Mauryan/Gupta Empires

Ashoka improved communication throughout the empire by...

• Constructing roads and rest houses
• Inventing the first telephone
• Morse code
• New smoke signal technique

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

Which group of people ranked highest on the caste system?

• warrior
• priests
• farmers
• merchants

India was the home of which empires?

• Tang and Song
• Mauryan and Gupta
• Roman and Byzantine
• Mongol and Russian

The _______ empire unified India into one people and the _______ empire led India through its Golden Age

• Gupta, Mauryan
• Mauryan, Gupta

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

• Christianity
• Islam
• Buddhism
• Hindusim

What did the Indo-Aryans bring to India?

• The caste system

• The number zero

• monotheism

• democracy

This caste was the lowest of the Indian caste system. They were farmers and laborers

• Brahmin
• Kshatriyas
• Vaishyas
• Sudras

Which empire is described as the Golden Age of classical Indian culture?

• Gupta Empire
• Harappa Empire
• Indo-Aryan Empire
• Mauryan Empire

How did Asoka treat other religions in the Mauryan Empire?

• He punished people who practice Hinduism.
• Asoka only allowed people to practice Buddhism and Hinduism.
• Asoka forced all of the people to practice Hinduism.
• He wanted all religions to be honored and respected.