Unit 2

Question 1

Mauryan Empire Dates

Answer 1

321 to approximately 180 BCE

Question 2

Around 330 BCE, Alexander the Great conquered what empire? He then continued to India

Answer 2

Persian

Question 3

Which empire spanned from the Indus River Valley eastward through the Ganges River Valley and southward through the Deccan Plateau?

Answer 3

Mauryan

Question 4

Who founded the Mauryan Empire?

Answer 4

Chandragupta Maurya

Question 5

Reasons that the Mauryan Empire was so powerful (2)

Answer 5

Trade, Military

Question 6

Stricken with disgust and filled with remorse for a very violent and bloody victory his forces claimed over the Kalinga in southeast India, Ashoka converted to what religion?

Answer 6

Buddhism

Question 7

After Ashoka’s death in 232 BCE, the Mauryan Empire began to decline rapidly, primarily due to what?

Answer 7

economic problems and pressure from attacks in the northeast.

Question 8

The Gupta empire was more decentralized and smaller than its predecessor, but it is often referred to as a golden age because of what

Answer 8

it enjoyed relative peace and saw significant advances in the arts and sciences

Question 9

What was the dominant religion during the Gupta Dynasty?

Answer 9

Hinduism

Question 10

Was the Gupta Dynasty a patriarchy?

Answer 10

yes

Question 11

The Gupta Dynasty collapsed under pressure from whom in 550 CE?

Answer 11

the White Huns

Question 12

Gupta Dynasty dates

Answer 12

320 to 550 CE

Question 13

Qin dynasty Dates

Answer 13

221 to 209 CE

Question 14

Which dynasty connected separate fortification walls that eventually became the Great Wall of China?

Answer 14

Qin

Question 15

What was the dominant belief system of the Qin rulers?

Answer 15

Legalism