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1
Which of the following was a motivation for the expansion of the Roman Empire?
The wealth of the eastern Mediterranean societies
The threat of Persia
Rejection of Greek culture and philosophy
The spread of Roman religion
2
How did the Last Ice Age affect Paleolithic people?
As the glaciers advanced, humans could easily move into...
Ice served as an important preservative for food, making...
the cold weather killed off most large mammals that had p...
The lower sea levels associated with the Ice Age created...
3
WOTF classical religions and philosophies focused more on affairs of this worlds than on the re
Buddhism
Confucianism
Zoroastrinism
Christianity
4
W.O.T.F. expresses the basic difference between what the Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty belie
The roman empire depended on a merit based system of poli...
The roman empire believed in the separation of church and...
The roman empire empowered the bureacracy while the han d...
The roman empire emphasized good laws while the hand dyna...
5
Which of the following First Civilization did not rely on grain based agriculture?
Indus Valley
China
Norte Chico
Egypt
6
Which ruler during the classical era espoused a philosophical view on government that was relig
Caesar Augustus
Pericles
Qin Shihuangdi
Ashoka
7
Which of the following best describes the Mesopotamian outlook on life and death?
The afterlife was accessible to all who followed proper p...
god has...
Life is full of pain and suffering, but the afterlife happy.
People are caught in an inherently disorderly world much h..
8
Humans in the Paleolithic era already had the knowledge to do which of the following?
Ride horses
Make wine
Make pottery
Harvest wool
9
The discovery of Indus Valley seals in Mesopotamia suggests that the seals were used
in magical rituals
as tribute
To establish diplomatic relations
in trade and commerce
10
Both the Buddha and Jesus
Actively sought to found new religious during their lifetime
Actively opposed Zoroastrianism
Allied themselves with religious authorities in their regio
Were transformed by their followers into gods
11
Which of the following have been found at Mohenjo Daro?
Monuments
images of warfare
Indoor latrines
Palaces
12
Which of the following depicts a Paleolithic gathering and hunting way of life?
Lascaux cave painting
Stonehenge
Çatalhöyük
Otzi the Iceman
13
Athens leadership in which event launched Athens on a path to establish its dominance over othe
The macedonian invasion of greece
Peloponnesian war
Pax Romana
Greco-Persian wars
14
Which offers that Paleolithic people were shifting from nomadic way of life to settledlifestyle
Extinction of Large mammals
Global warming
Elaborate burial sites
increase in the size of tools
15
Which of the following represents a defining characteristics of an empire?
A state that formed through conquest and maintained thro...
A conglomeration of independant states that form temporar...
a state that forms a democratic republic but is eventuall...
A single ethnic with a single language, religion, and ide...
16
The conquests of which leader contributed to the widespread dissemination of Greek culture duri
Ashoka
Qin Shihuangdi
Caesar Augustus
Alexander the Great
17
Which element of Hinduism did Buddhism reject?
The idea that ordinary life is an illusion
The religious authority of the brahmins
The goal of overcoming the demands of the ego
The practice of meditation
18
Which of the following was a characteristic of all classical empires?
Emperors were constrained by the mandate of Heaven
There was equality under the law for all subjects
They all imposed a single religion and language for the e...
They were powerful states capable of coercing resources f...
19
Buddhism and Hinduism are similar in that they both
Offered hope for final release from the cycle of rebirth
Promoted monotheism
Rejected the religious authority of brahmins
Rejected the concept of Karma
20
Which of the following describes the Persian policy towards people with different cultural t...
forced assimilation to the Persian way of life
suppression and elimination of non Persian tradition
respect and tolerance for non Persian traditions
Taxation of those who continued to practice non Persian t...
21
What was a feature of society during the Paleolithic era?
High population density
Widespread slavery
Relative egalitarianism
Class conflict
22
W.O.T.F has been put forward to explain why empires were much less prominent in India than Chin
The absence of any tradition of large state in India
India's lack of a well defined social structure
The lack of invasions from Central Asia into the Indian sub
India's unparalleled cultural diversity
23
Which of the following was a part of the San diet?
Cheese
Beef
Goat
Honey
24
In contrast to the Roman Empire, the process of empire formation in China
Took centuries to complete
involved the absorption of a religious tradition
was less dependent on military force
had precedents to follow
25
Which of the following describes a feature of chiefdoms
the absence of centralized authority
the collection of tribute from commoners
the separation of religious and secular power
the use of force to ensure obedience from subjects
26
WOTF contained no religious symbolism
The tomb of Qin Shihuangdi
The Bihustun inscription
The statue of Harmodius and Aristogetion
The statue of augustus
27
Which of the following human accomplishments emerged with the First Civilizations?
Agriculture
Writing
Village Life
Art
28
Which form of the following was a result of the Agricultural Revolution?
The initial human settlement of the earth
The initial human settlement of the earth
The initial human settlement of the earth
The initial human settlement of the earth
29
Which of the following was the last of the first civilizations to emerge?
Norte chico
China
Indus valley
Olmec
30
Which of the following was a result of the Agricultural Revolution?
The initial human settlement of the earth
The decline of trade
31
The Chinese scholar Han Fei's definition of the "two handles" of chastisement and commendation
A system of rewards and punishments controlled by the sov...
the blending of democractic and autocratic elements in re...
The triumph of Confucianism over legalism in the qin dynasty
The use of moral principles instead of legal princples to...
32
Anytime you see the word or acronym "W.O.T.F" that means "which of the following"...understand?
yes
no...
33
What was one purpose that writing served in the first civilizations?
To keep track of who paid their taxes to the state
To record the stories of ordinary commoners
To entertain an increasingly literate population
To confine women to the home
34
WOTF statements best describes the relationship between taoism and Confucianism as understood..
Taoism is an offshoot of Confucianism does that develops the
Most Taoist despised confusions because their policies...
Daoism and Confucianism were regarded as complementary...
Most confusions dismissed Daoism as meaningless superstition
35
Solon brought which if the following reforms to athens after 594bce?
The creation of debt slavery as a way of helping the poor...
Representative democracy
Limited politcal rights for elite Anthenian women
The right of all citizens to participate in the assembly
36
Which of the following may have played a role in the decline of Buddhism in India?
There was too much competition from Confucianism
Buddhism was absorbed into a Reviving Hinduism
Buddhism was suppressed by Emperor Ashoka
India failed to established Buddhist monasteries
37
In the first civilizations, slaves were drawn from which pool of people?
Merchants
Artisans
Prisoners of war
Female peasants
38
What respect did India's political history resemble that of Western Europe?
Both successfully resisted foreign rule and domination
Both enjoyed periods of peace and stability under repub...
Both possessed a high degree of ethnic and cultural homo...
Both created enduring civilizations in the absence of a c...
39
A major development that occurred during the Hellenistic era was
Sparta's defeat of athens in the peloponnesian
The mongol conquest of Europe
The expansion of the Roman empire to its greatest height
The spread of Greek culture throughout most of the ancien...
40
Which of the following is an example of how social class affected gender roles?
Women from the upper classes were expected to stay at hom...
Women married to wealthy men were forbidden to wear veils...
only women from the upper classes worshipped inanna, a go...
femal rulers were portrayed dressed in male clothing and...
41
The Clovis culture of North America disappeared from the archaeological record around the same
time as many species of large animals became extinct
time as the beginning of the last Ice Age
time as people began to establish permanent settlemants
time as humans began to practice agriculture
42
Which of the following has been proposed as a possible function of Stonehedge?
public bath
burial site
Library
Museum
43
Which of the following been advanced as possible explanation for origins of 1st civilizations?
The absence of limits on the amount o fland that could be...
The need to organize large scale irrigation projects
The end of the practice of slavery in a region
the emergence of regions where no military elite took shape
44
What made PacificVoyages of Austronesian speakin people differ from other initialhumanmigrants?
The pacific voyages happened at a much slower pace than a...
The pacific voyages did not result in the extinction of lo..
The pacific voyages utilized ice bridges in order to reac...
The pacific voyages were undertaken by agricultural people..
45
What is another name for the Agricultural Revolution?
"Secondary products revoltuion"
Fertile Crescent
Neolithic Revolution
Mesoamerica
46
W.O.T.F. represents a period during which most of the South Asian subcontinent was unified unde
Roman empire
Han dynasty
Mauryan empire
Persian empire
47
What did migrants to Australia and the Pacific islands use to get to their destinations?
Land bridges
boats
Mammoths
Mlovis points
48
Which of the following was true of both Roman and Chinese Empires?
Their economies relied heavily on slave labor
They invoked supernatural sanctions to support their rule
They exhausted themselves through frequent wars with india
They evoked from republican traditions into empires ruled...
49
Which of the following provides evidence of interaction and exchange amoung the 1stcivilization
and surrounding regions in the ancient world? Tea
and surroundin regions in the ancient world?Horsedrawn chari
and surrounding regions in the ancient world? Gunpowder
and surrounding regions in the ancient world? Abacus
50
The cosmic struggle between ahura Mazda and angra mainyu lies at the heart of which religion
Zoroastrianism
Hinduism
Judaism
Buddhism
51
WOTF systems of thought provided inspiration for the harsh reunification of China under Qin Shi
Buddhism
Daoism
Confucianism
Legalism
52
Which of the following was a consequence of the Greco-Persian Wars
The Greek settlement of Ionia
The end of the Golden Age of Greek culture
The notion of an East/West divide
The decline of Athenian democracy
53
Which of the following describes gender relations in the first civilizations?
women and men enjoyed equal relationships
Men operated in roles defined as feminine
Women were defined largely by their relationship to a man
Men were considered inferior to women
54
WOTF is a central feature of the Hindu notion of karma?
Nirvana enlightenment
Atman soul
Samsara rebirth
Moksha liberation
55
Which of the following was a unique feature of political life in classical Greece?
Representative democracy
The idea of free male citizens running the affairs of state
The universal right to vote for all men and women 16+
The granting of limited political rights to slaves
56
What is the significance of the depiction of figures from Roman mythology on the breastplace of
To acknowledge the role of Ahuramazda in Augustus militar...
To place Augustus in a long line of ancient sage kings wh...
To suggest that Augustus political authority was divinely...
To show how augustus offered sacrifices to the various sp...
57
Which of the following was an important development during the Paleolithic period?
Humankind spread to inhabit all parts of the globe
Humankind became food producers rather than collectors
The 1st civilizations appeared during the Paleolithic period
58
In the epic of gilgamesh, enkidu tells gilgamesh about a dream he had featuring '' the house wh
The afterlife
The home of slaves
Land of the west
A prison in babylon
59
Which of the following statements about ancient Egypt is true?
The nile was unpredictable river who erratic floods regu...
The state was ruled by pharaohs who to be gods in human form
Women in Egypt were afforded fewer opportunities than Mes...
60
Which civilization experience greatest cultural continuity from earliest formation to modern ti
China
Egypt
Norte Chico
Indus Valley
61
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A FEATURE FOUND IN SOME CITIES IN THE FIRST CIVILIZATIONS?
Libraries
Sewage systems
Large farms
Theaters
62
What role did women play in agricultural village societies?
Women rode horses and fought in battles
women organized irrigation systems and controlled trade
Women participated in farming and textile work
Women led important rituals and ceremonies
63
Which of the following is an example of the way that patriarchy was expressed in the 1stciviliz
symbols of kingship that were believed to be of divine or...
The states monopoly of the legitimate right to use violence
Laws that regulated female sexuality
The use of persuasion, prestige, and gifts to back up pol...
64
In the four centuries following Jesus's death, Christianity
Excluded women from leadership roles in the church
Rejected all the teachings and writings of Jews
Define Christianity as a religion open only to Jews
Created a church without a hierarchy we're all members were
65
Zoroastianism most probably influenced WOTF philosophical or religious traditions?
Hinduism
Daoism
Judaism
Confucianism
66
What does the negative Confession suggest about egyptian perceptions of how to gain access...
eternal life?only the pharaoh and those who were buried with
eternal life? People who adopted a pessimistic outlook in li
eternal life? Being buried in a pyramid was the only way to
eternal life? People who were honest, fair and modest, and w
67
Which of the following was the point of departure for migration into the Americas?
Aotearoa
Easter Island
Eastern Siberia
New Guinea
68
WOTF represents a way that Greek scholarship influenced the world?
Greek ideas entered India and were absorbed into Hinduism
Greek text word translated into Arabic and stimulated Muslim
Greek mining was incorporated into Confucianism creating a..
Greek knowledge became a central element in an emerging...
69
Whichofthefollowing is example a way that rulers in the 1civilizations displayed their power?
engaging in farm work
Writing poetry
freeing slaves
constructing temples
70
Which society during Age of Agricultural is considered to have a distinct element of inequality
Gathering and hunting societies
Paleolithic societies
Pastoral societies
Chiefdoms
71
W.O.T.F. is an example of centralization of the Chinese state under Qin Shihuangdi?
Standardization of weights, measures, and currency
Elimination of the office of tribune
Establishment of the senate, consuls, and public assemblies
participation of the lower classes in shaping public policy
72
In contrast to the theravada Buddhism the mahayana version portrayed the Buddha as a
priest
bodhisattva
teacher
god
73
Which of the following was depicted in many seals found in Indus V. civiliz. that r.i.p.2000bce
an1mesl
ANIME
an1mls
animals
74
WOTF is an example of what the Mauryan ruler Ashoka meant by "dhamma"
severity in punishing the slightest offense
Intolerance of foreign religions
Generosity to Brahmans and ascetics
Extravagance in spending
75
The Persian Empire and the Mauryan dynasty were similar in that both
relied on imperial spies to keep tabs on distant provinces
defined the right of the emperor to rule through the Mand...
controlled parts of eastern china
ultimately evolved into republican governments
76
contrast to people who migrated to the Americas, Austronesian migrants to the Pacific islands
left their new environments mostly unchanged
Brought domesticated plants and animals with them
crosses the Bering Strait
returned to their places of origin every year
