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Mauryan Empire/Empires End

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which was NOT part of Chandragupta Maurya's army?

a)

War eagles

b)

spies

c)

War elephants

d)

chariots

2.

Chandragupta Mauryan was unpopular because he forced which group to pay heavy taxes to fund his wars?

a)

monks

b)

scribes

c)

peasants

d)

farmers

3.

What did Chandragupta Maurya decide to give up his throne to become?

a)

a farmer

b)

an artist

c)

a monk

d)

a soldier

4.

Which religion did Ashoka choose to follow?

a)

Hinduism

b)

Sikhism

c)

Buddhism

d)

Judaism

5.

Ashoka's laws carved into pillars were called...

a)

rules

b)

edicts

c)

codes

d)

regulations

6.

Which of these is not an improvement Ashoka made?

a)

irrigation

b)

public baths

c)

roads

d)

wells

7.

Which of these is NOT a long term effect of Ashoka's edicts on Indian culture?

a)

India frequently gets involved in wars

b)

Caste system banned in the 1950s

c)

40% of Indians are

vegetarians

d)

India has 9 major religions

8.

Which did NOT happen after Ashoka's death?

a)

His sons fought over who would control the Mauryan Empire

b)

The empire was divided

c)

Invaders attacked the northwest

d)

A Buddhist monk became the king

9.

The reasons that an Empire ends are usually simple.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Dividing the Empire into 2 parts, the spread of Christianity, invasions by Barbarian tribes Huns, and financial problems are some causes for the fall of...

a)

Mauryan Empire

b)

Roman Empire

c)

Han Dynasty

d)

Persian Empire

11.

Check the reasons that empires collapsed.

a)

natural disasters

b)

invasions

c)

over expansion

d)

disease

e)

ineffective governments

12.

Alexander the Great conquered the...

a)

Roman Empire

b)

Persian Empire

c)

Han Dynasty

d)

Greek Empire

13.

Northern Egypt was part of which empires?

a)

Greek

b)

Mauryan

c)

Roman

d)

Han