World History AP Chapter 9 (India) Flashcards
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| 8097056775 | Who was the founder of the Mauryan Empire? | Chandragupta Maurya | 0 | |
| 8097061626 | Who was Chandragupta's grandson? | Ashoka | 1 | |
| 8097067890 | What is the name of the book that outlines government strategy? | Arthashastra | 2 | |
| 8097070014 | What information does the Arthashastra contain? | collection of trade, taxes, agriculture, foreign and domestic problems | 3 | |
| 8097073067 | Who wrote the Arthashastra? | Kautilya | 4 | |
| 8097075911 | What religion did Ashoka popularize? | Buddhism | 5 | |
| 8097080111 | Ashoka had a well-organized bureaucracy with capital at? | Pataliputra | 6 | |
| 8097082790 | What caused the decline of the Mauryan empire? | economic crisis, high costs of bureaucracy, and money issues | 7 | |
| 8097092007 | Where was there intense cultural activity and trade? | Bactria | 8 | |
| 8097096329 | What place in northern India was crucial in maintaining the Silk Road? | Kush | 9 | |
| 8097097339 | Who was the founder of the Gupta Empire? | Chandra Gupta | 10 | |
| 8097099127 | What empire was incredibly decentralized? | the Gupta Empire | 11 | |
| 8097101208 | What caused the Gupta decline? | Frequent invasions, disintegration, and the return to smaller localized kingdoms | 12 | |
| 8097106704 | India had long-distance trade routes connected to? | Persia | 13 | |
| 8097112567 | What is a form of social stratification? | caste | 14 | |
| 8097115880 | What are the Brahmins? | priests | 15 | |
| 8097116943 | What are the Kshatriyas? | warriors or aristocrats | 16 | |
| 8097118765 | What are Vaishyas? | merchants or peasants | 17 | |
| 8097120283 | What are Shudras? | serfs | 18 | |
| 8097123834 | What is a group of clans? | Jati | 19 | |
| 8097127323 | Who did India fall under? | Greek-speeking conquerors from Bactria | 20 | |
| 8097132822 | Who was in charge of the Kushan empire? | Kanishka | 21 | |
| 8097136482 | Who were the nomadic people from Central Asia? | White Huns | 22 | |
| 8097141317 | What were the Indian epics that portrayed women as weak-willed and emotional creatures? | Mahabharata and Ramayana | 23 | |
| 8097146028 | Who was the "great hero"? | Vardhamana Mahavira | 24 | |
| 8097151775 | What is the religion with the belief in not hurting a single creature in life and that everything possesses a soul? | Jainism | 25 | |
| 8097157642 | Who was the founder of Buddhism? | Siddhartha Gautama | 26 | |
| 8097159560 | What teaches that all life involves suffering? | The Four Noble Truths | 27 | |
| 8097161071 | What brings the elimination of desire? | The Noble Eightfold Path | 28 | |
| 8097167442 | What is an "enlightened being"? | Bodhisattvas | 29 | |
| 8097169172 | What is the "greater vehicle"? | Mahayana | 30 | |
| 8097170369 | What is the "lesser vehicle"? | Hinayana | 31 | |
| 8097174370 | What did the story Mahabharta involve? | a bloody civil war between two groups of cousins | 32 | |
| 8097177934 | What did the story Ramayana involve? | A love story with a prince and his wife | 33 | |
| 8097179792 | What was the "song of the lord"? | Bhagavad Gita | 34 | |
| 8097187076 | What is obedience to religious and moral laws? | dharma | 35 | |
| 8097189667 | What is pursuit of economic well-being and honest prosperity? | Martha | 36 | |
| 8097191933 | What is the enjoyment of social, physical, and sexual pleasure? | Kama | 37 | |
| 8097192674 | What is the salvation of the soul? | moksha | 38 |