First Age of Empires and Classical Greece

What is the name of the excellent system of roads that allowed Darius to communicate quickly with the most distant parts of the empire?

• The Silk Road 
• The Royal Road 
• The Camino Real 
• The Roman Roads 

Which of the following cities was ruled by the Chaldean King Nebuchadnezzar?

• Nineveh
• Uruk
• Akkad 
• Babylon 

Which of the following branches believed that a highly efficient and powerful government was the key to restoring order in society?

• Daoism 
• Polytheism 
• Legalism 
• Confucianism

Which of the following was an ethical system based on accepted principles of right and wrong?

• Daoism 
• Polytheism 
• Legalism 
• Confucianism

Which of the following was constructed to discourage attacks by
northern nomads? 

• The Royal Road 
• The Great Wall of China 
• The Regional Security Alliance 
• A Bureaucracy 

Which of the following was a Nubian kingdom which lasted for about a thousand years, between 2000 and 1000 B.C?

• Meroë
• Persia 
• Assyria 
• Kush 

Which of the following acquired a large empire by means of a highly advanced military organization and modern weaponry.

• Meroë
• Persia 
• Assyria 
• Kush 

Which of the following was located in Iran, had fertile farming land, and boasted a wealth of minerals?

• Meroë
• Persia 
• Assyria 
• Kush 

Which of the following philosophies made important contributions to the sciences of alchemy, astronomy, and medicine?

• Daoism 
• Polytheism 
• Legalism 
• Confucianism

Which of the following stressed that children should respect their parents and ancestors? 

• I Ching
• Yin and Yang 
• Filial Piety
• The Great Wall of China