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Lesson 14-The Achievements of the Gupta Empire

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

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 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

3.

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

4.

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

5.

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

6.

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

a)

alliance

b)

golden age

c)

philosophy

d)

province

e)

edict

7.

A territory that is part of a country or an empire

a)

alliance

b)

golden age

c)

philosophy

d)

province

e)

edict

8.
When was India filled with small kingdoms?
a)
before the Mauyran Empire
b)
before the Gupta Empire
c)
between the Mauryan and Gutpa Empires
d)
from the very founding of India until today
9.
Which empire gave a lot of control to the local provinces?
a)
Gupta Empire
b)
Mauryan Empire
c)
Chandragupta
d)
Kubla Khan
10.
The Gupta Empire allowed local provinces to run their own affairs. How did this impact the empire? 
a)
it was a short lived empire
b)
it help preserve the empire over a long period of time
c)
there were many civil wars
d)
local leaders objected often to the Gupta rulers
11.
Aracheologists found artifacts such as gold statues and other treasures. What did this indicate?
a)
there was probably a Golden Age
b)
there was widespread famine
c)
there was widespread poverty
d)
the Gupta Empire collapsed
12.
Many Hindu legends were written down during:
a)
the Mauryan Empire
b)
the rule of Chadragupta
c)
the rule of Kubla Khan
d)
during the Gupta Empire
13.
What field of study would you need to be an expert in to build tall complex buildings?
a)
economics
b)
religion
c)
mathematicians
d)
astrology
14.

Arranging marriages was how the first Gupta ruler...

a)

created peace in his empire.

b)

created a larger empire.

c)

gained allainces with other rulers.

d)

found his own wife.

15.

We know that with ______ and _____ the Gupta Empire was able to help the growth of learning.

a)

poverty and hunger

b)

power and conquest

c)

change and rebellion

d)

peace and prosperity

16.

One of the ways we know that ther were skilled metal workers is that ...

a)

there were many successful battles.

b)

coins were found with vivid images of Gupta Kings.

c)

buildings were beautifully designed.

d)

fine literature was produced.

17.

Which is NOT an indication that students studied medicine at a university?

a)

questioning patients

b)

making cures from bark and roots

c)

lists of healing chants

d)

stitching up wounds

18.

The following items are examples of what?

-Puranas

-Mahabharata

-Bhagavad Gita

a)

Sanskrit Literature

b)

Gupta Paintings

c)

Buddhist Folklore

d)

Hindu Scriptures

19.

What is found on the walls of a Buddhist monastery at Ajanta?

a)

robes of ancient monks

b)

palm-leaf writings

c)

ancient paintings

d)

stacks of sanskrit books

20.

Which of the items below would NOT be used to created sculptures?

a)

stone

b)

wood

c)

mud

d)

bronze

21.

The Arabs shared which mathematical idea learned from India with the rest of the world?

a)

zero

b)

geometry

c)

addition

d)

algebra

22.

A real sign of the advanced nature of technology in the Gupta Empire was use of

a)

copper working.

b)

iron working.

c)

bronze working.

d)

glass working.

23.

I have also studied the Chapter 18 vocab in Quizlet.

a)

True

b)

False