Chapter 4: The First Age of Empires

What is the name of the excellent system of roads that allowed Darius to communicate quickly with the most distant parts of the empire?

• The Silk Road 
• The Royal Road 
• The Camino Real 
• The Roman Roads 

Which of the following cities was ruled by the Chaldean King Nebuchadnezzar?

• Nineveh
• Uruk
• Akkad 
• Babylon 

Which of the following branches believed that a highly efficient and powerful government was the key to restoring order in society?

• Daoism 
• Polytheism 
• Legalism 
• Confucianism

Which of the following was an ethical system based on accepted principles of right and wrong?

• Daoism 
• Polytheism 
• Legalism 
• Confucianism

Which of the following was constructed to discourage attacks by
northern nomads? 

• The Royal Road 
• The Great Wall of China 
• The Regional Security Alliance 
• A Bureaucracy 

Which of the following was a Nubian kingdom which lasted for about a thousand years, between 2000 and 1000 B.C?

• Meroë
• Persia 
• Assyria 
• Kush 

Which of the following acquired a large empire by means of a highly advanced military organization and modern weaponry.

• Meroë
• Persia 
• Assyria 
• Kush 

Which of the following was located in Iran, had fertile farming land, and boasted a wealth of minerals?

• Meroë
• Persia 
• Assyria 
• Kush 

Which of the following was a book of oracles that people used to solve ethical or practical problems? 

• I Ching
• Yin and Yang 
• Filial Piety
• The Great Wall of China

Which of the following philosophies made important contributions to the sciences of alchemy, astronomy, and medicine?

• Daoism 
• Polytheism 
• Legalism 
• Confucianism