Unit 2 Test

The following all contributed to the reputation Romans had earned by ca. 117 C.E. as efficient managers of transportation networks EXCEPT

• Rome controlled all of the coastland regions around the Mediterranean and Black Sea basins, and also held territory along the Red Sea, part of the Caspian Sea coast, and the Atlantic Ocean.

• One important Roman road ran from the coast of the modern nation of Morocco to Alexandria in the modern nation of Egypt.

• Roman roads crossed Mesopotamia, the modern nation of Iraq, stimulating extensive trade with Rome’s ally, the Achaemenid empire, which controlled the modern nations of Iran and Pakistan.

• Romans in this period referred to the Mediterranean Sea as mare nostrum—“our sea”—and used maritime transport to connect far-flung parts of the empire, complementing the road network.

Aqueducts, such as those shown in the photo, were built by Roman engineers throughout the empire in 19 B.C.E. and served

• as pedestrian bridges.

• as temples to Poseidon.

• to transport water.

• as sewers.

Source 1 and Source 2 BEST illustrate which of the following continuities in world history?

• Large imperial states required extensive agriculture and heavily taxed farmers.

• Geographical limitations led to technological developments in agriculture.

• Agricultural technology developed alongside trade in goods across extensive networks of communication and exchange.

• New crops spread across vast distances.

The map above details the expansion of Hinduism into Southeast Asia.

All of the following elements of Hinduism were transmitted to Southeast Asia EXCEPT

• The pantheon of gods.

• The caste system.

• The practice of devotion to be a certain god.

• Indian myths and legends.

The excerpt above could be used as evidence to support the thesis that within Confucianism

• the value of the nation was determined by its economic progress.

• leaders were believed to act with virtue if their people were happy.

• acting in accordance to Confucian virtues was necessary precondition for the well-being of the people.

• a nation filled with filial peoples would be able to create leaders with great temperament.

An art and architectural historian interested in the paintings and design elements found in the photograph would most likely use archaeological reports from where?

• Phoenician sea palace excavations

• Minoan sea palace excavations

• Achaemenid sea palace excavations

• Mycenaean sea palace excavations

Which of the following best explains the purpose of exhortations such as the one described in the excerpt?

• The people of the nation were meant to judge whether a leader was virtuous and to rebel if they found the leader lacking.

• A leader was meant to understand and to act in accordance to the values described in Confucian texts.

• They were created expressly for use within the meritocratic testing system.

• Rulers were meant to learn and to hold these sayings as truths to promote the Confucian lifestyle in other regions of the world.

Why would the Persian king commission a grand staircase to his palace showing military guards and persons bringing tribute?

• He wished to create a vision for his empire that all his subjects would understand.

• He wished to send a message to peoples at the edges of his empire that tribute is expected and that his armies will enforce these expectations.

• He wanted to project his power to all inhabitants of the empire, and anyone who might consider being his rival for the throne, through monumental architecture.

• In an age where people did not read or write, this staircase was a daily reminder of the power of the king.

The religion that MOST influenced Buddhism was

• Judaism

• Hinduism

• Zoroastrianism

• Daoism

A historian researching the works of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, whose work is linked to architecture like that shown in the photograph, would be most likely to utilize biographies of

• Greek philosophers.

• Greek architects.

• Greek generals.

• Greek dramatists.