Maurya, Rome Review

Who was the founder of the Mauryan Empire?

• Chandragupta Maurya
• Ashoka Maurya
• Chandra Gupta
• Siddhartha Gautama

What style of government did the Maurya Empire have?

• Centralized
• Decentralized
• Republic
• Democracy

What was a key aspect of the Mauryan government?

• Bureaucracy
• Tyranny
• Representation
• Racism

Who was the leader of the Mauryan empire at its largest size?

• Chandragupta Maurya
• Chandra Gupta
• Ashoka Maurya
• Alexander the Great

After a bloody conquest, Ashoka Maurya converted to ________

• Islam
• Buddhism
• Hinduism
• Zoroastrianism

How did Ashoka Maurya make sure his people knew the laws?

• By creating the stone and pillar edicts
• By writing the law codes on paper and distributing them
• By creating the postal service
• By ensuring his people knew the written language

What is the legacy of the Mauryan Empire?

• The first centralized empire in South Asia
• Destroyed the Buddhist religion
• Created a power vacuum that killed millions of Indians.
• They were the first to invent flight.

What society existed on the Italian Peninsula before the Romans?

• Etruscans
• Persians
• Italians
• Minoans

Which society greatly influenced Roman religion, language, and architecture?

• Greece
• Etruscans
• Persians
• Egypt

Which of the following was NOT part of the way the Romans copied Greek architecture?

• The white color
• The columns
• The triangle top
• The mosaics