AP World AMSCO CH 3 Greece and Persia

Persian King Darius I

• centralized the government by doing away with separate governors in each province.
• sent the Zoroastrians into exile.
• established a citizen army to serve during times of war.
• reorganized the Persian government to make it more efficient.

Who wrote History of the Persian Wars?

• Xerxes
• Herodotus
• Themistocles
• Cyrus

Cyrus the Great held his growing empire together by

• establishing harsh military rule.
• limiting travel between provinces.
• treating conquered people fairly.
• building strong fortresses in each conquered land.

Reorganized the government and divided the Persian Empire into satrapies

• Cyrus
• Darius I
• Xerxes
• Leonidas

The Persian Empire served as the birthplace of —

• government tests for job-seekers

• the earliest monotheistic religion

• the first iron weapons and tools

• modern democratic traditions

Which of the following was politically characteristic of many civilizations during the Classical Era (500BC-600AD)? B

• Complex empires with bureaucracies developed

• Small feudal kingdoms spread across Eurasia.

• Representative governments evolved throughout the world.

• Voting rights were given to more and more people.

Zoroastrianism is an early monotheistic religion emerging from which classical civilization?

• Greece

• Han China

• Persia

• Gupta India

The establishment of a Hellenistic empire by Alexander is considered a great achievement because it —

• allowed for Christianity to emerge in a peaceful Greek empire

• promoted the early development of democracy in Greece

• brought about the establishment of the first Greek city-states

• facilitated the spread and preservation of Greek knowledge

Which innovation promoted trade and contributed to the unity of the Persian Empire?

• Use of standardized metal coins

• Construction of the remarkable gardens of the palace in Babylon

• Creation of a universal code of laws

• Division of the empire into administrative provinces

Which type of government of early Greece often consisted of a small group of wealthy people in power?

• Democracy

• Republic

• Tyranny

• Oligarchy