Chapter 3 Quiz

Question 1

How long Did Cyrus the great rule Persia?

Answer 1

Ruled 559- 529 B.C.E

Question 2

Who took over after Cyrus the great?

Answer 2

His son Cambyses took over

Question 3

The empire ruled by Cambyses was known as?

Answer 3

The Achaemenid empire(sometimes called the first Persian empire).

Question 4

What civilizations did the Achaemenid empire unite?

Answer 4

Mesopotamia, Egypt, and India

Question 5

How many ethnic groups did the Achaemenid empire include?

Answer 5

More than 70

Question 6

Why did Persia divide its self into provinces?

Answer 6

So that the kings policies announced in the capital Persepolis, so it could be administered through outside the empire

Question 7

What is a Satrap

Answer 7

A ruler of a province who was responsible to the emperor, not to local leader

Question 8

What are inspectors

Answer 8

They would travel to each province and report to the king on the behavior of the satraps

Question 9

What did inspectors and satraps make

Answer 9

It made a Administrative Bureaucracy

Question 10

What did Darius do to pay for the Bureaucracy

Answer 10

He instituted regular tax payments

Question 11

Where was Persepolis located

Answer 11

Iran

Question 12

What was the royal road

Answer 12

Was the most famous network of roads that encouraged trade

Question 13

What did Darius add to the Royal road

Answer 13

He added an efficient courier service with postal stations along this road

Question 14

What was caravanserai

Answer 14

Was a combination inns and markets for people traveling the royal road by camel caravan

Question 15

What did common currency do

Answer 15

Made trade simpler and untied the empire and promoting prosperity

Question 16

What did Xerxes build

Answer 16

He built a gate of all nations to show he was honoring all of his subjects

Question 17

What did Persia allow

Answer 17

Persia allowed for cultural diversity and was unlike other empires during this time

Question 18

What did Zarathustra teach

Answer 18

There was one god and his name was Ahura Mazda, taught the concepts of heaven and hell

Question 19

What were priests called

Answer 19

Magi’s( they passed Zarathustra’s teachings

Question 20

What was a qanat used for

Answer 20

To reduce the evaporation of the water as it traveled to the fields

Question 21

Turkey exports

Answer 21

Ivory and gold

Question 22

Exports from Phoenicia

Answer 22

Cedar and woolen fabrics

Question 23

Exports from Phoenicia

Answer 23

Cedar and woolen fabrics

Question 24

Greece exports

Answer 24

Wine and oil

Question 25

Egypt exports

Answer 25

Grain, textiles, and papyrus

Question 26

Where did conflict began Persia vs Greece

Answer 26

Asia Minor

Question 27

What alliance did Athenians make

Answer 27

The Delian league( Athens had strong naval power) they beat many empires on water

Question 28

What caused the decline of Persia

Answer 28

Cost of battles, Xerxes began to take a less tolerant attitude toward non Persians in the empire

Question 29

What did Philip ll do

Answer 29

He united the Greek city states and conquered Asia Minor except Sparta

Question 30

Why could Phillip not achieve his goal

Answer 30

Because he was assassinated

Question 31

What did Alexander do

Answer 31

He picked native residents to help him rule and control a specific part of the empire, founded the great city of Alexandria

Question 32

What was Alexandria

Answer 32

A major city that was a major sea port and had the largest library of the ancient world in it

Question 33

Decline of Alexander’s rule

Answer 33

When he died the central administration of the empire collapsed,

Question 34

What’s are Seleucids

Answer 34

We’re rulers of Persia

Question 35

Who were the Parthian’s

Answer 35

Ruled Iraq, Iran, and western India, they were originally a nomadic group

Question 36

Similarities of Greece and Persian empire

Answer 36

They had wide cultural influence and covered a large territory, they allowed most women few rights,

Question 37

Differences of Greece and Persian empire

Answer 37

Greeks had many god while Persians believed in one god, Greeks were more unified culturally while Persians had hight tolerance for diverse traditions

Question 38

What is syncretism

Answer 38

The combination of different form of beliefs or practices

Question 39

What did majority people think of Alexander

Answer 39

They thought he was a great emperor and had much evidence to prove so.

Question 40

Who was in of the first historians to write about Alexander

Answer 40

Arrian Falvius

Question 41

Where did Minoans live

Answer 41

On an island called Crete

Question 42

How did Minoan’s economically strive

Answer 42

They were relied on trade, which made them rich

Question 43

What was the wealthiest city on the Aahan for a while?

Answer 43

Knossos which was built by Minoans

Question 44

Who was the king of Knossos

Answer 44

King Minos

Question 45

What was the decline of Minoan and Mycenaean called

Answer 45

Dark age

Question 46

What was an example of continuity?

Answer 46

Culture from Knossos Spread to the Mediterranean area and Southwest Asia

Question 47

What did the irregular coastline do

Answer 47

Made seafaring and trade important

Question 48

What did the Greeks adopt from Phoenicians

Answer 48

Adopted their alphabet and made communication more efficient

Question 49

Poleis

Answer 49

City states

Question 50

What was Sparta known for

Answer 50

Had a very strong military

Question 51

What age did children start at

Answer 51

7 and ended at 60

Question 52

What did Solon do

Answer 52

Became known as a wise ruler who improve life in Athens and is credited with setting free many Athenians in Slade for debt

Question 53

Pericles impact

Answer 53

During this time was known as the golden age when he ruled Athens

Question 54

Socrates

Answer 54

Hysteria on continually asking questions to clarify other person’s ideas

Question 55

Who was Plato

Answer 55

Plateau was a student of Socrates, he opened a school called the Academy

Question 56

Who was Aristotle?

Answer 56

He was most famous for his ideas about ethics

Question 57

What was the Greek religion based on?

Answer 57

The Greek religion was based on an influential set of myths