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Chapter Review


This activity contains 30 questions.

	The new Hellenistic urban centers provided an environment in which the individual was increasingly rooted in established traditions of culture and religious life.    True  False

	In 175 B.C.E., crossed the Hindu Kush and conquered Arachosia.

	The Indo-Greeks:   used a system of coinage. were Indian in language. helped spread Buddhism from India to Central Asia. All of these answers.

	Euthydemus, successor to Demetrius, was depicted as a Buddhist converter in later Buddhist texts.    True  False

	During Parthian rule, trade in and around their domains increased.    True  False

	The first true Indian empire, established under rule, came into existence in about 324 B.C.E..

	With the of Ashoka, historians can piece together much of his reign and catch a glimpse of his character.

	The “new cities” Alexander left behind as bases for Seleucid control were essentially:   trading posts. city-states. military colonies. religious centers.

	The purpose of Graeco-Persian fusion policies was to displace local sociopolitical forms.    True  False

	The common language of the Seleucid people was .

	Who did Alexander defeat to put an end to Achaemenid rule?   Darius I Cyrus I Artaxerxes I None of these answers.

	In Achaemenid times, agriculture remained the basic industry and normal occupation of serfs and slaves.    True  False

	During Achaemenid rule, Indian goods crossed paths with other goods from countries as far west as present-day Germany.    True  False

	The farthest reach of Hellenization in the East came under the Indo-Greeks of .

	The Indo-Greek leader Demetrius made his capital in early second century B.C.E..

	The Questions of King Milinda depicts the king as:   a Christian convert. a Buddhist convert. a Hindu convert. a Zoroastrian convert.

	It was under the rule of Cyrus the Great that the Achaemenids first began to exert regional power in southwestern Iran.    True  False

	Zoroaster:   warned of a final reckoning. called on his followers to abandon the worship of lesser deities. was trained as a priest in the old Iranian tradition. All of these answers.

	With the spread of Hinduism throughout the subcontinent, the Zoroastrian tradition was forever supplanted, in all regions of India, with traditional Muslim sociocultural practices.    True  False

	The term is used to refer to priest of the Zoroastrian tradition.

	The Parthians were excellent fighters and were particularly noted for:   their strategy of encirclement using a large cavalry. their advanced weaponry. their ability to fire arrows backward from a galloping horse. their use of chariots.

	The Kushans brought an end to Indo-Greek rule in Asia.    True  False

	Ashoka provided the model for the , or universal monarch who rules with righteousness, justice, and wisdom.

	Mauryan trade throughout India was facilitated by:   a flourishing banking system. a system of roads. a series of trading posts throughout western Asia and eastern Europe. All of these answers.

	During Mauryan rule there was a high Chinese and Roman demand for Indian luxury goods.    True  False

	The is the most influential of all Indian religious texts.

	What is the pax Achaemenica? How was it established? How did it lay the cosmopolitan basis for the coming Hellenization of western Asia in the wake of Alexander’s conquests?   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	In his Seventh Pillar Edict, Ashoka writes, “I have enforced the law against killing certain animals and many others, but the greatest progress of Righteousness among men come from exhortation in favor of non-injury to life and abstention from killing living beings.” What Buddhist concepts is Ashoka referring to in this excerpt? Aside from religious influence what else can be inferred from this short excerpt?   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	What lasting impacts did Alexander’s policies of Graeco-Persian fusion have on the subcontinent? How did they effect political, cultural, and social structures? Do you think this is what Alexander intended?   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	It is said that Zoroastrianism influenced Jewish, Christian, Muslim, and Buddhist concepts. Choose one of the afore mentioned influenced traditions and try to find an area where Zoroastrian concepts correlate to a concept in the specific tradition.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

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