1. Where did India's first civilization begin?    California Standard 6.5 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the early civilizations of India.

a. Nile River Valley
b. Indus River Valley
c. Huang He Valley
d. Hudson River Valley

2. In which direction do the winter monsoon winds blow?   California Standard 6.5.1 Locate and describe the major river system and discuss the physical setting that sup-ported the rise of this civilization.

Map of India

a. North
b. Northwest
c. South
d. Southwest

3. Which monsoon winds blow towards the Arabian Sea?   California Standard 6.5.1 Locate and describe the major river system and discuss the physical setting that sup-ported the rise of this civilization.

Map of India

a. Winter monsoon winds
b. Summer monsoon winds
c. Spring monsoon winds
d. Himalayan monsoon winds

4. Where is Mt. Everest in relation to the Deccan Plateau?   California Standard 6.5.1 Locate and describe the major river system and discuss the physical setting that sup-ported the rise of this civilization.

Map of India

a. North
b. South
c. Northeast
d. Southwest

5. In what year did the Aryan invasion begin?    California Standard 6.5.2 Discuss the significance of the Aryan invasions.

a. 1500 B.C.
b. 3000 B.C.
c. 2100 B.C.
d. 1200 B.C.

6. What kind of Buddhism teaches that the Buddha came to save people through his wise and compassionate nature?   California Standard 6.5.5 Know the life and moral teachings of Buddha and how Buddhism spread in India, Ceylon, and Central Asia.

a. Eightfold Buddhism
b. Panchen Buddhism
c. Mahayana Buddhism
d. Second Buddhism

7. Who was the grandson of the Mauryan emperor, Chandragupta?   California Standard 6.5.6 Describe the growth of the Maurya empire and the political and moral achievements of the emperor Asoka.

a. Asoka
b. Kalinga
c. Changregotan
d. Asida

8. Which civilization vanished around 400 B.C.?   California Standard 6.6 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the early civilizations of China.

a. Meso-American
b. Aryan
c. Buddhist
d. Olmec

9.Which body of water does not surround the Korean Peninsula?   California Standard 6.6.2 Explain the geographic features of China that made governance and the spread of ideas and goods difficult and served to isolate the country from the rest of the world.

Map of China

a. Sea of Japan
b. South China Sea
c. Yellow Sea
d. East China Sea

10. Which river empties into the South China Sea?   California Standard 6.6.2 Explain the geographic features of China that made governance and the spread of ideas and goods difficult and served to isolate the country from the rest of the world.

Map of China

a. Xi Jiang
b. Yangtze
c. Huang He
d. Amur