Chapter 7 Quiz

Interaction and Adaptation in Western Eurasia: Persia, Greece, and Rome, 550 BCE–600 CE
. A key element of the Persian army was their heavily armored horsemen called:

. All of the following were true of the Persians EXCEPT:

. Foot soldiers in Greek armies were called:

. Cyrus the Great, the first Achaemenid Emperor, describes himself as

. Provincial governors appointed by the Persian king were called:

. The administrative language of the Achaemenid Empire was:

. To facilitate the movement of the army and improve trade the Persians:

. The Greek city-states:

. Two common bonds that the Greeks shared were:

. Constitutional reformers in Athens:

. All of the following were true of Sparta EXCEPT:

. The Greek city-states were targets of Persian imperialism largely because:

. Immediately after repelling the Persian armies:

. Philip II of _________ unified his state and conquered the Greek city-states to the south of him.

. Philip II's expansion was continued by:

. A long-range implication of Alexander's conquests was:

. The Persian state that re-formed about a century after Alexander's death was:

. Diplomatic contact between China and ________ helped open up the Silk Road.

. Romans began unifying the Italian peninsula under their control:

. The wealth of the Roman aristocracy was based on:

. The Roman Peace was based mostly on:

. All of the following is true of the Christian population of the Roman Empire at the beginning of Constantine's rule EXCEPT:

. 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 Avesta was:

. The three main Christian denominations that emerged by 600 CE included all EXCEPT the following:

. The Library of Alexandria:

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A map of Ancient Greece during the sixth century B C E. Major regions include Thrace in the north; Phrygia, Lydia, Ionia, and Caria in the East; Laconia in the Southwest, Messenia, Achaea, Epirus, and Thessaly in the West; Euboea, Boeotia, and Attica in the central region, and Macedonia and Chalcidice in the northwest.


The map above shows the city-states of sixth century BCE Greece. Which of these city states were the two largest?

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A map traces the extent of Alexander's Empire, which covered the central part of Eurasia during 323 B C E. Greece was one of the dependant states of Alexander. Granicus River, Issus, Tyre, Arbela, and Hydraspes were some of the battle sites. Alexander's route goes from Macedonia to Sardis in Turkey, then down along the Mediterranean coastline of the Middle East to Tyre, Jerusalem, into North Africa, Memphis, Alexandria, and back along the Middle East and Central Asia crossing Susa, Persepolis in present-day Iran, Ecbatana, Parthia, Bactria or present-day Afghanistan, along west India, and back across Central Asia and the Middle East to Persepolis.


Which region of the Seleucid Kingdom, shown in the map above, revolted against the king and established an empire towards the end of the second century BCE?

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A photo of the remains of the Barrel Vault of the Sasanid Royal reception hall.


What Sasanid architectural technique in the image above was later adopted by Rome and western Europe?

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