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The Assyrian government used mass deportation to
a) Thin out the population in congested areas
b) Break the spirit of rebellious peoples
c) Solve the problems of famine in the empire
d) Get rid of the criminal population

Solomon began an ambitious building project to create
a) The walled city of Jerusalem
b) The Library of Alexandria
c) The Wailing Wall
d) The First Temple

The king responsible for unifying the Median kingdom and the Persian tribes to create the
a) Cyrus
b) Xerxes
c) Darius
d) Herodotus

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

Greece was organized into city-states called a
a) Satrap
b) polis
c) village
d) shire

The area of the polis in which citizens would come together was called the
a) Amphitheater
b) Stoma
c) Parthenon
d) Agora

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

When Alexander the Great died, his vast empire
a) Fragmented into many separate states
b) Continued to be administered as a unified entity by his successors
c) Reverted to its former Persian rulers
d) Was broken up into three Macedonian dynasties

The term Hellenistic Age refers to the
a) Influence of Asian culture on Greece
b) Political and cultural influence of Greece over foreign subjects in North Africa and western Asia
c) Macedonian Empire during Alexander’s reign
d) Peaceful period with Greece itself

___________ is a complex, or city, of palaces and reception halls built by Darius I.
a) Gotham
b) Persepolis (Parsi)
c) Alexandria
d) Lydia

The Ptolemies kingdom, after the death of Alexander, retained which portion of the empire?
a) Persia
b) Macedonia
c) Eygpt
d) Greece

During the First Persian War, Darius’ troops were defeated 26 miles from Athens at the Battle of
a) Mayberry
b) Mordor
c) Hogshead
d) Marathon

A Greek polis was built around a hilltop ______________, which offered a place of refuge in times of emergency.
a) Metropolis
b) Acropolis
c) Moat
d) Tower

After Solomon’s death, the kingdom of Israel was split into
a) Judah and Isreal
b) Syria and Jerusalem
c) The Jordan River Valley and Lebanon
d) Lebanon and Assyria

The final battle of the Persian wars that defeated Xerxes was at which site?
a) Thermopylae
b) Marathon
c) Ionia
d) Plataea

Although Minoan writing is undeciphered, Minoan artifacts indicate that
a) They were completely isolated from the Mediterranean world
b) They had widespread trade connections
c) They disliked goods from other lands
d) Most Minoans were illiterate

Constantine changed the Roman state religion to Christianity because:
a) Christianity appealed to him
b) He lost interest in the polytheistic Roman Religion
c) He was a student of Socrates and distrusted the old religions
d) He saw a cross in the sky and credited the Christian God with a victory in battle.

What was the basic unit of Chinese society?
a) Confucianism
b) Bureaucracy
c) The Emperor
d) The Family

What enabled Rome to become so powerful?
a) Central location in the Mediterranean
b) Central location in Italy
c) Knowledge of Etruscan trade routes
d) Help from the Greek colonies

What is Pax Romana?
a) Rome’s enslavement of the people in Europe
b) Rome’s final victory over the Carthaginians
c) Roman conquest of the known world
d) A time of relative peace and Roman influence along the Mediterranean

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