Why is inflation bad for the economy?

prices go up while the value of money goes down

What role does the Eightfold Path have in Buddhism?

How to remove desire to reach nirvana

What was it that made the Gupta Empire the Golden Age of India

Sanskrit literature and making India a center for trade

What impact did Shi Huangdi have on China's development?

Although brutal, he unified China

Social scientists would call ancient Egypt a theocracy. This means that ancient Egypt

based its government on religion

In Hinduism, getting good karma is important because

it fulfilled dharma and determined your reincarnated body

How did Rome switch from a republic to an empire?

Julius Caesar became senator for life

What impact did the Silk Road have on World History?

It allowed for trade and cultural diffusion across Asia

Why do scientists call the period before about 3000 BC prehistory?

because writing did not exist at that time

What role did Patricians have in Roman society?

Elite families who could join the senate

One reason early civilizations developed in China, India, Egypt, and Mesopotamia is because

climate and geography allowed for agriculture to develop

How did Greek culture, ideas, and language spread the most through the ancient world?

Alexander the Great’s conquests established a Hellenistic w

The practice of domestication caused which of the following effects?

stable food supplies helped create a surplus

The few who passed the difficult civil service exams in ancient China were given the honor of

working in the bureaucracy as an official

What made Athenian government different from that of other early civilizations?

Ordinary citizens could vote on important matters

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World History Review - Unit 1

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1
Why is inflation bad for the economy?
the value of houses go down
prices go up while the value of money goes down
there are more jobs than workers
the gap between rich and poor increases
2
What role does the Eightfold Path have in Buddhism?
How to not reach enlightenment
8 ways to leave Hinduism
How to suffer more
How to remove desire to reach nirvana
3
What was it that made the Gupta Empire the Golden Age of India
Sanskrit literature and making India a center for trade
The spread of Buddhism and the reign of Siddhartha Gautama
The building of projects like the Great Wall and a clay army
Military advancements and the total conquest of China
4
What impact did Shi Huangdi have on China's development?
He built a stone statue of himself
He created the first written law code
He spread the ideas of Confucianism
Although brutal, he unified China
5
Social scientists would call ancient Egypt a theocracy. This means that ancient Egypt
based its government on religion
gave voting rights to all men
had a single leader who controlled all aspects of government
had elected officials
6
In Hinduism, getting good karma is important because
it is the spiritual duties of justice and honor
it was the method of converting others to the faith
it fulfilled dharma and determined your reincarnated body
the ruler would automatically promote you to the next caste
7
How did Rome switch from a republic to an empire?
It was conquered by other regions
People revolted against the government
Augustus killed all the competition
Julius Caesar became senator for life
8
What impact did the Silk Road have on World History?
India focused its trade toward the West instead of China
It allowed for trade and cultural diffusion across Asia
European countries began negotiations with the Chinese
It increased China’s cultural isolation from other countries
9
Why do scientists call the period before about 3000 BC prehistory?
because scholars have learned little about that time period
because no important events happened before that time
because writing did not exist at that time
because humans did not exist before that time
10
What role did Patricians have in Roman society?
Elite families who could join the senate
The lower class who got banned
The executive rulers
The judges
11
One reason early civilizations developed in China, India, Egypt, and Mesopotamia is because
the mountains in each region prevented cultural diffusion
rivers forced hunter-gatherers into nomadic lifestyles
vast mineral deposits existed for manufacturing
climate and geography allowed for agriculture to develop
12
How did Greek culture, ideas, and language spread the most through the ancient world?
Alexander the Great’s conquests established a Hellenistic w
Persian Wars demonstrated Greek superiority
democracy was an attractive government neighboring civiliza
The Iliad’s poetry spread Greek ideal
13
The practice of domestication caused which of the following effects?
most of the population was now needed for food production
all people gave up a nomadic lifestyle
conflicts between tribes became less likely
stable food supplies helped create a surplus
14
The few who passed the difficult civil service exams in ancient China were given the honor of
becoming a member of the royal court
working in the bureaucracy as an official
receiving the Mandate of Heaven
joining the terra cotta army
15
What made Athenian government different from that of other early civilizations?
Ordinary citizens could vote on important matters
It treated the higher classes as superior under the law.
They used trial juries to settle private disputes.
Their government was ruled by an oligarchy of legal experts.

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