India - Empires and Buddhism Review

The first emperor of the Mauryan Dynasty was...

• Chandragupta
• Ashoka
• Siddhartha Gautama
• Aryan

Chandragupta divided the empire....

• into districts
• among his children
• into equal pieces
• into counties

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

• Ashoka
• Chandragupta 2
• Nanda
• Kautilya

Ashoka became a Buddhist after the great battle of

• Kalinga
• Calcutta 
• Maurya
• Nanda

Ashoka spread Buddhism by....

• Constructing roads to travel

• Sending Missionaries outside of India

• Conquest

• New smoke signal technique

What are the two major rivers of Ancient India?

• Tigris & Euphrates
• Nile & Blue Nile
• Indus & Ganges
• Huang He & Yangtze

The Golden Age of India's Gupta Empire is known for its

• development of gunpowder
• sea trade routes to Europe
• acceptance of Christianity as an official religion
• advancements in mathematics and Science

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

What religion did Ashoka turn to that changed the way he ruled the Maurya Empire?

• Christianity
• Islam
• Buddhism
• Hindusim

Both the Mauryan and Gupta Empires were located in —

• India

• Mesopotamia