What did Diocletian do to save the Roman state?

Set limits on prices for goods and services

How did the Olmec elite control their society?

Through elaborate religious rituals, such as human sacrifice

What was the role of women in facilitating the Indian Ocean Maritime System?

Introduced customs to sailors who spread them elsewhere

Confucian teachings emphasized that ...

Government exists to serve the people

How did the Egyptian government most likely get a labor force to build the pyramids?

By pressing people into service as a religious duty

The Shang viewed their kings as...

Divine intermediaries between people and gods

Which was NOT a feature of Greek urban centers?

Close relations with neighboring city-states

Which of the following is NOT one of Buddhism's Four Noble Truths?

Suffering is solved by realizing the holiness of life force

Which of the following was NOT a way that the Neo-Assyrians supplemented their economy?

Using labor force of slaves who had no legal rights

What was the Hittites' most significant accomplishment?

First to make tools and weapons out of iron

What was NOT a result of the unrest between patricians and plebeians in the Roman republic?

Dissolution of the social classes, replaced by a Greek model

What are "great traditions"?

Cultural heritages shared by educated elites in a society

What caused the fall of the Han dynasty?

All of these options are correct

What happened in the five centuries after the collapse of the Mauryan Empire?

Epics Ramayana and Mahabharata reached their final forms

What was a characteristic of the Persian satrap system?

Governors of each satrap were connected to royal family

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WHAP Unit 1

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Review of Period 1: Technological and Environmental Transformations to 600 BCE

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1
Athenian democracy...
Gave slaves political rights
Had no political parties
Was representative rather than direct
Encouraged women to be engaged politically but not vote
2
What does "Neolithic" mean?
New Stone Age
Last Ice Age
Iron Age
Old Stone Age
3
What did Diocletian do to save the Roman state?
Stopped the black market
Set limits on prices for goods and services
Renounced his power to prevent a revolt
Distributed people into new jobs to diversify the economy
4
How did the Olmec elite control their society?
By forcing people to pay substantial taxes
By raiding neighboring communities and making them slaves
By building stone heads to intimidate dissenters
Through elaborate religious rituals, such as human sacrifice
5
What was the role of women in facilitating the Indian Ocean Maritime System?
Introduced customs to sailors who spread them elsewhere
Established their own markets in port cities
Accompanied husbands on long sea voyages
Could be hired to work on trade ships
6
Confucian teachings emphasized that ...
Human nature is essentially wicked
Personal freedom should be sacrificed to protect the state
Government exists to serve the people
The world is constantly changing
7
How did the Egyptian government most likely get a labor force to build the pyramids?
By asking families to contribute their eldest son to build
By recruiting skilled construction workers from Africa
By pressing people into service as a religious duty
By kidnapping Nubians and forcing them to help build
8
The Shang viewed their kings as...
Divine intermediaries between people and gods
Reincarnated forms of their descendants
Wise men who had earned their positions through service
Brutal tyrants who treated their people like slaves
9
Which was NOT a feature of Greek urban centers?
Close relations with neighboring city-states
Agora, where citizens came together for laws and war
Defended by armies of private citizens, mostly farmers
Acropolis, where people could go in an emergency
10
Which of the following is NOT one of Buddhism's Four Noble Truths?
Suffering is solved by realizing the holiness of life force
Desire can be stopped by following the Eightfold Path
Life is suffering
Suffering arises from desire
11
Which of the following was NOT a way that the Neo-Assyrians supplemented their economy?
Using labor force of slaves who had no legal rights
Using silver as the medium of exchange
Encouraging long-distance trade
Deported conquered people to work on estates and agriculture
12
Which ideology was monotheistic?
Zoroastrianism
Daoism
Hinduism
Buddhism
13
Most early agricultural societies...
Caused children to be seen as a useful labor force
Focused primarily on food production
All of the above
Led to the decline of women's status
14
What was the Hittites' most significant accomplishment?
First to make tools and weapons out of iron
Conquered lower Egypt
Developed the first Uralic language
Anchored a busy trade route at Ashur
15
What was NOT a result of the unrest between patricians and plebeians in the Roman republic?
Creation of tribunes who could veto unfair laws
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Dissolution of the social classes, replaced by a Greek model
Expansion of the elite by bringing in plebeian leadership
16
What are "great traditions"?
Traditions that have lasted for the greatest amount of time
Local customs and beliefs
Cultural heritages shared by educated elites in a society
The most widespread traditions across a large area
17
What caused the fall of the Han dynasty?
Attacks from nomads to the north
Government corruption and inefficiency
Peasant uprisings
All of these options are correct
18
Who developed a law code in Babylon in the 18th century BCE?
Sargon
Ashurbanipal
Hammurabi
Gilgamesh
19
What happened in the five centuries after the collapse of the Mauryan Empire?
Guilds of merchants and artisans lost political power
Network of roads and towns disappeared, as did commerce
Science and technology stagnated while arts flourished
Epics Ramayana and Mahabharata reached their final forms
20
Carthaginian power rested on...
Their navy
Displays of religious power
Seizing overland trade routes across North Africa
Taking away citizens' political rights
21
What was a characteristic of the Persian satrap system?
Ensured a stable supply of precious metal to the king
Governors of each satrap were connected to royal family
Quick communication between center and outer provinces
Brought people from provinces to center of empire

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