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World History: Origins of Civilization
World History: Origins of Civilization
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A review on the history of early humanity.
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3) What is karma?
Practicing nonviolence.
Release from suffering.
The moral duties of your role in society.
Every action has an equal good or bad consequence.
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6) What is monotheism?
belief in the spiritual nature of animals, dreams, objects..
belief in many gods as aspects of one god.
belief in one god.
belief in multiple gods.
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2) What is animism?
A form of polytheism.
Belief that humans become animals when they die.
Animals, objects, and dreams have spiritual power.
Love of animals.
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1) What is cultural diffusion?
Meeting with other cultures.
One person explains their culture to a child.
Conquering other cultures.
Borrowing ideas, customs, and technology from other cultures
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12) How do we know paleolithic people believed in a life after death?
they wrote about their practices.
they buried their dead with care, including funeral objects.
they decorated their tombs with massive paintings.
they performed elaborate funerals.
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11) The earliest people migrated from which continent?
Australia
Africa
America
Asia
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9) What is polytheism?
belief in one god.
belief in no gods.
belief in many gods.
belief in the spiritual power of nature.
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18) How did early humans migrate into North America?
across the Bering Strait.
from Australia.
through South America.
across the Atlantic Ocean.
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7) What is the fertile crescent?
A mountainous region in Africa.
A river valley area in East Asia.
A wet, tropical area in Europe.
A fertile zone of land in Southwest Asia.
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8) In an ideographic writing system, what do symbols mean?
Symbols represent sounds in the spoken language.
Pictures represent the words they look like.
Gestures represent words.
Symbols represent ideas and words.
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14) Which of these are NOT a characteristic of hunter-gatherer societies?
some of these societies still exist today.
they were healthier than their settled counterparts.
they lived by following herds of animals they hunted.
they lived in male dominated communities.
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5) What is dharma?
equal consequences for good or bad actions.
union with Brahman.
the moral duties determined by one's role in society.
a person's essential self.
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15) How do archaeologists study ancient peoples?
digging to find artifacts.
reading historical accounts.
guessing.
studying in museums and libraries.
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10) What is the Neolithic Revolution?
the invention of writing.
the invention of stone tools.
the invention of agriculture.
the invention of steam-powered machinery.
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13) What changes were NOT caused by the discovery of agriculture?
people began to form permanent settlements near water.
the status of gender roles became less equal.
people became taller and healthier.
they worked longer hours.
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17) The study of history begins with what invention?
agriculture
writing
the steam-engine
stone tools
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4) What is an empire?
territory monitored by a satrap for the central government.
a group of states or territories controlled by one ruler.
alliance of independent kingdoms under a council of rulers.
a single city and its surrounding territory.
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20) Which early cultural hearth DID NOT develop along a river?
China
Egypt
Mesopotamia
Mesoamerica
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16) How do we know how old artifacts are?
identifying writing or signatures on artifacts.
chemical dating techniques such as radio-carbon dating.
observing what earth layers artifacts are discovered in.
comparing artifacts to similar ones elsewhere in the world.
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19) Where did the earliest cities emerge?
in large, open plains.
along fertile river valleys.
within rain forests.
in defendable mountains.
