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| 7063608204 | Hegemony | the predominance of one unit over the others in group, for example, one state in a confederation. It can also apply to the rule of an empire over its subject peoples, when the foreign government is exercised with their substantial consent | 0 | |
| 7063610047 | Dominance | the imposition of alien government through force, as opposed to hegemony | 1 | |
| 7063611127 | Balance of power | in international relations, a policy that aims to secure peace by preventing any one state or alignment of states from becoming too dominant | 2 | |
| 7063611848 | Satrapy | a province or colony in the Achaemenid or Persian Empire ruled by a satrap or governor. Darius I completed the division of the Empire into provinces, and established 20 satrapies with their annual tributes. The term "satrapy" can also refer to the period of rule of a satrap | 3 | |
| 7063615181 | Deme | a rural district or village in Ancient Greece, or its members or inhabitants. The demes were a constituent part of the polis but had their own corporations with police powers, and their own cults, officials, and property | 4 | |
| 7063617748 | Hoplite | a heavily armed foot soldier of ancient Greece, whose function was to fight in close formation, usually in ranks of eight men. Each soldier carried a heavy bronze shield, a short iron sword, and a long spear for thrusting | 5 | |
| 7063620656 | Agora | a central feature of ancient Greek town planning. Its chief function was a town market, social and political meeting place. Together with the acropolis, it normally housed the most important buildings of the town. Later, the Roman forum fulfilled this function | 6 | |
| 7063623808 | Sophist | an itinerant professor of higher education in ancient Greece, who gave instruction for a fee. The subjects taught, which included oratory, grammar, ethics, mathematics, and literature, had the practical aim of equipping pupils for successful careers. The sophist professor taught his students to argue all sides of every question, regardless of their merit. | 7 | |
| 7063630078 | Ecumene | a Greek word referring to the inhabited world and designating a distinct cultural historic community | 8 | |
| 7407264606 | Usually the most important administrative function of an empire is to: | taxes | 9 | |
| 7407264607 | The Akkadian empire: | connected Mesopotamia to the eastern Mediterranean coast | 10 | |
| 7407264608 | Imperial dominance: | Requires the use of sheer power to enforce dominance | 11 | |
| 7407264609 | Of the following, which is NOT a major cause of the decline and fall of empires? | fanatical belief in the ideology of the empire | 12 | |
| 7407264610 | Ancient Egypt: | Was often a unified state | 13 | |
| 7407264611 | The phrase "All roads lead to Rome," refers to: | the concept that a vast marketplace was brought together under the centralized rule of Rome. | 14 | |
| 7407264612 | The Hittite empire was centered in: | Anatolia | 15 | |
| 7407264613 | The Assyrians: | asserted their empire on three separate occasions | 16 | |
| 7407264614 | Empires: | usually grow through conquest | 17 | |
| 7407264615 | Mesopotamia's earliest power centers: | often fought over land and irrigation rights | 18 | |
| 7432481107 | Crete: | was once controlled by Mycenae | 19 | |
| 7432481108 | During the reign of Cyrus II, the Royal Road of the Persian Empire connected which of the following cities? | Sardis and Susa | 20 | |
| 7432481109 | The Greek city-state: | usually centered on a single city | 21 | |
| 7432481110 | Our understanding of Persian artistic design is based primarily on: | The imperial architecture of Persepolis | 22 | |
| 7432506107 | Which Persian ruler was the least benevolent to his subjects? | Cambyses II | 23 | |
| 7432506108 | The balance of power among the Egyptians, Medes, Babylonians, and Lydians was broken by: | Cyrus II | 24 | |
| 7432506109 | Darius I: | allowed a large measure of local control over administration and religion within his empire | 25 | |
| 7432506110 | The teachings of Zoroastrianism spread under the rule of which of the following? | Darius I | 26 | |
| 7432562309 | Which of the following was at different times controlled by the Hittites and by the Mitanni? | Harran | 27 | |
| 7443866725 | Socrates: | thought the citizen had obligations to the state | 28 | |
| 7443866726 | The use of the deme in Greek city-state politics made political identity dependent upon: | geography | 29 | |
| 7443866727 | After the Persian wars, Athens: | lost a war with Sparta | 30 | |
| 7443866728 | The Persian Empire: | failed to defeat Greece at the Battle of Marathon | 31 | |
| 7443866729 | Solon: | allowed common people to have an impact on government | 32 | |
| 7443866730 | The greatest number of battles in the Persian wars occurred in which of the following locations? | Attica | 33 | |
| 7457356942 | An important goal of Philip II was to liberate the Greek city-states in Asia Minor from Persian control. | True | 34 | |
| 7457356943 | Phillip II of Macedon: | wanted to bring peace to the Greek city-states | 35 | |
| 7457356944 | Alexander the Great extended his empire as far east as which of the following? | the Indus River | 36 | |
| 7457356945 | Alexander the Great: | typically ruled through local hierarchies | 37 | |
| 7457356946 | Which of the following empires began as city-states? | Mesopotamian and Greek | 38 | |
| 7457356947 | Which two leaders built kingdoms from the wreckage of Alexander's empire? | Ptolemy and Seleucus | 39 | |
| 7457356948 | Which of the following explains why Alexander failed to carry his empire as far as the Ganges in India? | His troops mutinied | 40 | |
| 7457356949 | One legacy of Alexander the Great was a the wide dispersion of Greek culture far beyond the Aegean. | True | 41 | |
| 7457356950 | Alexander governed his empire by first eliminating all traces of the existing indigenous institutions, then imposing the institutions of Hellenistic culture on all he conquered. | False | 42 |
