Question 1

Which of the following was true of Persian emperor Xerxes?

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A)  He ruled over the least violent period of the Achaemenid empire.
B)  He showed extreme toleration for subject peoples.
C)  He tried to impose Persian values on Mesopotamia and Egypt.
D)  He harshly repressed rebellions and was seen as cruel.
E)  He sought to prevent his successor,Darius,from damaging his legacy.

Question 2

Zarathustra viewed the material world as

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A)  an illusion.
B)  a trick of Angra Mainyu to mislead the faithful.
C)  the equivalent of hell.
D)  a gift from Ahura Mazda that should be enjoyed.
E)  a resting place for the reincarnated.

Question 3

Shapur I was the

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A)  Sasanid king who managed to defeat the Romans in several battles.
B)  Persian king who lost the battle of Marathon to the Greeks.
C)  last powerful Parthian ruler.
D)  founder of the Achaemenid empire.
E)  founder of the Seleucid empire.

Question 4

Cambyses was the Persian emperor who captured Egypt.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The Seleucid empire

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A)  created a state on a far grander scale than the Achaemenid empire.
B)  employed a form of imperial administration copied from the Achaemenids.
C)  fundamentally differed from the Achaemenids in their political structure.
D)  was a petty kingdom that helped give rise to the later Achaemenid empire.
E)  copied the Roman model of administration.

Question 6

The Seleucid empire was founded by one of Alexander's generals.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The Parthians were a powerful Iranian empire that extended into Mesopotamia.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Darius picked up the idea of a standardized government-issued coinage from the

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A)  Babylonians.
B)  Egyptians.
C)  Lydians.
D)  Indians.
E)  Chinese.

Question 9

The king who failed to follow the normal Persian governing policy of toleration was

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A)  Darius.
B)  Xerxes.
C)  Cambyses.
D)  Cyrus.
E)  Hammurabi.

Question 10

The Sasanids claimed direct descent from the Achaemenids and ruled from 224C.E.C.E.to 651

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Look at the picture of the gold clasp with the symbol of Ahura Mazda on page 96.Based on Zarathustra's religious views,why would Ahura Mazda be portrayed as a winged god?

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Ahura Mazda is portrayed as a winged god...

Question 12

The Gathas were

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A)  Persian underground canals.
B)  the laws that made up the Persian legal code.
C)  Persian administrative units.
D)  Persian administrators.
E)  Zarathustra's compositions.

Question 13

Describe the administrative structure of the Achaemenid empire.

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Question 14

The decisive victory of Alexander of Macedon over the Persians was called the battle of

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A)  Gaugamela.
B)  Marathon.
C)  Persepolis.
D)  Issus.
E)  Athens.

Question 15

The major early turning point in the rise of the Persian empire was the

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A)  victory of Darius at Salamis.
B)  victory of Cyrus over Lydia.
C)  victory in the Persian Wars.
D)  defeat of the Sasanid empire.
E)  victory of Cambyses over Rome.

Question 16

The greatest Parthian conqueror was Mithradates I.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The Persian law system under Darius sought to

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A)  codify the laws of the subject peoples where possible.
B)  abolish the laws of individual lands.
C)  impose a completely uniform law code on the entire empire.
D)  terrify the subject tribes of the empire into submission.
E)  enslave the conquered tribes.

Question 18

What can the passage from Zarathustra tell us about the influence of Zoroastrianism on later religions? In what ways did Zoroastrianism influence Judaism,Christianity,and Islam?

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The passage from Zarathustra can tell us...

Question 19

Look at the carving of Darius on page 89.How does it reflect the hierarchy of government and the power of the Achaemenid empire under Darius? Is the location of the carving significant?

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The carving of Darius on page 89 reflect...

Question 20

The empire comprising most of the old Achaemenid state that was taken by a general of Alexander the Great was the

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A)  Parthian empire.
B)  Alexandrian empire.
C)  Sasanid empire.
D)  Seleucid empire.
E)  Aryan empire.

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