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3682644937Which geographical feature did most early civilizations form around?Rivers0
3682648264The birth and rise of agriculture refers to theNeolithic Revolution1
3682650697Mandate of Heaven promotes all of the following EXCEPTpriest control of the state2
3682660881Which of the following is a Confucian belief?A good society is guided by the 5 key relationships3
3682667082In which country did merchants hold the lowest status?China4
3682670395The civil service exam was significant becauseequal opportunity for all MEN to advance in government5
3682675571Major trade route connecting Asia to the MediterraneanSilk Road6
3682679712Common feature of Classical civilization in India, China, and MediterraneanSocial Hierarchy7
3682682689Patriarchal SocietyMale dominated8
3682685649The Roman genius wasarchitecture and engineering9
3682690078Direct democracy in Athens meantall citizens participate directly in lawmaking10
3682697170What statement best describes the ROMAN and the HAN empires?Costs associated with defending frontiers led to crisis11
3682705396Important reason for the fall of the Roman, Han, and Gupta Empires?Intensified invasions and security issues along frontiers12
3682709621Pax RomanaEmperor went unopposed, Empire expanded, and economy grew13
3682715444Impact of Peloponnesian Wars on GreeceWeakened Greece and allowed Philip of Macedon to conquer14
3682720048This image is an example ofAlexander's diffusion of Greek culture to India15
3682727535The fact that Rome had plebeians and patricians shows that Rome hada division among social classes16
3682730186Which example below best demonstrates CULTURAL DIFFUSIONpreference of silk garments among the Roman elite17
3682735478After 200 C.E., people in Asia, Europe, and North Africa began to adapt faiths that wereMonotheistic (Judaism, Islam, and Christianity)18
3682742074Who did Christianity appeal to the most in its early stages?The poor and women19
3682748203Which religious schism occurred after the death of its founding figure?Sunni and Shia20
3682753057Two Muslim cities that retain the greatest symbolic or religious significance even to this dayMedina and Mecca21
3682756665Which city is the capital of the Abbasids and a center of the Islamic Golden Age?Baghdad22
3682759381Major difference between Hinduism and IslamIslam has more equality while Hinduism has the caste system, Islam deemphasizes material wealth, Hinduism encourages it, and Islam monotheistic and Hinduism is polytheisitic23
3682773071Which of the following areas of expertise progressed under the rule of the Abbasid caliphate?Medicine, Science, and Math24
3682778985Which does NOT belong in a list of reasons why the decline of the Roman and Abbasid Empires?Imperial conversion to a new religion25
3682787049Which of the following is NOT TRUE in a comparison of Western Europe and the Islamic Empire?Western Europe was way more advanced than the Islamic Empire26
3682791805The Crusades were fought between two religious groups?Christians and Muslims27
3682798874Which of the following religions does Jerusalem NOT hold a special significance?Hinduism28
3682803446Muslim group renewed Islam with an injection of mysticism that helped spread it to South and Southeast AsiaSufis29
3682807816The common unifying feature of Sub-Saharan African societies in post classical eracommon Bantu linguistic roots30
3682813418Of the POST CLASSICAL cities listed below, which was the most sophisticated?Timbuktu31
3682816638Origins of the Swahili LanguageArabic-Bantu mix32
3682822971Practices of Muslims in Western Africa compared to the greater Islamic worldfewer restrictions on females and had more gender equality33
3682829528What allowed for trade and the spread of Islam to West and Sub-Saharan Africa?Camels34
3682830732Ibn Battuta wasTraveler who spread Islam and criticized Islamic leaders35
3682835294Primary product being traded on the AFRICAN trade routes?slaves36
3682839107With the fall of Western Roman empire, capital was moved to which Eastern Roman Empire city?Constantinople37
3682841993Byzantine Emperor that had the longest impact on civilization in the E. Mediterranean and beyondJustinian38
3689582317Which does NOT belong in a list of similarities between by Byzantine and Tang ChinaComplete separation of belief system and state39
3689597022Significance of the Byzantine Empire included all of the following exceptEmpire's conquest of the Ottomans, including the Middle East40
3689605361What were the issues causing the schism of the Roman Catholics and the Eastern Orthodox Church?use of yeast in bread and celibacy for priests41
3689611005Constantinople was wealthy (True or False)True42
3689616467Why was Charlemagne considered a "bright light in the dark ages"Had commercial ties with Byzantine and mirrored Greece and Rome43
3689623962Which is NOT a characteristic of Western Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire in 476 CEIncrease in literature and education44
3689629974Political and social order of societies that decentralized authority (W. Europe and Japan)Feudalism45
3689634224The primary duty of males above the serf class trained in military serviceknighthood46
3689639306NOT an effect of the Black DeathScientists discovered vaccines47
3689648925Top authority of Western Europe circa 500-1450The Pope48
3689654261Significance and aftermath of the Viking invasions?Founded nations and developed trade routes49
3689660264The purpose of human sacrifice in Mayan and Aztec religion?believed the gods needed blood50
3689663955What happened to the Vikings?adopted Christianity, settled and intermingled in other regions, and adopted agriculture and settled in warmer regions51
3689677032Mayan and Aztec Civilization managed to construct monumental structures without the help of...beasts of burden52
3689683260The role of peasants in Aztec society?Farmers and builders53
3689688466What was the primary purpose of Aztec tribute?Provide food for the nobles class and emperor54
3689702185Key infrastructural development of the Tang-Song era of China?Grand Canal55
3689710471How did foot binding diminish independence of Chinese women in the Song erasufficiently crippled women and limited their mobility56
3689715154Which is NOT a native Chinese invention?Steam powered machinery57
3689725549Title earned by students who passed the most difficult part of the Chinese Civil Service examScholar-gentry58
3689730664Tang ruler who attempted to have Buddhism recognized as a state religionEmpress Wu59
3689738293Which statement describes the position of the Scholar-Gentry during the Song Dynasty?Scholar-Gentry dominated over aristocracy and Buddhists60
3689747364Chinese sailors and merchants became a dominate force in Asian seas because ofJunks61
3689751203Religion during the Tang dynastyMostly Buddhist, but towards the end it was Confusicus62
3689761925Which country did Chinese civilization last the longest and was the most profound?Korea63
3689768787Which society most closely mirrored feudal Japanese patterns of feudalismWestern Europe64
3689774981What religion played a role in the transmission of Chinese civilization to Japan?Buddhism65
3689781463members of the Japanese warrior class that were mounted troops loyal to the military eliteSamurai66
3689786698Long distance trade network stabilized during the Pax MongolicaSilk Road67
3689792223The Mongol policy on how to treat peoples who resisted their ruleterrifying retribution68
3689797921Which region of the world did the Golden Horde conquer?Russia69
3689801305Long term effects of the Mongolian rule on RussiaRussia was more isolated and cut off from Renaissance70
3689810953Which dealt the most devasting blow to the Abbasid caliphateMongol invasion71
3689816360Which term for a political unit does not have the title of its leader as its root word?Nation72
3689822183How did Mongol women view the roles of Chinese women in Confucian society?refused to participate in Chinese practices like foot binding73
3689829008Early innovations launched by the Ming dynastymounting and huge trading expeditions74
3689837593Which of the following is NOT a reason why the Ming halted trade expeditions?technological inferiority of Chinese ships and navigation75
3689844394RenaissanceRebirth: revival of learning and culture76
3689853424Compared to medieval culture, Renaissance culture wasConcerned with earthy world, classical models, and learning77
3689863148NOT a reason why Italy emerged as a center of the RenaissanceItaly was spared from the Black plague due to its location78
3689876046Key theme of Polynesian culture from the 7th century to 1400spurts of migration and conquest beyond the society islands79
3689884308What major event BEST describes a reason for newly developed European sea routes?fall of Constantinople in 1453 to the Ottomans80
3689889864long distance trade opened a path for which social group in the New World?merchants81
3689895435Which New World commodity was the greatest value to the Spanish monarchy?silver82
3689898555Best example of a new disease that wiped out Native Americans?smallpox83
3689903974Demographic impact of the Colombian Exchange on the Old World?Population growth in Old World due to New World crops84
3689909671Western power that led the pack, set up trade forts, and ran the slave tradePortugal85
3689914616Which of the following BEST characterizes Western presence in Africa and Asia by 1750Western presence was limited to coastal forts86
3689920199Two countries that established private trading companies and raise their own armies and coin moneyNetherlands and England87
3689926461War among Western powers that is sometimes considered the first global conflict because of colonies7 year war88
3689929743Compare British motives for settling Americans to Spanish motives of Latin AmericaEnglish for religious freedom, while Spanish came for riches89
3689936131Which of the following is most accurate comparing absolute monarchies and limited monarchies?Limited monarchies are restricted, and absolute are not90
3689941916Primary difference between the West and Russia in the 17th and 18th centuriesRussia saw more serfdom while Western Europe abolished serfdom91
3689948815Treaty of Tordesillas of 1494 divided the world into spheres of influence belongin toPortugal and Spain92

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