World Civilizations Sem. 1 Review

Question 1

What social relation adds to classic art?

Accepted Answer

Individualism

Question 2

A strong country dominating a weaker country is:

Accepted Answer

Imperialism

Question 3

How did Europeans view Africa with regards to imperialism?

Accepted Answer

Europeans were racially superior.

Question 4

Plato-"A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers." (What does it mean?)

Accepted Answer

Wise men make good decisions.

Question 5

Prior to Martin Luther, what church did Europeans mainly attend?

Accepted Answer

Catholic

Question 6

At the Berlin Conference in 1885 Europeans met to "carve up Africa" or colonize it. This was:

Accepted Answer

Imperialism

Question 7

What ancient king had the 1st written law codes?

Accepted Answer

Hammurabi

Question 8

What is/are the characteristics of civilization?

Accepted Answer

All of these answers

Question 9

What was the role of Women in India:

Accepted Answer

to bear children & support their husbands.

Question 10

What accidentally spread along trade routes?

Accepted Answer

Disease

Question 11

Greeks generally believe:

Accepted Answer

that man has an inescapable fate.

Question 12

What allowed groups of people to create civilizations?

Accepted Answer

Systematic agriculture & domestication of animals.

Question 13

Which invention made conquest easier?

Accepted Answer

Gunpowder

Question 14

Trade along the Silk Road encouraged:

Accepted Answer

Cultural diffusion

Question 15

What civilization started in the Indus River Valley (modern day India)?

Accepted Answer

Indus

Question 16

What impact did the Mongols have on the Silk Road?

Accepted Answer

They protected it.

Question 17

What allowed for easy cultural diffusion?

Accepted Answer

Rivers

Question 18

How many African representative were present at the Berlin Conference?

Accepted Answer

Zero

Question 19

What weapon allowed for long distance fighting?

Accepted Answer

Long Bow

Question 20

What practice did Galileo take in his work?

Accepted Answer

Observation & experimentation

Question 21

What invention encourage education?

Accepted Answer

Gutenberg's printing press

Question 22

What were Spartan women expected to do?

Accepted Answer

Stay fit & raise healthy kids.

Question 23

In Paterfamilias:

Accepted Answer

Fathers have total authority & power.

Question 24

What did trade routes result in?

Accepted Answer

Cultural diffusion

Question 25

The Parthenon is an example of:

Accepted Answer

Greek architecture.

Question 26

What allowed ancient civilizations to build huge building/monuments?

Accepted Answer

Organization of people & resources

Question 27

In the Middle Ages, what was a result of more businesses?

Accepted Answer

More guilds

Question 28

How did the Spanish colonize?

Accepted Answer

Inter-racial relationships

Question 29

Martin Luther put his 95 theses on the church door. How did this change religious beliefs?

Accepted Answer

Religious reform challenged the power of the Catholic church

Question 30

Early civilizations' political systems were based on:

Accepted Answer

Strong central government

Question 31

The exchange of goods from the old world to the new and vice versa was:

Accepted Answer

Columbian Exchange

Question 32

Which statement below is CORRECT about the spread of the Islamic religion?

Accepted Answer

Spread to N. & W. Africa through Trans-Saharan migration.

Question 33

Which civilization created democracy?

Accepted Answer

Athenians

Question 34

Why do Indians develop differently than large civilizations such as the Romans?

Accepted Answer

Indians do not compete with neighbors unlike the Romans.

Question 35

Who played a larger role in government due to mercantilism?

Accepted Answer

Merchants

Question 36

Who did kings claim to get their power & authority from?

Accepted Answer

God or Heaven

Question 37

Why did ancient civilizations have trade routes?

Accepted Answer

For trading goods.

Question 38

What religion started in China?

Accepted Answer

Confucianism

Question 39

China developed with little to no interaction with other civilizations because:

Accepted Answer

Its deserts & mountains separated it from others.

Question 40

The trade of what item illustrates technological diffusion?

Accepted Answer

Gunpowder

World Civilizations Sem. 1 Review

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World Civilizations Sem. 1 Review

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