Deck 5: Dawn of the Empires

Question 1

Zoroaster is best known as the ________.

A) founder of a Persian religion
B) ruler of Persia at its greatest extent
C) first Greek philosopher
D) strongest of the Persian satraps

Answer 1

founder of a Persian religion

Question 2

The great library at Nineveh was founded by ________.

A) Esarhaddon
B) Zoroaster
C) Ashurbanipal
D) Aeschylus

Answer 2

Ashurbanipal

Question 3

Which of these peoples conquered a vast Middle Eastern empire from around 900 B.C.E.?

A) Egyptians
B) Akkadians
C) Assyrians
D) Hittites

Answer 3

Assyrians

Question 4

Which of these poets is usually credited with writing the Iliad and the Odyssey?

A) Sophocles
B) Plato
C) Homer
D) Thucydides

Question 5

The dominant leader of Athens in the fifth century was ________.

A) Herodotus
B) Cleisthenes
C) Solon
D) Pericles

Question 6

The temple of Abu Simbel was constructed under the pharaoh ________.

A) Hatshepsut
B) Akhenaten
C) Tutankhamen
D) Ramses II

Question 7

A Greek polis is a(n)________.

A) ethnic division
B) city-state
C) military unit
D) law code

Question 8

Which of these was a famous ruler of the Amorites,whose capital was at Babylon?

A) Cyrus the Great
B) Pericles
C) Sophocles
D) Hammurabi

Question 9

Which of these men founded the Akkadian Empire?

A) Sargon
B) Hammurabi
C) Darius I
D) Herodotus

Question 10

The civilization that emerged on Crete around 6000 B.C.E.was created by the ________.

A) Mycenaeans
B) Athenians
C) Minoans
D) Medes

Question 11

A satrapy is a Persian ________.

A) emperor
B) coin
C) administrative district
D) writing system

Question 12

Which of these created the Persian Empire?

A) Cyrus II
B) Darius I
C) Cyaxares of Media
D) Hammurabi

Question 13

Which of these men ruled from 486 to 464 B.C.E.and led a Persian assault on Greece?

A) Cambyses
B) Xerxes I
C) Cyrus the Great
D) Darius I

Question 14

Which of these was a Persian emperor who established the first Persian writing system?

A) Cambyses
B) Xerxes
C) Cyrus the Great
D) Darius I

Question 15

Which of these correctly pairs a notable Greek and his most famous work?

A) Phidias; The Persian Wars
B) Sophocles; Acropolis friezes
C) Plato; Ethics
D) Thucydides; History of the Peloponnesian War

Question 16

The most famous philosopher of fifth-century Athens was ________.

A) Socrates
B) Aristotle
C) Euripides
D) Plato

Question 17

In political terms,dominance is exerted through ________.

A) commercial influence
B) military force
C) migration
D) artistic superiority

Question 18

A deme is an Athenian ________.

A) holy site
B) marketplace
C) ruling council
D) geographical division

Question 19

In the Middle Kingdom,the Egyptians expanded south into ________.

A) Palestine
B) Nubia
C) the Nile delta
D) the Levantine Corridor

Question 20

In ancient Greece,hoplites were ________.

A) voters
B) trireme rowers
C) heavily armed infantry
D) political outcasts

Question 21

Aeschylus was a famous Athenian ________.

A) sculptor
B) playwright
C) general
D) historian

Question 22

The Behistun stone served the same purpose for Persian as the ________ for ancient Egyptian.

A) Great Pyramid
B) Narmer palette
C) Rosetta Stone
D) First Cataract

Question 23

In the context of Sargon's empire,Agade was ________.

A) on the margins of the empire
B) well placed as a capital
C) in hostile territory
D) a poor choice as capital

Question 24

All empires are alike in what respect?

A) They are all of similar size.
B) In all a single religion is imposed.
C) All share a single economic system.
D) They are all the result of conquest.

Question 25

The Battle of Issus resulted in a victory for ________.

A) Macedon
B) Persia
C) Egypt
D) Athens

Question 26

The advantage of a hegemonic empire over an empire achieved by dominance is that in a hegemonic empire ________.

A) it is easier to keep the peace
B) fear silences dissent
C) communication is easier because of its vastness
D) the military has a clear role

Question 27

The goal of a balance of power is to ________.

A) promote commerce
B) avoid war
C) reach an international consensus
D) establish an effective administration

Question 28

Which of these came to rule the Delian League?

A) Sparta
B) Delos
C) Athens
D) Corinth

Question 29

Which of these patterns was illustrated by the Amorites and Hittites?

A) the expansion of Mesopotamia to the east
B) the dominance of city-states
C) waves of invasions into Mesopotamia
D) the Indo-European migrations

Question 30

The probable goal of the audience hall at Persepolis was to ________.

A) store grain
B) impress visitors
C) serve as a shrine
D) administer the empire

Question 31

The Assyrians used deportation to ________.

A) expand their territory
B) rid their empire of hostile peoples
C) strengthen the Assyrian economy
D) control conquered peoples

Question 32

The rise of the Persian Empire represented a shift in power in the Middle East ________.

A) towards Egypt
B) to the east
C) to Media
D) back to Mesopotamia

Question 33

Which of these men founded the Athenian Academy?

A) Plato
B) Aristotle
C) Aristophanes
D) Lysistrata

Question 34

Which of these resulted from the battle of Qadesh in 1274?

A) a new balance of power
B) the Hittite invasion of Egypt
C) the end of the Persian Empire
D) the rise of the Egyptian Middle Kingdom

Question 35

In the Persian Empire,satrapies were a response to the problem of ________.

A) improving communication within the empire
B) establishing a uniform monetary system
C) religious dissent
D) administering a vast empire

Question 36

The son of Philip II and the ruler of Macedon from 336 to 323 B.C.E.was ________.

A) Seleucus
B) Alexander
C) Ptolemy
D) Solon

Question 37

Minoan Knossos is best characterized as a combination of ________.

A) fortress and museum
B) farming community and crossroads
C) religious and social centers
D) royal headquarters and urban center

Question 38

Which of these made Egypt an empire?

A) unification of Upper and Lower Egypt
B) expansion into Nubia
C) creation of the title "pharaoh"
D) the reign of Ramses II

Question 39

Like the other intermediate periods,Egypt's Third Intermediate Period was a time of ________.

A) invasion
B) territorial expansion
C) political fragmentation
D) religious turmoil

Question 40

As an Egyptian pharaoh,Hatshepsut was unusual because of being a ________.

A) conqueror
B) founder of a new dynasty
C) monotheist
D) woman

Question 41

The most important element in one's identity in ancient Greece was one's ________.

A) polis
B) language
C) ethnicity
D) religion

Question 42

As a military force,hoplites can be thought of as the opposite of ________.

A) infantry
B) armed knights
C) individual heroes
D) sailors

Question 43

Which of these best explains why Alexander's empire did not last long?

A) The Macedonians had no experience with ruling an empire.
B) Alexander's rule was too oppressive.
C) There was no time to establish an administration.
D) It was too vast.

Question 44

The Peloponnesian War can be said to have ________ the Macedonian invasion of Greece.

A) delayed
B) facilitated
C) prevented
D) been caused by

Question 45

How do empires differ from kingdoms or city-states? Why are historians concerned about this difference?

Question 46

How can you explain the fame of Alexander's conquests? Is this fame deserved?

Question 47

Compare the empires created by Assyrian and Egyptian rulers.What were their most important similarities and differences?

Question 48

Mycenaean civilization is best considered ________ Minoan civilization.

A) the product of
B) the forerunner of
C) contemporary and related to
D) the most important successor

Question 49

Compare and contrast Persian and Greek political traditions.

Question 50

Socrates and his followers focused on the use of ________.

A) sophistry
B) faith
C) science
D) reason

Question 51

What were the most important strengths and weaknesses of Persian rule?

Question 52

When Pericles says that "our city is an education to Greece," he means that Athens ________.

A) has the most important institutions of learning
B) is home to the greatest philosophers
C) has fostered many great ideas
D) is the best example of a Greek city-state

Question 53

The Akkadian,Persian,and Macedonian empires illustrate a pattern of ________ in the Middle East.

A) hegemonic empires
B) empires based on dominance
C) ever-larger empires
D) foreign invasions

Question 54

Unlike the Hittites,the Amorites were ________.

A) Indo-European
B) invaders
C) empire-builders
D) Semitic

Question 55

Ultimately,the Delian League became ________.

A) an Athenian Empire
B) the best Greek defense against Persia
C) the immediate cause of the Macedonian conquest of Greece
D) a strong unifying force in ancient Greece