Based off of the online review on Mrs. Ybarra's webpage and the review given to us. I would strongly advise that you go to http://wps.ablongman.com/long_stearns_wcap_4/ and take the multiple choice quizzes over all of the chapters we have covered
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| 272178955 | Characteristics of civilization | Settled Agriculture, cities, complex gov't, complex religion, economic specialization, social hierarchy, technology, art and architecture | 0 | |
| 272178956 | Euclidian geometry | NOT created by the Sumerians | 1 | |
| 272178957 | Indo-Europeans | Came in waves, disrupted the civilizations of the Middle East and Egypt, and introduced the use of iron | 2 | |
| 272178958 | Indus River Valley/Harappan | The early river valley that failed to last long and produce the basis for continuing civilization | 3 | |
| 272178959 | Huang He | Early river valley civilization that produced the most continuous civilization | 4 | |
| 272178960 | The Aryans | Did NOT "rapidly assimilate the Harappan agricultural technique including massive irrigation projects and reject all else". | 5 | |
| 272178961 | Xia | No archaelogical remains associated with this exist today | 6 | |
| 272178962 | Shang | Produced warriors ruled by strong kings who built an extensive empire | 7 | |
| 272178963 | Zhou time period | A migration that brought agricultural regions of the Yangtze river valley into Chinese hands occurred during this time period | 8 | |
| 272178964 | The reason for limited pastoral nomadism in the Americas | Was NOT "limited grazing land for domestic animals"- it was lack of large animals | 9 | |
| 272178965 | Courage cultures | Violence-prone nomadic cultures dominated by warlike males | 10 | |
| 272178966 | Nomads | Have monopolized both transport and trade along the routes from classical through post-classical times | 11 | |
| 272178967 | Ibn Khaldun | Came up with this statement: Nomadic dynasties went through a cycle of three generations that became progressively weaker | 12 | |
| 272178968 | Confucius | NOT "a religious teacher similar to the Jewish prophets and Buddha"; was actually a social philosopher obsessed with the need for order and harmony | 13 | |
| 272178969 | Laozi | Said humans should retreat from society and seek oneness with nature | 14 | |
| 272178970 | Legalism | Philosophy that emphasizes the major objective of the ruler is to enhance and strengthen the state | 15 | |
| 272178971 | The Han | Calligraphy became popular during this dynasty | 16 | |
| 272178972 | Greek culture and government | Was NOT "influenced by the Aryans"; government was generally less centralized than the Chinese | 17 | |
| 272178973 | Maya | American culture that emerged during the Mesoamerican Classic period in tropical lowlands of Mexico and Guatemala | 18 | |
| 272178974 | Anasazi | Most famous of the Indian cultures of Southwestern North America | 19 | |
| 272178975 | Christianity | The dominant religion of Axum after 350 C.E. | 20 | |
| 272178976 | Huns | Helped the decline of both Roman and Indian civilizations | 21 | |
| 272178977 | Byzantine Empire | Grew out of the Roman empire and continued its culture | 22 | |
| 272178978 | Mongols | Were responsible for the conquest of Kievan Russia in 1236 | 23 | |
| 272178979 | Middle Ages | The post-classical period in Western history between the fall of the Roman empire and the fifteenth century | 24 | |
| 272178980 | Greek Fire | The technological innovation that aided the Byzantine empire in withstanding the Muslim siege of Constantinople in 717 C.E. | 25 | |
| 273777063 | Rome | Did NOT "abandon monumental architecture almost entirely for buildings of smaller scale", did NOT "abandon the Greek designs and introduce less ornate, more functional architectural designs", but DID make engineering advances that allowed construction of building of greater size | 26 | |
| 273777064 | Roman architecture | It is UNTRUE that this type of architecture was "entirely Italian in origin and owed nothing to Greek influence" | 27 | |
| 273777065 | Chinese social organization | Offered limited opportunities for social advancement through the university and examination system | 28 | |
| 273777066 | Mediterranean social organization | Emphasized aristocracy but recognized the importance of acquired wealth | 29 | |
| 273777067 | Indian social organization | Offered the least opportunity for mobility of the three classical civilizations | 30 | |
| 273777068 | India's caste system | Offered some opportunity for mobility in the sense that the status of entire castes occasionally rose and fell in the social order | 31 | |
| 273777069 | Judaism | Religion that had the least impact on successive civilization | 32 | |
| 273777070 | India | Women in this area were clearly subordinate to men, yet enjoyed greater occupational opportunities until the last centuries B.C. | 33 | |
| 273777071 | Monks | Offered miraculous tales of Buddha's life, equated Nirvana with heaven, and stressed the salvationist qualities of the new religion | 34 | |
| 273777072 | The Roman economy | Depended on a steady supply of slave labor | 35 | |
| 273777073 | Rome's fall | Did NOT "split the unity of the Mediterranean lands that had been won through Persian culture and then the Roman Empire" | 36 | |
| 273777074 | Women in pre-Islamic Bedouin culture | Enjoyed greater freedom and higher status that those of the Byzantine and Russian Empires | 37 | |
| 275101239 | Pastorialism | A substinence pattern in which people make their living by tending large herds of animals | 38 | |
| 275101240 | Shifting cultivation | A form of subsistence agriculture in which people shift activity from one field to another to keep from over-grazing | 39 | |
| 275101241 | Courage cultures | Cultures dominated by warlike males bound to each other by strong ties of personal loyalty; typical among pastoral nomads | 40 | |
| 275101242 | Ibn Khaldun's theory | The theory that dynasties go through patterns of rise and fall. It was a cycle of three Dynasties that became progressively weaker | 41 | |
| 275101243 | Gilgamesh | Epic story of the king, Gilgamesh, who searched for immortality. This is a Sumerian legend and is believed to be the first story | 42 | |
| 275101244 | Iliad | Epic poem written by Homer that tells the story of the Trojan War | 43 | |
| 275101245 | Odyssey | a Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy | 44 | |
| 275101246 | Analects | Collection of the ideas and teachings of Confucius gathered by his students | 45 | |
| 275101247 | Aeneid | Epic poem by Virgil that told the story of a great Trojan hero, Aeneas | 46 | |
| 275101248 | Bishops | Above the priests; headed the church in each city | 47 | |
| 275101249 | Vedas | Hindu sacred texts | 48 | |
| 275101250 | Ayllus | Basic political unit of the Incas; a family unit | 49 | |
| 275101251 | Yellow Turbans | Chinese Daoists who launched a revolt in China promising a Golden Age to be brought by divine magic | 50 | |
| 275101252 | Sufis | A branch of Islam emphasizing a personal, mystical connection with God | 51 | |
| 275101253 | Sahel | Extensive grassland belt at the southern edge of the Sahara | 52 | |
| 275101254 | Griots | Storytellers of sub-Saharan Africa who carried on oral traditions and historians; advisors to kings in Mali Empire | 53 | |
| 275101255 | Ethocentrism | The judgment of other ethnic groups based on one's own ethnic group | 54 | |
| 275101256 | Xia | Tangut tribes (originally from Tibet) created this kingdom; the Song had to pay them tribute to protect their northern borders which was a great drain on the empire's resources | 55 | |
| 275101257 | Shang | Had a feudal political system | 56 | |
| 275101258 | Zhou | Feudal political system that was stronger than the Shang dynasty; introduced Mandate of Heaven | 57 | |
| 275101259 | Qin | Highly centralized political system (Legalism) | 58 | |
| 275101260 | Han | Highly centralized political system (Confucianism), integrated Confucian ideas, brought technological innovation and commercial advance | 59 | |
| 275101261 | Sui | This empire was centralized but short lived. Reformed legal code and Confucian educational system. State was strengthened by conquests and victories over nomads | 60 | |
| 275101262 | Tang | Confucian ideology; very large empire. In Tang and Song, number of scholar-gentry rose far above Han levels | 61 | |
| 275101263 | Song | Confucian ideas restored with Neo-Confucianism (Male dominance), never reached the size of the Tang empire | 62 | |
| 275101264 | Siddhartha Guatama | Founded Buddhism but was not the divine god of it; believed to achieve Nirvana one had to follow the Four Noble Truths | 63 | |
| 275101265 | Laozi's impact on society | Allowed farmers to have more autonomy | 64 |
