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Question 1
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Cyrus and his son ruled their empire by following a practical approach of
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(A) threatening the people with gross injustices.
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(B) murdering local priests and nobles.
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(C) first marrying into the local nobility.
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(D) respecting local priests and native traditions.
Question 2
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Which of the following is not a tenet of Zoroastrianism?
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(A) Belief in reincarnation of the dead
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(B) Belief in one supreme deity
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(C) The triumph of good over evil
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(D) Belief that humans would be rewarded or punished in the afterlife for their deeds
Question 3
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What did the Persian Empire share in common with classical Greece in 500 b.c.e.?
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(A) Both possessed a strong sense of citizenship.
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(B) Both were expansive civilizations.
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(C) Both were ethnically homogeneous.
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(D) Both had a centralized political system.
Question 4
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In contrast to the Persian Empire, the political culture of classical Greek civilization
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(A) allowed for the limited participation of women in public assemblies.
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(B) featured popular participation in politics.
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(C) relied heavily on satraps to administer their states.
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(D) emphasized the absolute power of the monarch.
Question 5
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Although Greece is described as "resource poor" in the chapter, it economically prospered
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(A) because of successful manufacturing.
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(B) by using a large population as a large "service" sector.
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(C) through access to foreign resources, markets, and ideas.
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(D) through a brisk trade in slaves.
Question 6
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Despite the adoption of their alphabet system from the Phoenicians, literacy in Greece
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(A) remained elusive for several centuries, relying on oral traditions.
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(B) was undermined by the diversity of languages in the Greek islands.
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(C) was limited only to the priests.
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(D) was reserved for business transactions.
Question 7
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The Greek Dark Age was a period of
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(A) dark atmospheric conditions due to the eruptions of Mount Vesuvius.
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(B) commercial growth due to the use of dark-colored dyes in fabric.
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(C) poverty, isolation, and depopulation.
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(D) frequent disruption due to invasions.
Question 8
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An oligarchy is a society in which
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(A) a hereditary elite controls the power.
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(B) all landowners participate politically.
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(C) the wealthy members of society have political power.
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(D) all adult makes are allowed to vote.
Question 9
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The Archaic Greek development of humanism, a lasting feature of Western civilization, was
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(A) the subjugation of individuals' rights and will for the good of the state.
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(B) the political concept that the king was designated by God.
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(C) a short-lived attempt to treat humans as God.
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(D) a valuing of the uniqueness, rights,and talents of individuals.
Question 10
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The growth of democracy in classical Athens was accompanied by
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(A) harsh criticism from Greek intellectuals like Aristotle.
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(B) the simultaneous growth of slavery on a massive scale.
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(C) the abolition of slavery.
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(D) the association of slave status with race.
Question 11
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Greek philosophers emphasized which perspective of viewing the world?
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(A) Rational explanations for the world around them rather than reliance on religious conceptions.
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(B) Devotion to nature-based gods who were not anthropomorphic.
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(C) A skeptical view of science as the exclusive answers to all questions.
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(D) Rejection of polytheism.
Question 12
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How does the Peloponnesian War reveal an inherent flaw in Greek society?
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(A) The independent poleis fostered rivalry and mistrust among neighbors.
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(B) The poor in Greece suffered more severe hardship than in other world societies.
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(C) The hoplites were unreliable because of their exclusion from politics.
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(D) The Greeks refused to abandon their policy of nonviolence.
Question 13
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Which of the following were not "cosmopolitan" features of Hellenistic era was
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(A) Libraries and universities
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(B) Homogeneous societies
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(C) Scientific discoveries
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(D) The cultivation of art and literature
Question 14
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A major development that occurred during the Hellenistic era was
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(A) the Mongol conquest of Europe.
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(B) Sparta's defeat of Athens in the Peloponnesian War.
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(C) the spread of Greek culture throughout most of the ancient world.
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(D) the expansion of the Roman Empire to its greatest height.
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