Chapter 3/AP History

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Persian political organization included which of the following features?
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A satrap who governed each province
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Which of the following was a unique feature of political life in classical Greece?
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The idea of free male citizens running the affairs of state
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Solon brought which of the following reforms to Athens after 594 B.C.E.?
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The right of all citizens to participate in the Assembly
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What did the Persian Empire share in common with classical Greece in 500 B.C.E.?
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Both were expansive civilizations
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In contrast to the Persian Empire, the political culture of classical Greek civilization
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featured popular participation in politics.
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A major development that occurred during the Hellenistic era was
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the spread of Greek culture throughout most of the ancient world.
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Which of the following was true of both the Roman and the Chinese empires?
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They invoked supernatural sanctions to support their rule.
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The Persian Empire and the Mauryan dynasty were similar because both
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relied on imperial spies for information about distant provinces.
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Which foreign religious tradition was absorbed into China during the classical period?
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Buddhism
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Which of the following has been put forward to explain why empires were much less prominent in India than in China?
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India's unparalleled cultural diversity
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In contrast to the Roman Empire, the process of empire formation in China
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had precedents to follow.
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Which of the following describes the Persian policy toward people with different cultural traditions who lived within the empire?
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Respect and tolerance for non-Persian traditions
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Which of the following is an example of the centralization of the Chinese state under Qin Shihuangdi?
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Standardization of weights, measures, and currency
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Herodotus explains that when the Persians offer sacrifice to the gods, they "do not construct an altar, light a fire, or pour a libation, and there is no flute music, no wearing of garlands, and no consecrated barley cake." It can be inferred that the activities described by Herodotus were performed by which group of people in their sacrifice to the gods?
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The Greeks
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Which of the following expressed the basic difference between what the Roman Empire and the Han dynasty believed was the key to good government?
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The Roman Empire emphasized good laws, while the Han dynasty emphasized good men.
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In contrast to what followed after the collapse of the Han dynasty in China, the collapse of the Roman Empire
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led to decentralized political systems.
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In what respect did India's political history resemble that of Western Europe?
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Both created enduring civilizations in the absence of a consistent, encompassing imperial state.
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The conquests of which leader contributed to the widespread dissemination of Greek culture during the Hellenistic era?
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Alexander the Great
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Athens' leadership in which event launched Athens on a path to establish its dominance over other city-states in the region?
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Greco-Persian Wars
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Which of following had an important influence on the Chinese imperial state?
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Legalism
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When the Roman Empire disintegrated in 476 C.E., the eastern part of the empire came to be known as the
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Byzantine Empire
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Based on the geographical position of the Great Wall of China, the leaders of China were most concerned about a foreign invasion coming from which direction?
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North
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Which of the following was a motivation for the expansion of the Roman Empire?
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The wealth of the eastern Mediterranean societies
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Which of the following was a consequence of the Greco-Persian Wars?
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The notion of an east versus west divide
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Which of the following represented a value of the Roman Republic, idealized as the way of the ancestors?
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rule of law