Question 1

The Kushan state was founded by the

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A) Parthians. 
B) Bactrians. 
C) Scythians. 
D) Yueh-chih. 
E) none of these choices 
A) Parthians. 
B) Bactrians. 
C) Scythians. 
D) Yueh-chih. 
E) none of these choices

Question 2

Identification
-Mount Pangaeus

Accepted Answer

Mount Pangaeus, also known as Mount Pang

Question 3

Typical of Mauryan cities were

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A) strong walls and watch towers. 
B) pleasure parks. 
C) assembly halls. 
D) gambling places. 
E) all of these choices 
A) strong walls and watch towers. 
B) pleasure parks. 
C) assembly halls. 
D) gambling places. 
E) all of these choices

Question 4

Identification
-Tung Chung-shu

Accepted Answer

Tung Chung-shu (also spelled Dong Zhongs

Question 5

Identification
-Porus

Accepted Answer

Porus, also known as Purushottama or Pur

Question 6

The Emperor Wu

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A) ascended the throne at age fifteen. 
B) sought to reinforce central power at the expense of feudal lords and merchant princes. 
C) employed Legalistic methods while proclaiming Confucianism the state ideology 
D) all of these choices 
E) none of these choices 
A) ascended the throne at age fifteen. 
B) sought to reinforce central power at the expense of feudal lords and merchant princes. 
C) employed Legalistic methods while proclaiming Confucianism the state ideology 
D) all of these choices 
E) none of these choices

Question 7

Identification
-Philip II

Accepted Answer

Philip II, also known as Philip II of Ma

Question 8

Identification
-Isocrates

Accepted Answer

Isocrates was an ancient Greek rhetorici

Question 9

Briefly characterize the trade relations between Han China and imperial Rome.

Accepted Answer

The trade relations between Han China an

Question 10

Which of the following statements about Han China's agriculture is false?

Accepted Answer

A) Land was owned and could be bought and sold only by the state. 
B) The typical farm consisted of about seventeen acres. 
C) Iron plows were in common use. 
D) Farm machinery was generally pulled by oxen. 
E) none of these choices 
A) Land was owned and could be bought and sold only by the state. 
B) The typical farm consisted of about seventeen acres. 
C) Iron plows were in common use. 
D) Farm machinery was generally pulled by oxen. 
E) none of these choices

Question 11

India after the fall of the Mauryan Empire differed from western Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire in that

Accepted Answer

A) there was little central control by government. 
B) borderlands suffered from foreign invasions. 
C) intellectual and artistic life was not devastated. 
D) all of these choices 
E) none of these choices 
A) there was little central control by government. 
B) borderlands suffered from foreign invasions. 
C) intellectual and artistic life was not devastated. 
D) all of these choices 
E) none of these choices

Question 12

Identification
-Pan Chao

Accepted Answer

Pan Chao (also spelled Ban Zhao) was a C

Question 13

Identification
-Hannibal

Accepted Answer

Hannibal was a Carthaginian general and

Question 14

Identification
-Parthia

Accepted Answer

Identification Parthia refers to the rec

Question 15

It is known from the Roman Emperor Diocletian's "Edict on Maximum Prices" that silk imported from China

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A) was extremely plentiful. 
B) when dyed purple was rated at triple the value of gold by weight. 
C) could not legally be bought or sold within the Roman Empire. 
D) could not compete with domestic silk. 
E) all of these choices 
A) was extremely plentiful. 
B) when dyed purple was rated at triple the value of gold by weight. 
C) could not legally be bought or sold within the Roman Empire. 
D) could not compete with domestic silk. 
E) all of these choices

Question 16

Identification
-Ganges River

Accepted Answer

The Ganges River, also known as the Gang

Question 17

Which statement about Rome at the beginning of the third century B.C.E. is false?

Accepted Answer

A) Its predominance in the Italian peninsula rested on a shrewd annexation and alliance. 
B) Colonies of citizens or allies increased its available manpower. 
C) Its conquests were achieved by an army of conscripted militiamen. 
D) Its soldiers were extremely well trained and disciplined. 
E) none of these choices 
A) Its predominance in the Italian peninsula rested on a shrewd annexation and alliance. 
B) Colonies of citizens or allies increased its available manpower. 
C) Its conquests were achieved by an army of conscripted militiamen. 
D) Its soldiers were extremely well trained and disciplined. 
E) none of these choices

Question 18

What were the three categories of occupation for most people in Mauryan India?

Accepted Answer

In Mauryan India, which spanned from aro

Question 19

Identification
-Zeno of Citium

Accepted Answer

Zeno of Citium was an ancient Greek phil

Question 20

Which of the following statements about the Hellenistic kingdoms is false?

Accepted Answer

A) They were much larger in territory and ethnically more diverse than classical city-states. 
B) They were administered by an elaborate hierarchy headed by a king of Macedonian descent. 
C) Private citizens counted for much less politically than had fifth-century Greeks. 
D) all of these choices 
E) none of these choices 
A) They were much larger in territory and ethnically more diverse than classical city-states. 
B) They were administered by an elaborate hierarchy headed by a king of Macedonian descent. 
C) Private citizens counted for much less politically than had fifth-century Greeks. 
D) all of these choices 
E) none of these choices

The Kushan state was founded by the

Identification -Mount Pangaeus

Typical of Mauryan cities were

Identification -Tung Chung-shu

Identification -Porus

The Emperor Wu

Identification -Philip II

Identification -Isocrates

Briefly characterize the trade relations between Han China and imperial Rome.

Which of the following statements about Han China's agriculture is false?

India after the fall of the Mauryan Empire differed from western Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire in that

Identification -Pan Chao

Identification -Hannibal

Identification -Parthia

It is known from the Roman Emperor Diocletian's "Edict on Maximum Prices" that silk imported from China

Identification -Ganges River

Which statement about Rome at the beginning of the third century B.C.E. is false?

What were the three categories of occupation for most people in Mauryan India?

Identification -Zeno of Citium

Which of the following statements about the Hellenistic kingdoms is false?

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Exam 4: The Age of Great Empires

The Kushan state was founded by the

Identification -Mount Pangaeus

Typical of Mauryan cities were

Identification -Tung Chung-shu

Identification -Porus

The Emperor Wu

Identification -Philip II

Identification -Isocrates

Briefly characterize the trade relations between Han China and imperial Rome.

Which of the following statements about Han China's agriculture is false?

India after the fall of the Mauryan Empire differed from western Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire in that

Identification -Pan Chao

Identification -Hannibal

Identification -Parthia

It is known from the Roman Emperor Diocletian's "Edict on Maximum Prices" that silk imported from China

Identification -Ganges River

Which statement about Rome at the beginning of the third century B.C.E. is false?

What were the three categories of occupation for most people in Mauryan India?

Identification -Zeno of Citium

Which of the following statements about the Hellenistic kingdoms is false?

Early Civilization in West Africa, the Aegean, and the Western Hemisphere

The Early Civilizations of South and East Asia

The Flowering of Great Faiths and Philosophies

Disruption and Renewal in West Asia and Europe

Disruption and Renewal in South and East Asia

Developing Civilizations

Three Continents: Conflict and Commerce

Emerging Global Interrelations

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