Mid-Term Review - Section 4: Empires

Which of the following are characteristics of the Phoenicians? Choose all that apply.

• Seafaring people and ship building people

• Conquered an extensive land-based empire

• Was a mother land with colonies surrounding the Mediterranean Sea.

• Had complete control of the manufacturing and selling of purple dye

• Created the phonetic alphabet

Which of the following was an important Phoenician colony that played a significant role in the Punic wars?

• Rome

• Mycenae

• Harappa

• Carthage

What region of the world was the Achaemenid Empire locate in?

• Europe

• Persia

• China

• India

Which road system could be found in the Achaemenid Empire?

• The Silk Road

• The Roman Roads

• The Mediterranean Sea trade routes

• The Royal Road

Which was the state sponsored and endorsed religion of the Achaemenid Empire?

• Zoroastrianism

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Judaism

Achaemenid rulers like Cyrus and Darius claimed to inherit their absolute rule from...

• Allah

• Yahweh

• Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma

• Ahura Mazda

In order to most effectively rule the Achaemenid empire, the rulers split the empire into sections called

• Provinces

• Towns

• Satrapies

• City-states

Satraps and Satrapies are a great example of Achaemenid rule through a system of

• Egalitarianism

• Republic

• Ethnocentrism

• Bureaucracy

Which of the following are characteristics of the Achaemenid Empire? Choose all that apply.

• cultural pluralism

• cultural diffusion

• religious tolerance

• absolute ruling kings

• the sales of purple dye

Which of the following were the two classical empires in India?

• Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro

• Maurya and Harappa

• Maurya and Gupta

• Gupta and Mohenjo-Daro