APWH Ch 7 and 8 Questions

Due Monday

Chapter Seven:  The Empires of Persia

1.        Describe the Achaemenid empire

2.       Who were Cyrus and Darius? 

3.       What changes in administration did Darius bring about?

4.       Brings about the end of the Achaemenid empire?

5.       Explain the Persian Wars:  Who was involved, why they were fighting and the outcome.

6.       What was the role of the bureaucrat and the slave in Persia society?

7.       What was the basis of the Persian economy?

8.       With whom and what goods did Persia trade?

9.       How did the world’s first coins come into use?

10.    What were the teaching of Zoroastrianism and what made it different than all other religions of the time?

11.    What other religions did Zoroastrianism influence?

Essay:  CCOT  Using one society from each of the following places (Asia, Africa, Southwest Asia and Mesoamerica) and Persia, analyze the impact of government structure, government officials and trade on the development, growth and stability of a society.

Chapter 8: The Unification of China

1.       What were Confucian ideas and how did they apply to society?

2.       How did Confucian ideas apply to government?

3.       What were the ideas of Daoism and how did they apply to government?

4.       What were the ideas of legalist doctrine?

5.       What was the Qin (Chin) dynasty and what were its characteristics?

6.       Who was Qin Shiuangdi and what did he do that freaked Ms. Layton out?

7.       What brought about the fall of the Qin dynasty?

8.       Who was Liu Bang?

9.       What brought about the rise of the Han dynasty and what were its characteristics?

10.    Who was Han Wudi?

11.    What was the Confucian educational system and what was its role in the Han dynasty?

12.    Describe and explain the increase of territory by the Han.

13.    What goods did the Han trade and with whom?

14.    How did the Han distribute land and how did this impact the dynasty?

15.    What brought about the fall of the Han?

Essay:  C/C  Using the Chinese philosophies discussed in the chapter, compare and contrast those with the Egyptians, Mayans and Indus River societies assessing the impact of religion on the government and society