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Final Exam Review
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1
In comparison to women in sedentary societies, women in nomadic, pastoral societies
Were treated equally with their husbands & male counterparts
Had more rights
Were valued if they could equal males in military courage
Belonged to secret societies
2
Based on available knowledge, which of the following was NOT part of Homo erectus' world?
bipedalism
agriculture
language
tool making
3
Which region of the world had yet to experience the Neolithic transition by 600 CE?
Mesoamerica
Australia
South America
Northern Europe
4
Which is the best estimate for the number of castes that developed in India over the millennia?
dozens
hundred
billions
thousands
5
The earliest civilizations in both the Eastern and Western hemispheres were similar in
Their practice of polytheism
Their technological knowledge
Their reliance on the flooding of major rivers
Their location at similar latitudes
6
It is thought that early Bantu migrations circa 1000 BCE through Africa were caused by
Establishment of trade routes along coastal west Africa
Growth in the African slave trade
Environmental changes which hurt the land people relied on
Advances in gold and salt mining technologies
7
All of the following cities relied on monsoon seasonal winds for trade EXCEPT
Alexandria
Sofala
Kilwa
Calicut
8
Which of the following early crops was unique to early civilizations of the New World?
Maize
Wheat
Barley
Oats
9
What best characterizes the role of women as society moved to agricultural modes of production?
foraging and fashioning stone tools
tending to large flocks of domesticated animals
having greater confinement to the home to care for children
guiding religious worship in village or town temples
10
Which major language family arose as a result of migrations in central Asia which westward?
Sino-Tibetan
Indo-European
Semitic
Romance
11
River valley civilizations, like the Egyptians & Sumerians, developed all of these EXCEPT
craft specialization
social stratification
constitutional monarchy
long-distance trade
12
Before 800 BCE, Indo-European steppe tribes were different from civilizations in what ways?
Steppe societies were more likely to have large monuments
Civilizations were matrilineal
Civilizations were on permanent settlements
Indo-European tribes did not develop a common religion
13
Early societies of South America
Were unified under a central government
Developed societies that had no knowledge of metals
Traded widely with regions to their north
Were challenged by geographic limitations
14
Migration forged contacts between all of the following peoples EXCEPT
Aryans and Mongols
Bantu peoples and cattle herders of sub-Saharan Africa
Germanic peoples and Romans
Hittites and Assyrians
15
What's the unique challenge when studying the Indus River valley that doesn't exist for Sumer?
religious prohibitions on interfering with the burial places
artifacts lie under layers that must be carefully excavated
Harappan writing has never been deciphered
historians rely entirely on legends & oral history
16
All of the following were important impacts of the rise of metalwork in the ancient worldEXCEPT
metal tools make farming easier
metal ships revolutionized trade and naval warfare
metal arms revolutionized war fighting
specialized labor developed further
17
Matrilinearity was found in which of the following societies?
Byzantium
Sumer
Bantu
Rome
18
All of the following were features of the civilizations in the cradles of civilization EXCEPT
Development of irrigation systems
Religious systems that included human sacrifice rituals
A degree of craft specialization
Construction of architectural movements
19
Which is the name of the ancient Sumerian writing system?
Cuneiform
Pictograph
Hieroglyphics
Ideograph
20
Shang China
Contributed to development of central government in China
Developed numerous artistic works without the use of metals
Left no decipherable written records
Was prevented by natural barriers from any trade
21
In Chinese tradition, the Mandate of Heaven refers to
belief in many gods
divine blessing of the rule of an emperor
Chinese ethnocentric tendencies
eternal authority of a ruling dynasty
22
Early civilizations developed
In similar climate zones
Similar religions
Through intense cultural contacts
Through independent patterns of development
23
The early civilization with the least developed technology was
Sumerian
Mesoamerican
Harappan
Shang
24
Which major world religion lacks a central founding figure?
Judaism
Christianity
Buddhism
Hinduism
25
The civilizations of the Sumerians, the Phoenicians, and the Maya were similar in that each
Emphasized equality in education
Established monotheistic religions
Developed extensive writing systems
Encouraged democratic governments
26
Historically, pastoral nomads
Prevented contact between the civilized centers of the world
Live interspersed with sedentary farmers
Lived on grassy plains (sedentary agriculture was difficult)
Had small lasting impact on the development of civilizations
27
All of the following were factors in the Bantu migration EXCEPT
Floods
Use of iron tools
Spread of agriculture
Population pressures
28
Which of the following best describes the development of agriculture during the Neolithic era?
it was practiced only on hilly terrain
it was a gradual process, arising in independent regions
it spread from the Americas across a land bridge to Asia
it was limited to China until the first millennium BCE
29
The Egyptians were to the Nile as the Chinese were to the
Indus
Euphrates
Yellow
Tigris
30
Constructed multistory structures; Indus River; undecipherable writing, all pertain to...
Mayan
Harappan
Shang
Mauryan
