stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
Duplicate of APWH: Foundations Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
Duplicate of APWH: Foundations
Duplicate of APWH: Foundations
30 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
23 plays
Final Exam Review
Flashcards
30 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
30
Answers
1
Which is the name of the ancient Sumerian writing system?
Hieroglyphics
Cuneiform
Ideograph
Pictograph
2
Which of the following early crops was unique to early civilizations of the New World?
Barley
Maize
Wheat
Oats
3
The Egyptians were to the Nile as the Chinese were to the
Indus
Tigris
Yellow
Euphrates
4
Matrilinearity was found in which of the following societies?
Byzantium
Sumer
Rome
Bantu
5
The early civilization with the least developed technology was
Harappan
Sumerian
Shang
Mesoamerican
6
Early societies of South America
Developed societies that had no knowledge of metals
Traded widely with regions to their north
Were challenged by geographic limitations
Were unified under a central government
7
River valley civilizations, like the Egyptians & Sumerians, developed all of these EXCEPT
social stratification
long-distance trade
craft specialization
constitutional monarchy
8
All of the following were factors in the Bantu migration EXCEPT
Use of iron tools
Floods
Spread of agriculture
Population pressures
9
In Chinese tradition, the Mandate of Heaven refers to
divine blessing of the rule of an emperor
eternal authority of a ruling dynasty
belief in many gods
Chinese ethnocentric tendencies
10
Shang China
Contributed to development of central government in China
Developed numerous artistic works without the use of metals
Left no decipherable written records
Was prevented by natural barriers from any trade
11
All of the following were features of the civilizations in the cradles of civilization EXCEPT
Development of irrigation systems
Religious systems that included human sacrifice rituals
Construction of architectural movements
A degree of craft specialization
12
Which major world religion lacks a central founding figure?
Hinduism
Buddhism
Judaism
Christianity
13
Historically, pastoral nomads
Lived on grassy plains (sedentary agriculture was difficult)
Live interspersed with sedentary farmers
Had small lasting impact on the development of civilizations
Prevented contact between the civilized centers of the world
14
All of the following were important impacts of the rise of metalwork in the ancient worldEXCEPT
metal ships revolutionized trade and naval warfare
metal tools make farming easier
metal arms revolutionized war fighting
specialized labor developed further
15
It is thought that early Bantu migrations circa 1000 BCE through Africa were caused by
Growth in the African slave trade
Environmental changes which hurt the land people relied on
Advances in gold and salt mining technologies
Establishment of trade routes along coastal west Africa
16
In comparison to women in sedentary societies, women in nomadic, pastoral societies
Were treated equally with their husbands & male counterparts
Belonged to secret societies
Were valued if they could equal males in military courage
Had more rights
17
Which is the best estimate for the number of castes that developed in India over the millennia?
hundred
thousands
dozens
billions
18
What's the unique challenge when studying the Indus River valley that doesn't exist for Sumer?
Harappan writing has never been deciphered
religious prohibitions on interfering with the burial places
artifacts lie under layers that must be carefully excavated
historians rely entirely on legends & oral history
19
What best characterizes the role of women as society moved to agricultural modes of production?
foraging and fashioning stone tools
tending to large flocks of domesticated animals
guiding religious worship in village or town temples
having greater confinement to the home to care for children
20
Before 800 BCE, Indo-European steppe tribes were different from civilizations in what ways?
Steppe societies were more likely to have large monuments
Indo-European tribes did not develop a common religion
Civilizations were on permanent settlements
Civilizations were matrilineal
21
Which region of the world had yet to experience the Neolithic transition by 600 CE?
Australia
Mesoamerica
Northern Europe
South America
22
All of the following cities relied on monsoon seasonal winds for trade EXCEPT
Alexandria
Sofala
Kilwa
Calicut
23
Migration forged contacts between all of the following peoples EXCEPT
Hittites and Assyrians
Aryans and Mongols
Bantu peoples and cattle herders of sub-Saharan Africa
Germanic peoples and Romans
24
The earliest civilizations in both the Eastern and Western hemispheres were similar in
Their reliance on the flooding of major rivers
Their technological knowledge
Their practice of polytheism
Their location at similar latitudes
25
Which major language family arose as a result of migrations in central Asia which westward?
Semitic
Sino-Tibetan
Indo-European
Romance
26
The civilizations of the Sumerians, the Phoenicians, and the Maya were similar in that each
Encouraged democratic governments
Emphasized equality in education
Established monotheistic religions
Developed extensive writing systems
27
Early civilizations developed
In similar climate zones
Similar religions
Through independent patterns of development
Through intense cultural contacts
28
Which of the following best describes the development of agriculture during the Neolithic era?
it spread from the Americas across a land bridge to Asia
it was a gradual process, arising in independent regions
it was practiced only on hilly terrain
it was limited to China until the first millennium BCE
29
Constructed multistory structures; Indus River; undecipherable writing, all pertain to...
Harappan
Mayan
Mauryan
Shang
30
Based on available knowledge, which of the following was NOT part of Homo erectus' world?
bipedalism
language
tool making
agriculture
