Global 9 India

Which innovation most contributed to the development of civilizations along rivers?

• Paper

• Irrigation

• The compass

• Gunpowder

Which generalization about the Maurya and Gupta Empires is supported by the map?

• Expansion was limited by geographic factors

• Trade contributed to stable societies

• Extensive road systems unified India

• Southern India was isolated from northern India

Which reason for the location of the city of Pataliputra is supported by the map?

• Pataliputra was located near a river

• Pataliputra was the location of an important Hindu shrine

• Pataliputra was located near the Arabian Sea

• Pataliputra was first established by the Gupta Empire

What is one effect of the extension of the Maurya Empire around 260 BC?

• Rule by a Christian king

• Influence of Confucianism on government policy

• Spread of Buddhism to those regions

• Spread of Daoist beliefs in schools

Which of the following claims is supported by the quotes above?

• Speaker A believes in reincarnation

• Speaker B believes in reincarnation

• Speaker C believes in reincarnation

• Speaker D believes in reincarnation

Identify one similarity between the belief systems practiced by Speaker A and D.

• The belief systems have the same founder

• The belief systems originated in India

• The belief systems are monotheistic

• The belief systems once endorsed the caste system

This map shows that the Silk Road

• crossed both Africa and Asia

• was located primarily in Asia

• followed a single route

• started in Khotan

This map would best be used to

• identify the location of the last battle Alexander the Great fought in

• map the spread of Buddhism from India to China

• trace the possible origin of an artifact found in Samarkand

• identify over-water trade routes

One effect of the historical development depicted in the map was

• cultural diffusion between people in the Middle East and China

• the Persian conquest of China

• the spread of Hindu beliefs to Europe

• the isolation of Khotan

Which of the following was an Islamic empire in India?

• Delhi Sultanate & Mughal Empire

• Maurya Empire

• Gupta Empire

• Egypt