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What do you know about the earliest periods of human history?
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In the classical era, most people of the world lived in:
Africa
Eurasia
North America
Haley Carlson's basement
2
Zoroastrianism probably most influenced what other religion?
Daoism
Hinduism
Judaism
Confucianism
3
What advantage did Bantu speaking farmers have over hunter-gatherer groups?
Horse drawn chariots
iron-working technology
gunpowder
yam based agriculture
4
Which was considered less patriarchal?
Bantu
Hopewell
Pueblo
Mayans
5
In which of the first civilizations were women equal to men?
Egypt
Mesoamerica
China
Mesopotamia
6
What was the primary economic foundation for civilizations?
Agriculture
Warfare
Writing
Slavery
7
Which of these was a major development during the Hellenistic era?
Spata's defeat
spread of Greek culture throughout the world
expansion of Rome
Mongol conquest of Europe
8
Which was a result of the Agricultural Revolution?
Chelsey Coleman's great uncle's creamed corn recipe
invention of the plow
higher risk of disease and famine
decline of trade
9
Both Buddha and Jesus
supported the religious authority in their region
were turned into gods by their followers
actively sought to start a new religion
actively supported polytheism
10
What role did women play in agricultural villages?
led important ceremonies
did farming and textile work
organized irrigation
fought in battles
11
How did rulers in the First Civilizations display their power?
working in the fields
freeing slaves
writing poetry
constructing temples
12
What is another name for the Agricultural Revolution?
Neolithic Revolution
Paleolithic Revolution
Fertile Cresent
Mesoamerica
13
Why was ancient Mesopotamia so unstable?
Joad Blauuw-Hara was in charge
no written law codes
failure of patriarchy to emerge
rivalries between city-states
14
How do we know something is an Empire?
a common ethnicity, religion, and language
alliances between competing states
state formed by conquering territory & extracting resources
a state with democratic participation
15
How do we know there were class distinctions in the first civilizations?
women's submission to men
naming practices
manner of burial
kinship relationships
16
Meso-American and Andean cultures:
fought frequent wars
had little if any direct contact with each other
Merged into a single empire
had sophisticated diplomatic relationships.
17
Slaveholding was least widespread in:
Athens
Rome
Sparta
China
18
How did patriarchy show up in the first civilizations?
state's monopoly on force
on Father's Day
use of gifts in backing up political authority
Laws that regulated female sexuality
19
Societies in the classical era:
rarely included slaves
were patriarchal in organization
lacked clear social groups
were based on written laws
20
What did the Persians and Greeks have in common?
expansive civilizations
ethnic homogeniety
centralized political systems
strong sense of citizenship
21
What was true of all classical empires?
equality under the law for all citizens
they had a single language and religion
they were powerful states capable of coercion
the Mandate of Heaven controlled them
22
How did the Romans and Chinese view good government?
Rome=bureaucracy, China=people
Rome=good laws, China=good men
Rome=separation of church/state, China=official religion
Rome=merit based, China=aristocracy
23
Why did the Roman Empire expand?
to compete with Persia
to reject Greek culture
to take the wealth of the eastern Mediterranean societies
to spread religion
24
Who were the first slaves?
female peasants
prisoners of war
artists
merchants
25
Which of the following civilizations maintained the most continuity in their culture?
China
Egypt
Indus Valley
Norte Chco
26
What was one example of the "weapons of the weak" used by slaves resist?
Obedience
Varna
Warfare
Sabotage
27
Peasants were honored and merchants looked down on in:
India
Sparta
China
Rome
28
How did the Agricultural Revolution in the Americas differ from the Ag Revolution elsewhere?
absence of animals to domesticate
high agricultural yields
uniformity of farming practices
common climate and vegetation zones
29
How did Mesopotamians look at life and death?
life is a mess but the afterlife is amazing
your destiny is predetermined before you are born
you make it to the afterlife if you life a good life
life is a mess and the afterlife is too
30
What was the major source of slaves in Rome?
peasants
soldiers
untouchables
prisoner of war
31
Which of these is associated with Judaism?
God is engaged in history and demands social justice
divine reality comes from the individual
the rules of nature are never changing
heaven is a place of no individual identity
32
What was different about cities in the Niger Valley?
had their own complex political systems
they were part of a large imperial system
operated without a coercive central authority
they were run by complex bureaucracies
33
Which of these provided a unifying ideology for peasants?
Legalism
Daoism
Confucianism
Hinduism
34
How did Confucianism affect China?
it was the state religion of China
confucianism redefined the social hierarchies
confucianism encouraged individualism
the civil service exam was based on Confucian texts
35
A follower of Daoism would:
withdraw from politics
work for social change
pursue higher education
engage in public life
36
Which of the following had a huge influence on China?
Legalism
Democracy
Caste system
Republicanism
37
What was one purpose of writing in the First Civilizations?
to record the stories of commoners
Entertain the population
Keep track of taxes
Tell the story of Cameron Knight's family
38
Unlike the Persian Empire, Greece...
had an absolute monarch
allowed women to participate in politics
Chloe McBee was not a goddess
featured popular participation in politics
39
What did Buddhism and Christianity have in common?
both started out to reform the religions of their time
both were closely tied to a specific group of people
both died out in the land of their birth
neither was an evangelical religion
40
The Mayan political structure was most like:
the kingdom of Axum
the Roman emprie
the Greek city-states
Han China
41
Which civilization relied on the Mandate of Heaven for their authority to rule?
Norte Chico
China
Mesopotamia
Egypt
42
What was a unique feature of Greek political life?
free males running the state
representative democracy
universal suffrage
limited political rights for slaves
43
Confucianism and Greek rationalism both:
believe in the supernatural
both are polythesitic
both are monotheistic
both have a secular approach to understanding the world
44
How did the Persians treat people of different cultural traditions?
suppression and elimination
higher taxation
respect and tolerance
forced assimilation
45
The Meroe culture was a shift away from:
Egypt
Greece
India
China
46
What is a possible explanation for the origins of the First Civilizations?
a lack of military elite
end of slavery
need for large scale irrigation projects
limits on lands for cultivation
47
What language was spoken by people who spread throughout eastern Africa in the classical era?
Hebrew
Greek
Latin
Bantu
48
In contrast to what happened when China collapsed, in Rome...
a culturally homogenous society emerged
highly decentralized political systems emerged
a huge population increase occurred
there was a long period of stability
49
Which of these places an emphasis on logic and doesn't give much role for gods?
Greek philosophy
Daoism
Zoroastrianism
confucianism
50
Why did patriarchy emerge in the First Civilizations?
participation of women in plow-based agriculture
decline in birthrates
increased role of women outside the house
emergence of large scale war with professional soldiers
51
Persian political organizations had which feature?
lower level officials were locals
a written constitution
a figurehead emperor
a written civil service exam
52
What was a feature of Paleolithic Society?
relative egalitarianism
slavery
High population density
class conflict
53
Which of the following is true about ancient Egypt?
it was ruled by pharaohs who were thought to be devine
women did not have any rights
they used gunpowder
the Nile was an unpredictable river
54
Buddhism and Hinduism both:
reject karma
reject the authority of the Brahmins
were monotheistic
offer hope for a release from the cycle of rebirth
55
How were gender roles defined in most ancient civilizations
women were defined by their relationship to a man
men were inferior to women
men and women were equal
I don't have a 4th option
56
Which factor contributed to the Agricultural Revolution?
A sharp decline in population
the need for additional food
An increase in large animals
Megan Hope woke up from a very long nap
57
What was true about both Roman and Chinese Empires?
they had some supernatural support for their rule
they evolved from democracies
their economies relied on slave labor
they died out because they lost wars with India
58
What did Buddhism reject in Hinduism?
meditation
the cycle of rebirth
the authority of the Brahmins
the idea that life is an illusion
59
Which of the following had the weakest tradition of rule by kings?
Persia
Han dynasty
Athens
Gupta
60
Which of these was a big development during Paleolithic times?
the first cities appeared
Humans spread to all parts of the globe
Humans went from food collectors to food producers
Stephen Orban got a date
61
In contrast to the Roman Empire, the Chinese
took centuries to complete
were less dependent on the military
had precedents to follow
did not really appreciate Carter Binkley's dance moves
62
How is India's social structure different than China's?
India's social groups are more rigidly defined
social groups in India are defined by literary training
India has fewer social groups
social groups in India are more fluid
63
Who spread Hellenistic culture through conquest?
Plato
Alexander the Great
Qin Shihuangdi
Ashoka
64
How did Egypt and Mesopotamia differ?
salinization of soil in Egypt
more cheerful outlook on life in Egypt
more invasions in Egypt
Written law codes in Egypt
65
Slaves were 1/3rd of the population of:
China
Persia
India
Rome
66
Mesopotamia was in what modern country
Iraq
Afghanistan
India
China
67
What was kingship like in the First Civilizations?
always help power through coercion
kings claimed they were divinely ordained
most were women
kings depended on written constituions
68
When the Roman Empire disintegrated in 476 CE, the eastern part became known as:
Macedonia
Byzantine Empire
Holy Roman Empire
Gupta Empire
69
Which of these human accomplishments emerged with the First Civilizations?
Village Life
Art
Agriculture
Writing
70
Which foreign religion spread throughout China during the classical era?
Islam
Christianity
Hinduism
Buddhism
