Chandragupta Maurya and the Mauryan Empire

What modern day nation was the Mauryan Empire located in?

• China

• India

• Pakistan

• Afghanistan

The Empire built by Chandragupta Maurya.

• Persian

• Roman

• Mauryan

• Gupta

True or False: Chandragupta Maurya unified the northwestern and northeastern parts of India.

• True

• False

True or False. Chandragupta Maurya was a harsh ruler.

• True

• False

The following are the achievements of Chandragupta's reign except:

• He was a harsh ruler.

• Life in court was rich.

• The palace and capital city were beautiful.

• It was a vast empire.

Asoka is known to be the first king in history to give up:

• money

• power

• war

True or False: Asoka was accepting of other religions.

• True

• False

Which religion did did Asoka accept?

• Islam

• Christianity

• Buddhism

• Judaism

What did Asoka use to make sure people of his empire knew the Buddhist values that he wanted to spread?

• messengers

• edicts

• scrolls

King Asoka encouraged ________ to spread Buddhism outside of India to Southeast Asia, Japan, and China.

• messengers

• missionaries

• gurus