Who ruled in Persia after Alexander the great?

Seleucid, one of Alexander's Generals

What rules and cultures were not a part of Greek family structures?

patriarchs could legally kill unwanted infants

Why did Buddhism appeal especially to members of the lower castes

Because it did not recognize social hierarchies

Which of hte following was not a Confucian belief?

Families are a barrier to prosperity

Merchants were not a part of ...

growth of the Indian population

Which of hte following was not one of Buddhism's 4 Noble truths?

Meditation leads to enlightenment

What did Diocletian do in order to try and revive the crumbling Roman Empire?

Divide the Empire and have Co-Emperors

For what reason were the roads used for the Silk Road irignially made?

MIlitary and adminstrative reasons

Who were the Kushans?

Nomads from Central Asia who conquered and ruled India

A crucial link in the Silk Road network

Han Wudi was called the Martial emperor because...

The energy and pasison he brought to his work

In Greece slaves were not regarded as...

temorary, only slaves until they earned thier freedom

Which of the following is true about the Persian Wars?

Darius tried to conquer the Greeks to extend his power

Which of the following is not true about Maritime merchants?

were unable to transport horses

Who was Chandragupta Maurya?

An ambitious adventurer who started the Mauryan empire

What is not true about slaves in Persia?

Slaves werepeople from outside Persia, not persians

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1
Who ruled in Persia after Alexander the great?
Xerxes, heir to Cyrus, escaped Alexander, hid til his death
Seleucid, one of Alexander's Generals
Shapur, Indian, poisoned Alexander, replaced him in Persia
No one, Alexander was the last ruler before the Romans
2
Which region was not connected to the Persian Empire by roads?
China
Anatolia
India
Egypt
3
Which empire did Alexander conquer?
The Achaemenids
The Parthians
The Seleucids
the Sassanid
4
The centuries following the fall of the Han Dynasty presented what?
Decrease in wars
Peace and prosperity
population growth
Chaos and Disorder
5
What rules and cultures were not a part of Greek family structures?
women often wore veils when they traveled out of the house
patriarchs could legally kill unwanted infants
women could operate a business
women fell under the authority of fathers, husbands, sons
6
What was the economic foundation of classical Persia?
Warfare
Manufacturing
Agriculture
Trade
7
Girls in India were often married
right after puberty
after completing a formal education
only after any older siblings were married.
at the age of 18
8
What did not play a role in the fall of the Achaemenid empire?
Common Wealth
Xerxes' reign
Battle of Gaugamela
Persian Wars
9
The high point of the Mauryan empire came under which ruler?
Faxian
Chandragupta
Gandhara
Asoka
10
Wht aristocrat
became a moderator between teh classes and began Athens' democratic reforms?
Solon
Aegan
Pericles
Aristotle
11
Why did Buddhism appeal especially to members of the lower castes
Because it encouraged education for all.
it allowed people of lower classes to have political power
Because it called for wealth redistribution
Because it did not recognize social hierarchies
12
Which persian ruler conquered Egypt?
Xerxes
Cyrus
Darius
Cambyses
13
What emperor had the Terra Cotta Soldiers built?
Li Mang
Shi Huangdi
Wudi
Liu Bang
14
after the Persian wars, Greek poleis created an uneasy truce called the
Delian League
Persian Cult
Cult of Dionysus
Darian League
15
Where did Cyrus get the idea to issue standardized currency?
Egypt
Rome
Athens
Lydia
16
During the Roman Republic, how long was a dictator allowed to hold power?
1 year
the length of a war
for his life
6 months
17
Which of hte following was not a Confucian belief?
Families are a barrier to prosperity
Treat all humans with a sense of kindness
Social Propriety
Respect your Elders
18
Chandragupta Maurya conquered the ...
Safavid Dynasty
Kingdom of Kalinga
Ottoman Empire
Kingdom of Syria
19
In which dynasty did an emperor order the burning of all books about history, philosophy etc.
Zhou
Qin
Xia
Han
20
Which race ruled over the Rome during the time of the monarchy?
Romans
Trojans
Etruscans
Gauls
21
The Kushans were
conquered and Destroyed by Chandragupta Maurya
Nomads of Central Asia
barbaric, uncivilized and filthy
responsible for the fall of the Han dynasty
22
The Yellow River gets its yellowish color from
Silt
algea
Clay
Sand
23
Merchants were not a part of ...
growth of the Indian population
Spreading disease
cultural diffusion
Spreading religion
24
What was the plebeian class?
peasants
workers
Senators
slaves
25
Which of hte following was not one of Buddhism's 4 Noble truths?
Suffering comes from desire
This life is suffering
Meditation leads to enlightenment
Suffering ends if you follow the 8-fold middle path
26
The main part of Asoka's economy derived from...
manufacturing
agriculture
trade
Textiles
27
What did Diocletian do in order to try and revive the crumbling Roman Empire?
Redistribute Land
Decrease taxes
Divide the Empire and have Co-Emperors
Increase Taxes
28
For what reason were the roads used for the Silk Road irignially made?
Long Distance Trade
MIlitary and adminstrative reasons
Colonization
travel For Rulers and Elites
29
Which of hte following philosophies is an effort to understand the character of the universe?
Legalism
Daoism
Ren
Xiao
30
Who were the Kushans?
Nomads from Central Asia who conquered and ruled India
Greek Speaking Bactrians
Conquerors of the kingdom of Kalinga
Followers of Gupta
31
Romulus was....?
a king
an emperor
a patricide
a reformer
32
What title did Persian governors hold?
Rajah
Ruler
Satrap
Seleucid
33
The Kushans provided
MIlitary aid to the Xiongnu against China
A crucial link in the Silk Road network
Spices, iron and silk to the Gupta Dynasty
momentum for the forming of the Gupta Dynasty
34
Han Wudi was called the Martial emperor because...
He introduced the martial arts to buddhism
He was an avid student of Martial Arts
The energy and pasison he brought to his work
He ruled over an empire ruled by Martial Law
35
Which of the following is not true about Zoroastrian teachings?
it did not teach a struggle between good and evil
It was monotheistic
it was not popular in Iran and Persia
it did not follow an ascetic way of life
36
In Greece slaves were not regarded as...
profitable
temorary, only slaves until they earned thier freedom
property
economic investments
37
Which of the following was not a common use for spices from the East?
Perfumes
Cleaning
Drugs
Magical Potions
38
What foods were not common in Persia?
potatoes, oats and rice
apples peas and pomegranites
Garlic, Cucumbers and dates
beer lentils and Mustard
39
The olympic games became part of what festivals?
Athenian
panhellenic
Nubian
Spartan
40
Which of the following is true about the Persian Wars?
Darius tried to conquer the Greeks to extend his power
Darius was killed in the war fighting a skilled soldier.
The battle was taken to Rome
The war lasted 305 years
41
Which of the following did not play a role in the demise of the Roman Empire?
stalling expansion
Germanic migrants
People from India
The military
42
Who did the info-europeans share cultural traits with?
Egyptians
Babylonians
Aryans
Arabians
43
In what modern day country did the Persian Empire arise?
China
Italy
Iran
Egypt
44
Which of the following is not true about Maritime merchants?
transported all sorts of goods
traded as effectively as overland merchants
they used the monsoon season to their advantage
were unable to transport horses
45
What was the name of the peasant rebellion against teh Han Dynasty due to taxes in 184 CE?
Yellow Turban Uprising
White bands Rebellion
Yellow Hins
Yellow Turban Rebellion
46
Aryan migrants to India gave up eventually gave up herding for what profession?
Trade
Manufacturing
Farming
they stayed herders
47
Who was Chandragupta Maurya?
An ambitious adventurer who started the Mauryan empire
The last ruler of the Mauryan Dynasty
One of Alexander the GReat's generals who ruled India
An Aryan Prince from the Caucuses who conquered north India
48
Which of the following was not an important part of the Persian empire?
Race
Banks
Markets
Standardized coins
49
Which of the following religions was not spread along the silk road?
Hinduism
Christianity
Taoism
Buddhism
50
What is not true about slaves in Persia?
they were often prisoners of war
could be citizens who rebelled against imperial authority
Slaves werepeople from outside Persia, not persians
they could not marry at will
51
The Dynasty that taught Confucian principals in its political academies was the
Han
Qin
Xia
Zhou
52
Which Dynasty contained the Period of Warring States?
Han
Zhou
Qin
Xia
53
Buddhism became less popular because...
it did not allow for Hindus to convert to Buddhism.
Christianity became so popular many buddhists converted
It was too difficult for regular people to follow.
teachings too alien from many cultures to gain followers
54
Overland long distance trade in and out of India had to apss through what physical barrier?
The Ganges River
the Hindu Kush Mountains
The Himalayan Mountains
The Tabernas Desert
55
The Bubonic Plague, small pox and Measles were ALL diseases spread on the Silk Roads.
False
True
56
Which of the following did not play a role in the fall of the Han Dynasty?
Rome
Nomadic Peoples
Han generals
Riots
57
Rank the four main castes that the Aryans recognized in order of best to worst:
Brahmins, Vaishyas, Shudras, Kshatriyas
Brahmins, Vaishyas, Kshatriyas, Shudras
Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, Shudras
Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Shudras, Vaishyas
58
During which of the following eras did long distance trade dramatically increase?
Hellenistic Era
classical era
Post Classical Era
Mauryan Era
59
Much of Greece was ideally suited for producing
sheep
coal
olives
grains
60
In the Persian empire, where were local officials chosen from?
Istanbul
The local population
Egypt
from the capital city
61
Which of the following classes of people first converted to Buddhism in China?
Aristocrats
Merchants
Peasants
Artisans
62
Mariners from which country first learned about the monsoon winds in the Indian Ocean?
Egypt
Arabia
India
greece
63
The silk road did not...
change the terrain
make maritime trade less common
spread disease across Eurasia
connect Asia to Rome
64
In what year BCE did Alexander begin his attack on Persia?
369
324
334
389
65
What type of people made up the Vaishya caste?
Peasants and merchants
Outcasts
Warrior
Nobles
66
In ancient India, who was in charge of domestic affairs in the home?
The wife/mother
The husband/father
servants
the oldest male in the household
67
What was the name for Chandragupta's government's political handbook
Analects
Pataliputra
Arthashastra
Gandhara
68
Just before and during the fall of the Han Dynasty the Emperor...?
was used as a puppet
was assasinated
disappeared
raised taxes
69
What is not part of Zoroastrian Teachings?
Cosmic Conflict
Material world as a blessing
Monotheism
Heaven and Hell
70
What people were unable to play a role in Athens' public affairs?
Free male citizens
Foreigners and slaves
Women
foreigners women and slaves
71
Where might a greek polis be located?
throughout the Mediterranean
on the Greek peninsula
in the Eastern Mediterranean
Anatolia
72
Who was Zarathustra?
a prophet
an emperor
a king
a military general
73
The Gupta dynasty, founded by Chandra Gupta was…
constantly attacked by nomadic peoples from the north.
more agriculturally advanced than the Maurya Dynasty
dominated neighboring city states due to tech. advantages
was smaller and more centralized than the Maurya Dynasty
74
Which of the following religions was not spread along the Silk Roads?
Hinduism
Zoroastrianism
Christianity
Buddhism
75
which philosopher developed the theory of Forms or Ideas?
Aristotle
Socrates
Plato
Euripides
76
The collapse of the Han dynasty was started by the
the uprising of the Eunuchs
the lack of a male heir to the Han throne
civil war between daoists and Cofucianists
the Yellow Turban uprising
77
Nomadic Invaders completely altered the culture in China.
False
True

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