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Maurya Empire
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Who was the founder of the Mauryan Empire?
Chandragupta Maurya
100
What was the caste system?
It determined what jobs people could have and how they interacted with others
100

The Huang He River is also known as

What is the "Yellow River"

100

A system of government where all citizens share control

What is Democracy

100

This universalizing religion spread throughout the Eastern world from India

What is Buddhism

200
What type of goverment did Chandragupta create?
Bureaucratic Goverment
200
What was the most spectacular architectural achievement of this empire?
Temples
200

Name one philosopher from Classical China

Confucius, Lau-Tzu, Han Feizi

200

Although the Greek city states were different, there was at least one thing that kept them unified.

What is the Greek language.

200
Under this Indian Empire was the concept of zero discovered

The Gupta Empire

300
What was Chandragupta's grandsons name?
Ashoka "The Great"
300
True or False - Education was important during the Gupta Empire.
True
300

This empire overthrew the Qin Dynasty

Who is the Han Dynasty

300

This philosopher wrote extensively about democracy in Athens

Who is Aristotle

300

This is ethnic religion is still found predominantly in the Indian subcontinent

What is Hinduism

400
During the rise of the ______ ______, people were forced to pay up to half of their crops to the king.
Mauryan Empire
400
During the Gupta empire, what language was used in most of the great Indian works of literature?
Sanskirt
400

What is the definition of a "dynasty"

A family who takes over the government and rules

400

This ruler's empire stretched from the Greek city-states to India.

Who is Alexander the Great

400

These two Greek city-states often remained in competition for having the most power in Classical Greece

Who is Athens and Sparta

500
After ______ death, did the kingdoms of central India regained their independence?
Asoka
500
Who overran the Gupta empire after it broke into small seperate kingdoms?
Huns & Central Asian Nomads
500

This is a time period in Chinese history where there was no one dynasty and rather a series of dynasties all fighting for power

What is the Warring States period.

500
This is a form of government where one person is in charge of the empire and causes "disorder" among the people as it does not take the people's opinions into consideration.

What is tyranny

500

This Greek philosopher wrote extensively on the issue of tyrannical governments.

Who is Plato