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Ancient India: History

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which came first?

a)

Gupta Empire

b)

Indus Valley Civilization

c)

Mauryan Empire

2.

Which came second?

a)

Gupta Empire

b)

Indus Valley Civilization

c)

Mauryan Empire

3.

Which came last?

a)

Gupta Empire

b)

Indus Valley Civilization

c)

Mauryan Empire

4.

According to your map from Monday, where were the territories of the Mauryan and Gupta Empires?

a)

Mauryan in the east and Gupta in the west

b)

They overlapped

c)

Mauryan in the north and Gupta in the south

d)

They weren't around at the same time

5.

Before the start of the Mauryan empire, who were the two invaders of ancient India?

a)

Guptas

b)

Alexander the Great

c)

The Greeks

d)

The Persians

6.

Who was the founder of the Mauryan dynasty?

a)

Siddhartha Gautama

b)

Mahatma Gandhi

c)

Brahmaputra Ganges

d)

Chandragupta Maurya

7.

According to the map on p. 210, the Mauryan's capital city of Pataliputra was located in the _______.

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

8.

According to the map on p. 210, the Mauryan capital of Pataliputra was located on the ________ River.

a)

Indus

b)

Ganges

c)

Brahmaputra

9.

While Chandragupta founded the Mauryan dynasty, many historians think _________ was the empire's greatest king.

a)

Gandhi

b)

Buddha

c)

Asoka

d)

Maurya

10.

Asoka was the first great _______ king, and he dedicated his life to peace and caring for others.

a)

Christian

b)

Buddhist

c)

Hindu

d)

Muslim

11.

______ are Buddhist shrines that have the shape of a dome or mound.

a)

Vedas

b)

Stupas

c)

Pyramids

d)

Ziggurats

12.

Along with a strong ruler, the Mauryan empire had a great _____ system that made the empire the center of a huge trade network.

a)

Road

b)

Boat

c)

Port

d)

Plane

13.

What caused the Mauryan empire's fall?

a)

Invasion

b)

Famine

c)

Weak kings

d)

Drought

14.

The Gupta empire mostly occupied __________ India.

a)

northern

b)

southern

c)

eastern

d)

western

15.

What was the Gupta empire's big advantage over the Mauryan empire?

a)

More resources for trade

b)

A smaller area to rule

c)

An easy-to-learn language

d)

Kinder kings

16.

The religion of the Guptas was ________.

a)

Buddhism

b)

Hinduism

c)

Judaism

d)

Islam

17.

Two sacred texts that came along after the Vedas were the ________ and ____________.

a)

Mahabharata

b)

Karma

c)

Brahmaputra

d)

Ramayana

18.

_________ was an important writer from the Gupta period. He wrote plays, poems, love stories, and comedies.

a)

Kielbasa

b)

Mahatma

c)

Upanishad

d)

Kalidasa

19.

What type of math did the ancient Indians invent?

a)

Statistics

b)

Algebra

c)

Geometry

d)

Calculus

20.

Ancient Indian mathematicians developed the idea of ______ and the concept of _______.

a)

Calculus

b)

Circles

c)

Zero

d)

Infinity

21.

Indian number symbols eventually replaced ______ numerals, and we still use these symbols today.

a)

Greek

b)

Roman

c)

Persian

d)

Egyptian

22.

Ancient Indians developed the field of science known as ________, which studies the movements of planets and stars.

a)

Astronomy

b)

Biology

c)

Chemistry

d)

Geology

23.

Considering the time, the field of _______ in ancient India was very advanced compared to other ancient civilizations.

a)

Cosmetology

b)

Democracy

c)

Communication

d)

Medicine