India Gupta Empire Quiz
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Use questions in this quiz to prep for your Unit Lesson quiz on India The Gupta Empire.
- 1.From the following choices, what is the major contribution to world history made by the Gupta Empire?
- A.
Making Hinduism the state religion.
- B.
Paying artists.
- C.
Building roads.
- D.
Introducing the concept of zero.
- 2.What action did Gupta rulers take to encourage trade?
- A.
They built roads linking India to distant lands.
- B.
They created a system of tolls and taxes.
- C.
They paid common laborers.
- D.
They paid artists for their work.
- 3.Which Gupta ruler was credited with greatly expanding the empire and, because of his conquests, was compared to Alexander the Great?
- A.
Gupta Maurya
- B.
Samudragupta.
- C.
Chandragupta I.
- D.
Gupta the Good.
- 4.What were students at the university at Nalanda instructed in?
- A.
Medicine and logic.
- B.
Science and math.
- C.
Chinese and Greek.
- D.
Hindu and Buddhist philosophy.
- 5.The Gupta Dyansty ruled during India's golden age. Which of the following phrases best describes a "golden age?"
- A.
A time of great wealth.
- B.
A time of great spirituality.
- C.
A time when the arts and the economy are at their peak
- D.
A time of great creativity.
- 6.In which Dynasty did India's Golden Age occur?
- A.
The Ashokan Dynasty
- B.
The Gupta Dynasty.
- C.
The Mauryan Dynasty.
- D.
The Aryan Dynasty.
- 7.During India's Golden Age, contributions were made in which of the following areas?
- A.
Poetry and drama.
- B.
Arts and education.
- C.
Sports and recreation.
- D.
Science and mathematics.
- 8.Gupta era universities were so well respected that students came from as far away as Greece and China.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.Which type of literature was NOT popular during Gupta rule?
- A.
Graphic novel.
- B.
Drama.
- C.
Poetry.
- D.
Folk tales.
- 10.Today, the Gupta Empire is thought of as a time of great ...
- A.
Conflict and sorrow.
- B.
Advances in math and science.
- C.
Creativity in arts and literature.
- D.
Cooks and magnificent meals.
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