SMWII Midterm Study Guide Review

Which is NOT a characteristic of early civilizations (Mesopotamia) represented by the Standard of Ur?

Why are Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta, and Zheng He significant to history?

specialization of labor, social hierarchy, patriarchy, authoritarian government, writing system, legal system..these are

What was Hammurabi’s Code?

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of an empire during the Classical Period?

Which of the following are characteristics of empires during the Classical Period.

Societies that are socially stratified based on socio-economic status (wealth, position in society, gender) have a(n)

Which of the following accurately shows each religion and founder?

Which of the following is not associated with authoritarian governments?

This was a Roman collection of laws that established the end of arbitrary rule by the upper class?

The early river valleys were unified societies, except Mesopotamia, which was a collection of city-states and volatile.

The ___ Empire emerged in 476CE when the Roman Empire collapsed.

What was cuneiform?

Chinampas were artificial islands used by the Aztecs to create new land to live and farm on.

A theocracy is a gov't in which religious leaders are also political leaders or gov't is supported by the belief system

Which of the following was NOT a geographic region of the first river valley civilizations?

How did Hammurabi’s Code represent the characteristics of early civilizations?

Which of the following is not a characteristic of nomadic, hunter-gatherer societies?

Why was the Neolithic Agricultural Revolution significant?

These were road networks that helped facilitate trade between Rome and Han China during the Classical Period?

The Junk Ship was used in ____ to navigate both rivers and oceans.

Specialization of labor causes social stratification and a social hierarchy to emerge.

Invasions from outside groups + environmental or climatic challenges + internal strife are general reasons why...

Which description accurately describes how nomadic, hunter-gatherer societies differ from early agricultural societies?

An astrolabe is a device that allows one to determine their latitude and the time of day .

This was an ideological belief system centered in China?

Which of the following was an important artifact from the city-state of Ur in Mesopotamia?

Which of the following is not asscoiated with the Agricultural Revolution?

Gunpowder allowed the Ottoman Empire to expand their empire and conquer Constantinople.

Terrace Farming was used by the _____ to manipulate their mountainous terrain by "farming upwards"

Confucianism focuses on hierarchical relationships and the importance of respect and an individual's place in society.

social structure in which the male gender is more dominant (politically, economically, socially valued) than female

The earliest known compass comes from Europe.

The growing interdependence of the world brought about by trade, technology, & flows of people, commerce, & information?

Paper was more widely available and used in Europe than in the Middle East during the Post-Classical Period.

differentiation of labor according to task / skill...is

How/Why did each belief system spread during the Post-Classical Period?

This Confucian idea is based on a respectful relationship between parents and children and elder members of society?

The blending and spreading of ideas, beliefs, technologies, etc between different regions and societies is...