Chapter 04 Student Quiz - World in the Making Volume 1 Student Resources

. The process of absorbing the cultural traditions of others, as happened with Egyptian

culture in Nubia, is called _____.

Syncretism.

Assimilation.

Tyranny.

Prejudice.

. The Nubian kings who ruled Egypt _____.

Saw themselves as culturally superior to the Egyptians.

Rejected Egyptian culture because they say themselves as militarily dominant.

Promoted Egyptian culture throughout their empire.

Maintained a distinctively African culture.

. In Meroitic culture, queens _____.

Enjoyed a high status.

Were kept hidden away.

Ruled over men.

Were forbidden from fighting.

. The Assyrians preferred direct rule of conquered territories because it aided their

drive to acquire the wealth and resources of other lands.

True.

False.

. Assimilation occurred in the Assyrian Empire because _____.

Of the government's decentralized rule.

Of the imperial deportation policy.

Conquered people genuinely admired Assyrian culture.

The Assyrians demanded that people change their way of life.

. The key to Persian success was _____.

Their respect for local identity.

Their success at assimilating conquered peoples.

The power of their gods.

Their democratic constitution.

. The Persian use of coinage helped facilitate trade.

True.

False.

. Zoroastrianism's sacred book is called the _____.

Avesta.

Qu'ran.

Persian Bible.

Vedas.

. The characteristic political unit of Greece, the polis, was _____.

A clan.

A nation.

A city-state.

A neighborhood.

. The Persian Empire won the wars against the Greeks.

True.

False.