Which of the following was true of women’s roles in Hellenistic kingdoms?

Women’s political roles included becoming ruling queens.

What was the impact of koine in the Hellenistic world?

Koine Greek became the international language

How did the wealthy elite respond to the changing economy following Alexander’s conquests and the rise of Rome?

Wealthy elites invested cash in tech support to mining and agriculture

Which of the following describes an effect of the Bactrian kingdom on Eurasian culture?

Bactria served as a bridge between South Asia and the Mediterranean.

By 120 BCE, which of the following allowed Arab sailors to dominate the Indian Ocean trade routes?

New knowledge of the monsoon winds

which of the following best describes the reaction of Carthage to the spread of Hellenistic culture?

Carthage adopted Hellenistic culture on economic grounds

Which is a political accommodation that followed the sudden death of Alexander the Great

Alexander’s generals carved out regional kingdoms

Which of the following best describes the expansion of Buddhism in the first few centuries BCE?

Buddhist monks followed commercial networks, spreading the words of Buddha

Which of the following best describes Buddhist art outside of South Asia?

Buddhist art adopted styles from the diverse populations that produced it.

Which of the following best characterizes the relationship between individuals and the rulers of Hellenistic empires?

States so big individuals only related to them through culture/personality

Which of the following best characterizes economic changes in China’s economy in the first few centuries BCE?

Power shifted away from agrarian elites and to traders and financiers.

The nomadic horsemen of central Asia had what crucial advantage when acting as trade between far- flung centers?

Because of their mobility, they had acquired resistance to many diseases.

Which of the following characterized the garrison towns founded by Alexander and Seleucus Nictator?

Greek soldiers married local women, but established greek institutions

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1
Which of the following was true of women’s roles in Hellenistic kingdoms?
Women came to dominate trade on the Silk Roads.
Women were powerless in the political world of the cosmopolitan city.
Women’s political roles included becoming ruling queens.
Women were rejected by all Hellenistic schools of philosophy.
2
What do historians call the series of trade routes across Central Asia that connected China and the Mediterranean?
the Afro-Eurasian Express
the Spice Road
the Silk Road
the East-West Network
3
Petra and Palmyra were examples of _______________, hubs established at oases in the desert
bazaars
desert ports
caravan cities
market towns
4
In Mahayana Buddhism, what were the enlightened demigods who helped individuals obtain nirvana, called?
Bodhisattvas
Asvaghosas
Amithabas
Kushans
5
What was the impact of koine in the Hellenistic world?
Koine Greek became the international language
Koine was the Greek catapult
Koine became the model of the Greek marketplace
Koine was the Greek literature and philosophy
6
How did the wealthy elite respond to the changing economy following Alexander’s conquests and the rise of Rome?
Wealthy elites used cash to buy large tracts of land to grow crops
Wealthy elites, dissatisfied with their life-styles, turn to philosophy
Wealthy elites soon seized control of Hellenistic kingdoms through bribery
Wealthy elites invested cash in tech support to mining and agriculture
7
Which of the following describes an effect of the Bactrian kingdom on Eurasian culture?
Bactria withdrew from South Asia to concentrate on its territories i
Bactria served as a bridge between South Asia and the Mediterranean.
Bactria rejected trade with randos thinking foreign contact would undermine
Bactria abandoned Persian religions as its rulers adopted Hellenistic
8
By 120 BCE, which of the following allowed Arab sailors to dominate the Indian Ocean trade routes?
Use of the stern–post rudder to propel ships
New knowledge of the monsoon winds
Small ships called coracles allowed free roaming of coastal waters
The mastery of the new navigational technique of longitude
9
____________ were books of new sailing knowledge where captains recorded spots and ports between their destinations
marinas
periplus
astrolabes
navcharts
10
What new school of Buddhism, whose name meant "Great Vehichle," resolved the dispute of buddah being a god
Zen
Rig-Veda
Stupa
Mahayana
11
which of the following best describes the reaction of Carthage to the spread of Hellenistic culture?
Carthage adopted Hellenistic culture on economic grounds
Carthage rejected Hellenism as a foreign influence
Carthage adopted Hellenism only after bitter struggles
Carthage rejected Hellenistic economic culture
12
What nomadic people's control of central Asia allowed for better east-west connectivity and the spread of Buddhism?
Mongols
Huns
Russians
Kushans
13
Which is a political accommodation that followed the sudden death of Alexander the Great
The opportunities for women to exercise power diminished
His son took over the army immediately and continued to expand the borders
His wife Roxana assumed rule of Alexander’s empire for ten years
Alexander’s generals carved out regional kingdoms
14
What two broad cultural movements linked diverse populations in Afro-Eurasia, after the death of Alexander the Great?
Christianity and Orientalism
Hellenism and Buddhism
Romanization and Christianity
Hellenism and Confucianism
15
Which of the following best describes the expansion of Buddhism in the first few centuries BCE?
Buddhist monks followed commercial networks, spreading the words of Buddha
Buddhism was inhibited because Buddhist monks refused to translate Buddhist
Buddhism dislodged Zoroastrianism from its dominance on Iranian plateau.
Buddhism spread rapidly in China, gaining large numbers of adherents.
16
What did the Sanskrit sources call the Greek kings of Central Asia?
the Brahman kings
the demon kings
the Yavana kings
the Aleksaya kings
17
What came to dominate trade and commerce during the Hellenistic Age?
stock markets
coins
mass manufacturing
wine
18
Which of the following best describes Buddhist art outside of South Asia?
Buddhist art focused on severe images of the suffering of life.
Buddhist art imposed South Asian artistic norms on diverse populations.
Buddhist art never depicted the image of the Buddha
Buddhist art adopted styles from the diverse populations that produced it.
19
Which Hellenistic city was considered the model of a cosmopolitan center with a population of half a million?
Syracuse, Sicily
Carthage, North Africa
Athens, Greece
Alexandria, Egypt
20
Which of the following best characterizes the relationship between individuals and the rulers of Hellenistic empires?
People viewed themselves as citizens of a particular city
Rulers used local ideas and leaders to address local concerns.
Rulers promoted a return to the agrarian values of an earlier age
States so big individuals only related to them through culture/personality
21
What was the all-encompassing moral code of the Mauryan Empire that promoted tolerance of others?
Karma
Dhamma
Nirvana
Rig-Veda
22
Which of the following best characterizes economic changes in China’s economy in the first few centuries BCE?
Plantations increasingly produced commercial crops using slave labor.
Power shifted away from agrarian elites and to traders and financiers.
Buddhist monks exercised a tax monopoly on goods carried on the Silk Roads.
Merchants lost power as trade decreased after the Warring States period.
23
The nomadic horsemen of central Asia had what crucial advantage when acting as trade between far- flung centers?
Because of their mobility, they had acquired resistance to many diseases.
They had unique knowledge of mountain passes through which trade flowed.
They developed political ties with dozens of local kings
They had learned many languages through their long history of interactions
24
Which of the following characterized the garrison towns founded by Alexander and Seleucus Nictator?
The influence of Hellenism vanished when the Hellenistic regimes collapsed.
Greek soldiers married local women, but established greek institutions
By the second generation, most people spoke and wrote only koine
Architecture followed local styles.
25
What family led a successful Jewish revolt in Judea against the Seleucid Kingdom?
the Amorites
the Maccabees
the Ecclesiastes
the Davidians

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