Vocab
Taking place at an unnamed later time.
What is eventual?
This is the relationship between Asoka and Chandra Gupta Mauryan.
What is grandson(Asoka) and grandfather(Chandra Gupta Mauryan)?
The military might of the Gupta empire had the effect of...
A. expanding of the Empire
B. jobs, cities, and travel
C. Temples and Sculptures
D. Indian cities became wealthy
What is A. expanding of the Empire?
The concept of zero was an example of a contribution to the Indian Empire in which category?
A. Literature
B. Arts and Architecture
C. Mathematics
D. Science and Medicine
What is C. Mathematics?
Siddhartha Gautama was...
A. A prince who saw the suffering of those around him which lead him to found Buddhism.
B. A merchant who saw the suffering of those around him which lead him to found Buddhism.
C. A poor man who saw the suffering of those around him which lead him to found Buddhism.
D. The first disciple of Buddah
What is A. A prince who saw the suffering of those around him which lead him to found Buddhism?
To encourage the doing of something.
What is to promote?
This leader is associated with stupas.
Who is Asoka?
Samudra Gupta, was a good military leader and a patron of the arts. This had the effect of...
A. Temples and Sculptures
B. jobs, cities, and travel
C. The Golden Age of India
D. Indian cities became wealthy
What is C. The Golden Age of India?
The stupas were 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 B. Arts and Architecture?
One of the Four Noble Truths is NOT...
A. Life is full of suffering
B. People suffer because they desire worldly things and want to satisfy themselves.
C. The way to end suffering is to stop desiring things.
D. People need to work together in order to achieve nirvana.
What is D. People need to work together in order to achieve nirvana?
A long poetic narration that usually involves a hero.
What is an epic?
During Ashoka's reign he built roads, which had the effect of...
A. India became a center of a large trade network that stretched to the Mediterranean Sea.
B. The Mauryan Empire reached the height of its glory.
C. He became a man of peace and gave up violence.
What is A. India became a center of a large trade network that stretched to the Mediterranean Sea?
The Gupta Empire successfully traded goods such as...
A. gold.
B. paintings.
C. iron.
D. sculptures.
What is C. iron?
Name 1 musical instrument used by Ancient Indians.
What is drum/flute/tamborine?
Buddhist leaders called lamas led this country's government.
A. Tibet
B. China
C. Myanmar
D. Sri Lanka
What is A. Tibet?
An ancient religious epic that is about 90,000 verses long that describes a struggle for control of an Indian kingdom that took place in about 1100 BCE.
What is the Mahabharata?
The Mauryan dynasty set up this type of government.
A. city-state
B. theocratic
C. democratic
D. well-run
What is D. well-run?
Pilgrims coming to India during the reign of the Gupta empire had the effect of...
A. expanding of the Empire
B. jobs, cities, and travel
C. Temples and Sculptures
D. Indian cities became wealthy
What is D. Indian cities became wealthy?
Indian astronomers figured this out centuries before their European counterparts.
What is that the Earth was round and revolved around the sun?
The Dalai Lama and the Panchen Lama lead this branch of Buddhism.
A. Mahayana Buddhism
B. Theravada Buddhism
C. Jain Buddhism
D. Hindu Buddhism
What is A. Mahayana Buddhism?
A poem that grew to about 25,000 verses that tells the story of Rama, the perfect king, and Sita, his wife, and Rama's journey with his friends to rescue her from being kidnapped.
What is the Ramayana?
Before the establishment of the Mauryan Empire, India was conquered by the Persians. This person/group defeated the Persians but turned back just after entering India.
Who is Alexander the Great/The Greeks?
This person established the Gupta Empire and ruled for 10 years.
What was Chandra Gupta I?
The durable metals developed by the Ancient Indians would not do this.
What is rust?
The main difference between Mahayana Buddhism and Theravada Buddhism.
Mahayana's believe that Buddha was a God while Theravada's believe he was not.