Lesson 14-The Achievements of the Gupta Empire

What was the period during the Gupta Empire called?

• The great famine age

• The literature age

• The golden age

• The palm-leaf age

What happened to Hinduism during the Gupta Empire?

• Many of its rituals were thrown out

• Many of its legends were written down

• Many of its laws were improved

• Many of its followers became Buddhists

The items on this list are evidence of what?

· Painting

· Literature

· Sculpture

· Scientific advances

• A popular emperor

• A stable society

• A nation of warriors

• A kingdom of farmers

People in the Gupta Empire traded with each other and with faraway people. What did the Gupta Empire provide that made trade easier?

• Roads

• Ships

• Metalwork

• Weapons

The empire covering much of northern India that was ruled from about 320 C.E. to about 550 C.E.

• Ashoka

• edict

• Mauryan Empire

• Gupta Empire

• alliance

A bond between families, states, or other groups to further their common interests

• alliance

• golden age

• philosophy

• province

• edict

A territory that is part of a country or an empire

• alliance

• golden age

• philosophy

• province

• edict

When was India filled with small kingdoms?

• before the Mauyran Empire
• before the Gupta Empire
• between the Mauryan and Gutpa Empires
• from the very founding of India until today

Which empire gave a lot of control to the local provinces?

• Gupta Empire
• Mauryan Empire
• Chandragupta
• Kubla Khan

The Gupta Empire allowed local provinces to run their own affairs. How did this impact the empire? 

• it was a short lived empire
• it help preserve the empire over a long period of time
• there were many civil wars
• local leaders objected often to the Gupta rulers