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Which of the following describes the Persian policy toward people with different cultural traditions who lived within the empire?


A) Taxation of those who continued to practice non-Persian traditions
B) Suppression and elimination of non-Persian traditions
C) Respect and tolerance for non-Persian traditions
D) Forced assimilation to the Persian way of life

E) B) and D)
F) All of the above

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Which of the following had an important influence on the Chinese imperial state?


A) Democracy
B) Republicanism
C) Legalism
D) Caste system

E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

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Which of the following was a major avenue for the spread of Greek culture during the Hellenistic Era?


A) Cities
B) Rivers
C) Chariots
D) Oceans

E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

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Which of the following was true of both the Roman and the Chinese empires?


A) They exhausted themselves through frequent wars with India.
B) They invoked supernatural sanctions to support their rule.
C) They evolved from republics into empires ruled by tyrants.
D) Their economies relied heavily on foreign slave labor.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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What did the Persian Empire share in common with classical Greece in 500 B.C.E.?


A) Both had a centralized political system.
B) Both were expansive civilizations.
C) Both possessed a strong sense of citizenship.
D) Both were ethnically homogenous.

E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

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In contrast to the Roman Empire,the process of empire formation in China


A) depended less on military force.
B) had precedents to follow.
C) created a new religious tradition.
D) took centuries to complete.

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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Which of the following represents a value of the Roman Republic,idealized as the way of the ancestors?


A) Aristocratic privilege
B) Rule of law
C) Liberty
D) Benevolence

E) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

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Which of the following represents a defining characteristic of an empire?


A) A state that forms as a democratic republic but is eventually seized and ruled over by a single ruler
B) A state formed through conquest and maintained through the extraction of resources from conquered states and peoples
C) A single ethnic group with a single language,religion,and identity
D) A conglomeration of independent states that form temporary alliances

E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

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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?


A) Greco-Persian Wars
B) Peloponnesian War
C) Pax Romana
D) Punic Wars

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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The Persian Empire and the Mauryan dynasty were similar because both


A) lasted longer than any other second-wave civilization.
B) adopted Christianity as the official religion.
C) relied on imperial spies for information about distant provinces.
D) ultimately evolved into republican governments.

E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

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