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Final Exam Review
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1
Early civilizations developed
Similar religions
Through intense cultural contacts
In similar climate zones
Through independent patterns of development
2
Which is the best estimate for the number of castes that developed in India over the millennia?
thousands
hundred
dozens
billions
3
In comparison to women in sedentary societies, women in nomadic, pastoral societies
Were valued if they could equal males in military courage
Were treated equally with their husbands & male counterparts
Belonged to secret societies
Had more rights
4
Constructed multistory structures; Indus River; undecipherable writing, all pertain to...
Mauryan
Harappan
Mayan
Shang
5
It is thought that early Bantu migrations circa 1000 BCE through Africa were caused by
Environmental changes which hurt the land people relied on
Advances in gold and salt mining technologies
Growth in the African slave trade
Establishment of trade routes along coastal west Africa
6
Which is the name of the ancient Sumerian writing system?
Cuneiform
Pictograph
Hieroglyphics
Ideograph
7
The early civilization with the least developed technology was
Harappan
Shang
Mesoamerican
Sumerian
8
Which region of the world had yet to experience the Neolithic transition by 600 CE?
Northern Europe
Mesoamerica
South America
Australia
9
The Egyptians were to the Nile as the Chinese were to the
Yellow
Euphrates
Indus
Tigris
10
The civilizations of the Sumerians, the Phoenicians, and the Maya were similar in that each
Encouraged democratic governments
Established monotheistic religions
Emphasized equality in education
Developed extensive writing systems
11
Which of the following early crops was unique to early civilizations of the New World?
Maize
Barley
Oats
Wheat
12
Based on available knowledge, which of the following was NOT part of Homo erectus' world?
language
agriculture
tool making
bipedalism
13
The earliest civilizations in both the Eastern and Western hemispheres were similar in
Their location at similar latitudes
Their practice of polytheism
Their reliance on the flooding of major rivers
Their technological knowledge
14
All of the following were features of the civilizations in the cradles of civilization EXCEPT
A degree of craft specialization
Religious systems that included human sacrifice rituals
Construction of architectural movements
Development of irrigation systems
15
Early societies of South America
Developed societies that had no knowledge of metals
Were challenged by geographic limitations
Traded widely with regions to their north
Were unified under a central government
16
What's the unique challenge when studying the Indus River valley that doesn't exist for Sumer?
historians rely entirely on legends & oral history
Harappan writing has never been deciphered
religious prohibitions on interfering with the burial places
artifacts lie under layers that must be carefully excavated
17
Before 800 BCE, Indo-European steppe tribes were different from civilizations in what ways?
Civilizations were matrilineal
Civilizations were on permanent settlements
Steppe societies were more likely to have large monuments
Indo-European tribes did not develop a common religion
18
River valley civilizations, like the Egyptians & Sumerians, developed all of these EXCEPT
craft specialization
constitutional monarchy
social stratification
long-distance trade
19
All of the following cities relied on monsoon seasonal winds for trade EXCEPT
Kilwa
Alexandria
Sofala
Calicut
20
Which major world religion lacks a central founding figure?
Judaism
Buddhism
Christianity
Hinduism
21
Historically, pastoral nomads
Prevented contact between the civilized centers of the world
Lived on grassy plains (sedentary agriculture was difficult)
Had small lasting impact on the development of civilizations
Live interspersed with sedentary farmers
22
What best characterizes the role of women as society moved to agricultural modes of production?
guiding religious worship in village or town temples
having greater confinement to the home to care for children
tending to large flocks of domesticated animals
foraging and fashioning stone tools
23
Which major language family arose as a result of migrations in central Asia which westward?
Semitic
Sino-Tibetan
Romance
Indo-European
24
All of the following were factors in the Bantu migration EXCEPT
Population pressures
Use of iron tools
Spread of agriculture
Floods
25
Migration forged contacts between all of the following peoples EXCEPT
Aryans and Mongols
Germanic peoples and Romans
Bantu peoples and cattle herders of sub-Saharan Africa
Hittites and Assyrians
26
Matrilinearity was found in which of the following societies?
Rome
Byzantium
Bantu
Sumer
27
Which of the following best describes the development of agriculture during the Neolithic era?
it was a gradual process, arising in independent regions
it spread from the Americas across a land bridge to Asia
it was practiced only on hilly terrain
it was limited to China until the first millennium BCE
28
All of the following were important impacts of the rise of metalwork in the ancient worldEXCEPT
specialized labor developed further
metal ships revolutionized trade and naval warfare
metal tools make farming easier
metal arms revolutionized war fighting
29
In Chinese tradition, the Mandate of Heaven refers to
eternal authority of a ruling dynasty
divine blessing of the rule of an emperor
Chinese ethnocentric tendencies
belief in many gods
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Shang China
Left no decipherable written records
Was prevented by natural barriers from any trade
Contributed to development of central government in China
Developed numerous artistic works without the use of metals
