Lesson 4-3 Review

Which of the following correctly describes the Hindu epics?

• They were examples of ancient Indian architecture

• They taught correct and acceptable behavior through interesting stories

• They were among the last works to be written in Sanskrit

• They were never written down

Which was a Mauryan ruler who built new roads and hospitals for people and animals?

• Aryabhata

• Ashoka

• Chandra Gupta Maurya

• Kalidasa

The Mauryan dynasty set up which type of government?

• city-state

• democratic

• theocratic

• well-run

Five hundred years after the Mauryan dynasty failed, which dynasty created an empire that reunited much of northern India?

• Ashoka

• Gupta

• Hindu

• Kalidasa

Which was an Indian invention that had a great impact on the study of mathematics and science?

• algebra

• algorithms

• geometry

• the symbol zero

Buddhist shrines shaped like a dome or a burial mound

• pilgrim

• Chandra Gupta Maurya

• stupa

• Bhagavad Gita

• Ashoka

the best-known section of the ancient religious epic, the Mahabharata

• pilgrim

• Chandra Gupta Maurya

• stupa

• Bhagavad Gita

• Ashoka

used trade routes to travel to holy sites

• pilgrim

• Chandra Gupta Maurya

• stupa

• Bhagavad Gita

• Ashoka

the Mauryan Empire reached its height under his rule

• pilgrim

• Chandra Gupta Maurya

• stupa

• Bhagavad Gita

• Ashoka

founded India's first empire

• pilgrim

• Chandra Gupta Maurya

• stupa

• Bhagavad Gita

• Ashoka