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| 7041241010 | Mandate of Heaven | A concept in China: The ruler had moral authority so long as the heavenly powers granted it to him on the basis of his good character. A well-functioning government was evidence that the ruler possessed the Mandate of Heaven. A poorly functioning government showed that the Mandate had passed away | 0 | |
| 7041252318 | Zimbabwes | Stone-walled enclosures or buildings built during the African Iron Age in the region of modern Zimbabwe and Mozambique. The structures were the courts of local rulers. They have been associated with foreign trade, integrated farming and animal husbandry, and gold production. The Great Zimbabwe is the ruins of the former capital of the Monomatapa Empire, situated in Zimbabwe and occupied from around the thirteenth to the sixteenth century AD | 1 | |
| 7041280495 | Master narrative | the conventional, widely accepted view of the historical record | 2 | |
| 7315595651 | Which of the following was the more recent development in early Chinese culture? | domestication of the horse | 3 | |
| 7316717631 | Chinese oracle bones: | have provided useful information about the rulers of the Shang dynasty | 4 | |
| 7316717632 | The Xia dynasty: | had rulers that engaged in rituals and divinations | 5 | |
| 7316717633 | Anyang: | was mentioned in Shang texts, though it was referred to by a different name | 6 | |
| 7316717634 | The Shang state was characterized by a: | king who allowed relatives to rule regional areas | 7 | |
| 7316717635 | China's three earliest known dynasties: | were each at one time the most powerful regional dynasty | 8 | |
| 7316717636 | Neolithic groups in China began the transition from hunting and gathering to farming and village life as early as: | 8000 B.C.E. | 9 | |
| 7316717637 | Which of the following innovations was developed first? | Yangshao penal code | 10 | |
| 7327032608 | The first cities of the Americas: | were linked to the other-world through shamans | 11 | |
| 7327032609 | What did the first cities in the Americas have in common with the first cities of Asia? | use of pack animals | 12 | |
| 7327032610 | The Teotihuacán civilization: | built the pyramid of the sun | 13 | |
| 7327032611 | The city of Teotihuácan was organized on a regular grid pattern? True or False | True | 14 | |
| 7327032612 | The Maya civilization predated the Toltec civilization? True or False | True | 15 | |
| 7327032613 | The most impressive civilizations in South America were located along the Pacific Coast? True or False | False | 16 | |
| 7327032614 | By 5000 B.C.E., the early inhabitants of the Americas were cultivating maize? True or False | True | 17 | |
| 7334314047 | Early urbanization in South America: | followed a much different path than that typical in Mesoamerica | 18 | |
| 7334314048 | Which of these timeframes was NOT incorporated into the Maya calendar? | "lifecycle" stages for each individual | 19 | |
| 7334314049 | The Toltec, Aztec, and Maya repudiated all aspects of the Teotihuácan civilization. | False | 20 | |
| 7334314050 | Tikal: | extended its influence well beyond the city boundaries | 21 | |
| 7334314051 | The Popol Vuh contains the creation myth of the: | the Mayan civilization | 22 | |
| 7343091724 | The agricultural settlements found in North America around 1200 C.E. are not usually considered sites of primary urbanization because: | their populations were too low | 23 | |
| 7343091725 | Of the following African cities, which one is NOT believed to have followed a development pattern introduced from other cultures? | Jenne-Jeno | 24 | |
| 7343091726 | The Bantu: | migrated thousands of miles to southern Africa | 25 | |
| 7343091727 | The impact of the Bantu culture can be seen in which of the following regions: | Kalahari Desert | 26 | |
| 7343091728 | In the Niger River valley, the primary urban settlement that has been excavated suggests: | that cities may develop without the need for hierarchy, centralization, government structure, or written language | 27 | |
| 7343091729 | The Inca empire: | built an extensive network of roads and paths | 28 | |
| 7343091730 | Jenne-Jeno: | was founded around 250 B.C.E. | 29 | |
| 7343091731 | Iron smelting in West Africa: | was introduced from outside the region | 30 |
