7757193136 | what social classification arose in many ancient civilizations because of the strong role granted to gods and their impact on daily life? | the priestly class | 0 | |
7757193137 | what is the name of the Hindu god who exists as the destroyer? | Shiva | 1 | |
7757193138 | what religion served as a predecessor for Buddhism? | Hinduism | 2 | |
7757193139 | what was the name of the social group whose status was directly below that of the king in feudalism? | the nobles | 3 | |
7757193140 | what label did Shang China use to refer to its own civilization? | All Under Heaven | 4 | |
7757193141 | What was the empire that Charlemagne assembled during his successful reign? | the Holy Roman Empire | 5 | |
7757193142 | Which of the two types of Buddhism practiced most widely in China were more appealing to educated persons? | Chan | 6 | |
7757193143 | In japan, what was the most important determining factor in social status? | birth | 7 | |
7757193144 | Which emperor's reign established the beginning of the Xin dynasty in China? | Wang Mang | 8 | |
7757193145 | What was the name of the edict which divided the Holy Roman Empire into three portionsi n 843 CE? | the Treaty of Verdun | 9 | |
7757193146 | Which citizens in Athens were expected to participate in democratic proceedings? | all citizens | 10 | |
7757193147 | which of the Islamic sects professed that the leaders of the Muslim Empire should be selected from a vast range of persons? | the Sunni sect | 11 | |
7757193148 | What were the two social groups in Ancient Rome? | plebeians and patricians | 12 | |
7757193149 | what two diseases spread in epidemics throughout Rome and China in ancient times? | measles and smallpox | 13 | |
7757193150 | What two major religions found their origins in India? | Hinduism and Buddhism | 14 | |
7757193151 | Which Greek philosophers had their writings translated into Arabic by the Muslims? | Aristotle and Plato | 15 | |
7757193152 | What was the name of the Frankish leader who vanquished the Muslim conquering of territories? | Charles Martel | 16 | |
7757193153 | What caused the Tang dynasty to collapse around 907 CE? | the local warlords gaining more power | 17 | |
7757193154 | Which of the following nations was responsible for inventing the magnetic compass? | Chinese | 18 | |
7757193155 | What was the first major monotheistic religion? | Judaism | 19 | |
7757193156 | We assume that the early governments in the ancient Middle East was less centralized because of | the existence of city-states; existence of city states suggests dramatic autonomy between regions within a kingdom or empire | 20 | |
7757193157 | an important similarity between the pre-Columbian civilizations in meso-America and classical Greece was | warring city states; both regions constantly fought among themselves | 21 | |
7757193158 | soldiers from India would have most likely fought in WWI against | Germans; India is a colony of Great Britain, they would have fought against Germany. | 22 | |
7757193159 | The greatest impact of the Neolithic Revolution was | the creation of sedentary farming societies | 23 | |
7757193160 | Paleolithic peoples likely migrated from Africa to Central Asia and Europe because of | the need for undisturbed hunting and gathering grounds | 24 | |
7757193161 | most early agricultural societies | focused on food production with limited surplus, emphasized importance of men's work growing food over women's roles in the household, and experienced an increase birth rate and viewed children as useful additions to the labor force | 25 | |
7757193162 | the technology that ushered the end of early civilizations around 1000 BCE was | the development of iron tools and weapons | 26 | |
7757193163 | Under the Mandate of Heaven, the Zhou Dynasty | explained that natural disasters signaled heaven's displeasure with the ruling dynasty | 27 | |
7757193164 | the earliest civilizations developed in river valleys because | farmers developed irrigation systems which required complex organizations like governments to run them | 28 | |
7757193165 | egyptian engineers most likely developed concepts of geometry because | the yearly flooding of the Nile forced them to resurvey their fields and they needed a system of measurement | 29 | |
7757193166 | in the Aryan religious system, Indra, the god of war, signaled the arrival of rain with his thunderbolt. This idea reflects which of the following common features of polytheism | deities embodied forces of nature | 30 | |
7757193167 | Most historians agree that Paleolithic peoples probably migrated to North America by a land or bridge via small boats, and that once they reached land they | moved south towards South America and east towards the Atlantic Ocean | 31 | |
7757193168 | Evidence from remains in the Mexican Gulf suggest that the Olmecs laid the foundations for which of the following common features of Central American civilization? | the organization of a religious society led by priests | 32 | |
7757193169 | While India's caste system enforced a rigid social hierarchy, it also promoted a cohesive culture by | creating a stable social order and providing a sense of identity to all members of society | 33 | |
7757193170 | The growth of Islamic empires led to a revolution in agriculture in Afro-Eurasia because | the spread of crops to non-indigenous areas of the Muslim world led to agricultural revolution | 34 | |
7757193171 | Which of the following best describes the impact of the spread of trade networks from the Middle East to sub-Saharan Africa? | it created wealth in West Africa which allowed centralized political kingdoms to develop | 35 | |
7757193172 | The Tang empire pursued expansion by | maintaining a tribute system, through which independent Asian countries sent gifts to the Tang emperor to acknowledge his supremacy | 36 | |
7757193173 | The Abbasids helped Islam to become a rich and unified culture by | conquering lands in central Asia and integrating ideas from Greece, India, and China | 37 | |
7757193174 | Which of the following describes the reason for the spread of Renaissance culture through Europe? | economic prosperity and circulation of printed books | 38 | |
7757193175 | Between 1000 and 1450, which of the following innovations contributed to the growth of long-distance sea trade? | the needle compass, the portuguese caravel, the improvement of mapmaking | 39 | |
7757193176 | Which of the following best describes the Ottoman caravanserai? | way-stations that provided rest and refreshment along the Silk Road | 40 | |
7757193177 | The purpose of Zheng He's naval expeditions between 1405 and 1433 was | the establish trading networks with Southeast Asia, Africa, and the Persian Gulf | 41 | |
7757193178 | The pope's supremacy in Europe developed around 800 CE in part because | Arab conquests cut off the Western Pope from the Eastern Bishop | 42 | |
7757193179 | The construction of the mounds at Cahokia can best be attributed to | the Cahokians' ability to recruit and organize workers from outside tribes | 43 | |
7757193180 | the main argument of Marx and Engels' Communist Manifesto was that | The working class would revolt and seize the means of production from the rich | 44 | |
7757193181 | The purpose of labor unions, which developed in the early 19th century, was to | Help workers bargain collectively for better working conditions | 45 | |
7757193182 | All of the following contributed to the American Revolution EXCEPT | Britain's decision to arm Native Americans and organize violent attacks against the colonists | 46 | |
7757193183 | Under the Declaration of the Rights of Man, the French National Assembly | Recognized man's natural rights, based on ideas put forth during the Enlightenment | 47 | |
7757193184 | Simon Bolivar's vision for South America in the early 19th century was | A unified country across the continent, independent from Spain | 48 | |
7757193185 | Following the Napoleonic Wars, the Congress of Vienna | Redrew European boundaries and restored monarchies to reestablish the balance of power | 49 | |
7757193186 | Under Alexander III's policy of Russification, Eastern members of Russia | Were forced to learn Russian and convert to Russian Orthodoxy, even though they shared no cultural background with Western Russians | 50 | |
7757193187 | Social Darwinism was used to justify all of the following EXCEPT | The natural evolution of the lower class to revolt against their oppressors | 51 | |
7757193188 | With the abolition of slavery in the New World, some former slaves | emigrated to Liberia to establish an independent | 52 | |
7757193189 | The clear British defeat of China in the 19th century Opium Wars led the Chinese to | Rebel against their European oppressors and the weak Chinese government | 53 |
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