Module 5 Lesson 5 Indian Empires

Module 5 Lesson 5 Indian Empires

by DIon Dubois

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Name any two principles of Ashoka's dhamma?

• He stopped the slaughtering of animals everywhere as well in Royal kitchen.

• He beat the slaves and hence killed them.

• The pupils should honour their teachers, parents and respect them.

• Every one should go to different places and enjoy their life.

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Where did Ashoka sent his children to spread dhamma?

• Nepal

• Burma(Myanmar)

• Sri Lanka

• Bangladesh

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Chandragupta's grandson who succeeded him to the throne was named...

• Ashoka
• Chandragupta 2
• Nanda
• Kautilya

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The four classes (varnas) in the caste system are: 

• Pharaoh, priests, artisans, slaves
• Brahman, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, Sudras
• King, queen, princes, lords
• Shogun, samurai, governors, artisans

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Which group of people ranked highest on the caste system?

• warrior
• priests
• farmers
• merchants

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What did Asoka do after the war in Kalinga was over?

• Asoka stopped wars of aggression and felt guilty about his actions.
• He continued wars of aggression in Southern India and conquered all of the forest tribes.
• Asoka allowed the Kalingans to rule over themselves as long as they paid taxes.
• Asoka forced the remaining Kalingans to be slaves in the Mauryan Empire.

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What did Asoka do for his people once he converted to Buddhism?

• He forced his the people of Mauryan Empire to convert to Buddhism.
• He began to punish anyone in his empire that practiced Hinduism.
• He rejected violence, gave rich gifts to the poor, and consulted local communities about proper governance and good conduct.
• He divided up all of the land in his empire and gave each family an equal portion of land

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Chandragupta defeated the Greek governor and ended the Greek rule in ____.

• Punjab

• Pakistan

• Kerela

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Who was the first ruler of the dynasty

• Ashoka

• Chandragupta Maurya

• Chanakya

• Bindusara

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Who was Bindusara's son

• Chandragupta Maurya

• Sidhartha

• Ashoka

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King Ashoka found peace why which religion

• Islam

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

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The first ruler of the Maurya dynasty was.

• Ashoka

• Bindusara

• Chandragupta

• Samudra Gupta

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Who was the founder of Gupta empire?

• Samudragupta

• Chandragupta I

• Sri Gupta

• Chandragupta II

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What is the meaning of Maharajadhiraja

• the king of kings

• ruler of the world

• A brave person

• King who was never defeated

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The Gupta Empire was best known for its

• advances in mathematics and medicine
• efforts to resist European imperialism
• development of the barter system
• construction of Angkor Wat

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What was the period during the Gupta Empire called?

• The great famine age

• The literature age

• The golden age

• The palm-leaf age

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The Gupta Dynasty saw development in

• Religion
• Education
• Literature
• All of these

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The language of the Gupta Empire was 

• English
• Latin
• Sanskrit
• Greek

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Who was the first ruler in the Gupta Empire?

• King Ashoka the third.

• Chandragupta I.

• King Ashoka the second

• Gupta the first

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Metallurgy

• system and technology of printing and typography that uses movable components to reproduce the elements of a document

• a man of mixed race, especially one having Spanish and indigenous descent

• economic theory that trade generates wealth and is stimulated by the accumulation of profitable balances

• science that deals with extracting metal from ore and using it to create useful objects

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The first powerful ruler of the Gupta dynasty was

• Ashoka

• Sri gupta

• Chandra Gupta 1

• Samudragupta

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Why did the king keep Prince Siddhartha in the palace

• to study

• to learn to be king

• so he would not see suffering

• so he would not move to a foreign land

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What do Hinduism and Buddhism have in common?

• Belief in many gods

• Bathing rituals

• Belief in many lifetimes

• Complicated writings

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People in the Gupta Empire traded with each other and with faraway people. What did the Gupta Empire provide that made trade easier?

• roads

• ships

• metalwork

• weapons

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What made it possible to build complex buildings, like this one?

• slaves

• priests

• mathematics

• astrologers