Ancient India Section 2 and End of Unit Quiz

Chandragupta Maurya conquered what after Alexander the Great died in 323 B.C.?

• Ashoka

• Satrapies

• Brahmin

• Aryans

During Ashoka's rule, what spread throughout India and other parts of Asia?

• Famine

• Buddhism

• War

• Elephants

India's Golden Age was during the reign of which ruler?

• Chandragupta Maurya

• Asoka

• Chandragupta 1

• Chandragupta II

Chandragupta Maurya established a bureaucracy, standardized _______ and ______, and standards for ________.

• weights, measures, physicians

• math, writing, reading

• payments, charges, laws

• ruling, worship, business

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Buddhism

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(b) Hinduism

• Upanishads: contains religious beliefs

• Combination of different beliefs and practices

• Sutras: the collection of texts that record the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama

• Polytheistic

• Ganesha

• Eightfold Path

• Nirvana: freedom from reincarnation and being at one with the universe

• Siddhartha Gautama

• Buddha: the enlightened one

• Brahma

• Ganga

• Shiva

• Vishnu

• 4 Noble Truths

• Vedas: sacred works of religious literature

Match the following

Groups:

(a) Eightfold Path

,

(b) 4 Noble Truths

• all people suffer and know sorrow

• say nothing to hurt others

• Know truth

• free mind from evil

• end suffering by eliminating desires

• resist evil

• control your thoughts

• eliminate desire by following the eightfold path

• practice meditation

• respect life

• desires cause suffering

________ built an empire that covered 2/3 of the Indian subcontinent.

• Chandragupta Maurya

• Ashoka

• Chandragupta I

• Chandragupta II

Hinduism became dominant and the arts and science flourished during ___________ reign.

• Chandragupta Maury

• Ashoka

• Chandragupta I

• Chandragupta II

Under the this ruler, tax burdens were eased, arts and sciences continued to flourish, and the empire weakened after his death.

• Chandragupta Maurya

• Ashoka

• Chandragupta I

• Chandragupta II

Who was known as "the buddha"?

• Siddhartha Gautama

• Ashoka

• Chandragupta II

• Chandragupta I