Advantages and difficulties of expanding populations in river basin societies include all except which of the following?

Isolation degrading ways of life, leading to the fall of each society.

Monumental Polynesian architecture appeared where?

Hawaiian islands, Easter Island

Why are scholars unable to describe Harappan society in detail?

Scholars rely solely on fragmented archaeological evidence.

How did Zheng, the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty, attempt to secure his throne?

Forced defeated rulers to move to the capital to prevent rebellion.

The Egyptian cosmic order established:

The king’s responsibility to maintain the universe for eternity.

In western Europe, large ceremonial centers shared what characteristic?

Megalithic structures with common patterns.

What cultural characteristics were both common to the Romans and the Han?

Large diverse populations w/ influence beyond their borders.

What was the prime motivation for ambitious Roman military leaders during the first few centuries BCE?

Gain of wealth, status and personal glory.

How does natural selection and adaptation play a role in evolution?

Those more fit to survive pass on genetic characteristics.

What do the Venus figurines suggest about the values of human communities prior to the agricultural revolution?

Placed a high value on successful reproduction.

What climatological evidence helps explain the collapse of Harappan society?

The Ghaggar-Hakra rivers drying up.

What evidence suggests Sub-Saharan Africa maintained trading and cultural contacts?

Widespread use of the same pottery style.

How did Carthage respond to the spread of Hellenistic culture?

Adopted features which allowed communication and trade.

What were the crucial advantages that nomadic horsemen of Central Asia had when acting as trade intermediaries?

An enhanced immune system resulting from contact w/ a variety of peoples.

What was the result of Alexander the Great’s empire following his death?

Brought on the collapse of the regime he had personally held together.

The Persian Empire believed all people were equal and only required what of its subjects?

Be loyal to the king and pay tribute.

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1
What Israelite series of books became an exclusive contract between people and the one and only god?
The Bible
The Torah
The Upanishads
The Vedas
2
Advantages and difficulties of expanding populations in river basin societies include all except which of the following?
Isolation degrading ways of life, leading to the fall of each society.
Sophisticated systems of art and science.
Social hierarchy.
Occupational specialization.
3
The Chavin people used what beast of burden for wool, dung, and transporting goods?
Llama
Horse
Chariot
Camel
4
Schools which indoctrinated Confucianism were known as what?
Imperial Universities
Imperial palaces.
Public schools.
Schools of Confucism.
5
Which animal was the first to be domesticated?
Dogs
Cows
Sheep
Cats
6
The first cities developed around what year?
10,000 BCE
1,000 BCE
15,000 BCE
3,500 BCE
7
Clans that had languages and rituals other than those of Vedic culture were known as:
Insiders
Uncivilized outsiders.
Barbarians
Barbarians
8
Egypt collapsed around the same time as what other civilization?
China
Meso-America
Greece
Mesopotamia
9
Territorial-states differed from city-states in all of the following ways, except:
Large territorial expanses
Culture
Ambitions for continuous expansion
Definable borders
10
Monumental Polynesian architecture appeared where?
Hawaiian islands
New Zealand
Fiji
Easter Island
11
When did Homo Sapiens first emerged in Africa?
7 million years ago
200,000 years ago
12,500 BCE
35,000 years ago
12
Empires descended from earlier territorial states.
True
False
13
What was the most essential activity in early Rome?
Gathering slave labor.
Expanding trade markets.
Military conquest.
Continuing the family blood line.
14
Why are scholars unable to describe Harappan society in detail?
Invaders from East and West destroyed all written documents.
Indus Valley civilizations did not have a writing system.
Scholars rely solely on fragmented archaeological evidence.
Mohenjo Daro overshadows Harappa in historical significance.
15
What did Brahmans think varnas and jatis mixing does?
Advances society.
Creates hybrids.
Polluted society.
Destroys the natural universe.
16
How did Zheng, the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty, attempt to secure his throne?
Killed all of his children.
Forced defeated rulers to move to the capital to prevent rebellion.
Married the daughters of territorial governors.
Chained the chair to the floor.
17
Irrigation first began along what river?
Indus
Yellow
Euphrates
Tigris
18
Attaining a permanent state of bliss could be accomplished through self-denial and avoidance of harming other creatures.
Daoism
Buddha
Jainism
Confucius
19
The Egyptian cosmic order established:
Burial rights of the Pharaohs.
The order of which gods were to be given tribute.
The manner of which trade was conducted.
The king’s responsibility to maintain the universe for eternity.
20
In western Europe, large ceremonial centers shared what characteristic?
Megalithic structures with common patterns.
Sites dedicated to individual gods similar to Mesopotamia.
Peaceful competition over available resources
Stone pedestals w/ grooves indicating human sacrifice.
21
The agricultural revolution along the Yellow River allowed Eastern Zhou China’s population to grow to how many people?
1 million
100,000
5 million
20 million
22
What development stopped the fear of solar and lunar eclipses?
Irrigation systems
360-day lunar calendar
Horse and chariot
The sundial
23
Which hominid group was the first to make use of fire?
Homo Sapiens
Homo Habilis
Homo Fuegos
Homo Erectus
24
With new advances in metallurgy, what replaced bronze as metal of choice for tools and weapons?
Tin
Steel
Lead
Iron
25
What cultural characteristics were both common to the Romans and the Han?
Both were located in Greece.
Large diverse populations w/ influence beyond their borders.
Use of oracle bones in political matters.
Worship of the same gods.
26
Pivotal period of 1st millennium BCE when radical thinkers offered dramatically new ideas that challenged their times.
Socrates
Greek Philosophers
Second-Generation Societies
Axial Age
27
Ahmosis adopted what weapon against invading nomads?
Broadsword
Crossbow
Lance
Chariot and horse
28
What was the prime motivation for ambitious Roman military leaders during the first few centuries BCE?
Gaining new trade markets.
Hatred of neighboring city-states.
Omens predicting the destruction of the known world.
Gain of wealth, status and personal glory.
29
Where did the Axial Age take place?
Europe
All of these
India
China
30
What was the first great territorial state?
Harappa
Egypt
Indo-China
Mesopotamia
31
At what age did Alexander die?
38
32
23
43
32
The first writing system was known as what?
Phoenician
Hieroglyphics
Sumerian
Cuneiform
33
Homo Habilis was the first hominid group to use what?
Tools
Clothing
Agriculture
Fire
34
Zoroastrianism promoted belief in what god?
Ahum-Ra
Zoroaster
YHWH
Ahura Mazda
35
How does natural selection and adaptation play a role in evolution?
Those more fit to survive pass on genetic characteristics.
Evolution does not exist scientifically.
It does not play a role in passing of genetic characteristics..
Evolution occurs randomly w/ no outside influence.
36
What do the Venus figurines suggest about the values of human communities prior to the agricultural revolution?
Hunting was valued over female roles.
Placed a high value on successful reproduction.
They valued male gender roles above all.
Planet were well known and given sacred rituals.
37
What climatological evidence helps explain the collapse of Harappan society?
Sedimentation layers of the Nile.
Fewer earthworm holes and wind-blown pellets.
The Ghaggar-Hakra rivers drying up.
Invasion of sand dunes into cultivated areas.
38
What evidence suggests Sub-Saharan Africa maintained trading and cultural contacts?
Widespread use of the same pottery style.
Common cultural and religious characteristics.
Unified language.
Written histories found throughout the region.
39
How did Carthage respond to the spread of Hellenistic culture?
Emulated fighting techniques while closing borders.
Adopted religion but maintained native language.
Rejected every aspect w/ a violent revolution.
Adopted features which allowed communication and trade.
40
Pythagoras was a Greek philosopher believed physical phenomena were based in what?
Science
Vowels
Numbers
Triangles
41
What were the crucial advantages that nomadic horsemen of Central Asia had when acting as trade intermediaries?
Cultural emphasis on living on the road.
Knowledge of local populations allowed for cheaper prices.
An enhanced immune system resulting from contact w/ a variety of peoples.
Nomadic horsemen were also bandits responsible for raiding.
42
Egypt used Hieroglyphs and what other form of writing?
Sacred carvings
Cuneiform
Logograms
Hieratic
43
What was the result of Alexander the Great’s empire following his death?
Brought on the collapse of the regime he had personally held together.
Center of power moved to Byzantine.
Further expansion.
Empire destroyed by Caesar.
44
What is the name of the first bipedal hominid group?
Homo Habilis
Orrorin Tugenensis
Homo Sapiens
Australopithecus
45
Contact with northern Europeans by Mycenaeans was evidenced by:
Language similarities.
Pottery found the tombs of elites.
Amber beads in warrior tombs.
Chariot wheel frames.
46
What was one long lasting cultural impact of the Qin rule?
Destruction of Chinese Hellenism.
Unified nutrition into a single dialect known as Dim Sum.
Uniform writing system.
The invention of the water wheel.
47
Who was the founder of the Persian Empire?
Alexander the Great
Zoroaster
Darius
Cyrus
48
The Persian Empire believed all people were equal and only required what of its subjects?
Sacrifice of all second born sons in the empire.
The burning of ¼ of wheat crops in honor of the gods.
Undying hatred for the Greeks.
Be loyal to the king and pay tribute.
49
The religious compact between the Zhou people and their “sky god” in heaven.
The tributary system
Zoroastrianism
The mandate of heaven
The Upanishads
50
Indra and Brahma were often depicted as attendants to what other religious figure?
Buddha
Amun
Gilgamesh
Ra
51
Food production first appeared in what region?
Mesoamerica
Africa
Europe
The Fertile Crescent
52
A person who collects as much evidence as possible, then makes deductions about general patterns, was called what?
Philosophi
Curious George
The Buddha
Interested inquirer
53
Metallurgy developed in what non-river basin society?
Western Europe
Anatolia
Mesoamerica
Crete
54
What was the role of caravan cities?
Provided shelter to assassin groups working against the Han dynasty.
Introduced the chariot to settled peoples.
Eased the journey of long distance traders.
Created the foundations of later empires which would dominate the region.
55
In the kingdoms of the Indus Valley and the Ganges plain were unified by:
Common Vedic culture.
Similar pottery styles found throughout the region.
Common ancestral heritage.
Common Harappan culture.
56
What was the main reason why Jesus was killed?
Because Judas turned him in.
To appease offended Jewish leaders.
For the sins of the world.
Sedition
57
How did both the Roman and Han Empires incorporate conquered people into the empire?
Enslavement of women and children. Men enlisted in the military.
Used for human sacrifice ceremonies.
Mandatory state sponsored educational systems.
Cultural, economic, and administrative control.
58
What were women’s role in Hellenistic kingdoms?
Women were considered property of their fathers/husbands.
Some able to hold great power independently, or as co-regents w/ husbands.
Ruled over domestic duties in their households.
Had no public power but considered free.
59
Group of states brought together under a single sovereign power is what?
Empire
Civilization
City-State
Territorial state
60
What factors contributed to the fall of Wang Mang?
The flooding of the Nile river delta.
The Tigris river changing course.
The Yellow river changing course.
Drought causing the Yellow river to dry up.
61
The Hyksos spoke what language?
Sumerian
Semitic
Heretic
Chinese
62
How did Buddhism expand in the first centuries BCE.
Missionaries indoctrinated those willing to listen.
Through pamphlets circulated along trade routes.
Monks accompanied trade merchants as they traveled.
Carried religious artifacts to holy cities across Hellenistic world.
63
What areas made agricultural surpluses possible?
Freshwater lakes
Valleys
River Basins
Mountain plateaus
64
What were occupational sub-groups created by the Vedas known as?
Varna
Jatis
Vedas
Brahma
65
The Sea Peoples began invading south-eastern Europe, the Aegean, and the eastern Mediterranean in what year?
1,200 BCE
3,100 BCE
2,000 BCE
331 BCE
66
Who fought in the Punic Wars?
Rome and Carthage.
Sparta and Troy.
Rome and Persia.
Persia and Greece.
67
Lucy belonged to which group of hominids?
Homo Erectus
Australopithecus Afarensis
Homo Sapiens
Australopithecus Africanus
68
What is Koine Greek?
Common Greek language used throughout the Hellenistic world.
The system by which trade was conducted.
Gold currency used in Greece.
The Hellenistic writing system.
69
In Mahayana Buddhism, what were the enlightened demigods who helped individuals obtain Nirvana called?
Bodhisattvas
Buddhas
Shamans
Monks
70
Why did the Qin Empire collapse?
Financial crisis destroying the economy.
Allies rebelling during coronation ceremony of the new
Heavy taxation and conscripted labor which led to rebellion.
Climate change.
71
According to the teachings of the Buddha, which is not one of the Four Truths?
All sufferings are caused by desires.
The way is the light and darkness the fall.
The only way to rise above suffering is to renounce desire.
Life is full of suffering.
72
The Peloponnesian War was fought between what two (2) Greek city-states?
None of these
Athens and Sparta
Sparta and Thebes
Athens and Meroe
73
Bringing a wild animal or plant under human control.
Pastoralism
Settled Agriculture
Evolution
Domestication
74
This helped to open up trade routes across Afro-Eurasia that had previously hindered such long-distance exchange.
The horse-drawn chariot
The camel
Sailboats
The bit-harnessed horse
75
What environmental factors led the Xiongnu and other central Asian nomads to spread southward into settled areas?
Overpopulation
To settle grudges from previous expulsions from their homelands.
Climate change
Instructions derived from oracle bones.
76
Religion that originated at the height of the Roman Empire and in a direct confrontation with Roman imperial authority.
Christianity
Emperor Wu
Imperial University
Globalizing Empire
77
In the mid second millennium BCE, what group developed the first alphabet?
The Israelites
The Phoenicians
The Persians
The Greeks
78
In 2000 BCE, what was combined with a two-wheeled chariot?
Bit-harnessed camel
Saddled horse
Saddled camel
Bit-harnessed horse
79
Nok culture developed in what region?
West Africa
Mesoamerica
Mesopotamia
Sub Saharan Africa
80
Sanskrit for wisdom or knowledge, these hymns were much beloved and elaborate rituals.
Mandate of Heaven
Upanishads
Brahmans
Vedas
81
The first complex society in Mesoamerican emerged in what year?
~500 CE
~1500 BCE
~1500 CE
~500 BCE
82
Creation narrative all share this characteristic.
Humans slowly developing over time.
A divine being who came to the planet w/ humans fully formed.
Genetic manipulation of local population apes.
Evolution
83
The prosperity of the large-scale commercial plantations established by the Romans depended on?
Citizens' faith in the Republic
Slavery
Grape vineyards
Money
84
What undermined Etruscan power on the Italian peninsula?
Jesus
Religion
Invasion of the Gauls.
Ideas brought traders.
85
The flute first appeared how many years ago?
10,000
100,000
35,000
50,000
86
What was the Mahayana School of Buddhism?
School which mixed Buddhism with Hellenistic, Persian and nomadic culture.
Strictly traditional Chinese Buddhist school teaching loyalty to emperor.
Buddhist school located in Egypt.
Taught the soul disappears with the body and flows within Brahman.
87
Believed coercive laws and punishment wouldn't be needed to maintain order in society if men following his ethics ruled.
Daoism
Buddha
Socrates
Confucius
88
The process of 2,000-1,200 BCE nomadic migrations is sometimes referred to as what?
Afro-Eurasian migrations
Indo-China migrations
Afro-Canus migrations
Indo-European migrations
89
What was the main impacts of circulation of money in the Mediterranean basin and Europe in the first few centuries BCE?
Language based on currency emerged.
Creation of the first federal reserve system.
Reinforced the effects of forced labor, while increasing trade.
Increase in public debt.
90
How many distinct regional cultures unified to create Chinese culture?
8
4
2
12

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