Unit II Ways of the World review

Question 1

Which of the following characteristics reflect the influence of Daoism on Chinese culture?

Accepted Answer

paintings showing tiny human figures dwarfed by nature

Question 2

All of these are trade routes during the Classical Era except.

Accepted Answer

Scandinavian Sea ways

Question 3

Peter was influential to Christianity in that

Accepted Answer

He became the successor of Jesus

Question 4

What was a negative effect of trade?

Accepted Answer

disease

Question 5

What core beliefs outlined in the Sanskrit formed the Vedic religions later known as ?

Accepted Answer

Hinduism

Question 6

Indo-European pastoralists who moved into India

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Aryans

Question 7

What did Jesus, Siddhartha, and Muhammad all share in common?

Accepted Answer

the historical founders of major world religions

Question 8

What contributed to the economic success and military power of the Persian Empire?

Accepted Answer

Royal Road

Question 9

Which beliefs encouraged monastic life?

Accepted Answer

Christianity and Buddhism

Question 10

Which contributed most to the decline of trade on the silk road

Accepted Answer

Lack of Military protection from nomads

Question 11

All of the following are of the Roman Republic except

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Patricians and Plebians were citizens who had separate laws

Question 12

Which of the following is NOT true about Buddhism?

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Nirvana cannot be achieved

Question 13

Which of the following empires developed a highly sophisticated bureaucracy

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Han

Question 14

All of the following led to the decline of the Romans,Han and Gupta EXCEPT

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Disruption of overseas trade

Question 15

In contrast to other 2nd wave civilizations, India’s was the only 1 that was based on

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Notions of ritual purity

Question 16

What diminished urban populations and contributed to the decline of some empires?

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The spread of disease pathogens

Question 17

What tenet of Confucianism was most important in its rapid diffusion in China

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Social Patriarchy and a hierarchy

Question 18

What led to the decline of some/most empires?

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diseases and invaders

Question 19

the core ideas of Greco-Roman philosophies and science emphasized ...?

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a and b are right

Question 20

What did imperial societies rely on to maintain the production of food?

Accepted Answer

Slavery

Question 21

Which was the most important contribution of the Berbers on the Trans-Sahara trade route

Accepted Answer

Camels and saddles

Question 22

What gave Indian civilization a unique identity NOT found in other 2nd wave civilizations?

Accepted Answer

the caste system

Question 23

Which is one of the ways Buddhism spread throughout Asia?

Accepted Answer

All of the Above

Question 24

Which of the following describes a feature common to Hinduism and Judaism?

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Both are associated with a particular group

Question 25

Buddhism and Christianity are most alike in that

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Appealed to common people

Question 26

All the folowing contributed to peasant rebellions throughout Chinese history EXCEPT

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Exemptions from military service

Question 27

Which is NOT one of the ways that Daoism influenced Chinese Culture?

Accepted Answer

Methods of Communication

Question 28

Why is Hinduism difficult to qualify as being polytheistic or monotheistic

Accepted Answer

It has a universal spirit with many manifestations

Question 29

What became the basis for communication, and exchange routes in the Eastern Hemisphere?

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Land and Water

Question 30

what was the largest factor that lead to the end of imperial empires

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difficulty managing large areas

Question 31

How was classical Greece different from other major civilizations from this period

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They had no central political unit

Question 32

How was Judaism different than the religions that emerged in during the classical period

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Its followers did not try and convert people

Question 33

Logging in China and smelting in Rome and Greece led to

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extensive deforestation

Question 34

Which of the following religions were transformed as they spread along trade routes.

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all the above

Question 35

What is the Buddha's real name?

Accepted Answer

Siddhartha Gautama

Question 36

What did patriarchy influence during 600BCE to 600CE?

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Gender and Family Relations

Question 37

Why was long distance trade necessary?

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to obtain raw materials and luxury goods

Question 38

Filial Piety is in which religious text?

Accepted Answer

The Analects (Confucianism)

Question 39

What else was traded along trade routes other than goods?

Accepted Answer

all of them

Question 40

Which is not an example of domestication of pack animals spread among transregional trade?

Accepted Answer

Dogs

Question 41

In what ways was Constantine's rule and Ashoka's rule alike?

Accepted Answer

Both converted to a new religion and help spread it

Unit II Ways of the World review

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Unit II Ways of the World review

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