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| 5738488810 | Preliterate societies transmitted their culture by all of the following except: stone art, cave paintings, oral tradition, detailed genealogies, creation myths. | detailed genealogies | 0 | |
| 5738491260 | What is not meant by culture? | shared biological characterstics | 1 | |
| 5738497372 | The Neolithic era is associated with | the rise of agriculture | 2 | |
| 5738500039 | Most early human activity centered on | gathering food | 3 | |
| 5738503034 | The Agricultural Revolution first occurred in what region? | Middle East | 4 | |
| 5738506901 | Paleolithic | Identifies the Stone Age where tools made of stone, bones, and wood were used for everyday tasks. Also, it was a period where most humans were hunters and gatherers. | 5 | |
| 5738512678 | Agricultural Revolution | Different regions around the world gradually realized the benefits of food cultivation over food gathering and began to transition into farming as being their primary source of food. | 6 | |
| 5738536094 | Conditions leading to transition from food gathering to food cultivation. | The dying off of the megafauna, which was a primary food source for hunting and gathering peoples, initiated the transition. Also, having a steady, reliable food source and being able to settle down in one spot were benefits of food cultivation. Furthermore, being able to make beer from grains was a big motivation to begin farming. | 7 | |
| 5738560158 | Most early agricultural communities had a staple crop based on | grain or rice | 8 | |
| 5738563324 | Scholars feel that earliest domesticated animals were | dogs | 9 | |
| 5738569237 | The religions of farming communities tended to focus on | an earth mother or female deity | 10 | |
| 5738575077 | Recent discoveries of large stones and burial chambers may indicate | ceremonial and religious purposes | 11 | |
| 5738579153 | The earliest historically documented people of Mesopotamia were the | Sumerians | 12 | |
| 5738588182 | The term city-state refers to all of the following except: a small independent state, an urban center surrounded by agricultural hinterlands, an association of mutually dependent cities, self-governing urban centers. | an association of mutually dependent cities | 13 | |
| 5738601856 | The first dynastic king, Sargon of Akkad, and his four successors, did all of the following except: organize a system of standardized weights and measures, use cuneiform writing, issue a comprehensive law code, attack Egypt, facilitate trade between all the city-states under his control. | attack Egypt | 14 | |
| 5738605720 | What motivated Mesopotamian conquests of far-reaching territories? | The need for vital resources | 15 | |
| 5738610075 | Mesopotamian gods were anthropomorphic; that is, they | were imagined to be human-like in form and conduct | 16 | |
| 5738616964 | The abundance of amulets in Mesopotamia suggests | widespread belief in the value of magic | 17 | |
| 5738619120 | The Mesopotamian writing system is called | cuneiform | 18 | |
| 5738626593 | The culture that developed in Egypt was unique largely because of | Egypt's natural isolation and essential self-sufficiency | 19 | |
| 5738631004 | Crucial to Egypt's agriculture was | proximity to the Nile River | 20 | |
| 5738634994 | Fundamental concepts of Egyptian religion were based on | the vision of a cosmic order that the physical environment of the Nile Valley evoked | 21 | |
| 5738642026 | The region of modern Pakistan which gave birth to the earliest known civilization in the Indian subcontinent is centered on which river: Oxus, Ganges, Indus, Nile | Indus | 22 | |
| 5738646347 | The two main cities of early Indian civilization are | Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro | 23 | |
| 5738654320 | city-state | A central, self-governed urban-center including its surrounding agricultural zones that were characteristic of Mesopotamian society. Sumer was one of the first Mesopotamian city-states. City-states were generally surrounded by high-walls and were centers for trade. | 24 | |
| 5738934867 | Hammurabi | He was the fierce Amorite king of Babylon who strongly believed in justice and law. he was a warfare strategy genius and conquered many of the Mesopotamian city-states. Hammurabi is famous for his law code inscribed on stone pillars that list crimes and their punishments. He established the idea of "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth". | 25 | |
| 5738945330 | Papyrus | A reed that grew along the Nile River, which the Egyptians used to create a coarse, paper-like writing medium. It encouraged literacy and allowed the Egyptians to record much more information and to make copies of previously recorded information. | 26 | |
| 5738962857 | The Late Bronze Age in the Middle East was a "cosmopolitan era" because | elements of culture were widely shared | 27 | |
| 5738969434 | The era of the New Kingdom in Egypt is characterized by restoration of Egyptian rule and | expansion north into Syria and south into Nubia | 28 | |
| 5738971765 | The pharaoh Akhenaten is credited by many historians with | the invention of monotheism | 29 | |
| 5738976015 | Transportation in western Asia was revolutionized in the Later Bronze Age by the introduction of | horses | 30 | |
| 5738981627 | The location of the first European civilization to have complex political and social structures was | the island of Crete. | 31 | |
| 5738985434 | Writing in Mycenaean Greece is done in what form? | Linear B | 32 | |
| 5738994067 | The epic poem of Homer, The Iliad, related the story of a war between the Greeks and the Hittites, based on the ten year siege and eventual destruction of the city of | Troy | 33 | |
| 5738998979 | The collapse of the Mycenaean civilization was caused by | The disappearance of Linear B writing, destruction of palaces, competition for resources, and disruption of trade routes. | 34 | |
| 5739006920 | The Assyrian ruler was | a king and a priest | 35 | |
| 5739010967 | The homeland of the Assyrian Empire was in | northern Mesopotamia | 36 | |
| 5739022319 | The chief tactic that the Assyrians used to maintain tranquility in their empire was | force and terror | 37 | |
| 5739024074 | One important and peaceful legacy of Assyrian rule was | The Library of Ashurbanipal | 38 | |
| 5739027668 | The basic tenets of Jewish belief and practice prohibit | murder, adultery, theft and lying | 39 | |
| 5739032693 | The basic Israelite political structure before King Saul was | rule by chieftains of the twelve tribes (descendants of Joseph and Jacob) | 40 | |
| 5739043238 | The rise of a centralized monarchy in Israel is typically attributed to | David | 41 | |
| 5739048084 | Women in Israelite society were respected because they provided goods and services that sustained the family and | gave birth | 42 | |
| 5739098796 | After Solomon's death, the kingdom of Israel was split into | Judah and Israel | 43 | |
| 5739102334 | The exile of Hebrews to Babylon in 587 BC occurred under | Nebuchadnezzar | 44 | |
| 5739106299 | What made certain Phoenician textiles unique? | purple dye | 45 | |
| 5739109440 | Carthage's influence in the Mediterranean Sea rested in the | navy | 46 | |
| 5739118990 | How did the Hittites become the foremost power in Anatolia from 1700 to 1200 BC? | They had horse-drawn war chariots and iron tools and weapons. This allowed them to dominate in battle. | 47 | |
| 5739124790 | The Phoenicians developed a system of writing based on | an alphabet, in which each symbol represented a sound | 48 | |
| 5739133411 | Carthage was founded by peoples migrating from | Phoenicia | 49 | |
| 5739136345 | The foreign policy of the Carthaginian state | reflected an interest in protecting the sea trade | 50 | |
| 5739141889 | In the time of King Solomon, the commercial wealth of Israel was derived from trade with | Phoenicia, Arabia, and East Africa | 51 | |
| 5739145074 | The Israelites became devoted to their stern an warlike god, Yahweh, during | forty years of wandering in the desert | 52 | |
| 5739148348 | Which of the following poses a problem for interpreting the history of the early Israelites from the Bible? | They were pastoralists who did not write down their history for nearly 1,000 years, the Bible was written for religious, not historical purposes, the Hebrew Bible was written in several phases by different people and the Hebrew civilization was interrupted by conquest several times. | 53 | |
| 5739152999 | Israel is important partly because | it is a crossroads to the Near East, Egypt, and Arabia | 54 | |
| 5739155539 | The Assyrian government used mass deportation to | break the spirit of rebellious peoples | 55 | |
| 5739164824 | Although Minoan writing is undeciphered, Minoan artifacts indicate that | they had widespread trade connections | 56 | |
| 5739170131 | The Hyksos were able to conquer Egypt because they had | horse-drawn chariots carrying archers with composite bows | 57 | |
| 5739174277 | The language of diplomacy and government correspondence in the Mesopotamian regions was | Akkadian | 58 | |
| 5739177778 | The foremost power in Anatolia from 1700 - 1200 BCE was the | Hittites | 59 | |
| 5739180557 | Why was Chavin de Huantar's location pivotal in it's success? | It was located at the intersection of trade routes between the mountain valleys and the coastal lowlands | 60 | |
| 5739184265 | The makers of the "Giant Head" carvings in Mesoamerica were part of which civilization? | Olmec | 61 | |
| 5739188224 | By 300 BCE, Celtic people were found in what regions? | Hungary, Turkey, Italy, Greece, Britain, France, Spain, and Ireland | 62 | |
| 5739190637 | Celtic Women | could inherit their husbands' estates | 63 | |
| 5739192985 | Druids were | Celtic priests in Gaul and Britain | 64 | |
| 5739196783 | The political organization of the Celts was | non existent; each Celtic group was regional and followed no one ruler | 65 | |
| 5739201929 | Why was the Nubian offer to aid Palestine a mistake? | The Assyrians invaded Egypt in retaliation, driving the Nubians southward | 66 | |
| 5739205636 | The concept of Yin and Yang represented the complementary nature of | male and female roles in the natural order | 67 | |
| 5739207747 | The fundamental idea of Daoism can be summarized as | accepting the world as you find it, avoiding useless struggles, and adhering to the "path" of nature | 68 | |
| 5739212448 | The Chinese political system that relied primarily on strict laws and punishments to compel people to behave is called | Legalism | 69 | |
| 5739216362 | Confucius most admired which political figure for maintaining harmony in his rule and for being a dutiful servant of the state? | Duke Zhou | 70 | |
| 5739216363 | Significant insight into the Zhou period is available to scholars because of | The Book of Documents | 71 | |
| 5739220680 | Compared with the Shang dynasty god, Di, the Zhou main god Tian was | much more demanding and harsh | 72 | |
| 5739223192 | The Mandate of Heaven meant that the ruler retained the right to rule as long as | he remained a wise and principled guardian of his people | 73 | |
| 5739226191 | Other than oracle bones, one of the main sources of information on Shang China is | royal and elite tombs | 74 | |
| 5739226192 | The Shang elite were what part of society? | warriors | 75 | |
| 5739231691 | Loess was | a rich dust blown in from Central Asia | 76 | |
| 5739262390 | Describe the nature and extent of Phoenician expansion in the Mediterranean | The Phoenicians expanded and planted down new merchant communities that served as trade outposts for them. Phoenicia indirectly ruled the majority of these outposts and their conquered lands, except for Spain and Sardinia. They extended as far as Israel and Tunisia, to the west shore of the Mediterranean, and ruled most of Europe surrounding the Mediterranean. | 77 | |
| 5739274576 | First group to develop iron making? | Hittites | 78 | |
| 5739280371 | Oldest pottery found in Mediterranean region was | made by the Minoans | 79 | |
| 5739293111 | Akhnaton's revolution | He forced everyone in Egypt to worship him, while the royal family exclusively worshiped the single god Aten. Also, he established a new capital at Amarna, destroyed temples of all gods besides Aten, and created a new style of art that depicted humans as feminine and with elongated figures. | 80 | |
| 5739328389 | What does the practice of feng shui accomplish? | It orients buildings in harmony with the terrain and the forces of nature. | 81 | |
| 5739335963 | During the Shang period, ancestor worship became important because | ancestors had special influence with the gods | 82 | |
| 5739346061 | Which early Zhou writing is attributed to Sunzi | The Art of War | 83 | |
| 5739350782 | Confucius's writings compiled as | Analects | 84 | |
| 5739359282 | Kush, the Egyptian name for Nubia, flourished in trade by using | letting trade-seekers come to them | 85 | |
| 5739371235 | How did Nubia become a "corridor" for long-distance trade before 3000BC? | It connected sub-Sahara Africa with North Africa | 86 | |
| 5739517129 | Importance of Mandate of Heaven in transition from Shang to Zhou period? | Mandate of Heaven gave the rulers of the Zhou Period a legitimate reason and justification for their rule. In the Shang period. when a ruler came to power, they were just seen as a basic ruler and could not give their subjects a true reason for being in control. In the Zhou period. rulers could justify their power as being the will of Heaven, as they believed that it was the duty of the Supreme deity to essentially choose the ruler. | 87 | |
| 5739536016 | Pastoral nomadism | It relied heavily on the domestication of animals. Pastoralists utilized the open grasslands of the steppes to herd their flocks, and used the wide open areas a defensive advantage. Pastoralists could see their flocks from miles away and see incoming enemies. Furthermore, pastoralists relied heavily on fast means of transportation. They rode horses and camels to travel from temporary settlement to temporary settlement, and ideas spread quickly. Pastoralists traded with agricultural towns and settlements for crops, weapons, and tools. Eventually, groups of raider nomads arose, and they frequently attacked villages or charged them a fee not to attack. These nomads became a signifcant nuisance to settled civilizations overtime. | 88 | |
| 5739569608 | Confucianism | teaches about duty, public service, and importance of family | 89 | |
| 5739571707 | Daoism | teaches a withdrawal from society and to look to the nature of the world | 90 | |
| 5739581373 | The Vedic Age was a new historical period in India marked by | the dominance of Indo-Europeans over India | 91 | |
| 5739584923 | The varna system developed in order to create | social order between groups | 92 | |
| 5739591041 | The reincarnation of a person's immortal essence - their atman - into a given class depends on | karma or deeds in life | 93 | |
| 5739596000 | The underlying message of the cycle of reincarnation is that you are where you deserve to be, and the only way to improve you lot in the next cycle of existence is to | accept your current situation and its attendant duties | 94 | |
| 5739601224 | Jainism adherents believed in extreme nonviolence, to the extent they | would not inhale bugs, would not wear silk, would not practice agriculture, practiced extreme asceticism | 95 | |
| 5739611853 | Siddhartha Gautama articulated the "Four Noble Truths", which taught that life is suffering, that suffering is caused by desire, that the solution to suffering is curing one's desires, and that: | desire can be curbed by following the Eightfold Path | 96 | |
| 5739618901 | The ultimate spiritual reward in Buddhism is | nirvana | 97 | |
| 5739623249 | Hinduism can be described as an evolution of the Vedic religions because it had roots in Buddhism and south Indian religious practices, and: | it combined Aryan and Dravidian elements | 98 | |
| 5739631489 | What has not been a factor in India's habitual political fragmentation? | repeated interference by China in Indian affairs | 99 | |
| 5739812521 | The Mauryan Empire was the first government to unite much of India after | the death of Alexander the Great | 100 | |
| 5739817519 | The Mauryan leader Ashoka converted to Buddhism and became a unique leader because | he was overwhelmed by the brutality of his early conquests | 101 | |
| 5739825715 | What was the greatest advantage of the Gupta Empire army? | a well armed cavalry | 102 | |
| 5739832619 | Gupta kings were patrons of which of the following endeavors | Hindu | 103 | |
| 5739836943 | Southeast Asia is described as a "geologically active zone" meaning that | the islands are the tops of a chain of volcanoes | 104 | |
| 5739852365 | Giant Olmec heads sculpted from basalt and sometimes standing 11 feet tall, are believed to represent | rulers, warriors, and ballplayers | 105 | |
| 5739863159 | What caused the collapse of Teotihuacan in 650 AD? | We don't know | 106 | |
| 5739867109 | Quetzalcoatl | God of agriculture + the arts | 107 | |
| 5739869897 | Urban architecture of Teotihuacan dominated by | religious architecture | 108 | |
| 5739871974 | Chavin | Peruvian coastal plain + Andean foothills | 109 | |
| 5739877809 | beast of burden in Mesoamerica? | llama | 110 | |
| 5739877810 | Religion in Teotihuacan was | polytheistic | 111 | |
| 5739881843 | Mesoamerican group that practiced human sacrifice in the region of the Yucatan peninsula? | Maya | 112 | |
| 5740458908 | What natural resource provided the incentive to trade for southern Saharan dwellers? | Salt | 113 | |
| 5740462147 | The decline of the Umayyad dynasty was due to | growing unrest among non-Arab Muslims, who demanded access to political power | 114 |
