Classic Civilizations

Which group of religions is monotheistic?

• Judaism, Buddhism and Christianity
• Judaism, Christianity and Islam
• Hinduism, Confucianism and Buddhism

Which classical culture represented a blend of Egyptian, Persian and Greek influences?

• Hellenistic
• Assyrian
• Persian

Which best describes a central idea of Hinduism?

• People are reborn based on the karma they show in life.
• There is only one God.
• The source of all human suffering is found in selfish desires

How did ancient Athenians participate in political decisions?

• Every person in the city had the right to vote on changes to the city’s fundamental laws.
• Citizens elected representatives to a permanent legislature.
• All male citizens had the right to attend meetings of the Athenian assembly.

What was unusual about how free women were treated in ancient Sparta?

• They were bought and sold like slaves.
• They were able to obtain an education and physical training.
• They had their feet bound to enhance their beauty.

What two greek city-states fought in the Peloponnesian War?

• Athens and Sparta
• Thebes and Athens
• Crete and Sparta

How did the geography of Greece contribute to the rise of independent city-states?

• Navigable rivers made it easy to unite the Greeks under a single ruler.
• Neighboring Persia was able to conquer only part of Greece.
• Mountains and seas separated Greek centers of population.

Which statement identifies an impact of the fall of Rome on Western Europe?

• Western Europe divided into a number of separate barbarian kingdoms.
• The Catholic Church was never able to recover its influence.
• Western Europeans generally continued to speak a common language.

All of the following was a cause for the decline of the Han dynasty in China except

• court factions within the government.
• the big difference between the rich and the poor.
• the increase of trade along the Silk Road.

Which contribution did ancient Athenians make to the development of democratic-republican government?

• the first written bill of rights
• the first written set of laws
• the first democracy