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WorksheetsAP World AMSCO CH 3 Greece and Persia
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 1hrs 20mins
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
Which pair of Greek mathematicians made great advances in geometry?
Archimedes and Hipparchus
Aristotle and Zeno
Diogenes and Eratosthenes
Euclid and Pythagoras
The Persian Empire fought against Greek city-states in the Persian Wars. What was the result?
Persia won & united all city-states
Greek city-states won & Persia eventually conquered by Alexander the Great
Greek city-states won & gave back Persia their territory
No one won & they never fought again
What is a city-state (polis)?
City with no borders
City with no laws
City with no government
City with its own government and laws
resulted in...
Which of the following reflects the teachings of Zoroaster?
Observance of the Sabbath
Worship of one supreme god
Worship of Greek rulers
Hymns, prayers and sacred writings
How did roads change Persian life?
They provided travelers with food and shelter.
They helped to create city-states.
They promoted exchange of goods and ideas.
They allowed intruders into their territories.
Under his reign, how did Darius I create a more efficient Persian government?
He continued to expand his empire.
He divided his empire into provinces ruled by satraps.
He allowed exiled Jews to return to their homeland.
He allowed the conquered peoples to keep their own religions and customs.
What is the name of the present-day country where Persia once existed?
Iran
Iraq
Lebanon
Syria
How did Greece differ from Persia?
Persians were monotheistic while the Greeks were polytheistic.
The Persian military was composed of citizens while the Greeks had a paid professional military.
Persians obeyed an all-powerful king; Greeks enjoyed a democratic government.
Greek empire was larger than the Persian empire.
Which of the following represents the best 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
Which of the following best describes women’s status in the classical civilizations?
Upper-class women had a tendency to live more restricted lives than lower-class women.
Urban women in general experienced fewer restrictions compared to those living in pastoral societies.
Public life in general was a male domain, while women’s roles took place mostly in domestic settings.
Women in general experienced fewer restrictions as compared to those who lived in Neolithic agricultural village societies.
. . . And with regard to my factual reporting of the events of the war I have made it a principle not to write down the first story that came my way, and not even to be guided by my own general impressions; either I was present myself at the events which I have described or else I heard of them from eye-witnesses whose reports I have checked with as much thoroughness as possible. Not that even so the truth was easy to discover: different eye-witnesses give different accounts of the same events, speaking out of partiality [favor] for one side or the other or else from imperfect memories. . . .
—Thucydides: History of the Peloponnesian War
In this passage, Thucydides emphasizes his use of what kind of source?
principled
primary
secondary
foreign
. . . And with regard to my factual reporting of the events of the war I have made it a principle not to write down the first story that came my way, and not even to be guided by my own general impressions; either I was present myself at the events which I have described or else I heard of them from eye-witnesses whose reports I have checked with as much thoroughness as possible. Not that even so the truth was easy to discover: different eye-witnesses give different accounts of the same events, speaking out of partiality [favor] for one side or the other or else from imperfect memories. . . .
—Thucydides: History of the Peloponnesian War
According to Thucydides, what makes his job as a historian more difficult?
his failing memory
biases of eyewitness observers
lack of romantic elements
his desire to please the immediate public
