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Gupta Empire

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The four classes (varnas) in the caste system are: 
a)
Pharaoh, priests, artisans, slaves
b)
Brahman, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, Sudras
c)
King, queen, princes, lords
d)
Shogun, samurai, governors, artisans
2.
India was the home of which empires?
a)
Tang and Song
b)
Mauryan and Gupta
c)
Roman and Byzantine
d)
Mongol and Russian
3.
The _______ empire unified India into one people and the _______ empire led India through its Golden Age
a)
Gupta, Mauryan
b)
Mauryan, Gupta
4.
Which empire is described as the Golden Age of classical Indian culture?
a)
Gupta Empire
b)
Harappa Empire
c)
Indo-Aryan Empire
d)
Mauryan Empire
5.

Who was the founder of Gupta empire?

a)

Samudragupta

b)

Chandragupta I

c)

Sri Gupta

d)

Chandragupta II

6.

Chandra Gupta has a relation with Chandra Gupta Maurya?

a)

True

b)

False

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.
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
9.

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

10.
Which religion was most popular in the Gupta Empire?
a)
Hinduism
b)
Buddhism
c)
Christianity
d)
Jainism
11.
The Gupta Dynasty saw development in
a)
Religion
b)
Education
c)
Literature
d)
All of these
12.

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

13.

What mathematical practice is rooted in ancient India and still in use today?

a)

irrigation system

b)

decimal system

c)

metric sytem

14.
Which of the following allowed the Gupta Empire to expand its trade networks?
a)
roads
b)
ships
c)
metalwork
d)
weapons
15.
In India, for which achievement is the Gupta Golden Age best known?
a)
adoption of the printing press
b)
invention of the iron foot stirrup
c)
use of gunpowder
d)
development of the concept of zero
16.
Which civilization best completes the title of this outline?
a)
Rome
b)
Greece
c)
Gupta 
d)
Han
17.

TRUE or FALSE? The Gupta Empire figured out a way to create small quantities of ice in the hot, dry climate they lived in.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE