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The Gupta Empire in India

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What happened on the Indian subcontinent in the time period between the Mauryan and Gupta empires?

It experienced a great famine.

It was conquered by the Sumerians.

it was filled with small kingdoms

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How did the first Gupta ruler form alliances with other rulers?

by arranging marriages

by giving them land

by killing them in battle

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How was the Gupta Empire different from the Mauryan Empire?

It got rid of the caste system.

It was made up of five kingdoms.

It gave local areas a lot of independence.

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Which factors in the Gupta Empire most helped the growth of learning?

power and conquest

peace and stability

poverty and hunger

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Which of these finds by an archaeologist would be evidence of a golden age?

fine sculptures

animal skeletons

walled cities

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The images of Gupta kings on coins show that the empire had people who were skilled in

planning buildings.

conducting warfare.

working with metal.

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How did individuals in the Gupta Empire learn the skills listed here? • question patients• make cures from bark and roots• stitch up wounds

by studying medicine at a university

by praying to the deity of doctors

by journeying abroad with a merchant

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Which is the best title for the list here? • Puranas • Mahabharata • Bhagavad Gita

Sanskrit Literature

Hindu Sculptures

Buddhist Folklore

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The famous ancient paintings in a Buddhist monastery at Ajanta were painted on the

ceilings of a temple.

robes of monks.

walls of caves.

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In the Gupta Empire, what was an important use for all the following materials? • stone • wood • bronze • terra-cotta clay

sculptures

weapons

wheeled carts

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Which sentence correctly describes the level of technology in the Gupta Empire?

They had skill in working with iron.

They did not yet know how to work copper.

They used copper but did not yet know how to make bronze.

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Which feature of modern arithmetic (math) came from ancient India by way of the Arabs?

zero

addition

subtraction

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Which of the following groups of people made it possible to construct complex buildings like this one?

mathematicians

astrologers

historians

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Which achievement of the Gupta Empire most encouraged long-distance trade?

well-built roads

large schools

large monasteries

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Why were wells constructed along trade routes?

so travelers could cook and drink

so roads would not get muddy

so merchants could pay for water

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