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The Achievements of the Gupta Empire

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the period during the Gupta Empire called?

a)

The great famine age

b)

The literature age

c)

The golden age

d)

The palm-leaf age

2.

What might an archeologist find that would be evidence of a golden age?

a)

Advanced weapons

b)

Walled cities

c)

Animal skeletons

d)

Beautiful sculptures

3.

What happened to Hinduism during the Gupta Empire?

a)

Many of its rituals were thrown out

b)

Many of its legends were written down

c)

Many of its laws were improved

d)

Many of its followers became Buddhists

4.

The items on this list are evidence of what?

· Painting

· Literature

· Sculpture

· Scientific advances

a)

A popular emperor

b)

A stable society

c)

A nation of warriors

d)

A kingdom of farmers

5.

What made it possible to build complex buildings like this one?

a)

Slaves

b)

Priests

c)

Mathematics

d)

Astrologers

6.

People in the Gupta Empire traded with each other and with faraway people. What did the Gupta Empire provide that made trade easier?

a)

Roads

b)

Ships

c)

Metalwork

d)

Weapons

7.

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

a)

Ashoka

b)

edict

c)

Mauryan Empire

d)

Gupta Empire

e)

alliance

8.

A bond between families, states, or other groups to further their common interests

a)

alliance

b)

golden age

c)

philosophy

d)

province

e)

edict

9.

A territory that is part of a country or an empire

a)

alliance

b)

golden age

c)

philosophy

d)

province

e)

edict

10.
Which of the following would indicate a stable society?
a)
art, sculpture, literature, scientific advances
b)
weapons
c)
houses
d)
written languages
11.
The Gupta Empire was best known for its
a)
advances in mathematics and medicine
b)
efforts to resist European imperialism
c)
development of the barter system
d)
construction of Angkor Wat