Chapter 3 - Social Studies 7th Grade

5 Written Questions

1. raja
2. caste system
3. Buddhism
4. Sanskrit
5. rajas

5 Matching Questions

1. Mohenjo Daro
2. Tried to improve basic living conditions in India
3. Rough terrain in southern India prevented
4. First Mauryan ruler
5. The Indus River valley is protected by the

1. a Chandragupta
2. b the unification of its peoples
3. c Asoka
4. d ancient Harrapan city
5. e Himalayas

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sanskrit
   1. Siddhartha Gautama
   2. First Mauryan ruler
   3. The Vedas are written in
   4. The Vedas were
2. geographically isolated from
   1. Indian name for social classes
   2. The Indus River valley is protected by the
   3. Rough terrain in southern India prevented
   4. Southern Indian cultures were ________________ Indo-Aryan culture.
3. floods, earthquakes, invading forces
   1. There is some evidence that the Indus River valley people may have disappeared because of
   2. The religion that many people converted to during Asoka's reign
   3. The Indus River valley is protected by the
   4. belief that the world was an illusion
4. nature.
   1. Indo-Aryan gods were based on
   2. Indo-Aryans enforced rigid
   3. Indo-Aryans spoke
   4. Indo-Aryan states were ruled by
5. citadel
   1. System of social organization
   2. fortress built on a brick platform
   3. First Mauryan ruler
   4. Indian name for social classes

5 True/False Questions

1. winds that mark the seasons in India → social classes

   True        False

2. Harappa and Mohenjo Daro are built aroung a central → monsoons

   True        False

3. Siddhartha Gautama → Sanskrit

   True        False

4. Indian name for social classes → varnas

   True        False

5. The cycle of reincarnation ends with → nirvana

   True        False