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| 4905720263 | transformation most responsible for moving humans toward civilization | rise of agriculture | 0 | |
| 4905899948 | metal working was NOT important to agricultural and herding societies in this way | large metal boats | 1 | |
| 4905905022 | the start of sedentary agriculture | started in the Middle East first | 2 | |
| 4905909956 | early Paleolithic art serverd | religious or ritual purposes | 3 | |
| 4905915526 | by the late Paleolithic age humans had colonized | all continents except Antarctica | 4 | |
| 4905919902 | most societies in the Paleolithic age consisted of | small groups of hunters and gatherers | 5 | |
| 4905923714 | in hunting and gathering bands labor: | was divided according to gender | 6 | |
| 4905930247 | the neolithic revolution caused the population to | increase from 8 million to 60 or 70 million | 7 | |
| 4905943858 | this was associated with the transition to sedentary agricultural communities | gigging sticks, axes, and plows | 8 | |
| 4905952713 | stone tools, hunting and gathering, and increasing number of humans are features of | late paleolithic age | 9 | |
| 4905968597 | compared the women in hunting and gathering societies the social status of women in sedentary agricultural communites | declined | 10 | |
| 4905979991 | people referred to as barbarians were | pastoral agriculturalists | 11 | |
| 4905986431 | by 7000 BCE, techniques of agricultural production in the Middle East had reached a level that | permitted the establishment of the first towns | 12 | |
| 4905993301 | the many religious shrines at catal huyuk show existence of | powerful priesthood | 13 | |
| 4905997675 | the "heart" of the neolithic revolution that became basis for the spread of human socieites | innovative technologies + modes of agrarian production | 14 | |
| 4906007519 | the reason civilization appeared at an early date in the middle east was that | settled agriculture with irrigation systems had emerged there | 15 | |
| 4906016173 | Hammurabi's law code was often | harsh | 16 | |
| 4906021208 | technological innovations that occurred between 6000 and 4000 prepared civilization by | ensuring more consistent food | 17 | |
| 4906087193 | cuneiform and other types of writing are important because they | help organize political structures | 18 | |
| 4906087194 | NOT a feature of Sumerian civilization | simplified alphabet of 22 letters | 19 | |
| 4906087195 | unlike sumer and the Indus valley + harrapan civilization, egypt | retained a unified state through its history | 20 | |
| 4906087196 | unlike sumer and Egypt, the Indus valley/harrapan civilization | is difficult to study because the writing is not understandable | 21 | |
| 4906101178 | compared the river valley cultures, Chinese civilization | developed after civilizations in the nile valley and mesopotamia | 22 | |
| 4906107225 | in early china, unity and cultural identity were provided by | a common system of writing | 23 | |
| 4906109728 | the pillar of Egyptian culture was | religion | 24 | |
| 4906112961 | compared to Mesopotamian civilization, Egyptian civilization was | more stable due the few foreign incursions | 25 | |
| 4906120950 | what was one of the strongest similarities between the Egyptian, Mesopotamian, harappan, and Chinese civilizations? | located near great river systems | 26 | |
| 4906126580 | what was one of the greatest differences between harappan civilization and Chinese civilization | failure to provide the basis for a continuous civilization | 27 | |
| 4906134304 | by encouraging settlers to move into the Yangtze river valley, the Zhou rulers | produced population growth, but also complicated problems of central rule | 28 | |
| 4906142485 | Confucianism and daoism | originated as responses to societal problems during times of disruption | 29 | |
| 4906147171 | Confucian social relationships | created a hierarchy and insisted upon reciprocal duties between people | 30 | |
| 4906154523 | the doctrine sponsored by the qin dynasty to support its state | broke the power of vassals in order to enhance the power of the emperor | 31 | |
| 4906163178 | which of the groups would have most likely supported the qin dynasty? | trained bureaucrats from non-aristocratic groups | 32 | |
| 4906166509 | during the Han dynasty, scholar officlas | instituted a system of examination to prepare professional civil servants | 33 | |
| 4906173742 | although they varied greatly in wealth and social status in china | the commoners remained the largest group | 34 | |
| 4906178724 | Chinese women in the classical age | were legally subordinated to fathers and husbands | 35 | |
| 4906180932 | despite the material success | merchants in china ranked below peasants | 36 | |
| 4906186599 | Chinese belief systems differ from single deity religions and polytheism most in | their secular emphasis and lack of identifiable gods to worship | 37 | |
| 4906193622 | the highest Hindu caste members in India after the epic age were the | dasas/Dravidian people | 38 | |
| 4906196068 | the Indian caste system | was complex and stratified; a person could almost never change caste | 39 | |
| 4906201490 | a central message of the bhagavad gita is that | one must carry out the duties that come with one's caste | 40 | |
| 4906210018 | a major difference between Buddhism and Hinduism was that | Buddhism denied the need for caste, rites, and sacrifice to reach nirvana | 41 | |
| 4906211993 | Buddhism spread primarily because | its monastic community | 42 | |
| 4906214317 | Alexander the great's invasion of india | led to the rise of the mauryans | 43 | |
| 4906218909 | Buddhism lost its appeal and influence in huptan India because | Hinduism showed its adaptability | 44 | |
| 4906222316 | during the classical era in India, this did NOT occur | religious authorities often allowed dissections in the name of research | 45 | |
| 4906227585 | over time in classical india | castes intensified and began to differ from region to region | 46 | |
| 4906236658 | is Mesopotamia the cuneiform culture assimilated invaders and provided continuity. the same role in India was performed by | the Hindu social hierarchy | 47 | |
| 4906242317 | what determined a person's place within the Indian social hierarchy? | the degree to which the occupation was considered polluting | 48 | |
| 4906244830 | after his death, buddha | was worshiped as a divinity | 49 | |
| 4906251899 | what was the attitude of Buddhism toward the caste system? | Buddhists rejected the caste system and admitted untouchables and women as members of the faith | 50 | |
| 4906257928 | which groups did ashoka's social policies benefit? | merchants, women, and artisans | 51 | |
| 4906262514 | what was the status of the Brahmans under the Gupta? | the Brahmans recovered their former positions of dominance throughout Indian society as teachers, administrators, and religious authorities | 52 |
