AP World History -Period 1

Question 1

What did Norte Chico, Olmec, Oxus in Central Asia, & early dynasties China share in common?

Accepted Answer

Established patterns that lasted in following civs in region

Question 2

The Agricultural Revolution affected the environment in all of the following ways EXCEPT

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Global Warming

Question 3

Which reflects the influence of patriarchy on legal codes in the First Civilizations?

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Legally define adultery as a criminal offense 4 women only

Question 4

The social organization of early pastoral and agricultural societies was based on

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Kinship relations

Question 5

Beginning with the First Civilizations, cities assumed all of the following roles EXCEPT

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Agricultural production

Question 6

Which explains why there was often conflict btw pastoral societies & agricultural societies?

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P soc wanted food crops & manufactured goods made by ag soc

Question 7

Which reflects pattern of expressing political authority through monumental architecture?

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Olmec statues of heads

Question 8

The Indus civilization is still somewhat of a mystery to archaeologists because

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Its writing system has not been deciphered

Question 9

The Chinese concept of Mandate of Heaven refers to

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The power granted to the ruler from divine sources.

Question 10

All represent earliest forms of writing that emerged independently in 1st Civilizations EXCEPT

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Alphabets

Question 11

The Andean civilization known as Norte Chico shared which feature with other 1st Civilizations?

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Monumental architecture

Question 12

The Egyptians were to the Nile as the Chinese were to the

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Huang He

Question 13

Long-distance trade occurred between which of the following First Civilizations?

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Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley

Question 14

Difs in all can be interpreted as evidence of unequal/hierarchical societies of 1st Civs EXCEPT

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Paper currency

Question 15

Which of the following was a technological innovation that occurred during Age of Agriculture?

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Pottery Making

Question 16

All R foreign influences contributed 2 Egypt’s empire-building efforts in age 1st Civs EXCEPT

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Hieroglyphic writing

Question 17

All of the early river valley civilizations were

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Polytheistic

Question 18

Which of the following was a reason for instability in ancient Mesopotamia?

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Rivalries between independent city-states

Question 19

Which distinguished Agricultural Revolution in the Americas from Agricultural Revs elsewhere?

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The absence of animals that could be domesticated

Question 20

All support interpretation Paleolithic ppl came up w/ innovative ways 2 adapt 2 environ. EXCEPT

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Sickles in the Fertile Crescent in the Middle East

Question 21

All reflect similar relationship between religion & politics in the First Civilizations EXCEPT

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Roger Williams argue 4 separation civil/religious authority

Question 22

In what way did Indus Valley civilization depart from the 1st Civilizations in the Middle East?

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The lack of evidence of a centralized state

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