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Quick Quiz 2

Quick Quiz 2


This activity contains 20 questions.

	Much of the Achaemenids’ success in confronting the problems of empire was due to their:   military despotism. tribal confederation. forced conversion to the state religious cult. willingness to learn and borrow from predecessors.

	Under the rule of Cyrus the Great, the Achaemenid capital was moved from Ecbatana to Susa.    True  False

	The Achaemenid empire reached its greatest extent during the reign of:   Darius I Cambyses Cyrus I Cyrus the Great

	The title of , or “king of kings,” was given to the ruler of the Achaemenid State.

	The Achaemenids were tolerant of other cultural and religious traditions.    True  False

	“The Kings Road” refers to:   the required rituals performed by the future king before his crowning. a highway from Ecbatana to Sardis. a highway from Sardis to Susa. the path leading up to an Achaemenid palace.

	The common language of the Near East under the Assyrians was .

	The Achaemenid economy:   was agrarian based. was coin-based. was supplemented by a large volume of trade. All of these answers

	The basis for empire in North India was the propagation of more effective military technology and strategy.    True  False

	was the first king to build a centralized state strong enough for imperial expansion.

	The Arthashastra is the most famous Indian treatise on religion.    True  False

	Ashoka:   stressed tolerance for all religious traditions. abandoned all warfare. made Zoroastrianism the state relgion. All of these answers

	Revenues in the Mauryan empire came primarily through .

	What formed the basis of the post-Mauryan economy?   Trade Agriculture Extractive Industries None of these answers

	The great achievements of post-Mauryan era art were inspired by Buddhism.    True  False

	During the post-Mauryan era, language and literature rested on the complex Sanskrit grammar of .

	Which of the following did not contribute to the development of a Hindu tradition in India?   The high culture of Sanskrit learning. The increasing dominance of theistic devotionalism. The intellectual inability to reconcile new practices with old traditions. The consolidation of the caste system.

	The “monsoon route” refers to the primitive meteorological tracking of shifting air systems that dictate the coming of a monsoon.    True  False

	Discuss the major features of the Hindu and Buddhist traditions. How do they differ? How are they similar? Why did Buddhism spread to China and Southeast Asia while Hinduism remained in India? (You may want to read the remainder of this chapter in order to answer the second question more fully.)   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	Describe the effect Hellenistic culture had on the Seleucid rule. How were their policies and principles different from those of Alexander the Great? What were the major contributions of the Greek world to the East and what was the specific effect on Bactria? (Consider information in the “Indo-Greeks” and “Steppe Peoples” sections in order to answer this question more fully.)   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

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