WHAP Extra Credit 1st

Which of the following represents a defining characteristic of an empire?

• A state that forms as a democratic republic but is eventually seized and ruled over by a single ruler
• A state formed through conquest and maintained through the extraction of resources from conquered states and peoples
• A single ethnic group with a single language, religion, and identity
• A conglomeration of independent states that form temporary alliances

The conquests of which leader contributed to the widespread dissemination of Greek culture during the Hellenistic era?

• Caesar Augustus
• Alexander the Great
• Ashoka
• Qin Shihuangdi

Which of the following describes the Persian policy towards people with different cultural traditions who lived within the empire?

• Respect and tolerance for non-Persian traditions
• Forced assimilation to the Persian way of life
• Taxation of those who continued to practice non-Persian traditions
• Suppression and elimination of non-Persian traditions

India and China during the classical era were similar in that in both societies

• sharp distinctions and great inequalities characterized the social order.
• it was easy for people to improve their social status through hard work.
• social prestige was primarily attained through service to the state.
• birth had no place in determining the social status of most people.

Which foreign religious tradition was absorbed into China during the classical period?

• Hinduism
• Buddhism
• Buddhism 
  d.  Christianity
• None of the above

Which statement describes the relationship between the civilizations in Mesoamerica and those in the Andes?

• They gradually merged to create a hybrid culture that spread throughout the Americas.
• They frequently fought with each other for control of South America.
• They enjoyed equal diplomatic relations.
• They had little if any direct contact with each other.

Why might historians use 8000 BCE to mark the beginning of a period in human history?

• People began to practice agriculture for the first time
• People moved out of Africa for the first time
• People domesticated animals for the first time
• people developed writing for the first time

The development of classes of people specializing in particular types of labor, such as artisans, priests, scribes and merchants, in early civilizations was most likely made possible by

• the invention of writing
• surplus food
• patriarchal relationships
• trade between groups

How did the Phoenicians first use the alphabet they created?

• TO correctly perform complex religious rites
• To rule their many subjects
• To facilitate their wide-ranging, trade-based empire
• To record and promote their democratic legal code

The Royal Road of the Persians exemplifies

• remarkable advances in technology
• the empire's devotion to their king
• skill at managing a large, diverse empire
• cultural borrowing from the Sumerians