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Achievements of the Gupta

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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 killing them in battle
    by giving them land
    by arranging marriages
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  • How was the Gupta Empire different from the Mauryan Empire?
    It was made up of five kingdoms.
    It got rid of the caste system.
    It gave local areas a lot of independence.
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  • Which factors in the Gupta Empire most helped the growth of learning?
    poverty and hunger
    peace and stability
    power and conquest
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  • Which of these finds by an archaeologist would be evidence of a golden age?
    animal skeletons
    fine sculptures
    walled cities
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  • The images of Gupta kings on coins show that the empire had people who were skilled in
    working with metal.
    planning buildings.
    conducting warfare.
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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 praying to the deity of doctors
    by studying medicine at a university
    by journeying abroad with a merchant
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  • Which is the best title for the list here? • Puranas • Mahabharata • Bhagavad Gita
    Hindu Sculptures
    Sanskrit Literature
    Buddhist Folklore
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  • The famous ancient paintings in a Buddhist monastery at Ajanta were painted on the
    robes of monks.
    ceilings of a temple.
    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 used copper but did not yet know how to make bronze.
    They did not yet know how to work copper.
    They had skill in working with iron.
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  • Which feature of modern arithmetic (math) came from ancient India by way of the Arabs?
    subtraction
    zero
    addition
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  • Which of the following groups of people made it possible to construct complex buildings like this one?
    astrologers
    historians
    mathematicians
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  • Which achievement of the Gupta Empire most encouraged long-distance trade?
    large schools
    large monasteries
    well-built roads
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  • Why were wells constructed along trade routes?
    so travelers could cook and drink
    so merchants could pay for water
    so roads would not get muddy
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