Lesson 2: Persia, India, and China

Who practiced a policy of tolerance towards conquered people in the Persian Empire?

• Darius

• Xerxes

• Cyrus

• Alexander

What type of government did the Persian Empire develop?

• Democracy

• Imperial bureaucracy

• Feudalism

• Tribes

What was the name of the road system constructed by the Persian Empire?

• Silk Road

• Royal Road

• Appian Way

• King's Highway

What was the religion of the Persian Empire?

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Zoroastrianism

• Christianity

What type of religion is Zoroastrianism?

• Polytheistic

• Monotheistic

• Animistic

• Atheistic

How many opposing forces are there in the universe according to Zoroastrianism?

• One

• Two

• Three

• Four

Which physical barriers made invasion difficult in early India?

• The Sahara Desert, the Nile River, and the Atlantic Ocean

• The Himalayas, the Hindu Kush, and the Indian Ocean

• The Andes Mountains, the Amazon River, and the Pacific Ocean

• The Rocky Mountains, the Mississippi River, and the Gulf of Mexico

Which two rivers were the most important in the Indian Subcontinent?

• The Nile and the Amazon

• The Mississippi and the Yangtze

• The Indus and the Ganges

• The Thames and the Seine

Which of the following are early Indus River Valley cities?

• Mohenjo Daro and Harappa

• Athens and Sparta

• Rome and Carthage

• Babylon and Nineveh

Who were the Aryans?

• Traders from China

• Invaders that entered through the Khyber Pass

• Farmers from the Nile Valley

• Explorers from Europe