Key Terms
What is a sage?
A wise teacher
What was the tomb/memorial that Shah Jahan created for his wife?
Taj Mahal
What beliefs did the bhakti movements share?
It emphasized spiritual equality through believers and challenged religious traditions.
How did the emperor Aurangzeb impact the Mughal Rule?
He forced people to convert their religion and eventually, led the downfall of the Mughal emperor.
Name a year during the peak of the Gupta Empire.
380 - 415 CE
What is the definition of a Bodhisattva in Buddhism?
in Buddhism, an compassionate individual who delay's entering Nirvana to do good deeds on Earth and help other's achieve Nirvana before heading over there themselves
What river did Chandra Gupta friendly along to gain power and reunify Northern India?
The Ganges River
How did the Mughal Empire defeat large armies and expand it's territories?
They used superior military tactics and also used gunpowder in weapons.
Who started the Gupta Empire?
Chandra Gupta
When did the first northern India face violent disruption, eventually leading to collapse?
A. 300 CE
B. 270 CE
C. 320 CE
D. 335 CE
A. 300 CE
What is the definition of bhakti in Hinduism?
In Hinduism, a loyal devotion to a dependence upon a chosen god
Where was the Chola Empire located?
North India, South India, West India, or East India?
In South India
What factors led to greater unity among people across northern India during India's Golden Age?
Benefited from spreading cultures like Hinduism, technology, science, mathematics all advanced further to discovery.
Who was emperor at the Gupta's Empire's peak?
Chandra Gupta II
When was the Tah Mahal built?
A. 1631
B. 1632
C. 1633
D. 1634
B. 1632
What is a sultan? A ruler, a special captain, or a Seljuk leader?
A Seljuk leader, meaning "the holder of power"
Fill in the Blank
By the early 1200, Turkish Armies conquered most of the Hindu states in Northern India and established an Islamic Kingdom with _____ as it's capital.
Delhi, in current day India
What made the Delhi Sultanate a strong kingdom in religion/cultural differences?
They actually permitted others from different religions to continue their practices.
Which Buddhist monk is most known for spending 17 years gathering 527 stories and deciphering them to the people of China?
Xuanzang
What time did Indians find out how to crystallize sugar, making transports, and exports easier?
A. 350 CE
B. 400 CE
C. 325 CE
D. 750 CE
A. 350 CE
What is Monasticism?
Monasticism is a religious way of life in which one rejects worldly pursuit to devote one's self fully to the spiritual world.
Name a city on the silk road at this time.
Those mention on McGraw Hill: Dunhuang, Yungang, Bamiyan
Those not mention in McGraw Hill: Samarkand, Merv, Taxila, Mathura, Ahichhatra, Sravasti, Saketa
How was the style, "Akbar's style" made during the Mughal Empire?
It combined the Persian art style, and also combined India's art style, resulting in Akbar's Style.
The builder of Taj Mahal, Shah Jahan, how is he related to the first emperor of the Mughal Rule, Akbar?
Akbar is the grandfather of Shah Jahan.
When did Arab traders adopt numbers and numerials from Gupta mathematicians, that eventually led to the number system?
A. 700 CE
B. 725 CE
C. 750 CE
D. 800 CE
C. 750 CE