderonthe timeline.
c. 265 B.C. Mauryan Empire ‘s GoldenAge begins c. 2600 BCE Mohenjo-Darobecame a city
c. 320 A.D. Beginningof the Gupta GoldenAge c. 1000 B.C Aryans control northern India
43. How manyyearspassedbetween Mohenjo-Darobecomingacityandthe Aryanscontrolling
northernIndia?_________________________________________________________________
44. How manyyearspassedbetween the Mauryan Empire’sGoldenAge andthe Gupta’sGolden
Age?__________________________________________________________________________