Ch 7 Sec 2 - The Gupta Empire

Ch 7 Sec 2 - The Gupta Empire

Multiple Choice

When was India filled with small kingdoms?

• before the Mauyran Empire
• before the Gupta Empire
• between the Mauryan and Gutpa Empires
• from the very founding of India until today

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The Gupta dynasty was founded when Chandragupta I crowned himself as the King of Kings.

• True

• False

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In what order did these rulers of the Gupta empire reign?

• Samudra, Chandra Gupta, Chandra Gupta II

• Chandra Gupta, Chandra Gupta II, Samudra,

• Chandra Gupta, Samudra, Chandra Gupta II

• Chandra Gupta II, Samudra, Chandra Gupta

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The Gupta empire reached its peak during the reign of _________.

• Chandragupta I

• Samudra Gupta

• Chandragupta II

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Citizenship

• an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state

• membership on a state or community which gives a person civil and political rights and obligations

• exchange of people, plants and animals, and ideas between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres

• device with a magnetized piece of metal that pints to the north used for navigation

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Gupta government can be best described as a bureaucracy. What does that mean?

• Government was scattered and decentralized

• Government was regulated by business

• All aspects of government were located in one place

• Government officials handled day-to-day tasks and report to their ruler

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The Gupta Empire allowed local provinces to run their own affairs. How may have this impacted the empire?

• it was a short lived empire

• it help preserve the empire over a long period of time

• there were many civil wars

• local leaders objected often to the Gupta rulers

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Why was the Gupta Empire a time of creativity, art, and educational advances, and inventions?

• The people ate all organic so they were smarter.

• It was a time of peace so the people were able to focus

• The government forced it upon the people.

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Who was one of the greatest poet and dramatist of Ancient India

• Kalidasa

• Aryabhatta

• Varahamihira

• None of the above

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The language of the Gupta Empire was 

• English
• Latin
• Sanskrit
• Greek

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The main religion of the Gupta Empire was

• Buddhism

• Hinduism

• Christianty

• Islam

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In India, for which achievement is the Gupta Golden Age best known?

• adoption of the printing press

• invention of the iron foot stirrup

• use of gunpowder

• development of the concept of zero

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Who calculated the number of days in a year?

• Mahabharata

• Chandragupta I

• Kalidasa

• Aryabhata

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What theory did India scientists propose during the Gupta Dynasty?

• Earth rotated on an axis

• Earth revolved around the moon

• Earth was flat

• The sun got its light from the moon

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Metallurgy can be best defined as...

• A Medical Emergency
• The study of the refinement and purification of metals
• The study of heavy metal
• The development of a standard currency