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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 was filled with small kingdoms

It experienced a great famine.

It was conquered by the Sumerians.

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

by giving them land

by arranging marriages

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 gave local areas a lot of independence.

It was made up of five kingdoms.

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

poverty and hunger

power and conquest

peace and stability

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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

working with metal.

conducting warfare.

planning buildings.

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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 journeying abroad with a merchant

by praying to the deity of doctors

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

Hindu Sculptures

Buddhist Folklore

Sanskrit Literature

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

walls of caves.

robes of monks.

ceilings of a temple.

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

wheeled carts

sculptures

weapons

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

They did not yet know how to work copper.

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

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?

zero

addition

subtraction

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

astrologers

mathematicians

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 merchants could pay for water

so roads would not get muddy

so travelers could cook and drink

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