7.1-18.3 chapter vocab

Question 0

Asoka

Answer 0

He took over as king, and fought in lots of wars, but felt bad for all of the lives lost, and started to believe in nonviolence.

Question 1

Mauryan empire

Answer 1

Chandragupta Maurya fought one of Alexander the Greats generals, and won, and started the Mauryan empire.

Question 2

Gupta

Answer 2

An empire started by Chandra Gupta, who married a girl from a royal family, it was a five hundred year gap from when the Mauryan empire fell until the Gupta empire.

Question 3

Theravada

Answer 3

A sect of Buddhism

Question 4

Kalidasa

Answer 4

An Indian poet, and dramatist

Question 5

Mahayana

Answer 5

A Major tradition in Buddhism

Question 6

Mughal

Answer 6

A group of nomadic people who took over the Indian subcontinent in the 16th century, and converted to islam

Question 7

Babur

Answer 7

An 11yr old boy who fought in many wars, and created and army just to get the throne

Question 8

Akbar

Answer 8

A Mughal ruler who had a strong military, yet he was tolerant of all religions

Question 9

Jahangir

Answer 9

A ruler who had his wife help rule because she ruled with an iron fist. He was trying to promote Islam, but was tolerant of the other religions.

Question 10

Shah Jahan

Answer 10

A Mughal ruler who hated competition, so he killed all his enemies, but the empire was getting weaker under his rule due to famine

Question 11

Aurangzeb

Answer 11

The most violent and cruel ruler that imprisoned his father and killed his older brother. He made a tax for Hindus, and only wanted to have Islam be the religion. The empire got weaker during his rule.