GS I Final Exam 2025

Question 1

Which of the following is NOT an accomplishment of Asoka?

Accepted Answer

He spread Hinduism from India to China.

Question 2

Why did the early Chinese civilizations develop differently than other early civilizations?

Accepted Answer

They were isolated because of natural barriers

Question 3

Which of the following was TRUE of the golden age of India?

Accepted Answer

Medical understanding increased and Ayurveda was developed

Question 4

Which of the following was not TRUE of Prince Shotoku?

Accepted Answer

He emphasized legalism in the government.

Question 5

Where did the Nok people live?

Accepted Answer

modern Nigeria

Question 6

Which of the following statements is NOT true of Muhammad?

Accepted Answer

He wrote the Qur'an focused on his teachings.

Question 7

Which term means a government where appointed officials run departments?

Accepted Answer

bureaucracy

Question 8

What is an oasis?

Accepted Answer

an isolated source of water in a desert

Question 9

What leader ruled with legalistic ideas?

Accepted Answer

Shi Huangdi

Question 10

Griots are known for which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Passing down oral tradition

Question 11

True or false: an imam leads worship at a mosque

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

Who ruled the Yuan Dynasty?

Accepted Answer

The Mongols

Question 13

What is the earliest dynasty in Ancient China?

Accepted Answer

Shang

Question 14

When ideas and knowledge are spread from one group to another, it is known as what?

Accepted Answer

cultural diffusion

Question 15

What group of people first started trading in North Africa?

Accepted Answer

Berbers

Question 16

Which of the following was NOT true of Tokugawa Ieyasu?

Accepted Answer

He focused on international trade over maritime routes.

Question 17

Which belief says that the gods determined the leader based on whether he was worthy?

Accepted Answer

Mandate of Heaven

Question 18

Which of the following statements is TRUE of the Silk Roads?

Accepted Answer

Traders traveled in caravans.

Question 19

Who was the founder of Mali?

Accepted Answer

Sundiata Keita

Question 20

Who ruled trading towns in East African coastal cities?

Accepted Answer

sultans

Question 21

Who did Shi Huangdi have build the Great Wall?

Accepted Answer

peasants

Question 22

Zen Buddhists focus on what?

Accepted Answer

meditation

Question 23

What do Shinto people worship?

Accepted Answer

kami

Question 24

What culture mixed Arab and East African cultures?

Accepted Answer

Swahili

Question 25

Aksum's location made it an international trading hub.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 26

Djenne and Timbuktu are famous centers for Muslim art, literature, and science.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 27

Which of the follow statements about Ghana is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

Gold nuggets and gold dust could be traded widely.

Question 28

Which class is the best you've ever had?

Accepted Answer

Global Studies

Question 29

The pillar of prayer is called what?

Accepted Answer

Salat

Question 30

Gold and salt were examples of what?

Accepted Answer

commodities

Question 31

Which philosophy believed in the significance of the five relationships?

Accepted Answer

Confucianism

Question 32

Which group of Muslims ruled during a Golden Age?

Accepted Answer

Abassid

GS I Final Exam 2025

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GS I Final Exam 2025

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