Classical Empires Multiple Choice Practice Set 1

Between 500 B.C.E. and 100 C.E., empires first arose in

• Europe
• China
• India
• Southwest Asia

With the growth and development of trade during the last centuries of the first millennium B.C.E.,

• large states became too cumbersome to keep up with the change.
• large states developed on a scale previously unknown.
• large states developed with little connection to or interest in trade.
• most states were detrimental to the development of trade.

The monsoonal winds that blow in the western Indian Ocean

• blow irregularly throughout the year, making travel haphazard.
• regularly blow from the northeast during the winter, but reverse direction during the rest of the year.
• regularly blow toward the east, making trade with East Asia easy.
• regularly blow from the southwest during the winter, but reverse direction during the rest of the year.

For trading goods, land routes compared with sea routes were

• faster
• cheaper
• relatively safe
• better for moving high-value products

The founder of the Persian Empire was named

• Xerxes
• Cyrus
• Artaxerxes
• Darius

The Persians did all of the following for their subjects EXCEPT:

• rebuild the Egyptian pyramids
• build a canal linking the Nile and the Red Sea
• build fortifications in the Caucasus Mountains
• rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem

The state religion of the Persian Empire was

• Christianity
• Judaism
• Buddhism
• Zoroastrianism

A primary reason that the Persians invaded Greece during the early fifth century B.C.E. was

• to gain new tributary states.
• to prove that they could.
• for religious reasons.
• to avenge the destruction of Susa

During the fifth to fourth centuries B.C.E., the Greek states were regularly

• at peace because of Persian influence.
• divided by the Persians.
• united against the Persians.
• at war over who would lead a united campaign against Persia.

After the conquests of Alexander the Great, the government of the Persian Empire

• was maintained more or less intact.
• was changed to a democracy.
• was changed to a traditional Macedonian monarchy.
• was transformed into a mix of democracy and monarchy.