Chapter 04 Quiz C with References

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

culture in Nubia, is called _____.

Syncretism.

Assimilation.

Tyranny.

Prejudice.

. Egyptian conquests during the New Kingdom _____.

Focused primarily on its enemies in Southwest Asia.

Focused primarily south, along the Nile.

Focused on expanding along the coastline of North Africa.

Both A and B.

. 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.

. Meroe's commercial advantage declined due to the rise of

The Egyptian New Kingdom.

The Assyrian Empire.

The Zulu kingdoms.

The Kingdom of Axum.

. In Meroitic culture, queens _____.

Enjoyed a high status.

Were kept hidden away.

Ruled over men.

Were forbidden from fighting.

. The Assyrian state was organized _____.

As a constitutional monarchy.

As a military hierarchy.

As a theocracy.

As an imperial-style dictatorship.

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

drive to acquire the wealth and resources of other lands.

True.

False.

. The Hebrew Bible is a challenging historical source because _____.

It honors the god Yahweh.

It is regarded as fundamentally factual.

It was composed by anonymous writers and adopted a variety of existing material.

It has no historical value.

. 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 great weakness of the Assyrian Empire was _____.

Its decentralized power structure.

Its multiculturalism.

Its requirement for a strong king.

The fact that they angered the gods.

. 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 Persians developed an extensive road system _____.

To facilitate trade.

To facilitate communication.

To guard against outside invaders.

To aid in cultural assimilation.

. The Persian use of coinage helped facilitate trade.

True.

False.

. The Zoroastrian religion was based on belief in _____.

One all powerful god.

Twin deities, a god and goddess.

Opposing forces of good and evil.

A pantheon of nature gods.

. Zoroastrianism's sacred book is called the _____.

Avesta.

Qu'ran.

Persian Bible.

Vedas.

. The Greeks established colonies _____.

On the coast of the Black Sea.

In Sicily.

In Spain.

All of the above.

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

A clan.

A nation.

A city-state.

A neighborhood.

. Greek military tactics centered on _____.

Chariot units called hoplite.

Infantry units called phalanx.

Ships called triremes.

Individual combat by champions.

. The Persian Empire won the wars against the Greeks.

True.

False.

. The two main antagonists in the Peloponnesian Wars were _____.

Athens and Sparta.

Athens and Thebes.

Greece and Mesopotamia.

Greece and Persia.

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