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Chapter 07 Self-Assessment
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According to one common interpretation, the underlying cause of the quarrel between Alexander the Great and one of his leading commanders, Cleitus, was that:
The two men were vying for the attentions of the same woman.
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Cleitus had implied that Alexander was becoming Persian in his approach to ruling rather than carrying on the Macedonian/Greek traditions.
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Cleitus was afraid that Alexander was becoming as violent and corrupt as his father, Philip II, had been.
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Cleitus was trying to gather support to topple Alexander and seize royal power himself.
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All of the following were true of the Persians EXCEPT:
They originated as agrarian villagers and nomadic herders during the Bronze Age.
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They had limited success in their efforts to move southward until they reached Mesopotamia, where they learned horse breeding.
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The earliest homeland we can identify was in Central Asia south of the Ural Mountains.
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By the middle of the second millennium BCE, they had reached the Aral Sea region.
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Foot soldiers in Greek armies were called:
Satraps
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Helots
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Argives
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Hoplites
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Cyrus the Great, the first Achaemenid Emperor, describes himself as
The servant of the people
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The representative of Marduk on earth.
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The founder of Zoroastrianism.
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The first among equals.
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Provincial governors appointed by the Persian king were called:
Shahinshahs
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Satraps
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Pukhru
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Nadirs
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The administrative language of the Achaemenid Empire was:
Farsi
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Aramaic
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Hebrew
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Elamite
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All of the following made it easier for the Achaemenid Empire to expand, EXCEPT:
A chain of police and army posts.
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A series of roadways connecting Persia with other parts of its empire.
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Scribes who could communicate in a common language.
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A requirement that all taxes be paid in officially minted coins.
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The Greek city-states:
Were all affiliated with either Sparta or Athens, the two most powerful Greek cities.
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Were all governed democratically.
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Were engaged in multiple rivalries, making it easier for the Persian Empire to expand.
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Were united into a single nation-state by 500 BCE.
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All of the following constituted bonds between Greek cities EXCEPT:
A common religious and literary culture.
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A common system of coinage.
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Participation in activities such as the Olympic Games.
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Patronage of oracles affiliated with temples in neutral zones.
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Constitutional reformers in Athens:
Were inspired by the writings of Socrates.
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Included Solon and Cleisthenes.
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Abolished slavery.
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Instituted common ownership of agricultural lands.
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All of the following were true of Sparta EXCEPT:
Little boys were taken from home at age seven and entered military camps.
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Married soldiers were expected to leave their families at home and report for duty with one hour's notice.
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Women were expected to be fully indoctrinated in the Spartan military ethic.
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Sparta's economic system was based on slave labor.
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The Greek city-states were targets of Persian imperialism largely because:
They blocked Persian access to the Mediterranean Sea.
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They seemed to be lacking in the maritime skill necessary to defend against a water-based invasion.
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Athens's support of rebels in Anatolia attracted Persian attention.
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Persians feared the military expertise of Spartan armies.
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Immediately after repelling the Persian armies, the Greek city-states:
Launched an invasion of the Persian empire.
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Were divided by rivalries and resentments between Sparta and Athens.
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Were threatened by a strong navy built by Sparta with Persian assistance.
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Decided to put aside their rivalries and form a permanent alliance.
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All of the following were true of Macedonia EXCEPT:
The people of the Greek city-states considered them to be barbarians.
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They had not developed a strong urban culture.
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They did not have the sophistication to develop a strong military presence.
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They spoke a dialect of Greek that was difficult for other Greeks to understand.
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The war between Macedonia and Persia began because:
Philip declared war on Persia in revenge for an act by Persia 150 years earlier.
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Alexander the Great was a military genius and realized he could enrich Macedonia at the Persians' expense.
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The Macedonians were in a state of famine and launched an invasion in the attempt to acquire good agricultural lands.
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There was wide suspicion that Alexander had murdered his father, and Alexander realized that he would not be tried for the crime during a time of war.
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The long-range implications of Alexander's conquests included all of the below EXCEPT:
The spread of Greek culture into central Asia and India.
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The migration of about a million Greeks to the areas that comprised the empire.
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Long-lasting, stable political systems across the region.
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The institution of successor states in Egypt and Southwest Asia.
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The Persian state that re-formed about a century after Alexander's death was:
Parthia
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Bactria
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Ptolemaic Egypt
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Attalid Asia Minor
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The state of Parthia became a major power in the second century BCE for all the following reasons EXCEPT:
The Seleucids were distracted by conflicts on their western front with Ptolemaic Egypt.
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The Parthians recognized Seleucid overlordship while also expanding their power.
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The Wudi emperor of China threatened to attack the Seleucid territory of Bactria.
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The Seleucids were reduced to a small rump kingdom after the Parthian conquest of Iran and Mesopotamia.
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Romans began unifying the Italian peninsula under their control:
In the fourth century BCE.
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About 2000 BCE.
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Around the early eighth century BCE.
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Immediately after the Etruscans had migrated into the area.
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The wealth of the Roman aristocracy was based on:
land ownership.
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trade.
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ownership of financial institutions.
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slavery.
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The Roman Peace on the borders was rarely disrupted during the first two centuries following Augustus, but problems did occur:
Primarily on the northern border, where the kingdom of Meroë was in the ascendancy.
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Primarily on the eastern border, where it was adjacent to Parthia.
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Mainly along the southern border, where Arabian nomads were pressing.
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Largely on the western border, where Viking ships were making raids on the British Isles and Iberian Peninsula.
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All of the following is true of the Christian population of Rome at the beginning of Constantine's rule EXCEPT:
It constituted about 10 percent of the empire's total inhabitants, making it large enough to be a valuable source of support.
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It existed primarily in hiding.
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Its religious beliefs had been evolving for nearly three centuries.
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It lacked a common doctrinal platform, in the form of a "creed".
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From the spread of bubonic plague between Africa, Asia, and Europe during the mid-sixth century of the common era, scholars have deduced all of the following EXCEPT:
The existence of active trade routes.
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Evidence of changes in weather.
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Worldwide patterns of disease outbreaks.
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Populations recovered from devastating plagues very quickly, generally within 40 years or less.
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The Avesta was:
A holy text among the Zoroastrians.
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A body of liturgical texts used by the magi.
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Originally an oral text that was passed down by a priestly class.
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All of the above.
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The three main Christian denominations that emerged by 600 CE included all EXCEPT the following:
The Orthodox Catholic Church.
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The Egyptian Coptic Church.
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The Protestant Lutheran Church.
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The Eastern Syriac Church.
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The Library of Alexandria:
Was devoted primarily to research in the pure and natural sciences.
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Was patronized by the Antigonids.
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Was established by Aristotle, in order to facilitate his tutoring of Alexander.
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Contained no religious literature.
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