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5745096705Which of the following are scientists who study the earliest humans?Paleoanthropologists0
5745100730In the Hindu trinity, who is the creator of the world?Brahma1
5746068094Who wrote "The Origin of Species?"Darwin2
5746078435Which of the following was NOT one of Louis Leaky's important archaeological findings?Original cave writing demonstrating organized alphabet3
5746086421Which region did Homo Sapiens not migrate to?Polar Regions4
5746090745The first Homo Sapiens were recorded where?South Africa5
5746096116Which word mean "old stone age"?Paleolithic6
5746103956Which tool was found as early as 35,000 BCE and was not related to work?Flute7
5747098321Early tools made from natural fibers suggest that women's tasks did not include:Fishing8
5747102756Homo Erectus is believed to have first appeared on which continent?Africa9
5747107191What early village had residents that domesticated pigs and dogs?Ban Po10
5747111379Which early village/society rested its economic base on hunting and gathering?Jomon11
5747114682What age is named for its tools?The Neolithic Age12
5747122589Of the following {Tigris River, Persian Gulf, Jericho, and Eastern Iranian Plateau}, which was located the farthest from the Fertile Crescent?Eastern Iranian Plateau13
5747126581What is the first know village?Jericho14
5747128856Where did urbanization begin latest?Along the Indus River15
5747140725In Sumer after 2800 BCE, what group members ruled alongside kings?Temple Priests16
5747142972What group of people invented writing?Sumerians17
5747144422Who conquered the Sumerians?Hammurabi of Babylon18
5747148276What age was a time of technological breakouts?The Bronze Age19
5747155643True or False: Napoleon's actions helped lead to the discovery of the Rosetta Stone.True20
5747162298True or False: Egpytian writing began nearly 1000 years before Mesopotamian writings.False21
5747165840True or False: The oldest known alphabetic writings date back to 800 BCE.False22
5747170599True or False: Most Egyptian villages were located close to the Nile River.True23
5747173784True or False: Amenhotep worshiped many gods.False24
5747180299True or False: Horus was Osiris' father.False25
5747443031True or False: King Dhoser's step pyramid predated the pyramid of Khufu.True26
5747445848True or False: The origin of the Hyksos is not clear.True27
5747454159True or False: Aryan culture essentially overwhelmed that of the Harappan people.False28
5747458515True or False: The Indus Valley civilization was the first to use cotton as a textile fiber.True29
5747467467Of the Fertile Crescent, Yellow River Valley, Niger River Valley, and the Rhine River Valley, which one was NOT on of the seven areas of primary urbanization?Rhine River Valley30
5747474255Of the Han, Xia, Zhou, and Chang Chinese dynasties, which one appeared the latest?Han31
5747509713What dynasty had rulers that engaged in rituals and divination?The Xia dynasty32
5747479267What region was the Shang Dynasty centered in?Huang He (Yellow River)33
5747486335Who civilization built the Pyramid of the Sun?The Teotihuacan civilization34
5747494940True or False: The Mayan civilization predated the Toltec.True35
5747501008True or False: Most sub-Saharan Africa cities had development patterns that were introduced from outside the region.True36
5747504333True or False: Written language was more common in early American civilizations than in the early civilizations that developed in Eurasia.False37
5747517511True or False: Most archaeologists do not consider Cahokia near the Mississippi River to have been a urban area.True38
5747517512True or False: Mesoamerican civilizations held the belief that their people came out of the sky from a great tornado-like funnel.False39
5747596076True or False: The Chinese built large treasure ships they called "Junks".True40
5747598611True or False: The first sea voyage set sail for Africa in 1470.False41
5747600887True or False: The admiral of the Chinese fleet was Yung Lo.False42
5747600888True or False: Cheng Ho was captured by the Tang dynastic leaders and forced into royal labor at 13.False43
5747607710True or False: China had only a few dozen of the treasure ships compared to Spain's fleet of hundreds.False44
5747609780True or False: Cheng Ho was worshiped as a God in Indonesia.True45
5747609781True or False: Cheng Ho never missed any of the seven voyages that China sent across the Indian Ocean.False46
5747610870True or False: Yung Lo helped finance Cheng Ho's second expedition.True47
5747610871True or False: Naking served as a ship yard to build the giant vessels.True48
5747611960True or False: Cheng Ho was limited because unlike Yung Lo, he did not have knowledge of Arabic customs.False49
5756449808Mesopotamia's earliest power centers often fought over:Land and Irrigation rights50
5756463180True or False: Fanatical belief in the ideology of the empire was a major cause of the decline and fall of empires.False51
5756470043What is the term for 'requiring the use of sheer power to enforce rule'?Imperial Dominance52
5756476770What Persian ruler was the least benevolent to his subjects?Cambyses II53
5756486769Who failed to defeat Greece at the at the Battle of Marathon?The Persian Empire54
5756492800True or False: Pericles felt that political office should be given to the most qualified.True55
5756497733True or False: In Athens, this people had many rights while the state had few.False56
5756501852True or False: Greek city-states usually discouraged immigration from their territories.False57
5756503519True or False: The Greek city-states were united both culturally and linguistically.True58
5756503527True or False: One legacy of Alexander the Great was the wide dispersion of Greek culture far beyond the Aegean Sea.True59
5756527914Rome's armies were often made up of:Men from the conquered regions60
5756533486What were the three types of Roman officials?Consul, Praetor, and Tribune61
5756538919The first emperor of Rome annexed what country?Switzerland62
5756541765Who lost all three Punic Wars?Carthage63
5756547590What did Rome do for the people it conquered?Gave them a level of citizenship64
5756549413True or False: Romans thought the Mediterranean Sea as being at the middle of their world.True65
5756555218True or False: Julius Caesar conquered Egypt.False66
5756557888True or False: "Bread and Circuses" exacerbated class conflict in Rome.False67
5756557911True or False: When Pax Romana faltered, trade declined.False68
5756559954True or False: The Huns left a rich store of archaeological remains.False69
5756586443True or False: The Qin dynasty created the first Chinese empire.True70
5756586444True or False: Confucianism became an important philosophy of the Han empire.True71
5756590413True or False: The Sui dynasty fell because it overextended itself militarily and economically.True72
5756590414True or False: The Chinese had a major influence on Korea.True73
5756592147True or False: Chinese silk did not reach Europe until after the fall of the Han dynasty.False74
5756594019True or False: Laozi believed that stable government required strict laws strictly enforced.False75
5756596067True or False: The fall of the Qin dynasty was hastened by political infighting.True76
5756596068True or False: The Chinese empire existed for nearly 1400 years without any breakups in its territory.False77
5756597408True or False: Neither the Roman empire or the Chinese Empire put much effort into public work projects.False78
5756599457True or False: In the Han dynasty, women were expected to say what they thought and be independent.False79
5756659576Chandragupta:succeeded to the throne of Magadha80
5756661015The Aryan peoples in India:formed political groupings called janapadas81
5756667058The caste system of India:held that a person's socio-economic status was hereditary82
5756673189Asoka:Converted to Buddhism83
5756675979The Mahabharata:is central to India's culture84
5756679533True or False: No empire has ever encompassed the entire Indian Subcontinent.True85
5756679534True or False: The Gupta empire followed immediately after the Mauryan Empire.False86
5756680532True or False: The rule of the Gupta empire has been called India's Golden Age.True87
5756682121True or False: The major regions of India often have their own languages.True88
5756683289True or False: During the Gupta empire, Buddhism gained almost complete dominance over Hinduism.False89
5756720451Outside the Indian subcontinent, Hinduism historically gained the most new converts in:Southeast Asia90
5756723800Regarding Hinduism, it is most true that:Brahmin priests often supported local rulers91
5756725800Bhakti:Calls for the devotional love of God92
5756731564The Puranas least focus on this:The deep philosophical concepts of Hinduism93
5756733706Who is usually depicted with blue or black skin?Lord Krishna94
5756737200What form of Buddhism believed in the Bodhisvatta concept?Mahayanna Buddhism95
5756742527From its birthplace, Buddhism spread the least in this direction:West96
5756744171The Sangha:Advocated celibacy for monks97
5756749665For the Buddha, the source of unhappiness in the world was:Desire98
5756752161The Buddha taught that this was the key problem in life:Suffering99
5756758042The return of Jews to Canaan:was accompanied by warfare100
5756762018The rule of Saul, David, and Solomon:eventually led to the creation of Judea and Israel101
5756770049The later books of the Jewish scripture:describe many historical events and people that have been verified.102
5756775842According to what religion's beliefs would God dialogue with humans?Jewish103
5756780234What happened recently?Jewish Kingdom split into Judaea and Isreal104
5756782983True or False: Abraham was the leader of the first unified Jewish state.False105
5756783447True or False: Paul thought it was possible for humans to overcome original sin.True106
5756785060True or False: Nearly all Jews exiled to Babylon chose to return to Jewish lands later.False107
5756785061True or False: Icons have been more important for Eastern Orthodoxy that Catholicism.True108
5756785062True or False: The eastern emperor in Constantinople never acknowledged Charlemange's title of emperor.False109
5756813612What was the least important motivating factor behind the military expansion of the Islamic Empire?Religious Goals110
5756819149What has NOT added to the problems of studying Islamic history?Commercial and governmental documents of Islamic societies.111
5756826469What event do Muslims begin their calendar with?The date Muhammad moved to Medina.112
5756833686What religion believes that God transmitted the truth through the angel Gabriel?Islam113
5756841284Abu Bakr:was the first Caliph.114
5756842897True or False: As Ibn Battuta discovered, the status of women in the Islamic world of the 14th century was nearly the same everywhere.False115
5756842898True or False: The Seljuk Turks abolished the postion of Caliph.False116
5756842899True or False: Sufis were more likely that ulama to be missionaries.True117
5756842900True or False: Malaysia and Indonesia were relatively late converts to Islam.True118
5756844619True or False: The Dome of the Rock is one of Islam's most famous mosques.False119

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