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Duplicate of APWH: Foundations
Duplicate of APWH: Foundations
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Final Exam Review
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1
All of the following cities relied on monsoon seasonal winds for trade EXCEPT
Alexandria
Calicut
Sofala
Kilwa
2
In comparison to women in sedentary societies, women in nomadic, pastoral societies
Had more rights
Were valued if they could equal males in military courage
Belonged to secret societies
Were treated equally with their husbands & male counterparts
3
Before 800 BCE, Indo-European steppe tribes were different from civilizations in what ways?
Civilizations were matrilineal
Indo-European tribes did not develop a common religion
Steppe societies were more likely to have large monuments
Civilizations were on permanent settlements
4
What best characterizes the role of women as society moved to agricultural modes of production?
tending to large flocks of domesticated animals
guiding religious worship in village or town temples
foraging and fashioning stone tools
having greater confinement to the home to care for children
5
Historically, pastoral nomads
Lived on grassy plains (sedentary agriculture was difficult)
Prevented contact between the civilized centers of the world
Live interspersed with sedentary farmers
Had small lasting impact on the development of civilizations
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Shang China
Left no decipherable written records
Contributed to development of central government in China
Developed numerous artistic works without the use of metals
Was prevented by natural barriers from any trade
7
Which is the name of the ancient Sumerian writing system?
Ideograph
Cuneiform
Pictograph
Hieroglyphics
8
Which is the best estimate for the number of castes that developed in India over the millennia?
thousands
hundred
billions
dozens
9
Early societies of South America
Developed societies that had no knowledge of metals
Traded widely with regions to their north
Were unified under a central government
Were challenged by geographic limitations
10
Which of the following best describes the development of agriculture during the Neolithic era?
it spread from the Americas across a land bridge to Asia
it was a gradual process, arising in independent regions
it was practiced only on hilly terrain
it was limited to China until the first millennium BCE
11
Which region of the world had yet to experience the Neolithic transition by 600 CE?
South America
Australia
Mesoamerica
Northern Europe
12
Early civilizations developed
In similar climate zones
Similar religions
Through independent patterns of development
Through intense cultural contacts
13
The early civilization with the least developed technology was
Sumerian
Mesoamerican
Shang
Harappan
14
Which of the following early crops was unique to early civilizations of the New World?
Wheat
Oats
Barley
Maize
15
Which major language family arose as a result of migrations in central Asia which westward?
Semitic
Indo-European
Sino-Tibetan
Romance
16
Migration forged contacts between all of the following peoples EXCEPT
Bantu peoples and cattle herders of sub-Saharan Africa
Aryans and Mongols
Hittites and Assyrians
Germanic peoples and Romans
17
Constructed multistory structures; Indus River; undecipherable writing, all pertain to...
Shang
Harappan
Mauryan
Mayan
18
The civilizations of the Sumerians, the Phoenicians, and the Maya were similar in that each
Developed extensive writing systems
Established monotheistic religions
Encouraged democratic governments
Emphasized equality in education
19
The Egyptians were to the Nile as the Chinese were to the
Euphrates
Tigris
Indus
Yellow
20
All of the following were factors in the Bantu migration EXCEPT
Use of iron tools
Population pressures
Spread of agriculture
Floods
21
Which major world religion lacks a central founding figure?
Buddhism
Judaism
Christianity
Hinduism
22
In Chinese tradition, the Mandate of Heaven refers to
eternal authority of a ruling dynasty
Chinese ethnocentric tendencies
belief in many gods
divine blessing of the rule of an emperor
23
Matrilinearity was found in which of the following societies?
Bantu
Sumer
Byzantium
Rome
24
What's the unique challenge when studying the Indus River valley that doesn't exist for Sumer?
Harappan writing has never been deciphered
historians rely entirely on legends & oral history
artifacts lie under layers that must be carefully excavated
religious prohibitions on interfering with the burial places
25
River valley civilizations, like the Egyptians & Sumerians, developed all of these EXCEPT
craft specialization
constitutional monarchy
social stratification
long-distance trade
26
Based on available knowledge, which of the following was NOT part of Homo erectus' world?
bipedalism
agriculture
language
tool making
27
It is thought that early Bantu migrations circa 1000 BCE through Africa were caused by
Establishment of trade routes along coastal west Africa
Advances in gold and salt mining technologies
Environmental changes which hurt the land people relied on
Growth in the African slave trade
28
All of the following were important impacts of the rise of metalwork in the ancient worldEXCEPT
specialized labor developed further
metal arms revolutionized war fighting
metal tools make farming easier
metal ships revolutionized trade and naval warfare
29
All of the following were features of the civilizations in the cradles of civilization EXCEPT
Religious systems that included human sacrifice rituals
Construction of architectural movements
Development of irrigation systems
A degree of craft specialization
30
The earliest civilizations in both the Eastern and Western hemispheres were similar in
Their location at similar latitudes
Their practice of polytheism
Their reliance on the flooding of major rivers
Their technological knowledge
