Grade 6 Social Studies Practice Test: Ancient India and China
- Ancient India and China
- 10 questions
- 13 minutes
This test covers early civilizations in South Asia and China, the belief systems that began there and the ideas and inventions that spread from them. Tip: keep Indian and Chinese leaders and teachers in separate groups in your mind.
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Question 1
Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro were major cities of which early civilization?
Correct answer: B
These planned cities with grid streets and drainage systems stood along the Indus River in present-day Pakistan and India.
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Question 2
In ancient India's caste system,
Correct answer: C
A person's caste was set by birth and was very hard to change. It decided what work people did and whom they could marry.
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Question 3
Hinduism teaches that a person's actions in this life affect their future lives. What is this idea called?
Correct answer: A
Karma is the idea that good and bad actions bring results in future lives. Nirvana is the Buddhist goal of release from suffering.
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Question 4
Who founded Buddhism?
Correct answer: D
Siddhartha Gautama, a prince who gave up his wealth to seek an end to suffering, became known as the Buddha. Asoka later spread Buddhism but did not found it.
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Question 5
After a bloody war, Emperor Asoka of the Maurya Empire
Correct answer: B
Shocked by the deaths in his war against Kalinga, Asoka gave up conquest and spread Buddhist values through edicts carved on pillars and rocks.
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Question 6
Chinese rulers claimed heaven gave them the right to rule only as long as they ruled well. What was this belief called?
Correct answer: D
If floods, famine or revolts came, people could say a dynasty had lost the Mandate of Heaven and a new one could take over.
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Question 7
Confucius taught that society works best when
Correct answer: A
Confucius stressed respect, duty and good behavior in five key relationships. Harsh punishments were the idea of Legalism.
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Question 8
Qin Shi Huangdi, the first emperor of a united China, is known for
Correct answer: C
Standardizing these things helped hold his new empire together. Paper was invented later under the Han dynasty.
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Question 9
What was the Silk Road?
Correct answer: D
Merchants carried silk, spices and other goods along these routes, and ideas such as Buddhism traveled with them. It was not one single road.
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Question 10
Which invention came from Han dynasty China?
Correct answer: A
Paper was developed in China during the Han dynasty. The alphabet came from the Phoenicians, aqueducts from the Romans and cuneiform from Sumer.
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