Ancient World History Ch6&7 Sample Test

Ancient World History Ch6&7 Sample Test



____ 1. What new belief helped Buddhism become popular with the masses?
a. Stricter adherence to self-sacrifice would lead to nirvana.
b. Many people could become Buddhas.
c. Buddha was not a god and should not be worshipped.
d. Buddhists no longer needed images of the Buddha.


____ 2. What became a closely guarded secret in China?
a. the forging of iron
b. paper production
c. silk production
d. Records of the Grand Historia


____ 3. How did Indian traders affect Southeast Asia?
a. They spread Indian styles of art, architecture, dance, and religion.
b. They spread advances in medicine, government structure, and shipbuilding.
c. They spread knowledge of astronomy, silkmaking, and architecture.
d. They spread the decimal system, silkmaking, and astronomy.


____ 4. What encouraged the rise of the banking system in India?
a. wealthy landowners
b. Asoka's edicts
c. Chandra Gupta I's government
d. increased trade


____ 5. What did Indians discover when they learned about the Silk Roads?
a. They could profit by acting as middlemen.
b. Interest in their religions helped them to trade.
c. The Romans preferred Indian silk to Chinese silk.
d. They could increase their production of silk.


____ 6. How did the family structure of some Tamil groups differ from the family structure in Northern India?
a. They were centered around Buddhism.
b. They were patriarchal.
c. They were matriarchal.
d. They were centered around Hinduism.


____ 7. What scientific concept did Indian astronomers prove long before Europeans did?
a. They determined the distance between Earth and the moon.
b. The earth is round.
c. The sun is the center of the solar system.
d. Mars has moons.


____ 8. How did Empress Lü maintain her power?
a. She imposed a rule of silence in her court.
b. She forbid court advisers to speak with her opponents.
c. She enlisted a network of spies throughout China.
d. She named one infant emperor and then another.


____ 9. What did Wudi do to improve his system of bureaucracy?
a. He established schools for job applicants.
b. He created the new position of court adviser.
c. He started public education for all male children.
d. He invented paper as an inexpensive means of record-keeping.


____ 10. What did Indian civilization experience during the Gupta Empire?
a. upheaval from frequent invasions
b. a decline in trade between India and Africa
c. advances in literature, art, science, and mathematics
d. all of the above




____ 11. What was the population of the Roman empire at its height?
a. 45,000,000
b. 50,000,000
c. 55,000,000
d. 60,000,000


____ 12. What form of government did the Han Dynasty's empire replace?
a. rival kingdoms
b. republic
c. city-states
d. tribal


____ 13. In square miles, what size was the Han Dynasty at its height?
a. 3,400,000
b. 3,000,000
c. 2,500,000
d. 1,500,000


____ 14. What was true of both the Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire?
a. Both empires replaced republics.
b. Both built roads and defensive walls.
c. Both had a common written language throughout the empire.
d. Both empires replaced rival kingdoms.


____ 15. What happened to the Chinese empire after the Han Dynasty fell apart?
a. It was never restored.
b. It was restored by the Tang Dynasty.
c. It fell to the hands of nomadic invaders.
d. It was conquered by the Roman Empire.




____ 16. What geographic feature was avoided by the split in the Silk Roads between points E and F?
a. Amu Darya
b. Huang He
c. Tigris River
d. Taklimakan Desert


____ 17. For a traveler going from east to west, how many times did the Silk Roads split into two routes?
a. one
b. two
c. three
d. four


____ 18. What point on the Silk Roads was closest to the southern portion of the Great Wall?
a. E
b. F
c. G
d. H


____ 19. What was the approximate distance between Seleucia and Merv?
a. 1,000 miles
b. 1,300 miles
c. 1,600 miles
d. 1,800 miles


____ 20. Judging from the map, what was true of the Silk Roads?
a. Their only destination was the Mediterranean Sea.
b. They stretched from sea to sea.
c. They primarily followed rivers.
d. Their only destination was the Yellow Sea.




____ 21. Carthage was located on which continent?
a. Europe
b. Asia
c. Africa
d. Australia


____ 22. What body of water did the Romans and the Carthaginians share?
a. Adriatic Sea
b. Ionian Sea
c. Atlantic Ocean
d. Mediterranean Sea


____ 23. Through which mountain ranges did Hannibal's army have to travel with elephants?
a. Himalayas and Alps
b. Pyrenees and Alps
c. Apennines and Himalayas
d. Alps and Apennines


____ 24. What was the site of the earliest major battle shown on the map?
a. Messana
b. Zama
c. Carthage
d. Cannae


____ 25. Which part of the Mediterranean Sea did Rome control by the end of the Punic Wars?
a. western Mediterranean
b. eastern Mediterranean
c. northern Mediterranean
d. southern Mediterranean


Select the letter of the term, name, or phrase that best matches each description. Note: Some letters may not be used at all. Some may be used more than once.
a. Peter
b. aqueducts
c. Julius Caesar
d. Constantine
e. plebeians
f. Paul
g. Pax Romana
h. classical
i. Diocletian
j. legions


____ 26. Which Roman ruler held the title of dictator or absolute ruler at the time of his assassination by members of the Senate?

____ 27. What were the common citizens of Rome called?

____ 28. Which Christian leader wrote letters that formed the Epistles of the New Testament to groups of believers?

____ 29. Who moved the capital of the Roman Empire from Rome to Byzantium?

____ 30. Greco-Roman culture is also referred to as what kind of culture?

____ 31. What were the Roman channels that brought water to cities and towns around the empire?

____ 32. What were Rome's military forces called?

____ 33. Which emperor divided the empire into Greek-speaking East and Latin-speakiing West?

____ 34. What was the period of peace and prosperity that lasted 207 years?

____ 35. Who is considered to be the first pope of the Christian Church?

____ 36. What inspired Asoka to convert to Buddhism?
a. an encounter with a Buddhist monk on the way to battle
b. two months of meditation in the wilderness
c. sorrow over the slaughter at Kalinga
d. his son's Buddhist teacher


____ 37. What was the difference between Mahayana and Theravada Buddhism?
a. Theravada Buddhism taught that many people were potential Buddhas.
b. Mahayana Buddhism was more accessible to the masses.
c. Theravada Buddhism established new trends in Buddhist art.
d. Mahayana Buddhism held to the Buddha's original teachings.


____ 38. What advances in technology developed during the Han Dynasty?
a. paper, the lock and key, and the two-bladed plow
b. silk looms, windmills, and papyrus
c. the collar harness, the wheelbarrow, and the phonetic alphabet
d. paper, the two-bladed plow, and the wheelbarrow


____ 39. Which of the following is NOT true of Wudi?
a. He was known as the martial emperor.
b. He continued Liu Bang's centralizing policies.
c. He integrated Confucian studies into the government.
d. He was saddened by war and adopted a policy of peace.


____ 40. What helped the Chinese army defeat the nomadic Xiongnu?
a. the establishment of alliances
b. support from Indian merchants
c. funds from the Silk Roads
d. Wang Mang's leadership


____ 41. What did Kautilya's Arthasastra teach?
a. nonviolence and "peace to all"
b. how to hold a vast empire together
c. how women can contribute to an empire
d. religious toleration


____ 42. How did Confucian teachings define women's roles?
a. Women are the rulers of the home.
b. Women are socially but not politically equal to men.
c. Women should be treated as equals to men in all areas
d. Women should be restricted to domestic and family life.


____ 43. What did Asoka's edicts proclaim?
a. national adherence to his religion
b. five lessons for young men
c. religious toleration
d. Chandragupta Maurya's history


____ 44. Which of the following was invented in India?
a. the phonetic alphabet
b. modern numerals
c. the civil service system
d. paper


____ 45. What do the Hindu gods Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva represent?
a. creator, preserver, and destroyer
b. youth, adulthood, and old age
c. revelation, inspiration, and release
d. sleep, wakefulness, and time




____ 46. What did the Roman Empire replace?
a. kingdoms
b. republic
c. democracy
d. nomads


____ 47. What did the Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty have in common?
a. the same population
b. the same size
c. conflict with nomads
d. a restoration of empire


____ 48. Where were Rome's conquests located?
a. only in Europe
b. on three continents
c. in Europe and Africa
d. in Europe and Asia


____ 49. How did the Han Dynasty compare to the Roman Empire at its height?
a. It had a higher population but less land than Rome did.
b. It had a lower population and less land than Rome did.
c. It had the same population but less land than Rome did.
d. It had a lower population but more land than Rome did.


____ 50. What did the Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty handle differently?
a. centralized government
b. interactions with nomads
c. language policies
d. types of building projects




____ 51. Which point was nearest the southernmost point of the Silk Roads?
a. E
b. F
c. G
d. H


____ 52. To what did the westernmost city on the Silk Roads connect?
a. the shipping routes of the Yellow Sea
b. the shipping routes of the Caspian Sea
c. the shipping routes of the Mediterranean Sea
d. the shipping routes of the East China Sea


____ 53. Why did the Silk Roads split between points D and E?
a. to avoid the desert
b. to take advantage of two river valleys
c. to avoid the Great Wall
d. to take advantage of two seaports


____ 54. What was the approximate distance between Nanjing and Anxi?
a. about 1250 miles
b. about 1400 miles
c. about 1550 miles
d. about 1700 miles


____ 55. What does the map reveal about trade in ancient times?
a. Trade connected cultures thousands of miles apart.
b. The only markets the Chinese cared about were to the West.
c. The only markets the Chinese cared about were to the South.
d. The only markets of value were to the East.


____ 56. The triumvirate of Julius Caesar, Crassus, and Pompey ruled Rome for 10 years before
___.
a. Caesar disbanded his legions in Gaul.
b. Caesar and Pompey clashed and went to war.
c. Crassus demanded that Caesar not cross the Rubicon.
d. the senate appointed Pompey dictator.


____ 57. The major power struggles in the early Roman republic were between ___.
a. military and civilians.
b. citizens of Rome and citizens of the provinces.
c. members of the aristocracy and common citizens.
d. the executive and legislative branches of government.


____ 58. After the Romans drove the last Etruscan monarch from power, they established a republic, a government in which ___.
a. power rests with citizens who have the right to select their leaders.
b. power rests with a small minority who are supported by the military.
c. power rests with citizens who participate directly in law-making.
d. power rests with the nobility and the wealthy.


____ 59. Roman rulers opposed Christianity because Christians ___.
a. were mostly Jews.
b. called for the overthrow of Roman rulers.
c. ignored wealth and status.
d. would not worship Roman gods.


____ 60. All of the following except ___ had their roots in the Latin language.
a. Spanish
b. German
c. French
d. Italian


____ 61. As a result of 207 years of Pax Romana, the Roman Empire ___.
a. experienced continuing hostilities among neighboring regions.
b. survived invasions from barbarian tribes.
c. shrank in size and wealth.
d. experienced peace and prosperity.


____ 62. Under Roman law, all persons had the following rights except for ___.
a. the right to receive equal treatment under the law.
b. the right to be punished only for actions, not thoughts.
c. the right to seek immediate justice without consulting the law.
d. the right to be considered innocent until proven guilty.


____ 63. The Jewish Diaspora refers to ___.
a. the destruction of the Temple in A.D. 70.
b. the years the Jews were slaves in Egypt.
c. Jerusalem.
d. the forced dispersal of Jews.


____ 64. ___ was NOT a reason for the decline of the Roman Empire.
a. A strong military
b. The huge amount of money spent on defense, coupled with inflation
c. The invasions by Germanic tribes and by Huns
d. The disruption of trade


____ 65. The emperor's purpose for dividing the Roman Empire was ___.
a. to decrease the authority of the Senate.
b. to protect the west from Greek influences.
c. to make control of the Empire more efficient.
d. to separate groups whose conflicts threatened unity.




____ 66. Approximately how many miles did Hannibal's forces march to reach Cannae?
a. 1,000
b. 1,500
c. 2,000
d. 2,500


____ 67. Why did Hannibal take the invasion route he did to conquer Rome?
a. He had to pick up his elephants in Spain.
b. The calvary were waiting for Hannibal in Gaul.
c. He wanted to take the Romans by surprise.
d. All of the above are true.


____ 68. Who won the Punic Wars, and how do you know?
a. Carthage won because Hannibal's route continued on to Zama.
b. Rome won because the major battle key label was placed there.
c. Carthage won because the fighting lasted so long.
d. Rome won because by 146 B.C. the Roman territory had expanded.


____ 69. How many years passed between the battle of Cannae and the battle at Zama?
a. 10
b. 12
c. 14
d. 16


____ 70. Which islands did Rome win between 264 B.C. and 146 B.C.?
a. Balearic Islands, Sicily, Crete
b. Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica
c. Sardinia, Balearic Islands, Rhodes
d. Corsica, Crete, Sardinia


____ 71. Which of the following was NOT a goal of Asoka's edicts?
a. nonviolence
b. peace to all beings
c. humane treatment of subjects
d. national adherence to Buddhism


____ 72. What was true about literature and the performing arts in India during the reign of Chandra Gupta II?
a. They declined in popularity as new trends in Buddhism increased.
b. They were popular in both northern and southern India.
c. Only writers supported by Chandra Gupta II's court were allowed to write.
d. Chandra Gupta II censored the themes of all literature and plays.


____ 73. What did Indians adapt from Greek invaders?
a. modern numerals and the decimal system
b. knowledge that the world was round
c. Western methods of keeping time
d. surgical techniques


____ 74. Why did Confucian scholars consider agriculture the most important occupation during the Han Dynasty?
a. They believed that agriculture kept the earth and heavens balanced.
b. The population of China had increased, and there were many people to feed.
c. A farmer tills the land to feed others instead of struggling for power for himself.
d. The Empress Lü had a dream in which farmers were sowing seeds.


____ 75. How did Wudi attempt to make his northwest border safe against nomadic invaders?
a. He sowed the Xiongnu's pastures with salt, so that nothing would grow there.
b. He began construction of the Great Wall.
c. He had his soldiers settle the Xiongnu's former pastures.
d. He closed the Silk Roads for three months.


____ 76. Why did the Chinese accept the Han emperors' exercise of power?
a. They considered the emperors to be semidivine.
b. They were afraid that the emperors would kill them if they resisted.
c. The emperors protected them from nomadic invaders.
d. Emperor Wudi integrated Confucianism into the government.


____ 77. What did NOT happen as a result of trade?
a. the development of India's banking system
b. the spread of Indian religions throughout Asia
c. advances in Indian astronomy
d. advances in Indian surgical techniques


____ 78. How did the Chinese government establish control over commerce and manufacturing?
a. It created monopolies on the mining of salt and the forging of iron.
b. It levied heavy taxes on silk mills, only to seize the mills when owners couldn't pay.
c. Silk mills could only use certain types of "regulation dye" that the government produced.
d. It established a monopoly on the production of silk.


____ 79. How did Indian astronomers prove that the earth was round?
a. by watching the sun's reflection in a well at noon
b. by observing a lunar eclipse
c. through observations made while sailing around Africa
d. through Aryabhata's calculations


____ 80. Which ruler's reign was the most like that of Chandragupta Maurya?
a. Asoka
b. Chandra Gupta I
c. Empress Lü
d. Wudi




____ 81. Along what river did the Silk Roads split in order to reach two ports?
a. Euphrates River
b. Tigris River
c. Amu Darya
d. Huang He


____ 82. Why did the Silk Roads split between Anxi and Kashgar?
a. to take advantage of two river valleys
b. to avoid the Taklimakan Desert
c. to avoid the Amu Darya
d. to bring silk closer to the Himalayas


____ 83. What city was nearest the northernmost part of the Silk Roads?
a. Antioch
b. Anxi
c. Turfan
d. Bukhara


____ 84. Approximately how many miles separated Nanjing from Tyre?
a. about 2,000
b. about 3,000
c. about 4,000
d. about 5,000


____ 85. Why was a city built on the site of Seleucia?
a. It was considered the "gateway to the Mediterranean."
b. It was an excellent site for cultivating silk.
c. At that location, overland transport switched to river transport.
d. A religious dispute in Ctesiphon forced half of its population to build a new city.


____ 86. In the early Roman government, who were the consuls?
a. the chief executives of the government
b. the representatives of the common citizens
c. citizens of Rome and citizens of the provinces
d. the executive and legislative branches of government


____ 87. What conflict of interests lay between Rome and Carthage?
a. control of Egypt
b. control of the Mediterranean Sea
c. control of Anatolia
d. all of the above


____ 88. Which of the following is NOT true about the Roman code of laws known as the Twelve Tables?
a. It was written down.
b. It was publicly displayed.
c. It gave legal protection to all citizens.
d. It allowed for flexible interpretation of the law.


____ 89. What were the reasons that Christianity spread throughout the Roman Empire?
a. It embraced all people: men and women, rich and poor.
b. Rome's excellent roads encouraged the exchange of ideas.
c. Jesus promised eternal life.
d. All of the above are true.


____ 90. Why did Germanic peoples invade the Roman Empire?
a. fear of attacks by the Huns
b. famines in northern Europe
c. a desire to settle the frontier regions
d. resentment over Rome's power and wealth


____ 91. What is the main source of information about the life of Jesus of Nazareth?
a. the Nicene Creed
b. Augustine's book, City of God
c. the Epistles in the Christian Bible
d. the Gospels in the Christian Bible


____ 92. Which was an important part of the Roman economy?
a. trade
b. slavery
c. agriculture
d. all of the above


____ 93. Why was Augustus the most able emperor of Rome?
a. Augustus created a system of taxation that enabled Rome to accomplish many military and governmental goals.
b. He stabilized the frontier, erected splendid public buildings, and created an enduring government.
c. He reigned as an absolute ruler and people felt reassured by his leadership.
d. Augustus trained his own successor to prevent civil war after his death.


____ 94. Which of the following groups of terms best summarizes the legacy of the Roman Empire?
a. philosophy, drama, architecture, religion
b. technology, law, philosophy, poetry
c. architecture, engineering, law, language
d. language, drama, art, religion


____ 95. What regions of the world today are still strongly influenced by the achievements of Rome?
a. Europe and the Middle East
b. Europe and the United States
c. the Middle East and Africa
d. Africa and the United States