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India's Empires

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What kingdom did Chandragupta conquer by attacking the borders first, and then the capital city?

a)

Kalinga

b)

Magadha

c)

Kautilya

d)

Memphis

2.

What was Indian art often based on?

a)

science

b)

religion

c)

nature

d)

Sanskrit

3.

What did Chandragupta set up to control his entire empire?

a)

bureaucracy

b)

democracy

c)

citizenship

d)

strategy

4.

What is the science that deals with extracting metal from ore and using to create useful objects?

a)

bureaucracy

b)

citizenship

c)

metallurgy

d)

numerals

5.

What did the strength of the Maurya empire depend on?

a)

happiness of citizens

b)

taxes

c)

power of the ruler

d)

the bureaucracy

6.

Who conquered small kingdoms in India and called himself the "Exterminator of Kings?"

a)

Chandragupta Maurya

b)

Chandra Gupta I

c)

Samudra Gupta

d)

Chandra Gupta II

7.

Who founded the Gupta empire?

a)

Chandragupta Maurya

b)

Chandra Gupta I

c)

Chandra Gupta II

d)

Ashoka

8.

What is a short story with a moral at the end that was popular in Gupta literature?

a)

fable

b)

poetry

c)

epic

d)

novel

9.

What was invented in India?

a)

banks

b)

kites

c)

the symbol for zero

d)

the wheel

10.

What did Chandragupta NOT use tax money for?

a)

his own expenses

b)

public

education

c)

to pay government workers

d)

to maintain an army

11.

Who turned away from war and sought peace after his war with Kalinga?

a)

Chandragupta Maurya

b)

Ashoka

c)

Chandra Gupta I

d)

Samudra Gupta

12.

What was one benefit of the Royal Road?

a)

crime decreased

b)

the wheel was invented

c)

there was more ethnic diversity in the empire

d)

trade increased

13.

What was the strongest kingdom in India before the Maurya empire?

a)

Kalinga

b)

Kautilya

c)

Greece

d)

Magadha

14.

Whose subjects were given no civil rights?

a)

Chandra Gupta I

b)

Chandra Gupta II

c)

Chandragupta Maurya

d)

Ashoka