AP World History Review Periods 1-2

Question 1

Which of the following is true about Hammurabi's Code and the Justinian Code?

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Each tried to organize laws in ways ppl could understand

Question 2

Which of the following was probably the MOST significant consequence of agriculture?

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food surplus

Question 3

The core or mother civilization for other civilizations in Mesoamerica was the

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Olmecs.

Question 4

During the Classical era in India, all of the following occurred EXCEPT

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the invasion of Alexander prevented contact w/ Mediterranean

Question 5

Roman culture

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borrowed heavily from the Greek and Hellenistic states.

Question 6

The earliest known written law code came out of the

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Babylonian Empire

Question 7

All of the following were found in Mesopot, Mesoamerica, Indus and Chinese river valley EXCEPT

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religious systems that included sacrifice rituals

Question 8

Which of the following economic activities rested on the raising and domestication of animals?

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Pastoralism

Question 9

All of these contributed to the decline and fall of Rome EXCEPT

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the spread of Christianity.

Question 10

Which of the following was NOT an accomplishment of Qin Shihuangdi?

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Standardization of Confucian values

Question 11

The Four Noble Truths are associated with

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Buddhism

Question 12

After the Peloponnesian War, Macedonians spread Greek culture throughout the world under

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Alexander the Great

Question 13

Which of the following was accurate of both the Qin and Han Dynasties?

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The central government was powerful

Question 14

What concepts do Hinduism and Buddhism share?

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reincarnation

Question 15

The Bantu Migrations consisted of migrations from

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West Africa to East and South Africa

Question 16

Long distance trade thrived in the classical empires because

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government authorities kept trade routes protected and safe

Question 17

Confucianism emphasized the idea that

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Harmony is achieved by proper behavior of all individuals

Question 18

The Mauryan and Gupta Empires experienced India's

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pause in its political authority marked by regional kingdoms

Question 19

The language system on which Indo-European languages were based came from

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The Phoenicians

Question 20

Which of the following pairs did NOT impact the same region?

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Wu Di and Chandra Gupta

Question 21

These edifices, located around India, were erected by Ashoka and proclaim tenets of Buddhism.

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Rock and Pillar Edicts

Question 22

In Ethiopia, trade and contacts

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led to the kingdom's conversion to Christianity.

Question 23

Stone tools, hunting and gathering, and an increasing Homo sapiens sapiens are features of

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the late paleolithic age.

Question 24

This group of people developed an advanced civilization in South America by 900 BCE.

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Chavin

Question 25

Which of the following two religions gave women a possible path to salvation?

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Buddhism and Christianity

Question 26

The Shang Dynasty arose around the

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The Huang He River Valley, The Yellow River Valley

Question 27

Over time in Classical India, the caste system

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intensified in complexity & differed from region to region.

Question 28

Which of the following encouraged citizen participation in government?

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Rome

Question 29

Wu Ti, often called the Warrior Emperor, successfully protected the Han from this nomadic group

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Xiongnu

Question 30

At the end of the Classical Age

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there was a religious surge as a result of social/econ probs

Question 31

Contact with the early Indus River Valley was limited, but merchants did travel there through

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the Khyber Pass

Question 32

These are some of the oldest known religious texts, dating as far back as 1700 BCE.

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Vedas

Question 33

The alliance of the Greeks against the Persians during the Persian Wars was called the

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Delian League

Question 34

The first historical example of the Jewish diaspora occurred 587 BCE with the invasion of the

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Babylonians

Question 35

Christianity spread to Northern Africa in the 1st century CE, eventually known as

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Coptic Christianity

Question 36

Buddhism primarily spread as a result of

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its monastic community and related missionary activity.

Question 37

Greco-Roman philosophers attempted to understand human nature through

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rational observation and deduction

Question 38

The Gupta Dynasty collapsed in 550 CE under pressure from the

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White Huns

Question 39

Which of the following is NOT a feature of the age 8000 BCE to 500 CE?

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Use of gunpowder technology

Question 40

In India during the period after the Guptan collapse,

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Hinduism ensured cultural cohesion after state collapse

Question 41

Both Greek and Chinese cultures had a

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strict patriarchal family structure

Question 42

The highest Hindu social class members in India after the Epic Age were usually the

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Brahmans

Question 43

Shinto

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is an very well-developed form of animism/nature worship

Question 44

In the Zhou Dynasty, the Mandate of Heaven meant that rulers

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were allowed to keep power if they ruled justly and wisely

Question 45

A central message of the Bhagavad Gita is that

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one must carry out the duties that come with one's caste.

Question 46

In which society were merchants in a lower social class than farmers?

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Han China

Question 47

The 250 years following the ascension of Augustus Caesar were called

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The Pax Romana

Question 48

Which of the following was a result of the shift from foraging to farming?

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Specialization of labor

Question 49

Which of the following was NOT at one point conquered as part of the Persian Empire?

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India

Question 50

Cuneiform and other types of writing are important in part because they

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help organize elaborate political structures.

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