AP World History
Period 2 Exam: Religions, Empires, & States –600BCE to 600CE
1) There is a thing confusedly formed,
Born before heaven and earth.
Silent and void
It stands alone and does not change,
Goes round and does not weary.
It is capable of being the mother of the world.
I know not its name
So I style it “the way.”
You may use an item more
than once.
A. Buddhism
B. Christianity
C. Confucianism
2) There are two extremes which he who has given up the
world ought to avoid. A life given to pleasures … and a life
given to mortifications. By avoiding these two extremes,
the seeker of Truth has gained knowledge of the Middle Path
which leads to insight, which leads to wisdom which
conduces to calm, to knowledge, to enlightenment, to Nirvana.
3) Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of Heaven.
Blessed are they who mourn, for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the
meek, for that shall possess the earth. Blessed are they who hunger and
thirst for justice for they shall be satisfied. Blessed are the merciful for
they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the clean of heart, for they shall see
God. Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called children of
God. Blessed are they who suffer persecution for justice sake, for theirs
is the kingdom of Heaven. Blessed are you when men reproach you, and
persecute you, and speaking falsely, say all manner of evil against you,
for my sake.
4) The nature of man is evil; his goodness is acquired.
His nature being what it is, man is born, first, with a desire for gain.
If this desire is followed, strife will result and courtesy will disappear.
5) You shall have no other gods besides Me.
You shall not make for yourself an idol. You shall not worship them
or serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God.
You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Honor your father and your mother
You shall not murder
You shall not commit adultery.
You shall not steal.
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
You shall not covet you neighbor's house; You shall not covet your
neighbor's wife or his male servant or his ox or his donkey or
anything that belongs to your neighbor.
6) The master said, “To be able under all circumstances to practice
five things constitutes perfect virtue; these five things are gravity,
generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness.”
D. Daoism
(Taoism)
E. Judaism
B
AP World History
Period 2 Exam: Religions, Empires, & States –600BCE to 600CE
B
There is no existence for that which is unreal; there is no non-existence for that which is real.
And the correct conclusion about both is perceived by those who perceive the truth. Know
that to be indestructible which pervades all this; the destruction of that inexhaustible principle
none can bring about. These bodies that pertain to the embodied self which is eternal,
indestructible, and indefinable, are said to be perishable; therefore do engage in battle,
O descendant of Bharata! He who thinks it to be the killer and he who thinks it to be killed,
both know not hing. The self kills not, and the self is not killed. It is not born, nor does it ever
die, nor, having existed, does it exist no more. Unborn, everlasting, unchangeable, and primeval,
the self is not killed when the body is killed.
From the Bhagavad Gita
7) The above passage illustrates which of the following concepts?
(A) The Hindu concept of reincarnation
(B) The Buddhist focus on the eightfold path as a way to enlightenment
(C) The Confucian value of harmonious familial relationships
(D) The Hindu rejection of the idea of a “just war”
1. With outspread hands in petition for that help, O Mazda, I will pray for the works of the holy spirit, O
thou the Right, whereby I may please the will of Good Thought and the Ox-Soul.
4. I who have set my heart on watching over the soul, in union with Good Thought, and as knowing the
rewards of Mazda Ahura for our works, will, while I have power and strength, teach men to seek after
Right.
5. O Asha, shall I see thee and Good Thought, as one that knows? Shall I see the throne of the mightiest
Ahura and the following of Mazda? Through this world of promise on our tongue will we turn the robber
horde unto the Greatest.
9. With the bounties, O Ahura, may we never provoke your wrath, O Mazda and Right and Best Thought,
we who have ben eager in bringing you songs of praise. Ye are they that are the mightiest to advance
desire and the Dominion of Blessings.
10. The wise whom thou knowest as worthy, for their right doing and their good thought, for them do
thou fulfill their longing for attainment. For I know words of prayer are effective with Ye, which tend to
a good object.
11. I would thereby preserve Right and Good Thought forevermore, that I may instruct do thou teach me
O Mazda Ahura, from they spirit by thy mouth how it will be with the First Life.
Source: The Avesta: Ahunavaita Gatha. The Gathas are sacred hymns of the Zoroastrian religion. They
are believed to have been written by the founder of the religion in Persia between 1500 – 1200 BCE.
8) The excerpt above best provides evidence of which of the following?
(A) Early civilizations formed beliefs of a spiritual realm that interacted with the physical realm.
(B) Early civilizations concerned themselves only with the physical world and formed beliefs about how to
behave that were largely void of any connection with a spiritual realm.
(C) All early spiritual beliefs and religious ideologies were monotheistic
(D) Systems of religious ideologies provided ridged gender roles that tended to favor men in the public
realm.
AP World History
Period 2 Exam: Religions, Empires, & States –600BCE to 600CE
B
The master said, “In serving his father and mother a man may gently disagree with them. But if he sees that he
has failed to change their opinion, he should resume an attitude of humility and not thwart them; he must accept
and respect their wishes, for this is the proper role of the son.”
9) Which of the following principles of Confucianism is evident in the piece?
(A) filial piety
(B) understanding that life is suffering
(C) seeking balance with nature
(D) submitting to governmental authority
Gandhara, India
2nd or 3rd century C.E.
Kamakura, Japan
1252 C.E.
Leshan, China
713 C.E.
10) The images of the Buddha from above can be used for all of the following EXCEPT:
(A) to trace the spread of the religion throughout Asia.
(B) to depict the emergence of deification for Buddha by the Mahayana.
(C) to highlight differences in Buddha's depiction across time and place.
(D) to show official acceptance of Buddhism from state officials.
11) Buddhism and Jainism share which of the following ideas regarding religion?
(A) Each rejects religion as a superstitious endeavor used to control people.
(B) Each believes that the Brahmin are at the peak of the caste system.
(C) Each one believes in a Holy Spirit that can be attained through prayer.
(D) Each rejects violence and the caste system as a means of subjecting people.
12) The founder of Buddhism developed a religion centered on which of the following ideas?
(A) Monotheism and a belief in heaven
(B) Regulation of social interactions
(C) Support of the caste system
(D) Elimination of desire and suffering
AP World History
Period 2 Exam: Religions, Empires, & States –600BCE to 600CE
B
“Every man intent on his own respective duties obtains perfection. Listen, now, how one intent on one’s
own duty obtains perfection. Worshiping, by the performance of his own duty, him from whom all things
proceed, and by whom all this is permeated, a man obtains perfection. One’s duty, though defective, is
better than another’s duty well performed. Performing the duty prescribed by nature, one does not incur
sin…Learn from me…how one who has obtained perfection attains the Brahman, which is the highest
culmination of knowledge.”
-Bhagavad Gita
13) How does this excerpt from the Bhagavad Gita justify the Hindu belief in the caste system?
(A) The Bhagavad Gita equates perfection and a sinless life with learning and education.
(B) The Bhagavad Gita equates perfection and a sinless life with a man that is doing his or her own duty instead
of the duty of someone else.
(C) The Bhagavad Gita equates sin with not doing one’s duty to the best of one’s ability.
(D) The Bhagavad Gita states that the only way to obtain perfection is by helping others perform a duty well.
“Dao is obscured when men understand only one of a pair of opposites,
or concentrate only on a partial aspect of being…
Instead, opposites produce each other, depend on each other, and
complement each other…When the wise man grasps this pivot, he is in
the center of the circle, and there he stands where all things converge.”
--Zhuangzi, The Pivot, 4th Century B.C.E.
14) According Zhuangzi, where in the “Yin-Yang Symbol” should wise men seek understanding?
(A) In the “light” and male part of the circle
(B) In the “dark” and female part of the circle
(C) In the perfect center of the circle
(D) In the outside of the circle
Hardly
ten
men
of
true
integrity
and
good
faith
can
be
found
today,
and
yet the
offices of
the
state
number
in
the
hundreds.
If
they
must
be
filled
by
men
of
integrity
and
good faith,
then there
will
never
be
enough
men
to
go
around;
and
if
the
offices
are
left unfilled,
then
those
whose
business
it
is
to
govern
will
dwindle
in
numbers
while
disorderly
men
increase.
Therefore
the
way
of
the
enlightened
ruler
is
to
unify
the
laws instead
of
seeking
for
wise
men,
to
lay
down
firm
policies
instead
of
longing
for
men
of
good
faith.
Hence
his
laws
never
fail
him,
and
there
is
no
felony
or
deceit
among
his
officials.
…
Selection
from
the
Han
Feizi: Chapter
49,
“The
Five
Vermin”
15) The author of the above passage is most closely identified with the belief system known as:
(A) Confucianism
(B) Legalism
(C) Manicheism
(D) Daoism
AP World History
Period 2 Exam: Religions, Empires, & States –600BCE to 600CE
Countless were the officials in the [Han] capital city,
Awe-inspiring the residences of the princes and marquises!
Official caps and canopies cast their shadows over the four thoroughfares,
Crimson wheels one after another on the long boulevards.
Mornings they gather in the guesthouse of the Jins and Zhangs,
Evenings they stay overnight in the quarters of the Xus and Shis.61
In the southern neighborhoods they strike the bells and musical stones,
In the Northern Ward they play pipes and flutes.
How silent then was Master Yang’s home!
In his gate no excellencies’ or ministers’ car.
All alone in his empty room,
What he investigated was the abstruse and the empty.
In his expositions he took Confucius as his measure,
In his rhapsodies he modeled himself on Sima Xiangru.
Long, long after a hundred generations have passed,
His name will carry authority to the four corners of the earth.
--Zuo Si, from the poem, Yong Shi, approximately 300 C.E.
16) Which of the following is the BEST interpretive summary to explain Zuo Si’s purpose for writing this
poem that describes life in the city of Chang’an in the fourth century?
(A) Chang’an is a city of architectural wonder known throughout the world.
(B) The government bureaucrat should aspire to work hard to accumulate material wealth.
(C) Music heard in the different neighborhoods is pleasant to the ear.
(D) Yang’s study of Confucian principles serves as a model of good behavior.
17) All of the following explain the reasons for the spread of religions EXCEPT:
(A) Trade routes allowed interaction and diffusion of religious ideas.
(B) People were eager to embrace religions of salvation and hope.
(C) Nomadic peoples carried religious ideals which were adapted in cities.
(D) Officials adopted religious ideals and sanctioned state support.
18) The basic ideas underlying the philosophy of Legalism is:
(A) People will always do the right thing given a clear choice.
(B) Given instruction on respect people will offer respect naturally.
(C) People should embrace both sides of their inner nature and find balance.
(D) People are cruel and stupid and need strict rules to control these impulses.
B
AP World History
Period 2 Exam: Religions, Empires, & States –600BCE to 600CE
B
“China’s emperors regarded control over water as one of the principal ways of controlling the country. They
poured their kingdom’s resources into vast projects such as the Grand Canal between Beijing and Hangzhou,
which was finished in about 500 A.D. The country’s Communist leaders have inherited this passion. The
country has built as many large dams as the rest of the world put together. The Grand Canal will now form a
link in one of the biggest engineering projects the world has ever seen, whose first stage is due to open by
the end of this year. It goes by the unlovely name of the South to North Water Diversion Project. When
finished, it will move water along 2,000 miles of new canals…at a cost of more than $50 billion.”
--The Economist, Water in China, October 12, 2013, pg. 16
19) Based on the evidence, it is reasonable to conclude that a continuity in Chinese history is that their
leaders have:
(A) invested in public works to maintain political order.
(B) viewed the canal as part of the mandate of heaven.
(C) ultimately failed in their efforts to control water.
(D) need to move water from Northern China to the South.
20) Which of the following contributed significantly to the fall of both the western Roman and the Han empires?
(A) The destruction of overland trade routes
(B) Irregularities in the flow of the silver trade
(C) New military technologies
(D) Invasions by borderland peoples
21) Before 600 C.E., large centralized empires, such as the Han, Persian, and Roman empires, extended
their military power by:
(A) giving more political power to the common people in conquered territories, thus eliminating the need for
large armies of occupation.
(B) developing supply lines and building infrastructure, including defensive walls and roads.
(C) creating open societies inclusive of different religious and cultural practices, thus decreasing the chance
of revolts.
(D) recruiting their armies entirely from inhabitants of their core territories and excluding members of newly
conquered lands.
22) Characteristics of an empire include all of the following ideas EXCEPT:
(A) An autocratic form of government built around one leader.
(B) A partnership of nations working together to maximize economic and political unity.
(C) The capacity to take resources from conquered areas and use for the benefit of the empire.
(D) Administrative control is shared with regional officials charged with carrying out policies of the empire.
AP World History
Period 2 Exam: Religions, Empires, & States –600BCE to 600CE
B
1. Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ox or his sheep driven away, and hide thyself from them; thou shalt
surely bring them back unto thy brother.
2. And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, and thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it home to thy
house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother require it, and thou shalt restore it to him.
5. A woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s
garment; for whosoever doeth these things is an abomination unto HaShem thy G-d.
8. When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a parapet for they roof, that thou bring not blood
upon thy house, if any man fall from thence.
9. Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with two kinds of seed; lest the fullness of the seed which thou hast
sown be forfeited together with the increase of the vineyard.
…2 He that is crushed or maimed in his privy parts shall not enter into the assembly of HaShem…The
children of the third generation that are born unto them may enter into the assembly of HaShem.
…1 If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, and the judges judge them, by
justifying the righteous, and condemning the wicked, then it shall be, if the wicked man deserve to be
beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to the
measure of his wickedness, by number.
3. Forty stripes he may give him, he shall not exceed; lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these
with many stripes, then thy brother should be dishonored before thine eyes.
Source: Hebrew book of Deuteronomy, Jewish Torah. 7thc BCE.
23) The above passage from the Hebrew book of Deuteronomy best illustrates which aspects of the Hebrew society?
(A) The Hebrew code of laws largely subjected females by reducing their human value to less than a male’s.
(B) The Hebrew religious texts dictated all aspects of life, covering even mundane situations
(C) Hebrew law codes were particularly brutal and concerned more with strengthening class distinctions than
distinguishing between moral and amoral behavior.
(D) The Hebrew law codes, dictated by divine inspiration, lays out a strict legal code that explicitly dictates a
system of class division.
24) The Hebrew law codes above provide an example of which of the following roles religious ideology played in
society?
(A) Religious beliefs provided cultural glue that bonded a community around a common identity.
(B) Religious ideologies provided a society with the promise of a peaceful after-life that eased the anxiety of
individuals faced with the knowledge of their own mortality.
(C) Religious law codes enforced the legitimacy of an authoritative ruler by conferring upon such ruler the
authority of the divine.
(D) Provided a common morality dictated and enforced by a divine power that regulated the behavior of a
society living in close quarters.
AP World History
Period 2 Exam: Religions, Empires, & States –600BCE to 600CE
Source A
Source B
B
“When they divided Puruṣha how many portions did they make?
What do they call his mouth, his arms? What do they call his thighs and feet?
The Brahmin was his mouth, of both his arms was the Kshatriya made.
His thighs became the Vaishya, from his feet the Shudra was produced.
--Hymn of the Purusha, Rig Veda #10 , approximately 1100 B.C.E.
I.87. But in order to protect this universe He, the most resplendent one, assigned separate
duties and occupations to those who sprang from his mouth, arms, thighs, and feet.
X.5. In all castes those children only which are begotten in the direct order on wedded wives,
equal in caste and married as virgins, are to be considered as belonging to the same caste as their
fathers.
--The Laws of Manu, approximately 200 B.C.E.
Source C
By birth one is not an outcaste,
By birth one is not a Brahmin;
By deeds alone one is an outcaste,
By deeds alone one is a Brahmin.
--The Buddha, Vasala Sutta, ca 400-500 C.E.
25) Sources A & B are seen by some cultural historians as the source of which of the following?
(A) Hindu explanations for the birth of caste inequalities.
(B) Buddhist notions of nirvana and enlightenment.
(C) Confucian notions of filial piety.
(D) Daoist notions of the natural order of the universe.
26) A cultural historian could use these three sources to conclude that:
(A) A high degree of social mobility prevailed in all three cultural traditions.
(B) The traditional caste system was universally accepted in South Asian cultures.
(C) Buddhism rejected the idea that one’s birth determined one’s caste.
(D) Monotheistic beliefs gradually replaced earlier South Asian polytheistic traditions.
AP World History
Period 2 Exam: Religions, Empires, & States –600BCE to 600CE
Rock Edict XIII
Today if a hundredth or a thousandth part of those people who were killed or died were deported
when Kalinga was annexed were to suffer…, it would weigh heavily on the mind of the Beloved
of the Gods [Ashoka].
The Beloved of the Gods believes that one who does wrong should be forgiven as far as possible
to forgive him. And the Beloved of the Gods [wishes friendship] with the forest tribes of his empire,
but he warns them that he has power even in his remorse and he asks them to repent, lest they be killed.
Edicts of Ashoka, c. 250 BCE
27) A careful reading of the Rock Edict of Ashoka would refute the idea that:
(A). Ashoka used force to expand the Maurya Empire.
(B). Ashoka was moved by the death and devastation caused by war.
(C). After the annexation of Kalinga, Ashoka foreswore the use of violence in the future.
(D). Ashoka’s conversion to Buddhism was not sincere.
“And we have not forgotten to provide for our weary spirits many relaxations from toil; we have
regular games and sacrifices throughout the year; our homes are beautiful and elegant; and the delight
which we daily feel in all these things helps to banish melancholy. Because of the greatness of our city,
the fruits of the whole earth flow in upon us; so that we enjoy the goods of other countries as freely as
of our own.”
-- Pericles of Athens, Funeral Oration, 431 B.C.E.
“…the continents lie ever supplying Rome with products from those regions. Here is brought from
every land and sea all the crops of the seasons and the produce of each land, river and lake…So many
merchant ships arrive here that the city is like a factory common to the whole earth. It is possible to see
so many cargoes from India and even Arabia. Your farmlands are Egypt, Sicily, and all of North Africa
which is cultivated. The arrival and departure of ships never stops.”
--Aelius Aristides of Smyrna, The Roman Oration, 155 C.E.
28) Given the information provided by these two sources, a valid comparison of Athens and Rome is that both:
(A) were cities that served as centers of trade in the wider Mediterranean region.
(B) developed identical cultural practices in the public worship of religion.
(C) depended on a large number of slaves for the production of foods and goods.
(D) were governed by an elected assembly of free men.
B
AP World History
Period 2 Exam: Religions, Empires, & States –600BCE to 600CE
B
“China’s emperors regarded control over water as one of the principal ways of controlling the country. They
poured their kingdom’s resources into vast projects such as the Grand Canal between Beijing and Hangzhou,
which was finished in about 500 A.D. The country’s Communist leaders have inherited this passion. The
country has built as many large dams as the rest of the world put together. The Grand Canal will now form a
link in one of the biggest engineering projects the world has ever seen, whose first stage is due to open by
the end of this year. It goes by the unlovely name of the South to North Water Diversion Project. When
finished, it will move water along 2,000 miles of new canals…at a cost of more than $50 billion.”
--The Economist, Water in China, October 12, 2013, pg. 16
25) Based on the evidence, it is reasonable to conclude that a continuity in Chinese history is that their
leaders have:
(A) invested in public works to maintain political order.
(B) viewed the canal as part of the mandate of heaven.
(C) ultimately failed in their efforts to control water.
(D) need to move water from Northern China to the South.
26) Which of the following contributed significantly to the fall of both the western Roman and the Han empires?
(A) The destruction of overland trade routes
(B) Irregularities in the flow of the silver trade
(C) New military technologies
(D) Invasions by borderland peoples
27) Before 600 C.E., large centralized empires, such as the Han, Persian, and Roman empires, extended
their military power by:
(A) giving more political power to the common people in conquered territories, thus eliminating the need for
large armies of occupation.
(B) developing supply lines and building infrastructure, including defensive walls and roads.
(C) creating open societies inclusive of different religious and cultural practices, thus decreasing the chance
of revolts.
(D) recruiting their armies entirely from inhabitants of their core territories and excluding members of newly
conquered lands.
28) Characteristics of an empire include all of the following ideas EXCEPT:
(A) An autocratic form of government built around one leader.
(B) A partnership of nations working together to maximize economic and political unity.
(C) The capacity to take resources from conquered areas and use for the benefit of the empire.
(D) Administrative control is shared with regional officials charged with carrying out policies of the empire.
AP World History
Period 2 Exam: Religions, Empires, & States –600BCE to 600CE
China’s “Grand Canal”, built from 486 B.C.E. to 609 C.E. It is the largest
artificial canal in the world and linked the Yellow and Yangtze rivers.
The “Agua Appia,” built in 312 B.C.E. was Rome’s first aqueduct
that brought water to the growing population of Rome.
29) Both of these pictures would be most helpful for a historian to prove that:
(A) social inequalities within China and Rome led to inequality in access to water resources.
(B) cultural factors such as religion encouraged China and Rome to conquer the environment.
(C) China and Rome suffered from deforestation as a result of their water projects.
(D) public works were seen as important functions of the state in imperial China and Rome.
30) Some historians have concluded that “geography certainly contributed to the political shape of the Greek
civilization.” Based on the first map, which of the following statements would support this argument?
(A) A number of rich and fertile river valleys allowed Greek cities to thrive.
(B) Steep mountains and valleys divided the Greek peninsula into hundreds of city-states.
(C) The grandeur of Mount Olympus convinced Greeks to settle away from this home of the Gods.
(D) Greeks ruled a far larger empire than comparable empires during the same era.
B
AP World History
Period 2 Exam: Religions, Empires, & States –600BCE to 600CE
B
31) How does the map of Greek colonization support the argument that their settlements were far different
economically when compared to the Persian Empire?
(A) Proximity to seas allowed Greeks to thrive through trade in the Mediterranean region.
(B) Proximity to valuable mineral deposits limited the Greek’s desire to expand.
(C) Proximity to land in fertile river valleys supported the far larger Greek empire.
(D) Proximity to North Africa promoted contacts with the Egyptians.
Year(s)
1122-500 BCE
Event
Zhou Dynasty—Idea of the “Mandate of Heaven” supports political unity & social harmony.
6th Century BCE
Laozi writes the Daodejing promoting withdrawal from the world into contemplation of nature,
simple living, and an end to personal striving.
unity & harmony through the moral example of superiors, excellence in education, & Confucius’
life and teachings. His students publish his thoughts in The Analects which promote ideal filial
relationships.
“Age of Warring States”—Period of violence & disharmony strikes China.
Master Han Fei’s writings support a “Legalist” answer to China’s problems through clear rewards
& punishments written into rules and laws.
Qin Dynasty—Emperor Shihuangdi uses “Legalist” ideas to brutally reunify China.
Han Dynasty—Ordered bureaucracy and educational system based upon Confucian ideals.
551-479 BCE
403-221 BCE
280-233 BCE
221-206 BCE
206 BCE220 C.E.
32) The events in the timeline could be used to support which of the following conclusions?
(A) Political dynasties and their rulers had no use for the cultural aspects of Chinese
thought.
(B) Economic trade factors drove the Chinese quest for social harmony.
(C) Interactions with the environment led to the rise and fall of political dynasties.
(D) Cultural beliefs were used by political leaders to promote order in China.
33) According to the timeline, which of the following Chinese thinkers had the most long-lasting influence on
China’s political history?
(A) Laozi
(B) Confucius
(C) Han Fei
(D) Shihuangdi
3 34) The photograph at left shows the life-size
terra cota army of Emperor Shihangdi’s tomb.
This tomb BEST highlights which historical
process?
(A) Imposition of an economic system on
people who were forced to pay for the
Emperor’s burial.
(B) The power of the government to
organize society along bureaucratic lines.
(C) Religious beliefs which spread along
trade routes.
(D) Develop of a rivalry between religious
officials and political elites.
AP World History
Period 2 Exam: Religions, Empires, & States –600BCE to 600CE
B
35) As early states and empires grew in number:
(A) economic transactions grew more localized and simplistic.
(B) conservation of environmental resources improved within the empire.
(C) competiton for trade, resources, and territory increased across empires.
(D) alliances between political states became less important and minimized in impact.
BONUS: Each correct answer will add a point to your overall score.
Match the person, event, or idea with the correct Empire or State. Some items might be used more than once.
The Battle of Kalinga led to this Empire’s acceptance of Buddhism.
The Punic Wars led to the destruction of this N. African state.
The Empire was ultimately destroyed by Spanish conquistadors.
This Indian Empire brought about the resurgence of Hinduism.
The leader of Macedonia’s army defeated the Persian Empire.
The western half of this Empire fell in 476, but the eastern half
continued for another 1000 years.
7) This leader illustrates the madness which unchecked power brings.
8) This Empire fell in an uprising of the Yellow Turbans.
9) This leader swept through central Asia and Mesopotamia
bringing strong government and religious tolerance.
10) This state became the ideal for Western civilization because
it practiced a form of democracy and believed in education and the arts.
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
A. Alexander
B. Cyrus
C. Aztec
D. Roman
E. Carthage
F. Gupta
G. Mauryan
H. Caligula
I. Athens
J. Han