Mauryan and Gupta Empires

Ashoka improved communication throughout the empire by...

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

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

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.

The first emperor of the Mauryan Dynasty was...

• Chandragupta
• Ashoka
• Siddhartha Gautama
• Aryan

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

• Ashoka
• Chandragupta 2
• Nanda
• Kautilya

What are the two major rivers of Ancient India?

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