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Review for Period 2 #apworldhistory #apworld #classicalera
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Belief that the ruler of China holds divinely granted authority as long as he rules well
Divine Kingship
Legalism
The Gift of the Gods
The Mandate of Heaven
2
City, famous for its library, designed by Alexander the Great, in Egypt, on the Mediterranean.
Athens
Alexandria
Persepolis
Memphis
3
Who fought against whom in the Persian War?
Athens and Sparta
Persia and Athens
The Delian league and Greece
Greece and Persia
4
Though very different Christianity, Hindusim and Buddhism all support the concept of
clear church hierarchy
disapproval of other beliefs
a strong priesthood
life after death
5
The Vedic religions
considered reincarnation incompatiable with a focus on work
contributed to the development of the caste system
featured monotheism as did Judaism
were practiced mostly in the Roman empire
6
What is a polis?
When Greeks came together in city-states.
A new kind of city in the Achaemenid Empire.
Small farming communities in rural Anatolia.
Special temples for the worship of Zoroaster.
7
Who won the Peloponnesian War?
Corinth
Persepolis
Athens
Sparta
8
A term used to describe the many varieties of Indian religion
Syncrenism
Jainism
Buddhism
Hinduism
9
The founder of Buddhism was the Indian prince
Chandra Gupta
Chandragupta Maurya
Siddharta Gautama
Ashoka
10
Very important family in Persia. Created an empire. Most famous member was Cyrus.
Cyrissains
Assyrians
Persians
Achaemenids
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Ashoka was known for erecting what?
The dead
Jainism
Monasteries
Pillars
12
If a culture lives in imitation of the Greek culture it is called...
Atheniasm
Hellenism
Greekism
Ελλάδα
13
In order to learn the will of the gods, the Greeks
made use of oracles
developed festivals
developed religious doctrines
built temples
14
The founder of the Achaemenid Empire and the most famous ruler of Persia.
Cyrus the Great
Rostum
Darius II
Alexander the Great
15
One of the greatest differences between Hinduism and Buddhism is the former's emphasis on
the caste system
one central being
personal development
reincarnation
16
How was Rome different that the Han dynasty?
They built walls
They were never unified after their fall
They traded
They were a relatively small state before becoming an empire
17
During the Gupta Empire of India, women's rights deteriorated and
all of the above
lost the right to own or inherit property
young girls were married to guarantee purity
could not participate in sacred rituals or study religion
18
The long period of political chaos in China
Zhao Dynasty
Age of Disharmony
Spring and Summer Period
Age of Warring States
19
What is a satrap?
The governor of a province in the Persian Empire
A high class in the Greek society
A high class in the Roman Empire
The thing you put your feet in on a horse
20
How did the Chinese view merchants?
As noble because they had a lot of money
As dogs because they were sleazy
As people who were good b/c they help Emperor with the state
Very suspicious; people thought that they raised prices
21
Han and Gupta empire both
fell because their milirary was in cities
were more successful defending themselves from invasion
fell in part becausewealth was concentrated with a few
were more successful than the Persian empire at expanding
22
0. The concept of zero, an essential mathematical development, was in which two civilizations?
Mayan and Chinese
Chinese and Indian
Chinese and Egyptian
Indian and Mayan
23
What do Confucianism, Hinduism and Judaism have in common?
Each created guidelines and moral authority for cultures
Each is polytheistic
Each demanded that the cultures spread the religion
Each was well developed in the Indus Valley
24
Lao Tzu argued that
all life is suffering
order was achievable through strong, centralized government
obligations of filial piety included extended family
ambition and activism lead to chaos
25
Philosopher whose method was to constantly question the assumptions and logic of others
St. Augustine
Socrates
Aristotle
Plato
26
Octavian was also known as ________.
Augustus
Constantine
Xerxes
August
27
This was made by who??? And used for what???
Mayas; for rituals
Teotihuacan; for worship
Aliens; for teleporters
Incas; for rituals
28
Someone who seizes power and holds it in violation of the traditions of the community.
King
Dictator
Jerk
Tyrant
29
A modified version of Buddhism that transformed Buddhism into a popular religion
Theravada
Mahayana
Lotus
Pure Land
30
Although he died at age 32, he conquered Persia, controlled Greece, and reached Punjab.
Cyrus the Great
Phillip II
Alexander the Great
Darius II
31
What are the 3 dynasties who took over the land of Alexander the Great?
Antigonid, Selcuded, Ptolics
Parthian, Greco-Roman, Seleucid
Egypt, Parthians, Greeks
Seleucid, Ptolemies, Antigonid
32
Emperor who allowed Christians to "legalize" their faith for the first time in the Roman empire
St. Augustine
Diocletian
Constantine
Theodius
33
All of the following were characteristics of both the Qin and Han dynasties except
strong central government
a reliance on Confucianism
extreme brutality
an expansion of chinese territory
