Vocab
Origin of an Empire
Gupta Empire
Culture of Ancient India
Misc.
100

To give or donate something

What is contribute?

100

It is true that Asoka...

A.He grew to hate violence.

B.He was an expert in astronomy.

C.He gave up all his wealth to seek enlightenment.

D.He built a beautiful temple that is still standing.

What is A. He grew to hate violence?

100

Samudra Gupta set out to crush any resistance to his rule (the answer is True or False).

What is False?

100

A correct description of Hindu epics.

A. They were examples of ancient Indian architecture.

B. They taught correct and acceptable behavior.

C. They were the only works to be written in Sanskrit.

D. They were never written down.

What is B. They taught correct and acceptable behavior?

100
Ancient India had one of the first scientists known to have used algebra (true or false).

What is True (Who is Aryabhata)?

200

To become smaller or weaker.

What is decline?

200

The Mauryan Empire eventually broke into small, warring kingdoms. (Answer is True or False)

What is True?

200

The Gupta empire was established this long after the fall of the Mauryan empire.

A. 100 years

B. 500 years

C. 1000 years

D. 1500 years

What is B. 500 years?

200

Part of a long epic poem.

 A.the Bhagavad Gita

 B.the Vedas

 C.the Upanishads

 D.the Gautama

What is A. the Bhagavad Gita?

200

A Mauryan ruler who built new roads and hospitals for people and animals.

Who was Asoka?

300
A person who travels to holy sites.

What is a pilgrim?

300

Chandra Gupta Maurya establish his empire by:

A. by converting his people to Hinduism

B. by building an army

C. by improving communications

D. by winning a battle with Alexander the Great

What is B. by building an army?

300

This ruler was known as a patron of the arts and literature.

A.Chandra Gupta Maurya

 B.Ashoka

 C.Samudra Gupta

 D.a nameless Gupta ruler

Who is C. Samudra Gupta?

300

This is what Indian mathematicians figured out something that modern technology could not do without.  

What is a symbol for zero?

300

Chandra Gupta Maurya created this which improved communication in his empire.

A. An efficient postal system

B. A way of training messenger birds

C. Better boats

D. Forcing peasants to carry messages for the military.

What is A. An efficient postal system?

400

A Buddhist shrine, usually dome-shaped.

What is a stupa?

400

Ashoka was the first ruler to promote this.

What is Buddhism?

400

Trade in the Gupta Empire had the effect of...

A. jobs, cities, and travel

B. Temples and Sculptures

C. expanding of the Empire

D. The Golden Age

What is A. jobs, cities, and travel?

400

The Vedas was an example of a contribution to the Indian Empire in this category.

A. Literature

B. Arts and Architecture

C. Mathematics

D. Science and Medicine

What is A. Literature?

400

A time of prosperity and creativity is called this.

What is a Golden Age?

500

A section of the Indian epic the Mahabharata.

WHat is the Bhagavad Gita?

500

This leader was very cautious. He never slept in the same bed twice in a row and always had someone taste test his food.

Who is Chandra Gupta Mauryan?

500

Gupta leaders mostly practiced this religion.

What is Hinduism?

500

Some early Indian doctors practiced some of the earliest examples of this in order to fix broken noses.

What is plastic surgery?

500

Indian doctors would use a tool called a bow drill to perform this type of surgery.

What is dental surgery?

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