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