AP world history learning curve chap 3

Question 1

Which of the following was a feature of the Mauryan political system?

Answer 1

Emperors relied on a large contingent of spies to provide rulers with local information.

Question 2

Which of the following factors made it more difficult for Western Europe to construct a unified state similar to the Roman Empire following its collapse?

Answer 2

The absence of a strong bureaucratic system in the Roman Empire meant that states which sought to replace it could not build on its legacy.

Question 3

Which of the following best describes the spread of Buddhism into China?

Answer 3

It enjoyed only a modest presence under the Han, but grew rapidly in the centuries following the collapse of the Han dynasty becoming one of several alternative cultural traditions in China.

Question 4

What distinguished the emergence of the Greek and Persian empires in the millennium between 500 B.C.E. and 500 C.E. from those in China and India?

Answer 4

The Greek and Persian empires grew up next to each other leading to centuries-long interaction.

Question 5

Which of the following best describes the legacy of Persian imperial bureaucracy and court life after the fall of the empire?

Answer 5

It provided a model for all subsequent regimes in the region for a thousand years or more.

Question 6

Which of the following statements best describes why the Roman Empire continued to expand through conquest?

Answer 6

The Romans accumulated territories primarily for defensive reasons.

Question 7

What distinguished Han dynasty rule from that of the Qin dynasty in China?
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Answer 7

The Han abandoned Qin reliance on legalism for Confucianism.

Question 8

Which of the following statements is true of Indian civilization?

Answer 8

It is both politically fragmented and culturally diverse.

Question 9

Which of the following was a significant outcome of the collapse of the Roman Empire in Western Europe?

Answer 9

There was a decline in urban life.

Question 10

Which of the following statements best describes the political situation in Northern India around 600 B.C.E.?

Answer 10

It comprised a mix of independent towns and cities along with a number of regional states.

Question 11

Which of the following best describes ancient Greece?

Answer 11

It consisted of many city-states that were in frequent conflict but united by a common religion and language.

Question 12

In what way did Sparta’s political system differ from that of Athens?

Answer 12

Unlike Athens, most political authority was vested in a Council of Elders in Sparta.

Question 13

What is a consul?

Answer 13

Elected Roman state executive

Question 14

What was the name given to the Greek Hellenistic empire that ruled over Egypt after Alexander the Great’s death?

Answer 14

Ptolemaic empire

Question 15

Which of the following was a significant difference between the Chinese and Roman empires?

Answer 15

Only the Chinese Empire was viewed as a restoration of an earlier empire.

Question 16

Which of the following was a dynasty during the second-wave rather than First Civilization period of Chinese history?

Answer 16

Han

Question 17

Which of the following was an important motivation that drove Alexander the Great to invade Persia?

Answer 17

His desire to unify the fractious Greeks through a war against their common enemy

Question 18

What distinguished the political history of China from that of Western Europe in the aftermath the collapse of their second-wave empires between 300 and 500 C.E.?

Answer 18

Unlike Western Europe, a Chinese imperial state similar to that of the Han dynasty reemerged before 600 C.E.

Question 19

Which of the following protections within the political system did the poorer classes in republican Rome secure?

Answer 19

A tribune had the power to block legislation that he deemed unfavorable to the poorer classes.

Question 20

Which of the following statements is true of the ancient Greek concept of citizenship?

Answer 20

Greek ideas of citizenship varied over time and place, but on the whole the Greeks gave an extraordinary public role to their citizens.

Question 21

Which of the following best describes the type of government set up by the Romans when they established their independence in 509 B.C.E.?
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Answer 21

Republic dominated by the wealthy class

Question 22

Which of the following statements best describes the extent of political participation in Greek city-states over time?

Answer 22

Over time more Greek free men obtained political rights.

Question 23

What is the name for the Roman head of household, the man who exercised absolute rights over his wife, children, and slaves?

Answer 23

Pater familias

Question 24

In China persistent tension between which two dominant groups at the imperial court weakened the state during the late Han period?

Answer 24

Castrated court officials known as eunuchs and Confucian-educated scholar-bureaucrats

Question 25

What happened to Alexander's empire following his death in 323 B.C.E.?

Answer 25

It split into three different kingdoms, each ruled by a leading Macedonian general.

Question 26

Which of the following reflects a distinguishing characteristic of the Chinese and Roman imperial states?

Answer 26

The Roman bureaucracy was less sophisticated than its Chinese counterpart, but its elaborate body of law applicable across the realm had no equivalent in China.

Question 27

Which of the following was a reason why Rome was transformed from being a republic to the rule of an emperor?

Answer 27

Rome had acquired so much territory that its republican government could no longer function.

Question 28

Which statement accurately describes the political philosophy of the Mauryan treatise called the Arthashastra?

Answer 28

It advocates that rulers ignore considerations of morality and act pragmatically to do whatever is best for the state.

Question 29

Which of the following statements best describes a Persian emperor?

Answer 29

The Persian emperor sought to project power and authority through elaborate displays of magnificence.

Question 30

Which of the following is an example of cultural interaction in the Hellenistic world?

Answer 30

Native peoples were able to become Greek citizens by obtaining a Greek education and speaking Greek.

Question 31

Which of the following best reflects the experience of elite women in Rome?

Answer 31

By the early centuries C.E., they were less restricted in their lives than they had been during the early centuries of the republic.

Question 32

Which Chinese dynasty established the political patterns that continued to govern China until the twentieth century?

Answer 32

Han

Question 33

Which of the following statements is true of Roman citizenship in the imperial period?

Answer 33

It gave legal status but did not mark cultural assimilation.

Question 34

Who fought the Punic Wars?

Answer 34

Rome and Carthage

Question 35

Why were empires more intermittent in India than in Persia, the Mediterranean, and China during the second-wave period?

Answer 35

India's social structure made for intensely local loyalties at the expense of wider identities.

Question 36

Why is Ashoka important to world history?

Answer 36

He was an enlightened Mauryan emperor, who tried to govern in accord with religious values.

Question 37

What was the ultimate political result of the infighting between Greek city-states that began in 431 B.C.E.?

Answer 37

Ultimately it led to their takeover by Macedonia.

Question 38

What distinguished the experience of nomadic groups that settled in Western Europe from those that settled in China following the collapse of the Roman and Han empires?

Answer 38

Nomadic groups in Western Europe developed their own ethnic identities, while those in China were largely assimilated into Chinese culture.

Question 39

What separated the Roman ruler Augustus from his Chinese counterpart Qin Shihuangdi?

Answer 39

Only Shihuangdi embraced the title of emperor.

Question 40

Where did the second-wave empires of India emerge?

Answer 40

Along the Ganges River

Question 41

Which of the following is an example of how the Persian Empire sought to tie its imperial possessions more closely together?

Answer 41

It built a royal road some 1,700 miles in length.

Question 42

What gave Indian civilization a recognizable identity and character?

Answer 42

A distinct religious tradition

Question 43

Which second-wave empire created a civil service system that provided special education for bureaucrats, complete with examinations and selection by merit?

Answer 43

Chinese Empire

Question 44

What distinguished the Mauryan Empire in second-wave India from its counterparts in China and Rome?

Answer 44

It was not nearly as long-lasting.

Question 45

What was the ruling dynasty of the Persian Empire?

Answer 45

Achaemenid dynasty

Question 46

Which of the following statements accurately reflects Roman cultural attitudes?

Answer 46

Many elite Romans regarded Greek culture as superior to their own.

Question 47

Which of the following statements is true of the Hellenistic states?

Answer 47

They were monarchies whose rulers rejected democracy.

Question 48

Why were centralized empires so much less prominent in India than in China?

Answer 48

India's unparalleled cultural diversity meant that states failed to command the loyalty or influence on local populations that they did in other second-wave civilizations.

Question 49

Which second-wave emperor set up an imperial academy for the education of officials that became the training ground for his empire's civil service?

Answer 49

Wudi

Question 50

What political philosophy guided Emperor Qin Shihuangdi's rule, which was based on clear rules and harsh punishments?

Answer 50

Legalism

Question 51

Which of the following was the most impressive of the world's second-wave empires in 500 B.C.E.?

Answer 51

Persian Empire

Question 52

Why is Solon important to ancient history?

Answer 52

He reformed the Athenian political system.

Question 53

The major revolt that led to the fall of China's Han dynasty is known as the

Answer 53

Yellow Turban Rebellion.

Question 54

Which of the following statements is true of both the Roman and the Chinese empires in the early years of the Common Era?

Answer 54

Both empires claimed divine support to help sustain their rule.

Question 55

Which region of the Roman Empire had not experienced political collapse by 476 C.E.?

Answer 55

Eastern part of the empire

Question 56

India's political history most resembled which of the following regions?

Answer 56

Western Europe after the collapse of the Roman Empire

Question 57

Which of the following statements best describes current scholarly thought on the collapse of the Indus Valley civilization by about 1500 B.C.E. and the emergence of a new civilization along the Ganges River valley?

Answer 57

Scholars have yet to come to any sort of agreement on what drove decline of the Indus Valley civilization and the emergence of civilization in the Ganges valley.

Question 58

Which group drove Germanic refugees across the border into the Roman Empire in the fourth century C.E.?

Answer 58

Huns

Question 59

Which of the following statements best describes the role of nomadic peoples in the collapse of the Chinese Han dynasty in 220 C.E.?

Answer 59

A number of nomadic peoples conquered northern regions of the Chinese Empire setting up their own states.

Question 60

How did the Jewish Pharisees react to Greek culture during the Hellenistic period?

Answer 60

They set up their own school system because they feared for the very survival of Judaism.

Question 61

What might be considered a sign that the Chinese emperor had lost the Mandate from Heaven?

Answer 61

Disastrous floods were often taken as a sign.

Question 62

What was the most important historical effect of Alexander the Great's conquests?

Answer 62

His conquest allowed the widespread dissemination of Greek culture.

Question 63

Which of the following factors made it more difficult for Western Europe to construct a unified state similar to the Roman Empire following its collapse?

Answer 63

Linguistic and ethnic differences made unifying the region difficult.

Question 64

Which of the following was a dynasty during the second-wave rather than First Civilization period of Chinese history?

Answer 64

Han

Question 65

Why were empires more intermittent in India than in Persia, the Mediterranean, and China during the second-wave period?

Answer 65

The frequency of invasions from Central Asia made imperial development difficult because these invasions repeatedly smashed states that might have provided the nucleus for an all-India empire.

Question 66

Why were empires more intermittent in India than in Persia, the Mediterranean, and China during the second-wave period?

Answer 66

India's unparalleled cultural diversity meant that states failed to command the loyalty or influence on local populations that they did in other second-wave civilizations.

Question 67

Which of the following statements is true of China's Qin dynasty?

Answer 67

It united China, but its rule was so brutal that the dynasty lasted less than twenty years.

Question 68

Which of the following is a significant difference between the construction of the Qin dynasty Chinese Empire and the Roman Empire?

Answer 68

The Roman Empire took considerably longer to create.

Question 69

Which of the following statements best describes the Persian Empire?

Answer 69

It far surpassed in splendor and size all earlier Near Eastern empires but drew upon their examples.

Question 70

Which of the following second-wave empires emerged last?

Answer 70

Gupta empire

Question 71

Which empire played the least prominent role in which of the following regions?

Answer 71

India

Question 72

Which of the following was a reason why Rome was transformed from being a republic to the rule of an emperor?

Answer 72

Rome had acquired so much territory that its republican government could no longer function.

Question 73

Which second-wave empire created a civil service system that provided a special education for bureaucrats, complete with examinations and selection by merit?

Answer 73

Chinese Empire

Question 74

How did the Persians treat subjects of different cultural traditions in their empire?

Answer 74

They treated them with respect, tolerating non-Persian cultural traditions including religions.

Question 75

What distinguished Han dynasty rule from that of the Qin dynasty in China?

Answer 75

The Han abandoned Qin reliance on legalism for Confucianism.

Question 76

Which of the following statements best describes the extent of political participation in Greek city-states over time? Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button.

Answer 76

Over time more Greek free men obtained political rights.

Question 77

Which of the following statements best describes a Persian emperor?

Answer 77

The Persian emperor sought to project power and authority through elaborate displays of magnificence.

Question 78

Which of the following statements is true of the ancient Greek concept of citizenship?

Answer 78

Greek ideas of citizenship varied over time and place, but on the whole the Greeks gave an extraordinary public role to their citizens.

Question 79

Which of the following was the most impressive of the world's second-wave empires in 500 B.C.E.?

Answer 79

Persian Empire

Question 80

Which of the following distinguished the emergence of Christianity in Europe from Buddhism in China?

Answer 80

Christianity became the dominant faith in Western Europe, while Buddhism became one of several cultural traditions in China.

Question 81

Which statement accurately describes the political philosophy of the Mauryan treatise called the Arthashastra?

Answer 81

It advocates that rulers ignore considerations of morality and act pragmatically to do whatever is best for the state.

Question 82

What sparked Persia's two invasions of Greece in 490 and 480 B.C.E.?

Answer 82

Greeks supported a rebellion among Persian subjects in the province of Ionia.