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1) The Assyrian government used mass deportation to
A
Break the spirit of rebellious peoples
B
Solve the problems of famine in the empire
C
Get rid of the criminal population
D
Thin out the population in congested areas
2) Solomon began an ambitious building project to create
A
The Wailing Wall
B
The walled city of Jerusalem
C
The Library of Alexandria
D
The First Temple
3) The king responsible for unifying the Median kingdom and the Persian tribes to create the
A
Cyrus
B
Herodotus
C
Darius
D
Xerxes
4) The Persian provinces were administered by
A
Direct control from the king
B
Utilizing native rulers loyal to the king
C
Large occupying armies and harsh discipline
D
Satraps or hereditary provincial governors
5) Greece was organized into city-states called a
A
shire
B
Satrap
C
village
D
polis
6) The area of the polis in which citizens would come together was called the
A
Amphitheater
B
Stoma
C
Agora
D
Parthenon
7) The Greek concept of democracy included political participation by
A
All free, native-born, adult males
B
Both men and women
C
Military officers only
D
A council priests
8) When Alexander the Great died, his vast empire
A
Fragmented into many separate states
B
Was broken up into three Macedonian dynasties
C
Continued to be administered as a unified entity by his successors
D
Reverted to its former Persian rulers
9) The term Hellenistic Age refers to the
A
Peaceful period with Greece itself
B
Political and cultural influence of Greece over foreign subjects in North Africa and western Asia
C
Macedonian Empire during Alexander’s reign
D
Influence of Asian culture on Greece
10) ___________ is a complex, or city, of palaces and reception halls built by Darius I.
A
Gotham
B
Lydia
C
Alexandria
D
Persepolis (Parsi)
11) The Ptolemies kingdom, after the death of Alexander, retained which portion of the empire?
A
Eygpt
B
Greece
C
Persia
D
Macedonia
12) During the First Persian War, Darius’ troops were defeated 26 miles from Athens at the Battle of
A
Mordor
B
Mayberry
C
Marathon
D
Hogshead
13) A Greek polis was built around a hilltop ______________, which offered a place of refuge in times of emergency.
A
Tower
B
Moat
C
Acropolis
D
Metropolis
14) After Solomon’s death, the kingdom of Israel was split into
A
Syria and Jerusalem
B
Judah and Isreal
C
Lebanon and Assyria
D
The Jordan River Valley and Lebanon
15) The final battle of the Persian wars that defeated Xerxes was at which site?
A
Thermopylae
B
Marathon
C
Ionia
D
Plataea
16) Although Minoan writing is undeciphered, Minoan artifacts indicate that
A
They were completely isolated from the Mediterranean world
B
They disliked goods from other lands
C
Most Minoans were illiterate
D
They had widespread trade connections
17) Constantine changed the Roman state religion to Christianity because:
A
He was a student of Socrates and distrusted the old religions
B
He saw a cross in the sky and credited the Christian God with a victory in battle.
C
Christianity appealed to him
D
He lost interest in the polytheistic Roman Religion
18) What was the basic unit of Chinese society?
A
The Emperor
B
Bureaucracy
C
Confucianism
D
The Family
19) What enabled Rome to become so powerful?
A
Central location in the Mediterranean
B
Knowledge of Etruscan trade routes
C
Central location in Italy
D
Help from the Greek colonies
20) What is Pax Romana?
A
Roman conquest of the known world
B
A time of relative peace and Roman influence along the Mediterranean
C
Rome’s enslavement of the people in Europe
D
Rome’s final victory over the Carthaginians
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