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Chapter 3
Self Test
Mr. Colden
2013
1. Which of the following statements is true of second-wave
empires?
a. They imposed cultural uniformity on their subjects.
b. They stimulated the exchange of ideas and cultures.
c. They tended to coalesce peacefully among people who shared
a common culture.
d. They hindered economic development by devastating large
territories.
2. In 500 B.C.E., which of the world’s empires was the largest
and most impressive?
a. Mauryan Empire
b. Qin Empire
c. Greek Empire
d. Persian Empire
3. What was the ruling dynasty of the Persian Empire?
a. The Achaemenid dynasty
b. The Seleucid dynasty
c. The Mauryan dynasty
d. The Darian dynasty
4. The god Ahura Mazda gave authority to the rulers of which
empire?
a. Qin
b. Persian
c. Roman
d. Mauryan
5. Of what empire was it said that “there is no nation which so
readily adopts foreign customs”?
a. Greek
b. Mauryan
c. Persian
d. Roman
6. Which of the following best describes ancient Greece?
a. It consisted of many city-states that usually were able to
coexist peacefully.
b. It consisted of a number of federated states, loosely ruled by a
council of religious elders.
c. It was a unified state, with its capital at Athens.
d. It consisted of many city-states that were in frequent conflict
but united by a common religion and language.
7. Which of the following statements is true of the ancient Greek
concept of citizenship?
a. The rights of citizens were most developed in Greece’s
overseas colonies.
b. Greek ideas of citizenship varied over time and place, but on
the whole, the Greeks gave an extraordinary public role to their
citizens.
c. Citizenship was open only to the wealthy, giving both elite men
and women the right to speak and vote on public business.
d. Citizenship was open only to wealthy men.
8. Why is Solon important to ancient history?
a. He was the great reformer of the Roman state.
b. He created the Persian Empire.
c. He was the first Chinese emperor.
d. He reformed the Athenian political system.
9. What victory over the Persians in 490 B.C.E. was touted as a
great victory of Greek freedoms over Asian despotism?
a. The Battle of Thermopylae
b. The Battle of Issus
c. The Battle of Marathon
d. The Battle of Actium
10. Which Greek state practiced the most radical form of
democracy?
a. Macedonia
b. Athens
c. Sparta
d. Corinth
11. How did ancient Greece come to be unified?
a. It was defeated by Macedonian king Philip II.
b. Sparta defeated Athens in the Peloponnesian War.
c. The Greek states joined together voluntarily to fight the
Persian threat.
d. Greece was only unified when the Romans conquered it.
12. What was the most important historical effect of Alexander
the Great’s conquests?
a. He created a lasting empire that transformed Eurasian society.
b. His conquest of China exposed the Chinese for the first time to
European culture.
c. His conquest allowed the widespread dissemination of Greek
culture.
d. His conquest led to a massive inflow of Persian culture into
Greece.
13. Which of the following statements is true of the Hellenistic
states?
a. They lasted only briefly before being swallowed up.
b. They spread and furthered the democratic political principles
of Greece.
c. They quickly adopted the bureaucratic systems and languages
of the regions they ruled.
d. They were monarchies whose rulers rejected democracy.
14. What is a consul?
a. A Greek priest
b. An elected Roman state executive
c. A member of the Roman elite
d. A Hellenistic king
15. Who fought the Punic Wars?
a. Greece and Persia
b. Persia and Rome
c. Rome and Carthage
d. Persia and Carthage
16. What is the name for the Roman head of household, the man
who exercised absolute rights over his wife, children, and slaves?
a. patrician
b. mos maiorum
c. patriarch
d. pater familias
17. Which of the following was a reason why Rome was
transformed from being a republic to the rule of an emperor?
a. Rome had acquired so much territory that republic
government could no longer function.
b. A charismatic leader rose whose conquests won so much
territory that Rome made him emperor to govern it all.
c. The senate, unable to govern Rome’s large territory, chose an
emperor from among themselves.
d. The last consul of Rome simply failed to step down after his
term of office ended, becoming emperor.
18. This second-wave empire for centuries maintained an
“empire in disguise” that kept the appearance of government by
the people while in reality being controlled by a single emperor.
a. Mauryan Empire
b. Persian Empire
c. Chinese Empire
d. Roman Empire
19. The creation of this empire was regarded as a restoration of
an earlier age of unity.
a. Mauryan Empire
b. Chinese Empire
c. Roman Empire
d. Persian Empire
20. This empire-builder’s chosen name actually means “first
emperor.”
a. Chandragupta Maurya
b. Augustus
c. Qin Shihuangdi
d. Cyrus
21. Which of the following statements is true of China’s Qin
dynasty?
a. It united China, but its rule was so brutal that the dynasty
lasted less than twenty years.
b. It united China and ruled for about four centuries.
c. It united China by creating a loose overlordship that tolerated
diversity among its subjects.
d. It ruled for a short time and then passed peacefully to the Han
dynasty.
22. This Chinese dynasty established the political patterns that
continued to govern China until the twentieth century.
a. Qin
b. Xhou
c. Tang
d. Han
23. Which of the following statements is true of both the Roman
and the Chinese Empires in the early years of the Common Era?
a. Both empires imposed a high degree of cultural uniformity on
their subjects.
b. Both empires claimed divine support to help sustain their rule.
c. Both empires repressed foreign religious ideas.
d. Both empires created an elaborate bureaucracy.
24. Which of the following statements is true of Roman
citizenship in the imperial period?
a. It was given only to people who had adopted Latin and other
elements of Roman culture.
b. It remained restricted to the people of Italy and only a few
special allies of the Roman state.
c. It gave legal status but did not mark cultural assimilation.
d. The number of citizens gradually declined as Italians tried to
maintain their privileges among the large number of non-Italians
in the empire.
25. Which of the following statements accurately reflects Roman
cultural attitudes?
a. Many elite Romans regarded Greek culture as superior to their
own.
b. Romans displayed a cultural arrogance that assumed that
everything non-Roman was “barbarian.”
c. Romans prided themselves on their warlike nature and largely
dismissed literature, art, and other elements of high culture as
effeminate.
d. Romans actively sought to impose their culture on their
subjects.
26. This second-wave empire created a civil service system that
provided a special education for bureaucrats, complete with
examinations and selection by merit.
a. Roman Empire
b. Persian Empire
c. Greek Empire
d. Chinese Empire
27. The major revolt that led to the fall of China’s Han dynasty is
known as the
a. Yellow Turban Rebellion.
b. Taiping Rebellion.
c. Great Slave Rebellion.
d. Great Buddhist Rebellion.
28. Which of the following statements is true of Indian
civilization?
a. It has often been politically fragmented but is united by a
common culture.
b. It is both politically fragmented and culturally diverse.
c. It is culturally diverse but has usually united politically.
d. Through history, it has usually been united both politically and
culturally.
29. Which statement accurately describes the political philosophy
of the Mauryan treatise called Arthashastra?
a. It advocates brotherly love and care for neighbor as the key to
successful political organization.
b. It advocates careful subordination of inferiors to superiors and
a sense of filial duty.
c. It advocates using the moral system of Hinduism as the basis
for the Mauryan state.
d. It advocates that rulers ignore considerations of morality and
act pragmatically to do whatever is best for the state.
30. Why is Ashoka important to world history?
a. He was the Han emperor of China who created China’s civil
service system.
b. He was a Mauryan emperor, an enlightened ruler who tried to
govern in accord with religious values.
c. He was the last ruler of the Persian Empire.
d. He was a Central Asian military leader whose invasion brought
down China’s Han dynasty.
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