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Unit 2 Leaders

Total questions: 81

Worksheet time: 1hrs 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which leader is this?

a)

Ashoka

b)

Ashurbanipal

c)

Shi Huangdi

d)

Darius

2.

Which empire is he from?

a)

Assyria

b)

Greece

c)

Persia

d)

Qin Dynasty

3.

What is ONE action he took as leader?

4.

Which empire is he from?

a)

Assyria

b)

Macedonia

c)

Greece

d)

Mauryan

5.

Which leader is this?

a)

Ashoka

b)

Ashurbanipal

c)

Shi Huangdi

d)

Darius

6.

What is ONE action he took as leader?

7.

Which leader is this?

a)

Ashoka

b)

Ashurbanipal

c)

Shi Huangdi

d)

Cyrus

8.

Where is this leader from?

a)

Greece

b)

Assyria

c)

Qin Dynasty

d)

Persia

9.

What is ONE action he took as leader?

10.

Which leader is this?

a)

Ashoka

b)

Darius

c)

Shi Huangdi

d)

Cyrus

11.

Where is this leader from?

a)

Mauryan

b)

Qin Dynasty

c)

Assyria

d)

Persia

12.

What is ONE action he took as leader?

13.

Which leader is this?

a)

Ashoka

b)

Darius

c)

Alexander the Great

d)

Cyrus

14.

Where is this leader from?

a)

Macedonia

b)

Greece

c)

Assyria

d)

Persia

15.

What is ONE action he took as leader?

16.

Which leader is this?

a)

Ashoka

b)

Darius

c)

Alexander the Great

d)

Cyrus

17.

Where is this leader from?

a)

Mauryan

b)

Assyria

c)

Qin Dynasty

d)

Macedonia

18.

What is ONE action he took as leader?

19.

Which leader is this?

a)

Ashoka

b)

Darius

c)

Xerxes

d)

Cyrus

20.

Which leader is this?

a)

Persia

b)

Assyria

c)

Macedonia

d)

Qin Dynasty

21.

What is ONE action he took as leader?

22.

Which leader is this?

a)

Ashoka

b)

Siddhartha

c)

Xerxes

d)

Cyrus

23.

Where is he from?

a)

Assyria

b)

Mauryan India

c)

Qin Dynasty

d)

Greece

24.

What is ONE action he took as leader?

25.

Which leader is this?

a)

Ashoka

b)

Siddhartha

c)

Xerxes

d)

Phillip II

26.

Where is he from?

a)

Assyria

b)

Mauryan

c)

Macedonia

d)

Greece

27.

What is ONE action he took as leader?

28.

Which leader is this?

a)

Ashoka

b)

Siddhartha

c)

Chandragupta Maurya

d)

Phillip II

29.

Where is he from?

a)

Qin Dynasty

b)

Macedonia

c)

Mauryan Empire

d)

Greece

30.

What is ONE action he took as leader?

31.

What is terrorism defined as?

a)

The use of propaganda to influence people

b)

The use of extreme fear and violence to try to achieve a goal

c)

The use of economic pressure to change policies

d)

The use of peaceful protests to demand change

32.

Governor in Persia

a)

Satrapies

b)

Satrap

c)

Polis

d)

Karma

33.

Province or state in Persia

a)

Satrapies

b)

Satrap

c)

Polis

d)

Karma

34.

Forceful removal of a group of people from their homeland

a)

Satrapies

b)

Legalism

c)

Deportation

d)

Terrorism

35.

Marketplace at the bottom of the hill in the middle of ancient Greek polis

a)

Acropolis

b)

Agoge

c)

Satrap

d)

Agora

36.

The temple at the top of the hill in the middle of ancient Greek polis

a)

Acropolis

b)

Agoge

c)

Satrap

d)

Agora

37.

People have the power to vote for who is in government

a)

Democracy

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Monarchy

d)

Tyrant or Tyranny

38.

Government where a dictator has stolen power

a)

Democracy

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Monarchy

d)

Tyrant or Tyranny

39.

Government under a King and Queen

a)

Democracy

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Monarchy

d)

Tyrant or Tyranny

40.

Government under the control of a group or council

a)

Democracy

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Monarchy

d)

Tyrant or Tyranny

41.

The soul is continuously reborn

a)

Nirvana

b)

Reincarnation

c)

Karma

d)

Dharma

42.

You do evil, evil happens to you

a)

Nirvana

b)

Reincarnation

c)

Karma

d)

Dharma

43.

Which Dynasty is best known for beginning the Great Wall?

a)

Shang

b)

Qin

c)

Ming

d)

Zhou

44.

What did workers use to construct the wall during the reign of Emperor Qin?

a)

dirt

b)

brick

c)

concrete

d)

wood

45.

Who did most of the work on the great wall?

a)

skilled artisans

b)

peasants and convicts

c)

slaves captured in wars

d)

soldiers and skilled engineers

46.

What was the main reason Emperor Qin wanted the Great Wall constructed?

a)

To show how powerful he was

b)

To keep out invaders from the north

c)

To keep the Chinese people from escaping

d)

To punish his enemies

47.

Who were the Xiongnu?

a)

High level government officials in ancient China

b)

Ancient peasants

c)

Chinese people living in Tibet

d)

Ferocious nomads living north of China

48.

The Xiongnu were nomads living like "birds and animals in the wild". What are nomads?

a)

people who have no education

b)

people who do not have any manners

c)

people who move from place to place with no permanent home

d)

people who do not have a government or set of rules to live by

49.

Where was the Great Wall located?

a)

Along the western border

b)

Along the southern border

c)

Along the northern border

d)

Along the ocean to the east

50.

Faith adopted by Asoka during his rule

a)

Buddhism

b)

Hinduism

c)

Jainism

51.

Someone who goes on a journey to spread religious ideas

a)

Merchant

b)

Missionary

52.
Which was a Mauryan ruler who built new roads and hospitals for people and animals?
a)
Aryabhata
b)
Ashoka
c)
Chandra Gupta Maurya
d)
Kalidassa
53.
What did Asoka do after the war in Kalinga was over?
a)
Asoka stopped wars of aggression and felt guilty about his actions.
b)
He continued wars of aggression in Southern India and conquered all of the forest tribes.
c)
Asoka allowed the Kalingans to rule over themselves as long as they paid taxes.
d)
Asoka forced the remaining Kalingans to be slaves in the Mauryan Empire.
54.
TRUE or FALSE: Asoka planted medicinal herbs, roots, and fruit in places there wasn’t any.  He also built wells and planted trees along roads to provide rest areas for travelers.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
55.
18. What caused Asoka to change his way of life?
a)
A. The sufferings created by the war in Kalinga disturbed Asoka, so he converted to Buddhism.
b)
B.  The second Mauryan emperor, Bindusara, ruled for twenty-five years.
c)
C.  The armies of Buddha conquered his land and forced him to change.
d)
D.  His wife the queen asked him to change.
56.
21. How did Asoka help spread Buddhism throughout India and the rest of the world?
a)
A. Asoka sent missionaries to spread the teachings of the Buddha to other kingdoms.
b)
B. Asoka conquered other kingdoms and forced them to follow Buddhism.
c)
C. Asoka forced his people to follow Buddhism or be executed.
d)
D. Asoka gave his people a tax break if they converted to Buddhism.
57.

The culture created by Alexander's empire was called -

a)

Macedonian Culture

b)

Hellenistic Culture

c)

Ptolemic Culture

58.

Which of the following was attributed to Alexander the Great?

a)

300 years of war in the Middle East

b)

the spread of Greek culture

c)

the start of a new Roman government

d)

more rights for women

59.

Why do we consider Alexander the Great to have been such a such a successful military leader? (pick 3)

a)

He conquered the known world at a young age

b)

He defeated the Persian empire

c)

He used superior military strategies

d)

He loved military horses

e)

He admired Achilles

60.

What does Hellenistic mean?

a)

Rock-like

b)

Greek- like

c)

Navel power

d)

Great teachers

61.
Alexander's father, _____________, was the leader of ________________.
a)
Philip, Greece
b)
Philip II, Macedonia
c)
Aristotle, Macedonia
d)
Aristotle, Greece
62.

Which of the following best describes Cyrus

a)

strict dictator

b)

religious leader

c)

wise counselor

d)

lazy leader

63.
Who was the first leader of the Persian Empire?
a)
Xerxes
b)
Darius the Great
c)
Cyrus the Great
d)
Alexander the Great
64.
Put the Persian leaders in order from earliest to latest.
a)
Darius, Xerxes, Cyrus
b)
Cyrus, Xerxes, Darius
c)
Xerxes, Cyrus, Darius
d)
Cyrus, Darius, Xerxes
65.

What Persian king is famous for his victory against the Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae but ultimately failed in invading Greece in 480 BCE?

a)

Artaxerxes

b)

Xerxes

c)

Darius

d)

Cambyses

66.

Macedonian ruer that conquers Persia.

a)

Phillip II

b)

Octavian

c)

Alexander the Great

d)

Precipices

67.

How many provinces did Darius I divide the Persian empire into?

a)

25

b)

50

c)

10

d)

20

68.

Who was the Persian leader, and son of Darius I, who sought to conquer all of Greece?

a)

Cambyses

b)

Xerxes I

c)

Leonidas

d)

Herodotus

69.

What happened when Siddhartha left his palace at the age of 29?

a)

He came back after a week of fun travels

b)

He was recognized and celebrated everywhere he went

c)

He never saw the outside of his palace

d)

He saw pain and suffering for the first time

70.

What question did Siddhartha have about life?

a)

What is the cause of the world's suffering?

b)

What is the meaning of life?

c)

What should I be when I grow up?

d)

Why do people practice different religions?

71.

What did Siddhartha do to try to find the answer to the cause of human suffering?

a)

He went to the library and researched.

b)

He asked his friends and family their opinions.

c)

He starved himself and lived an extremely basic life.

d)

He became king so he could solve the problem of suffering.

72.

Siddhartha was born a Prince

a)

True

b)

False

73.

While sneaking out of the palace a few times, what did Siddhartha see?

a)

a lady, a dead body, and a sick person

b)

a man, a dead body, and a sick person

c)

an old person, a sick person, and a lady

d)

an old person, a sick person, and a dead body.

74.

What is Emperor Shi Huangdi most known for?

a)

Building the Forbidden City

b)

Uniting China under one rule

c)

Establishing trade on the Silk Road

d)

Keeping China as a series of states

75.

Which Chinese teaching most influenced Shi Huangdi’s style of rule?

a)

Daoism

b)

Legalism

c)

Confucianism

76.

Why did many people sent to work on the Great Wall not return home?

a)

They decided to live near the wall.

b)

They died under harsh conditions.

c)

They ran away to other countries.

77.

Who was the First Emperor of China?

a)

Confucius

b)

Wu Di

c)

Lui Bang

d)

Shi Huangdi

78.
What is Legalism? 
a)
A simple and natural way of life
b)
Leaders must be good and wise for their subjects to be good and wise 
c)
Strong ruler and harsh laws are needed for social order
d)
The Mandate of heaven will provide the answers for the emperor 
79.
What was the purpose of the Terra Cotta soldiers in Shi Huangdi's tomb?
a)
To prevent grave robbers 
b)
As a tourist attraction 
c)
To guard the entrance to Shi Huangdi's main room
d)
To protect Shi Huangdi in the afterlife 
80.

Shi Huangdi defeated...

a)
Japan 
b)
China
c)
Korea
d)
all the other Chinese states
81.
Which of these is NOT a part of Legalism?
a)
strong leader
b)
strong legal system
c)
harsh laws
d)
treat others with respect

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