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4.1 Impact Classical Age of India

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Gupta Empire was most powerful under Samudra Gupta.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Indian mathematicians adopted the concept of infinity from Arab scholars.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Most literature written during the Gupta Empire was written in Sanskrit.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Hindus of the Gupta period disapproved of music and dancing.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

The Chola Empire emerged in the southern part of India.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

What is one way the Gupta emperors benefited from trade?

a)

by collecting taxes on all goods that moved in and out of the empire

b)

by controlling all mining and manufacturing in the empire

c)

by owning most inns located on major roadways

d)

by charging fees to enter any important shrine or temple

7.

What scientific theory did Aryabhata propose?

a)

The sun orbits the Earth.

b)

The Earth is round.

c)

The moon orbits the sun.

d)

The sun is a star.

8.

What religion did rulers of the Gupta Empire practice?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Sikhism

c)

Islam

d)

Hinduism

9.

A famous author from the Gupta period was _________ .

a)

Kālidāsa

b)

Dashavatara

c)

Brihadisvara

d)

Nataraja

10.

How did the Cholas build their empire?

a)

by marrying into powerful families

b)

by making alliances with other rulers

c)

by conquering smaller neighboring states

d)

by invading and conquering the Gupta Empire

11.

monasticism

a)

a building or other built object

b)

person who travels to holy sites

c)

a religious way of life in which one rejects worldly pursuits to devote oneself to spiritual work

12.

pilgrims

a)

a religious way of life in which one rejects worldly pursuits to devote oneself to spiritual work

b)

person who travels to holy sites

c)

a building or other built object

13.

structures

a)

a building or other built object

b)

person who travels to holy sites

c)

a religious way of life in which one rejects worldly pursuits to devote oneself to spiritual work

14.

The scholar Aryabhata proposed the theory that the Earth was ___, rotated on an axis, and revolved around the sun.

a)

tabla

b)

chess

c)

infinity

d)

number

e)

round

15.

Indians also discovered how to ___ sugar from the juice of the sugarcane plant.

a)

cloth

b)

round

c)

crystallize

d)

number

e)

infinity

16.

Common trade goods in the Gupta Empire included salt, ___, and iron.

a)

tabla

b)

cloth

c)

Sanskrit

d)

crystallize

17.

Indian mathematicians explained the idea of ___ something without an end.

a)

table

b)

infinity

c)

number

d)

round

18.

Gupta mathematicians developed the ___ system that is known today as the Indian-Arabic system.

a)

chess

b)

infinity

c)

number

d)

crystallize

19.

Popular musical instruments during the Gupta Empire included tambourines, flutes, and a drum called a ____.

a)

cloth

b)

Sanskrit

c)

chess

d)

tabla

20.

___ became popular with the Gupta rules, nobility and merchants and eventually spread throughout the world.

a)

tabla

b)

infinity

c)

chess

d)

cloth

21.

Most of the literature written during this time period was written in the ___ language.

a)

chess

b)

Sanskrit

c)

cloth

d)

crystallize