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Spring '21 AC Final Prep
Spring '21 AC Final Prep
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1
What was the driving question for the Humans of HT-LA project?
What is our relationship?
What is the relationship between “I” and “We”?
What can we do about it and how can we help others?
I and We?
2
How is Galileo Galilei significant to the Scientific Revolution?
None of these
He showed that there is a room for the display or sale of works of art
He showed that there is a small pouch under the liver, called "gallbladder"
He showed that falling objects fall at a fixed and predictable rate
3
How is Nicolaus Copernicus significant to the Scientific Revolution?
Copernicus was usually Doc's guinea pig in his experiments (in BTTF)
He reason that stars, the earth, and other planets revolve around the sun
Introduced the geocentric theory
Nominated for numerous major cinematic awards, and won an Academy Award
4
Approximately what share of the Athens population were “citizens,” eligible to participate in their version of democracy
One-fifth (⅕)
One-fourth (¼)
Fifteen percent
One-sixth (⅙)
5
What is the most popular chocolate bar on Halloween?
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
Milkyway
Snickers
Hershey Chocolate Bar
6
Which two individuals temporarily slowed the Western Roman Empire’s demise?
Modi & Bezos
Diocletian & Constantine
Putin & Trump
Diocletian & Mattarella
7
Where did the oldest civilization exist?
Mesopotamia
Ancient China
The Fertile Croissant
The Fertile Crescent
8
Dancing on your toes is called....
I have no idea
Jazz/Jazz Square
Pointe/Ballet
Hip Hop/Jump
9
How is René Descartes significant to the Scientific Revolution?
Cartesian X-Y coordinate system
He is one of Mr. Killian's favorite philosophers to read
Along with Francis Bacon helped to advance the scientific method
Developed analytical geometry
10
From the following, what is 1 (of 4) main agents that contribute to our political identities?
Athletic abilities
Favorite sports team
The political conditions one lives through
High school mascot
11
Teachers are fun sometimes?
True
False
12
Who is this?
Rocky
Speedy
Pugo
Penot "Chunky Monkey"
13
From the following, what is 1 (of the 5) types of registers?
Consultant
Cash register
Data register
Accumulator
14
From the following, what is one reason for the fall of the Western Roman Empire?
Rampant political corruption
It picked the wrong side in World War I.
It wasn’t cohesive enough.
Its population was under-educated.
15
What type of sentence is this?: The girl was dancing.
exclamatory
imperative
interrogative
declarative
16
What are the four main agents that contribute to our political identities?
Education
Family
The political conditions one lives through
Social groups
17
What are the three reasons for the fall of the Western Roman Empire?
It was too agrarian.
An unstable economy
An unstable military
Rampant political corruption
18
Which city is considered to be the center of the oldest civilization?
Lagash
Ur
Umma
Uruk
19
Which of the following is not one of the five gifts of the Nile?
Nearby delta provided other food sources (that didn’t have to be grown)
Transportation
Gives people hope of the afterlife
Safety (cataracts & deserts)
20
Which of the following is not one of the five characteristics that define a civilization?
City
Institutions
Economy
Technology
21
How is John Locke significant to the Enlightenment era?
His contribution is his view of people as naturally selfish and wicked
He believed that people are born free and equal, and with natural rights
None of these
Among women writers, she criticized the lack of opportunities for women
22
Around which river did the ancient Indus Valley civilization live?
Brahmaputra River
Ganges River
Yamuna River
Indus River
23
Who are the two brothers that, according to ancient Roman legend, established the city of Rome?
Romulus & Remus
Romeo & Rocco
Mario & Luigi
Remus & Nario
24
The geography of the Fertile Crescent gave the people reasons to come and live there, what are they?
Fertile soil suitable
Nearby marshes provided other food
Cataracts
Deserts (Libyan and Arabian) provided another kind of barrier
25
What are the five characteristics that define a civilization?
Specialization
Writing
Technology
City
26
What is Karma?
The ethical laws of cause & effect; achieve moksha to stop cycle of rebirth
If I do good karma, I will be born to luxury
Karma is a ***ch (witch)
Karma is vengeful
27
Why were Egyptian pharaohs uniquely all-powerful?
Viewed as Gods
Head of the government
Head of of religion
Head of the army
28
From the following, which is not one of the four tools historians use?
Optimization
Contextualization
Corroboration
Sourcing
29
What are the four core aspects of a communitarian society according to the sociologist Etzioni?
Communitarian family
Moral voice
Communitarian schools
Habits of the heart
30
What geographical features resulted in the subcontinent of India being isolated?
The Hindu Kush and Ural mountains
The Himalayas and Appalachian mountains
The Sierras and Ural mountains
The Hindu Kush and the Himalayas mountains
31
Who invaded and took control of the Western Roman Empire territory, leading to its collapse in 476?
Germanic tribes (Odoacer)
Ottoman Empire
Romans
Constantinople
32
How is Thomas Hobbes significant to the Enlightenment era?
His contribution is his view of people as naturally selfish and wicked
Among women writers, she criticized the lack of opportunities for women
None of these
He believed that people are born free and equal, and with natural rights
33
What is moksha?
a soft leather slipper or shoe; originating among North American natives
The freedom from rebirths
What is moksha?
The perfect understanding and what stops the cycles of rebirth
34
What are the 5 Precepts of the living Way of Buddhism?
inject nothing that clouds your mind
Speak no untruth
Harm no living things
Take nothing that is not given
35
What is the significance of when the Egyptian religion changed and permitted common people to mummify?
Hope that their life would be a part of a mediocre staring Brandon Fraser
Gives people hope of the afterlife
Gives people hope that they might live forever
Gives common people hope that maybe they can be pharaohs too someday
36
How is Mary Wollstonecraft significant to the Enlightenment era?
Among women writers, she criticized the lack of opportunities for women
None of these
His contribution is his view of people as naturally selfish and wicked
He believed that people are born free and equal, and with natural rights
37
What early, undeveloped type of government did we see in ancient Greece that is still used today?
Democracy
Autocracy
Monarchy
Demographer
38
Who is the first recorded female ruler in Egypt?
Tutankhamun
Thutmose III
Hatshepsut
Akhenaten
39
What is one of the most remarkable achievements of the Indus Valley civilization?
Plumbing and drainage system, including indoor toilets
Sophisticated city planning
Invented gunpowder
Discovered titanium and made weapons from it
40
Your final collaborative art piece was an artistic answer to the driving question for the Humans of HT-LA project.
False
True
41
Population alone does not distinguish a village from a city; one key difference is that a city is the center of trade
False
True
42
What is the translation of Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
Middle sea
Between two rivers
Between two oceans
43
Who coined the term “intersectionality”?
Dr. Kimberlé Crenshaw
Dr. Kimberly Minesinger
Dr. Kimber
Dr. Kimberlee Armstrong
44
What is Paraphrasing?
Rephrasing
Citing sources
"Googleing" Answers
Plagiarizing
45
From the following, identify a type of language register?
Frozen
Casual
Intimate
Formal
46
From the following, what is 1 (of 4) the core aspects of a communitarian society according to the sociologist Etzioni?
Thou shalt not kill
Be good
Do onto others as you'd have them do onto you
Communitarian family
47
What are the four tools that historians use?
Close Reading
Contextualization
Sourcing
Corroboration
48
What is Plagiarism
Stealing other peoples work
Being annoying on the internet
Giving someone a virus
Scamming people out of their money on the internet
49
How is Francis Bacon significant to the Scientific Revolution?
Invented bacon
Comes from a long family lineage of pig farmers
Along with René Descartes helped to advance the scientific method
American actor, famous for the musical-drama film Footloose
50
How is Isaac Newton significant to the Scientific Revolution?
He was known for his works of science fiction and popular science
Laws of gravitation & he shows that there is a single theory of motion
Having better hair than the hotty Chris Hemsworth who plays THOR in the MCU
Shows vaccines inject 5G cell signal so you can be tracked by NSA & Russia
51
Which civilization is considered to be the oldest civilization?
Sumerians
Summerians
Egyptians
Indus Civilization
52
What type of government does early Rome enact that lasts approximately 500 years which we, in the US, also have today?
Representative Democracy
Authoritarian Empire
Fiat Democracy
Democracy
53
What's the geographical difference between ancient Greeks compared to the previous ancient river valley civilizations?
The cataracts and deserts provided safety
The mountains nearby
The sea instead of the river
They are close to a water source
54
What two things increase when there are specialized workers in a civilization?
Knowledge & Technology
Productivity & Population
Productivity & Democracy
Knowledge & Productivity
55
What is the Scientific Revolution?
Transition to new manufacturing processes in Europe & the US
The unprecedented increase in agricultural production in Britain
Change in European thought, characterized by observation and questioning
When there are two or more consecutive quarters of negative economic growth
56
How is Johannes Kepler significant to the Scientific Revolution?
He showed that planets are spheres and are in space, out there.
Showed that planets revolve around the sun in elliptical orbits
German craftsman & inventor who originated a method of printing
A system architecture that has revolutionized communications
57
Which of the following is not one of the five precepts of the Living Way of Buddhism?
Live a chaste life
Take whatever is desired gracefully
Speak no untruth
Inject nothing that clouds your mind
58
What is the significance of the Enlightenment era?
It is was arguably the most influential period in art history
It inspired an era of enlightened people who were lit-up
A new humanist philosophy, paintings and murals during the Renaissance
Inspired the American and French revolutionary movements &western culture
59
What is code-switching?
The process of assigning a code to something for classification
To mix or blend together
The process or activity of writing computer programs
The interweaving of more than one language
60
Who invaded, took over, destroyed their cities, and led to the destruction of the Indus Valley civilization?
The Aryans
The British Empire
The Huns
The Persians
