Question 1

What was the policy of the Han government regarding service as governor or county magistrate in one's home area? Explain the rationale for that policy.

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Question 2

The cultural aftermath of the fall of the Mauryan Empire included

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A) the devastation of intellectual life. 
B) the complete loss of literacy. 
C) a major decline in the quality of art. 
D) the enrichment of Indian art by synthesis with the art of Rome, the Hellenistic world, Persia, and Central Asia. 
E) none of these choices

Question 3

Identification
-Empress Dowager Lu

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Question 4

Identification
-Gaugamela

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-Gaugamela...

Question 5

Identification
-Chandragupta Maurya

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Question 6

Royalty had suits of jade plaques made to encase their bodies after death because it

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A) symbolized divinity. 
B) was thought that jade could preserve the body from decay. 
C) was associated with Confucius. 
D) was associated with Buddha. 
E) none of these choices

Question 7

The Han dynasty is to China and East Asia as

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A) Rome is to Greece. 
B) the Mauryan dynasty is to India and Buddhists throughout Asia. 
C) Assyria is to Old Kingdom Egypt. 
D) Sparta is to Athens. 
E) all of these choices

Question 8

Gaius Marius solved Rome's problems of military recruitment by

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A) initiating a draft. 
B) ignoring property qualifications and promising regular pay and land grants upon discharge. 
C) enlisting African and German "barbarians." 
D) hiring Greek mercenaries. 
E) none of these choices

Question 9

Italy differed from Greece in having

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A) hot, dry summers. 
B) mountainous terrain. 
C) numerous city-states and population centers. 
D) abundant timberland and cultivable land. 
E) none of these choices

Question 10

When Alexander destroyed the city of Thebes, he spared the house of

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A) his uncle Bucephalas. 
B) Aristotle. 
C) Homer. 
D) Pindar. 
E) Zeno.

Question 11

Asoka was particularly successful in propagating Buddhism in

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A) Ceylon. 
B) Egypt. 
C) Macedon. 
D) Syria. 
E) none of these choices

Question 12

Alexander began his expedition against the Persian Empire with an army of about

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A) 6500. 
B) 65,000. 
C) 165,000. 
D) 16,500. 
E) 1,650,000.

Question 13

Hannibal was never able to take the city of Rome itself because

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A) he lacked cavalry. 
B) Rome's allies in central Italy remained loyal. 
C) Scipio defeated him at Lake Trasimene. 
D) he lost his elephants during the march across the Alps. 
E) none of these choices

Question 14

The author of a masterly didactic poem presenting the central axioms of Epicurean philosophy was

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A) Plautus. 
B) Cicero. 
C) Lucretius. 
D) Catullus. 
E) Livy.

Question 15

A philosophical system based on an atomic theory of the nature of the universe was developed by

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A) Epicurus. 
B) Zeno of Citium. 
C) Aristotle. 
D) Plato. 
E) Callimachus.

Question 16

Identify briefly the chief reasons for the fall of the Kushan Empire.

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Question 17

The population of the Roman Empire around 100 C.E. was approximately

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A) 6 million. 
B) 16 million. 
C) 60 million. 
D) 116 million. 
E) 160 million.

Question 18

Identification
-Siwah

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Question 19

Identification
-Yellow Turban uprising

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Question 20

Asoka was similar to the Roman emperor Augustus in that he

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A) forbade eating and drinking during religious festivals. 
B) instituted morality officers to supervise the behavior of his officials. 
C) saw moral exhortation and legislation as one of his duties as ruler. 
D) all of these choices 
E) none of these choices

Exam 4: The Age of Great Empires