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South Asia Test
Part I: Vocabulary (matching)
1. Vedas – a holy book of Hinduism that contains hymns and prayers
2. Reincarnation – the belief that a person’s soul will be born again
3. Monsoons – the seasonal wind and rain of the Indian Ocean and southern Asia
4. Polytheistic – the belief in many gods
5. Caste – social group that people are born into; cannot be changed
6. Aryan – Indo-European group who migrated to the Indus River Valley
7. Harappa & Mojenjo-Daro – ancient Indus Valley cities with civilizations
Part II: Map Skills (multiple choice)
 Be familiar with mountain ranges and their locations
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Be familiar with rivers and their locations
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Know how to use the scale
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Know how to use the lines of latitude and longitude
70°
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80°
E
30°
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20°
N
_____ = 180 miles
Part III: Statistics and Facts (multiple choice)
 Religions of India
o Hinduism – 83%
o Islam – 11%
o Christian, Buddhist, Sikh – 6%
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Caste System
o Born into it
o Usually people marry within their caste level
o Higher levels usually receive more privileges
o Hindus and Buddhists see it in different ways
o Different levels determined your role/status in life
 Brahmins = priests
 Kshatriyas = warriors
 Vaisyas = herders, farmers, merchants, craftspeople
 Sudras = farm workers, servants, laborers
Beliefs of Hinduism
o Vedas is an important religious text
o Kharma means people will experience the effects of their actions and that actions have
consequences
Beliefs of Buddhism
o Four Noble Truths
1. Life means suffering
2. The origin of suffering is attachment.
3. The cessation of suffering is attainable.
4. The path to the cessation of suffering.
Landforms of Southern Asia
o Volcano
o Delta
o Peninsula
o Archipelago
o Plains
o Subcontinent
o Desert
Languages of Southern Asia
o Hindi (dozens of dialects)
o Punjabi – Pakistan
o English – official language of India
o Sanskrit – ancient language of India
Part IV: Reading Skills (multiple choice)
For the following questions, refer to the image and text on the reference sheet.
 Making inferences
 Timeline – reading and inferring
 Context clues
Part V: Constructed Response (short answer - 4 points – see “Reference Sheet” for rubric)
1. Explain one factor that influences the development of civilization’s social hierarchy. (1 pt.)
2. Then, after examining the charts below, determine two similarities between Ancient Egypt’s and Ancient
India’s social hierarchy (2 pts.)
3. and describe one negative characteristic of social hierarchies. (1 pt.)
EGYPT
INDIA