Chapter 7-12 Test Questions
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| 523756846 | The Medes and the Persians were | D) Indo-Europeans who migrated from central Asia to Persia. | 0 | |
| 523756847 | Which of the following descriptions is NOT correct with regard to the Medes and Persians from the tenth to the sixth century B.C.E.? | E) descendants of the Greeks; related to Alexander of Macedon | 1 | |
| 523756848 | Which of the following is true of Cyrus? | E) All these answers are correct. | 2 | |
| 523756849 | Egypt was conquered by | B) Cambyses. | 3 | |
| 523756850 | To govern a far-flung empire consisting of more than seventy distinct ethnic groups, the Achaemenid rulers | A) established lines of communication and centralized administration. | 4 | |
| 523756851 | The Persian Royal Road stretched some 2,575 kilometers (1,600 miles) from Sardis in Lydia to Susa in Iran. To travel from one end to the other, it would take | B) ninety days for caravans | 5 | |
| 523756852 | The "Persian Wars" (500-479 B.C.E.) refers to A) the rebellions of Mesopotamia and Egypt against the Achaemenid overlord. | B) the rebellions of the Greek city-states, fighting for their independence. | 6 | |
| 523756853 | Alexander's invasion of the Achaemenid empire met with great success because | C) his army was well disciplined, was well armed, and used sophisticated tactics. | 7 | |
| 523756854 | The rulers of the Seleucid empire could not control the empire effectively, primarily because | B) as foreigners, they were opposed by native Persians. | 8 | |
| 523756855 | All of the following are true of the Parthians EXCEPT that they | A) had a centralized government. | 9 | |
| 523756856 | The Parthian empire was toppled by | D) a revolt from within the empire. | 10 | |
| 523756857 | The administration of the Persian empires called for a new class of bureaucrats who | E) All these answers are correct. | 11 | |
| 523756858 | The construction of numerous underground canals (known as qanat) was undertaken because | C) water was scarce, and underground canals could keep water from evaporating. | 12 | |
| 523756859 | In classical Persia, slaves | E) All these answers are correct | 13 | |
| 523756860 | The economic foundation of classical Persian society was | E) agriculture. | 14 | |
| 523756861 | The growth of trade was promoted by | E) All these answers are correct. | 15 | |
| 523756862 | Zarathustra was | B) a prophet. | 16 | |
| 523756863 | Which of the following was NOT a Zoroastrian teaching? | C) ascetic renunciation of the world in favor of a future heavenly existence | 17 | |
| 523756864 | From the mid-seventh century, Zoroastrianism lost its popularity because | A) Zoroastrians were converting to Islam. | 18 | |
| 523756865 | Which of the following religions did NOT attract large numbers of converts in the Persian empires? | D) Hinduism | 19 | |
| 523756866 | In 99 B.C.E. the great historian of China, Sima Qian, suffered from castration because | C) his view contradicted the emperor's judgment. | 20 | |
| 523756867 | Confucius left an enduring mark on Chinese society as | A) an educator and political advisor | 21 | |
| 523756868 | By junzi, or "superior individuals," Confucius meant | D) superior individuals with a broad view of public affairs. | 22 | |
| 523756869 | Confucius never composed formal writings, but his disciples collected his remarks into a work called the | D) Analects. | 23 | |
| 523756870 | Mencius, the principal spokesman for the Confucian school, advocated that | B) government should be organized through benevolence and humane action. | 24 | |
| 523756871 | The concept dao means | B) the original force of the cosmos, an eternal and unchanging principle that governs all the workings of the world. | 25 | |
| 523756872 | An individual who practiced the Daoist virtue of wuwei would | D) go with the flow of the cosmos and live in harmony with nature. | 26 | |
| 523756873 | Individuals in traditional China could live as "Confucians by day . . . and Daoists by night." This refers to the notion that | B) Confucianism and Daoism were not mutually exclusive but, in many people's eyes, complemented each other. | 27 | |
| 523756874 | To make a strong and powerful state, Legalist ministers | D) encouraged agricultural cultivation and military service. | 28 | |
| 523756875 | The First Emperor Qin Shihuangdi | E) All these answers are correct. | 29 | |
| 523756876 | The excavation site of the First Emperor's tomb near modern Xi'an is a great tourist attraction. When you visit the tomb, you can see | A) a great terra-cotta army of Qin soldiers and cavalry. | 30 | |
| 523756877 | The great Qin empire only lasted a few years. It was ended by | B) waves of revolts | 31 | |
| 523756878 | Liu Bang | C) constructed the most highly decentralized state in China's history up to that point. | 32 | |
| 523756879 | Han Wudi, the greatest and most energetic emperor of the Han dynasty, was remembered by later generations | B) as the "Martial Emperor." | 33 | |
| 523756880 | In preparing government officials, the imperial university of the Later Han enrolled more than three thousand students, with its curriculum primarily based on | D) Confucianism. | 34 | |
| 523756881 | Han Wudi decided to go on the offensive against the Xiongnu primarily because | A) he wanted to pacify them and create a central Asian corridor to trade | 35 | |
| 523756882 | Which of the following is NOT true with regard to Chinese silk? | A) Sericulture was first discovered by the Chinese during the Han dynasty. | 36 | |
| 523756883 | After 100 C.E. most Chinese writing was on | C) paper | 37 | |
| 523756884 | After Wang Mang usurped the throne of the Han, he attempted to | A) restore land that had been taken from the royal family. | 38 | |
| 523756885 | An event leading to the collapse of the Han dynasty was | A) the Yellow Turban uprising. | 39 | |
| 523756886 | Which of the following was NOT conveyed by the author of the Indika? | C) The Indians were suffering from poverty and all kinds of miseries | 40 | |
| 523756887 | In contrast to Persia and China, classical India | C) lacked a strong and continuing imperial tradition. | 41 | |
| 523756888 | The invasions of Darius and Alexander played an important role in Indian politics and history because | D) the intrusions destroyed many petty kingdoms and created a political vacuum. | 42 | |
| 523756889 | The man who founded the first Indian empire was | A) Chandragupta Maurya. | 43 | |
| 523756890 | Ashoka, the great emperor of the Mauryan empire, | C) converted to Buddhism after his bloody war against Kalinga. | 44 | |
| 523756891 | Which of the following caused the Mauryan empire to decline and collapse? | A) financial difficulties caused by maintaining the army and bureaucracy | 45 | |
| 523756892 | The Kushan empire | E) All these answers are correct | 46 | |
| 523756893 | Compared with the Mauryan empire, the Gupta empire was | E) All these answers are correct. | 47 | |
| 523756894 | The White Huns occupied Bactria and prepared to cross the Hindu Kush into India during the fourth and fifth centuries. Their invasions | C) initially met fierce resistance from the Gupta empire | 48 | |
| 523756895 | Which of the following is true with respect to marriage in classical India? | E) All these answers are correct | 49 | |
| 523756896 | In classical India, jati | B) had their own courts to control crimes and solve disputes | 50 | |
| 523756897 | Your textbook states that "economic development and social change in classical India had profound implications for the established cultural as well as the social order." By this the authors mean that | D) new religions emerged to meet the needs of changing times. | 51 | |
| 523756898 | According to legend, Siddhartha Gautama, the first Buddha, abandoned his family and comfortable life to lead the existence of a holy man because of his concern with | A) suffering. | 52 | |
| 523756899 | The religious goal of early Buddhism was | D) nirvana. | 53 | |
| 523756900 | According to the authors of the textbook, Jainism and Buddhism appealed especially to members of lower castes because both religions | B) did not recognize social distinctions based on caste or jati. | 54 | |
| 523756901 | Which of the following statements does NOT apply to Ashoka's support of Buddhism? | E) He abdicated his throne, abandoned his imperial family, lived in a Buddhist monastery, and finally attained nirvana. | 55 | |
| 523756902 | One of the differences between early Buddhism and Mahayana Buddhism was that | A) Mahayana theologians invented the notion of the boddhisatva | 56 | |
| 523756903 | Buddhism gradually lost its popularity in India because | D) it grew increasingly remote from the population at large | 57 | |
| 523756904 | Which of the following is NOT true with regard to Hinduism? | A) It restricted sexual activities. | 58 | |
| 523756905 | In Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, the ancient Greeks were portrayed as | A) expert and fearless seafarers | 59 | |
| 523756906 | Which of the following is true with regard to Minoan and Mycenaean societies? | B) Both societies built palaces. | 60 | |
| 523756907 | By "tyrants" the Greeks meant | B) ambitious politicians who gained power by irregular means. | 61 | |
| 523756908 | Alexander's troops refused to go any further from home after they reached ________ in 327 B.C.E. | E) India | 62 | |
| 523756909 | The principal agent(s) for the spread of Buddhism over the silk roads was/were | B) merchants. | 63 | |
| 523756910 | Which of the following is true with regard to the Indian influence in southeast Asia? | E) All these answers are correct. | 64 | |
| 523756911 | Mani, the founder of Manichaeism, promoted a syncretic blend of | B) Zoroastrianism, Christianity, and Buddhism | 65 | |
| 523756912 | With regard to epidemic diseases on the silk roads, which of the following is NOT true? | C) The diseases caused the greatest population loss in India. | 66 | |
| 523756913 | Immediately after the dissolution of the Han empire in 220 C.E., China | A) was taken over by nomadic peoples. | 67 | |
| 523756914 | Which of the following did NOT contribute to the popularity of Buddhism in post-Han China? | A) The threats of epidemic diseases turned the Chinese to Buddhism for personal salvation. | 68 | |
| 523756915 | What happened to the silk roads after the decline of the Han and Roman empires? | C) There was less activity, but trade revived along the routes in the sixth century C.E. | 69 |
