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AP World Chapter 1-6
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What do you know about the earliest periods of human history?
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1
What advantage did Bantu speaking farmers have over hunter-gatherer groups?
iron-working technology
Horse drawn chariots
gunpowder
yam based agriculture
2
A follower of Daoism would:
withdraw from politics
pursue higher education
work for social change
engage in public life
3
How did the Agricultural Revolution in the Americas differ from the Ag Revolution elsewhere?
uniformity of farming practices
high agricultural yields
absence of animals to domesticate
common climate and vegetation zones
4
Persian political organizations had which feature?
lower level officials were locals
a written constitution
a written civil service exam
a figurehead emperor
5
How do we know there were class distinctions in the first civilizations?
kinship relationships
manner of burial
women's submission to men
naming practices
6
What did Buddhism reject in Hinduism?
meditation
the authority of the Brahmins
the cycle of rebirth
the idea that life is an illusion
7
How did rulers in the First Civilizations display their power?
constructing temples
freeing slaves
working in the fields
writing poetry
8
Buddhism and Hinduism both:
were monotheistic
offer hope for a release from the cycle of rebirth
reject karma
reject the authority of the Brahmins
9
Who were the first slaves?
merchants
prisoners of war
artists
female peasants
10
Which of the following is true about ancient Egypt?
it was ruled by pharaohs who were thought to be devine
the Nile was an unpredictable river
women did not have any rights
they used gunpowder
11
Unlike the Persian Empire, Greece...
had an absolute monarch
featured popular participation in politics
Chloe McBee was not a goddess
allowed women to participate in politics
12
How did the Romans and Chinese view good government?
Rome=merit based, China=aristocracy
Rome=good laws, China=good men
Rome=bureaucracy, China=people
Rome=separation of church/state, China=official religion
13
What did Buddhism and Christianity have in common?
both started out to reform the religions of their time
neither was an evangelical religion
both died out in the land of their birth
both were closely tied to a specific group of people
14
What did the Persians and Greeks have in common?
centralized political systems
ethnic homogeniety
expansive civilizations
strong sense of citizenship
15
Which of these was a major development during the Hellenistic era?
Mongol conquest of Europe
expansion of Rome
Spata's defeat
spread of Greek culture throughout the world
16
How is India's social structure different than China's?
social groups in India are defined by literary training
India's social groups are more rigidly defined
India has fewer social groups
social groups in India are more fluid
17
Both Buddha and Jesus
supported the religious authority in their region
were turned into gods by their followers
actively supported polytheism
actively sought to start a new religion
18
Which of the following had a huge influence on China?
Caste system
Democracy
Legalism
Republicanism
19
Which was considered less patriarchal?
Hopewell
Pueblo
Bantu
Mayans
20
What role did women play in agricultural villages?
did farming and textile work
fought in battles
led important ceremonies
organized irrigation
21
The Mayan political structure was most like:
the Greek city-states
the Roman emprie
Han China
the kingdom of Axum
22
Which of these is associated with Judaism?
God is engaged in history and demands social justice
the rules of nature are never changing
heaven is a place of no individual identity
divine reality comes from the individual
23
How did Egypt and Mesopotamia differ?
Written law codes in Egypt
salinization of soil in Egypt
more cheerful outlook on life in Egypt
more invasions in Egypt
24
Meso-American and Andean cultures:
Merged into a single empire
fought frequent wars
had little if any direct contact with each other
had sophisticated diplomatic relationships.
25
Why did the Roman Empire expand?
to take the wealth of the eastern Mediterranean societies
to spread religion
to compete with Persia
to reject Greek culture
26
In contrast to the Roman Empire, the Chinese
did not really appreciate Carter Binkley's dance moves
had precedents to follow
took centuries to complete
were less dependent on the military
27
The Meroe culture was a shift away from:
Egypt
India
China
Greece
28
Mesopotamia was in what modern country
India
Afghanistan
China
Iraq
29
In contrast to what happened when China collapsed, in Rome...
there was a long period of stability
a culturally homogenous society emerged
highly decentralized political systems emerged
a huge population increase occurred
30
What was true about both Roman and Chinese Empires?
they had some supernatural support for their rule
their economies relied on slave labor
they died out because they lost wars with India
they evolved from democracies
31
How did patriarchy show up in the first civilizations?
state's monopoly on force
use of gifts in backing up political authority
on Father's Day
Laws that regulated female sexuality
32
What is a possible explanation for the origins of the First Civilizations?
limits on lands for cultivation
need for large scale irrigation projects
a lack of military elite
end of slavery
33
Confucianism and Greek rationalism both:
both are polythesitic
both have a secular approach to understanding the world
both are monotheistic
believe in the supernatural
34
How did Mesopotamians look at life and death?
life is a mess and the afterlife is too
life is a mess but the afterlife is amazing
your destiny is predetermined before you are born
you make it to the afterlife if you life a good life
35
Which of these places an emphasis on logic and doesn't give much role for gods?
Zoroastrianism
Greek philosophy
confucianism
Daoism
36
How did Confucianism affect China?
confucianism encouraged individualism
it was the state religion of China
the civil service exam was based on Confucian texts
confucianism redefined the social hierarchies
37
What was true of all classical empires?
they had a single language and religion
they were powerful states capable of coercion
equality under the law for all citizens
the Mandate of Heaven controlled them
38
Which factor contributed to the Agricultural Revolution?
A sharp decline in population
An increase in large animals
Megan Hope woke up from a very long nap
the need for additional food
39
How do we know something is an Empire?
state formed by conquering territory & extracting resources
a state with democratic participation
alliances between competing states
a common ethnicity, religion, and language
40
Slaveholding was least widespread in:
China
Sparta
Athens
Rome
41
Who spread Hellenistic culture through conquest?
Ashoka
Plato
Alexander the Great
Qin Shihuangdi
42
How were gender roles defined in most ancient civilizations
I don't have a 4th option
men were inferior to women
men and women were equal
women were defined by their relationship to a man
43
Why was ancient Mesopotamia so unstable?
Joad Blauuw-Hara was in charge
rivalries between city-states
failure of patriarchy to emerge
no written law codes
44
What was the primary economic foundation for civilizations?
Slavery
Warfare
Agriculture
Writing
45
Which civilization relied on the Mandate of Heaven for their authority to rule?
Mesopotamia
China
Egypt
Norte Chico
46
In which of the first civilizations were women equal to men?
Egypt
China
Mesoamerica
Mesopotamia
47
What was different about cities in the Niger Valley?
they were part of a large imperial system
operated without a coercive central authority
had their own complex political systems
they were run by complex bureaucracies
48
What was kingship like in the First Civilizations?
kings depended on written constituions
most were women
kings claimed they were divinely ordained
always help power through coercion
49
How did the Persians treat people of different cultural traditions?
higher taxation
respect and tolerance
forced assimilation
suppression and elimination
50
Which of these was a big development during Paleolithic times?
Humans went from food collectors to food producers
the first cities appeared
Stephen Orban got a date
Humans spread to all parts of the globe
51
Which of the following had the weakest tradition of rule by kings?
Persia
Han dynasty
Gupta
Athens
52
Societies in the classical era:
rarely included slaves
were based on written laws
were patriarchal in organization
lacked clear social groups
53
What was the major source of slaves in Rome?
soldiers
untouchables
prisoner of war
peasants
54
In the classical era, most people of the world lived in:
North America
Eurasia
Africa
Haley Carlson's basement
55
Which foreign religion spread throughout China during the classical era?
Islam
Hinduism
Buddhism
Christianity
56
What was one example of the "weapons of the weak" used by slaves resist?
Sabotage
Varna
Obedience
Warfare
57
Which of these provided a unifying ideology for peasants?
Confucianism
Hinduism
Legalism
Daoism
58
Which of these human accomplishments emerged with the First Civilizations?
Art
Village Life
Writing
Agriculture
59
What was one purpose of writing in the First Civilizations?
Keep track of taxes
to record the stories of commoners
Tell the story of Cameron Knight's family
Entertain the population
60
When the Roman Empire disintegrated in 476 CE, the eastern part became known as:
Holy Roman Empire
Gupta Empire
Macedonia
Byzantine Empire
61
Peasants were honored and merchants looked down on in:
China
Sparta
India
Rome
62
Zoroastrianism probably most influenced what other religion?
Confucianism
Judaism
Hinduism
Daoism
63
Which was a result of the Agricultural Revolution?
higher risk of disease and famine
invention of the plow
decline of trade
Chelsey Coleman's great uncle's creamed corn recipe
64
What was a feature of Paleolithic Society?
High population density
class conflict
relative egalitarianism
slavery
65
Which of the following civilizations maintained the most continuity in their culture?
China
Egypt
Norte Chco
Indus Valley
66
Slaves were 1/3rd of the population of:
China
India
Rome
Persia
67
Why did patriarchy emerge in the First Civilizations?
emergence of large scale war with professional soldiers
participation of women in plow-based agriculture
increased role of women outside the house
decline in birthrates
68
What language was spoken by people who spread throughout eastern Africa in the classical era?
Latin
Bantu
Hebrew
Greek
69
What is another name for the Agricultural Revolution?
Mesoamerica
Neolithic Revolution
Fertile Cresent
Paleolithic Revolution
70
What was a unique feature of Greek political life?
universal suffrage
free males running the state
representative democracy
limited political rights for slaves
