Book 1, Chapter 3, Set 2

Question 1

When did Carthage dominate the west Mediterranean? (page 87)

Answer 1

c. 400 BCE.

Question 2

When did the Celts settle northern Italy? (page 87)

Answer 2

c. 400 BCE.

Question 3

When did the Moche culture arise in Peru? (page 87)

Answer 3

c. 400 BCE.

Question 4

When did the final stage of Olmec civilization begin? (page 87)

Answer 4

c. 400 BCE.

Question 5

When did the Nazca culture begin in Peru? (page 87)

Answer 5

c. 350 BCE.

Question 6

When did Alexander the Great succeed Philip II of Macedon? (page 87)

Answer 6

336 BCE.

Question 7

When did the Persian Empire fall to Alexander the Great at the Battle of Gaugamela? (page 87)

Answer 7

331 BCE.

Question 8

When was the city of Alexandria founded in Egypt? (page 87)

Answer 8

331 BCE.

Question 9

When was the death of Alexander? (page 87)

Answer 9

323 BCE.

Question 10

When did Chandragupta Maurya found the Maurya Empire in India? (page 87)

Answer 10

321 BCE.

Question 11

When did the Hopewell culture develop in northeast North America? (page 87)

Answer 11

c. 300 BCE.

Question 12

When did the first Celtic states in Europe emerge? (page 87)

Answer 12

c. 300 BCE.

Question 13

When was Alexander the Great’s empire divided up into the Seleucid, Antigonid, and Ptolemaic dynasties? (page 87)

Answer 13

c. 300 BCE.

Question 14

When was Euclid’s “Elements” finished? (page 87)

Answer 14

c. 290 BCE.

Question 15

When was the Great Wall of China begun? (page 87)

Answer 15

c. 287 BCE.

Question 16

When was the First Punic War between Carthage and Rome? (page 87)

Answer 16

264 - 241 BCE.

Question 17

When did Ashoka ascend to the throne of India to embark upon many imperial conquests? (page 87)

Answer 17

273 BCE.

Question 18

When did Ashoka allegedly convert to Buddhism? (page 87)

Answer 18

262 BCE.

Question 19

When did Rome first control all of the Italian peninsula? (page 87)

Answer 19

250 BCE.

Question 20

When did King Tissa of Sri Lanka convert to Buddhism? (page 87)

Answer 20

c. 246 BCE.

Question 21

When did the Carthaginians conquer parts of Iberia (Spain). (page 87)

Answer 21

236 BCE.

Question 22

When was China first united by Qin emperor Qin Chi Huang? (page 87)

Answer 22

221 BCE.

Question 23

When was the Second Punic War? (page 87)

Answer 23

218 - 201 BCE.

Question 24

When was the Qin Empire succeeded by the Han dynasty under Liu Bang? (page 87)

Answer 24

206 BCE.

Question 25

When did the Maya culture emerge in Central America? (page 87)

Answer 25

c. 200 BCE.

Question 26

When were the Nazca lines carved in Peru? (page 87)

Answer 26

c. 200 BCE.

Question 27

When did the Mauryan dynasty in India end? (page 87)

Answer 27

c. 181 BCE.

Question 28

When were the first official exams for Chinese civil servants? (page 87)

Answer 28

165 BCE.

Question 29

When was the Great Serpent Mound completed in Ohio? (page 87)

Answer 29

c. 150 BCE.

Question 30

When did Rome defeat Carthage in the Third Punic War, create the province of Africa, and absorb Greece? (page 87)

Answer 30

149 - 146 BCE.