Ancient India

What is required for a Golden Age to occur?

• A lot of wealth

• A lot of land

• A lot of people

• A lot of time

What evidence have archaeologists found that shows the Gupta government's control and support for trade?

• Ancient manuscripts

• Coins created by the Gupta government

• Pottery and artifacts

• Old buildings

Which religions inspired most of the Gupta sculpture and architecture?

• Christianity and Islam

• Hinduism and Buddhism

• Judaism and Zoroastrianism

• Sikhism and Jainism

Which of the following was an important mathematical advance made during the Gupta period?

• A close approximation for the value of pi

• The invention of calculus

• The development of algebra

• The creation of the binary number system

The Gupta Empire was best known for its

• advances in mathematics and medicine
• efforts to resist European imperialism
• development of the barter system
• construction of Angkor Wat

The empire covering much of northern India that was ruled from about 320 C.E. to about 550 C.E.

• Ashoka

• edict

• Mauryan Empire

• Gupta Empire

• alliance

What was the period during the Gupta Empire called?

• The great famine age

• The literature age

• The golden age

• The palm-leaf age

The Gupta Dynasty saw development in

• Religion
• Education
• Literature
• All of these

What is the Gupta Period known as

• the golden age.

• the silver age.

• the dark age.

• the bronze age.

Siddhartha Gautama is known as the first....

• Emperor

• Buddha

• Thinker

• Philosopher