Unit 4: South Asia, 300-1200

1.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The empire covering much of northern India that was ruled by the Guptas from around 320 C.E. to around 550 C.E.

Mughal Empire

Islamic Empire

Gupta Empire

Mongol Empire

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

A group of countries, city-states, or other entities who agree to work together, usually for common defense or trade

Alliance

Accord

Associtation

Colony

3.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

A territory that is part of a country or an empire

city-state

satellite state

governorship

province

4.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

A period in a nation’s past during which its culture and society attained the height of achievement and power

Dark Age

Renaissance

Silver Age

Golden Age

5.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

A movement within Hinduism that emphasized personal devotion and social and religious equality

Bhakti Movement

Buddhist Movement

Vedism

Karma

6.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

A branch of Buddhism that became popular in China and focused on salvation through personal faith

Zen Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism

Theraveda Buddhism

Mahayana Buddhism

7.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

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

It went through a golden age

It experienced a great famine

It was filled with small kingdoms

It was conquered by Muslims

8.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

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

By giving them land

By arranging marriages

By killing them in battle

By negotiating through ambassadors

9.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which factors in the Gupta Empire most helped the growth of education and the arts?

peace and stability

poverty and hunger

power and conquest

change and rebellion

10.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What change took place in Hinduism during the Gupta Empire?

Many of its laws were improved

Many of its fables and folktales were written down

Many of its complex rituals were abandoned and replaced

Many of its most sacred temples were destroyed by Buddhists

11.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

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

Astronomy

Mathematics

Well-built roads

Large monasteries

12.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The Bhakti movement reshaped the religion of Hinduism through

personal devotion to God

renouncing the pagan gods and goddesses of the past

the focus on philosophical thought

a shift in acknowledgement of the Buddha

13.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What did Xuan Zang bring back to China from India?

Hindu sculptures

Buddhist religious texts

Islamic artwork

Indian silk and spices

14.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which of the following was an effect of the Turkish conquest in India?

the introduction of poet-saints

the creation of Indo-Islamic art

the establishment of the Silk Road

the construction of Buddhist temples

15.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Gupta sculpture created statues out of

wood

bronze

stone

all of these

16.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Gupta depictions of Buddha's earlobes sagging reflect

the conscious rejection of the material world

Gupta fashion and style throughout the empire

the ability to hear the surrounding world

all of these

17.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The Ajanta cave murals show scenes

from Buddha's life

of kings, queens, musicians, and dancers

of animals and hunters in the forest

all of these

18.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Gupta painters were held in high regard and often worked for wealthy noble families

True

False

19.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which statement is TRUE about the Meharauli pillar?

The pillar is made of solid gold.

Engravings describe the accomplishments of the workers who built it.

Historians are confused how Gupta ironworkers were able to build such an impressive structure.

Almost 2,000 years of sun and rain has left the pillar rusted.

20.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Coins minted by Gupta metalworkers were often engraved with pictures that honored Gupta rulers. Which images were often engraved on these coins?

wealth

art

politics

war

all of these

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