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| 7447738567 | rise of agriculture | The transformation that was most responsible for moving humans toward civilizations was the... | 0 | |
| 7447744053 | Middle East and independently in other areas | The start of sedentary agriculture began in.... | 1 | |
| 7447753863 | Religious or ritual purposes | Given location and the subject matter of Paleolithic cave paintings, it is likely that the early art served _____ purposes. | 2 | |
| 7447761715 | All continents except Antarctica | By the late Paleolithic Age, humans had colonized... | 3 | |
| 7447764381 | Small groups of hunters and gatherers | Most human societies in the Paleolithic Age consisted of... | 4 | |
| 7447767732 | was divided according to gender | In hunting and gathering bands, labor was... | 5 | |
| 7447796657 | increase from 7 million to 60 to 70 million | The Neolithic Era caused the population of humans to... | 6 | |
| 7447799875 | gigging sticks, axes, and plows | Which of the following technological innovations was associated with the transition to sedentary agricultural societies? | 7 | |
| 7447802556 | Late Paleolithic Age | Stone tools, hunting and gathering, and an increasing number of Homo sapiens sapiens are features of the ___________ era | 8 | |
| 7447802557 | declined | In comparison to the position of woman in hunting and gathering societies, the social status of women in sedentary agricultural communities _________. | 9 | |
| 7447808183 | members of hunter-gatherer bands | People referred to ___________ as barbarians | 10 | |
| 7447812157 | permitted the establishment of the first towns | By about 7000 BC, techniques of agricultural production in the Middle East had reached a level permitted..... | 11 | |
| 7447814794 | a powerful priesthood | The many religious shrines at Catal Huyuk indicate the existence of... | 12 | |
| 7447821101 | innovative technologies and modes of agrarian production | What was the "heart" of the Neolithic Revolution that became the basis for the spread of human societies? | 13 | |
| 7447833401 | particularly hard to study because its writing has not been deciphered | Unlike Sumer and Egypt, the Indus Valley or Harapaan civilization is... | 14 | |
| 7447841825 | probably after civilizations in the Nile Valley and Mesopotamia | Compared to river valley cultures of Egypt and Mesopotamia, 2000 BC Chinese civilizations developed | 15 | |
| 7447843935 | a uniform language | In early China, unity and cultural identity were provided by.... | 16 | |
| 7447843936 | religion | The pillar of Egypt culture was... | 17 | |
| 7447851630 | more stable due to few foreign incursions | Compared to Mesopotamia, Egypt was... | 18 | |
| 7447856954 | located near great river systems | What was one of the greatest similarities btwn Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Harappan, and Chinese civilizations? | 19 | |
| 7447862957 | failure to provide the basis for a continuous civilization | What was one of the greatest differences btwn Harappan and Chinese civilizations | 20 | |
| 7447865768 | Shang | What dynasty established the first actual kingdom of ancient China | 21 | |
| 7447884731 | The written language served to unite the various ethnic groups, who were able to identify themselves through writing as culturally Chinese | Why were Chinese writing referred to as the key to the creation of a distinctive Chinese identity? | 22 | |
| 7447898207 | settled agriculture, dependent on organized irrigation systems, had emerged there | The reasons that civilization appeared at an early date in the Middle East was that... | 23 | |
| 7447900322 | punishments were often harsh | What is true concerning Hamurabi's Law Code? -everyone was equal before law -men/woman faced same punishment for same crime -punishments were often harsh -magical beliefs do not play a role in the Code | 24 | |
| 7447906785 | ensuring more consistent surpluses of food and necessary products | Technological inovations occuring btwn 6000 and 4000 B.C.E. prepared the way for civilization by... | 25 | |
| 7447911875 | help organize elaborate political structures | Cuneiform and other types of writing are important, in part, because, they... | 26 | |
| 7447916227 | a simplified alphabet of 22 letters | Which of the following is NOT a feature of Sumerian civilization -cuneiform -city-states -numeric system based on 10, 60, and 360 -simplified alphabet of 22 letters | 27 | |
| 7447918535 | alphabet | what was the Phoenicians contribution | 28 | |
| 7447937010 | retained a unified state throughout most of history | Unlike Sumer and the Indus Valley or Harappan civilizations, Egypt... | 29 | |
| 7448019456 | originated as responses to societal problems during times of disruption | Confucianism and Daoism | 30 | |
| 7448032164 | a hierarchy and insisted upon reciprocal duties btwn people | Confucian social relationships established... | 31 | |
| 7448041872 | broke the power of the vassals in order to enhance the power of the emperor | The doctrine sponsored by the Qin Dynasty to support its state | 32 | |
| 7448049197 | trained bureaucrats from non-aristocratic groups | Which of the following groups would have most likely supported the Qin dynasty | 33 | |
| 7448056593 | a system of examinations to prepare professional civil servants | During the Han Dynasty, scholar officials instituted.... | 34 | |
| 7448062556 | the commoners, especially the peasants, remained the largest group | Although they varied greatly in wealth and social status in China, __________ remained the largest group | 35 | |
| 7448081675 | legally subordinated to fathers and husbands at all class levels | Chinese woman in the Classical Age were.... | 36 | |
| 7448088315 | merchant in China ranked below peasants and had little social influence | Despite their material success and increased wealth, | 37 | |
| 7448101094 | their secular influence and and lack of indentifiable gods to worship | Chinese belief systems differ from single deity religions and polytheism most in... | 38 | |
| 7448146164 | the scholar gentry | Who were the Shi? | 39 | |
| 7448167151 | Daoism | THe philosophy espoused by Laozi was called.. | 40 | |
| 7448175938 | good leadership and free peasants | The Qin armies were famed for their ferocity and speed because of their... | 41 | |
| 7448181924 | the unification of China under a "shi" bureaucracy | What was the most significant accomplishment of the Qin's dynasty? | 42 | |
| 7448193487 | was largely decorative, often reflecting the geometric precision of the Chinese calligraphy | Chinese art during the Han classical period was... | 43 | |
| 7448397275 | Kshatriya (warriors and rulers) | The Hindu caste after Brahmans during the Epic Age was... | 44 | |
| 7448397276 | was extremely complex and stratified; a person could almost never change caste | The Indian caste system was... | 45 | |
| 7448397277 | one must carry out one's duty that comes with one's caste | The central message of the Bhagavad Gita is that.. | 46 | |
| 7448414847 | Buddhism denied the need for castes, rites, and sacrifice to achieve nirvana | A major differences btwn Buddhism and Hinduism was that.... | 47 | |
| 7448419960 | its monastic community | Buddhism spread primarily because... | 48 | |
| 7448422338 | Ashoka | Which emperor sent out monks to spread the Buddhist religion? | 49 | |
| 7448436296 | the rise of the Mauryans | Alexander the Great's invasion of India led to | 50 | |
| 7448451033 | Hinduism showed its adaptability by emphasizing its mystical side, thus retaining the loyalties of many Indians | Buddhism lost its appeal and influence in Guptan India in part because... | 51 | |
| 7448523170 | intensified and began to differ from region to region | Over time in classical India, castes.... | 52 | |
| 7448553374 | the Hindu social hierarchy | In Mesopotamia, the cuneiform culture of the Mesopotamians assimilated invaders and provided continuity. The same role in India was performed by... | 53 | |
| 7448575489 | was worshiped as a divinity | After his death, Buddha... | 54 | |
| 7448569069 | the degree to which the occupation was considered polluting | What determined a person's place within the Indian social hierarchy? | 55 | |
| 7448584193 | Buddhists rejected the caste system and admitted untouchables and women as members of the faith | What was the attitude of Buddhism toward the caste system? | 56 | |
| 7448586998 | merchants, women, and artisans | Which groups did Ashoka's social policies tend to benefit? | 57 | |
| 7448607415 | The Brahmans recovered their former positions of dominance throughout Indian society as teachers, political administrators, and religious authorities | What was the status of Brahmans under the Guptas? | 58 |
