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