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India First Empires

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Believed by many historians to be the greatest king of the Mauryan Dynasty

a)

Chandragupta Maurya

b)

Asoka

c)

Siddhartha Guatma

d)

Alexander the Great

e)

Kalidasa

2.

Who founded the Mauryan Empire?

a)

Asoka

b)

Chandragupta Maurya

c)

Alexander the Great

d)

Kalidasa

3.

Who conquered India before Chandragupta?

a)

Akkadians and Assyrians

b)

Persia and Alexander the Great

c)

Persia and Egypt

d)

Alexander the Great and Cleopatra

4.
Which religion did Asoka convert to?
a)
Hinduism
b)
Buddhism
c)
Judaism
5.
India was the home of which empires?
a)
Tang and Song
b)
Mauryan and Gupta
c)
Roman and Byzantine
d)
Mongol and Russian
6.

headed by the mother rather than the father?

a)

matriarchal

b)

patriarchal

c)

matronatized

d)

patronized

7.

headed by the eldest male?

a)

matriarchal

b)

patriarchal

c)

matronatized

d)

patronized

8.

What was India’s second empire? Oversaw a great flowering of Indian civilization, especially Hindu culture.

a)

Aryan Empire

b)

Mauryan Empire

c)

Gupta Empire

d)

Indian Empire

9.

Who was Chandragupta Maurya’s grandson? Brought the Mauryan Empire to its greatest heights.

a)

Sri Lanka Myanmar

b)

Tamil

c)

Siddhartha Gautama

d)

Asoka

10.

Founded by Chandragupta Maurya when, in 321B.C., he killed the unpopular Nanda king and claimed the throne for himself?

a)

Mauryan Empire

b)

Seleucid Kingdom

c)

Gupta Empire

d)

Aryan Empire