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Part2, The Formation of New Cultural Communities, 1000BCE-600CE
Unit Test
Kozina
1) Darius may be considered the most important of the Persian kings because
a) He reigned for the longest time
b) He began the empire
c) Of his conquests and his reorganization of the empire
d) He controlled the silk road
2) King Darius said: “By the grace of Ahuramazda am I king.” This statement indicates that Darius likely
worshipped as a(an)
a) Elamite
b) Hebrew
c) Zoroastrian
d) Nestorian
3) In the later Persian Empire, provinces, overseen by governors, were divided into
a) Mujahedeen
b) Maji
c) Satraps
d) Elamites
4) Most Greek urban centers had a place of refuge in case of emergency known as a(an)
a) Hoplite
b) Acropolis
c) Agora
d) Polis
5) The first true alphabet emerged in Greece when the Greeks merged their vowel sounds with the
symbols from
a) Persians
b) Romans
c) Egyptians
d) Phoenicians
6) The Greeks were drawn to the sea because
a) All of the below
b) Overland travel was difficult
c) They needed to import metals
d) Greece had good anchorages
7) In the sixth century BCE, Greeks began to record their stories, history, poetry, and other writings.
The men who began this are called
a) Scribes
b) Logographers
c) Entrecotes
d) Hoplites
8) Greek colonization began as a way to
a) Convert the barbaroi to Greek customs and culture
b) Control the growth of Rome
c) Relieve population pressures on the Greek world
d) Prevent the Persians from gaining control of the Mediterranean Sea
9) The Ptolemies ruled from
a) Alexandria
b) Athens
c) Sparta
d) Persia
10) In Athenian marriages, the duty of the woman was to
a) Produce male children
b) Operate the family business
c) Serve as equal partner of the male
d) Farm the land
11) The most essential activity in early Rome was
a) Fishing
b) Farming
c) Trade
d) Military conquest
12) In Roman families, the authority figure was the oldest male. This situation is known as
a) Rule by paterfamilias
b) Patronage
c) Primogeniture
d) The patron relationship
13) One of the major impacts of the Pax Romana was
a) The facilitation of trade
b) The conquest of Arabia
c) Major wars against Persia
d) The rise of tenant farming
14) Unlike the Greeks, the Romans
a) Were a peaceful people who practiced diplomacy over farming
b) Were a naval power
c) Forced conversion to the Roman state religion
d) Granted Roman citizenship to conquered people
15) By the early Han dynasty, China’s population had
a) Shifted away from the river valleys
b) Stabilized and stopped growing due to the warfare of the time
c) Become centered on Beijing
d) Grown because of intensive agricultural practices
16) One of the most enduring consequences of the Roman Empire was
a) Roman military arts
b) The expansion of the Roman tax system
c) The idea of electing officials
d) The spread of the Latin language
17) Qin and Han emperors had to ally themselves with the gentry as one strategy to weaken the rural
aristocrats. In China, the gentry were
a) The traditional warrior class of China
b) Similar to peasant farmers in Europe
c) The class of prosperous and educated families just below the aristocrats
d) The lower class of priests
18) Like Rome, the Qin and Han
a) Faced similar problems with defense of the empire
b) Had to delegate autonomy to local officials
c) Built thousands of miles of roads to facilitate trade
d) All of the above
19) Which of the following is true of Rome and the Han dynasty?
a) Buddhism was more easily reconciled with the Han than Christianity was with Rome
b) Both Rome and the Han were governed by ethnic minorities
c) Both Rome and the Han used the idea of the Mandate of Heaven
d) Rome and Han armies were made up of mercenary soldiers
20) Which of the following is true of the Han collapse?
a) All of the below
b) Nomadic bands raided
c) Official corruption spread
d) Peasant uprisings increased