Deck 3: D: State and Empire in Eurasianorth Africa 500 B.C.E-500 C.E

Question 1

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example.
Dynasty that ruled China from 206 B.C.E.to 220 C.E. ,creating a durable state based on Shihuangdi's state-building achievement.

A)Persian Empire
B)Athenian democracy
C)Greco-Persian Wars
D)Alexander the Great
E)Hellenistic era
F)Augustus
G)Pax Romana
H)Qin Shihuangdi
I)Han dynasty
J)Trung Trac
K)Kushan Empire
L)Mauryan Empire
M)Ashoka

Answer 1

Han dynasty

Question 2

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example.
A sizable and prosperous empire linked to the Silk Road trading network in a region that now encompasses northwestern India,Pakistan,Afghanistan,and Tajikistan.

A)Persian Empire
B)Athenian democracy
C)Greco-Persian Wars
D)Alexander the Great
E)Hellenistic era
F)Augustus
G)Pax Romana
H)Qin Shihuangdi
I)Han dynasty
J)Trung Trac
K)Kushan Empire
L)Mauryan Empire
M)Ashoka

Answer 2

Kushan Empire

Question 3

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example.
The period from 323 to 30 B.C.E.in which Greek culture spread widely in Eurasia and North Africa in the kingdoms ruled by Alexander's political successors.

A)Persian Empire
B)Athenian democracy
C)Greco-Persian Wars
D)Alexander the Great
E)Hellenistic era
F)Augustus
G)Pax Romana
H)Qin Shihuangdi
I)Han dynasty
J)Trung Trac
K)Kushan Empire
L)Mauryan Empire
M)Ashoka

Answer 3

Hellenistic era

Question 4

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example.
A radical form of direct democracy in which much of the free male population of Athens had the franchise and officeholders were chosen by lot.

A)Persian Empire
B)Athenian democracy
C)Greco-Persian Wars
D)Alexander the Great
E)Hellenistic era
F)Augustus
G)Pax Romana
H)Qin Shihuangdi
I)Han dynasty
J)Trung Trac
K)Kushan Empire
L)Mauryan Empire
M)Ashoka

Question 5

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example.
The "Roman peace," a term typically used to denote the stability and prosperity of the early Roman Empire,especially in the first and second centuries C.E.

A)Persian Empire
B)Athenian democracy
C)Greco-Persian Wars
D)Alexander the Great
E)Hellenistic era
F)Augustus
G)Pax Romana
H)Qin Shihuangdi
I)Han dynasty
J)Trung Trac
K)Kushan Empire
L)Mauryan Empire
M)Ashoka

Question 6

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example.
The most famous ruler of the Mauryan Empire (r.268-232 B.C.E. ),who converted to Buddhism and tried to rule peacefully and with tolerance.

A)Persian Empire
B)Athenian democracy
C)Greco-Persian Wars
D)Alexander the Great
E)Hellenistic era
F)Augustus
G)Pax Romana
H)Qin Shihuangdi
I)Han dynasty
J)Trung Trac
K)Kushan Empire
L)Mauryan Empire
M)Ashoka

Question 7

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example.
Two major Persian invasions of Greece,in 490 B.C.E.and 480 B.C.E. ,in which the Persians were defeated on both land and sea.

A)Persian Empire
B)Athenian democracy
C)Greco-Persian Wars
D)Alexander the Great
E)Hellenistic era
F)Augustus
G)Pax Romana
H)Qin Shihuangdi
I)Han dynasty
J)Trung Trac
K)Kushan Empire
L)Mauryan Empire
M)Ashoka

Question 8

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example.
Ruled from 356 to 323,B.C.E. ;conqueror of the Persian Empire and part of northwest India.

A)Persian Empire
B)Athenian democracy
C)Greco-Persian Wars
D)Alexander the Great
E)Hellenistic era
F)Augustus
G)Pax Romana
H)Qin Shihuangdi
I)Han dynasty
J)Trung Trac
K)Kushan Empire
L)Mauryan Empire
M)Ashoka

Question 9

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example.
Literally "first emperor from the Qin" (r.221-210 B.C.E. );he forcibly reunited China and established a strong and repressive state.

A)Persian Empire
B)Athenian democracy
C)Greco-Persian Wars
D)Alexander the Great
E)Hellenistic era
F)Augustus
G)Pax Romana
H)Qin Shihuangdi
I)Han dynasty
J)Trung Trac
K)Kushan Empire
L)Mauryan Empire
M)Ashoka

Question 10

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example.
A Vietnamese women from an aristocratic military family who led an ultimately unsuccessful revolt against China around 40 C.E.following the execution of her husband.

A)Persian Empire
B)Athenian democracy
C)Greco-Persian Wars
D)Alexander the Great
E)Hellenistic era
F)Augustus
G)Pax Romana
H)Qin Shihuangdi
I)Han dynasty
J)Trung Trac
K)Kushan Empire
L)Mauryan Empire
M)Ashoka

Question 11

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example.
A major empire (322-185 B.C.E. )that encompassed most of India.

A)Persian Empire
B)Athenian democracy
C)Greco-Persian Wars
D)Alexander the Great
E)Hellenistic era
F)Augustus
G)Pax Romana
H)Qin Shihuangdi
I)Han dynasty
J)Trung Trac
K)Kushan Empire
L)Mauryan Empire
M)Ashoka

Question 12

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example.
Also known as Octavian,he was the first emperor of Rome after the civil war and reigned from 27 B.C.E.to 14 C.E.

A)Persian Empire
B)Athenian democracy
C)Greco-Persian Wars
D)Alexander the Great
E)Hellenistic era
F)Augustus
G)Pax Romana
H)Qin Shihuangdi
I)Han dynasty
J)Trung Trac
K)Kushan Empire
L)Mauryan Empire
M)Ashoka

Question 13

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example.
A major empire that expanded from the Iranian plateau to incorporate the Middle East from Egypt to India;flourished from around 550 to 330 B.C.E.

A)Persian Empire
B)Athenian democracy
C)Greco-Persian Wars
D)Alexander the Great
E)Hellenistic era
F)Augustus
G)Pax Romana
H)Qin Shihuangdi
I)Han dynasty
J)Trung Trac
K)Kushan Empire
L)Mauryan Empire
M)Ashoka