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4905966734Why don't we know much about the lives of Mesopotamian women?All scribes were male0
4905972277Why is the Paleolithic Period important?Globalization of mankind1
4905980960In what culture were monumental structures built for rituals that involved human sacrifice and a ball game?Mesoamerica (Mayans)2
4905996795If you were looking for Roman technological diffusion in France, what would be an example?Aqueducts3
4906001792Why did ancient Egyptians believe the universe is an orderly place?The Nile River flooded regularly.4
4906007638Name one similarity between Maya and Greeks?Political organization in city-states5
4906013341What Chinese philosophy considered people to be evil but could be ruled by law?Legalism6
4906018050Name on similarity between early Buddhism and early Christianity?Excepted both male and female converts (universal)7
4906026804Name one major change that took place from nomadic times to agriculture.Society became more patriarchal8
4906031840How did the last Ice Age help hunter gatherers?Land bridges helped them travel further9
4906041709What trend among the lower class in China led to the decline of the Han Empire?Peasants moved onto the land of large landowners.10
4906047291Name one similarity between Mayan use of religion and Roman use of religion?Both used religious practices to legitimize the authority11
4906055167What feature of Han government helped unify the Han government?The bureaucracy based on merit12
4906059166Why did Maya civilization collapse in the 9th century?Famine in drought13
4906066270Why did agricultural communities replace forager societies?They could produce a study food supply and store food.14
4906073347How did the Bantu spread?Slowly, no conquest, mostly peaceful15
4906077164How was the process of Hellenization conducted?Greeks married Persians, Persians followed Greek way of life.16
4906081721Name one major difference in workforce between Han China and Greece.Classical Greece had lots of slave labor, China had more free peasants17
4906094362How were Mesoamerican and Andean cultures similar?They were both dominated by small political organization.18
4906098876How did the Han Empire protect it's borders?Frontier Fortifications (The Great Wall), bribes, recruiting foreign soldiers19
4906106302Why was it harder to start farming in Eurasia than in the Americas?Eurasians kept getting animal diseases.20
4906110929What is the term of the gradual spread of culture w/out movement?Cultural diffusion21
4906115298Out of all of the places we've studied, where do women have the most freedom?Sparta22
4906119762How was the Greek way of thinking different than other civilizations we've studied?Greeks had more confidence in human reason.23
4906129558How did Ancient Egyptian pharaohs control Egypt?Centralized government and big bureaucracy24
4906139181In what are were there no pastoral societies?the Americas25
4906142695What kind of people in the Roman Empire had the earliest converse of Christianity?Poor people and women26
4906146413From where did the Persian government get their lower level officials?Loval officials27
4906151283Why was China's social organization so different from other places we've looked at?Degree to which government influenced society.28
4906157161Name one similarity between the Roman and the Han Empires?They both used supernatural sanctions to rule29
4906163105After the fall of the Han empire, what could women become?Buddhist monks30
4906168373How were many later Roman emperors chosen?By the army31
4906173263How did the Roman empire carry out Romanization?Conquests and building Roman cities and Roman roads32
4906181471Which religion had a cosmic struggle between Ahura Mazda and Angra Mainyu?Zoroastrianism33
4906246660Which Roman emperor converted to Christianity and founded city of Constantinople?Constantine34
4906263067In what era did Greek culture spread in to the lands of Persian Empire?Hellenistic Era35
4906270504One similarity between Choco-canyan region and Mississippi River Valley civilizations.Maize agriculture36
4906274989In general, what was the difference between domain for men and women in classical civilizations?Public life was more men, home chores were for women.37
4906279667Similarity between Buddhism and HinduismHope for final release from cycle of rebirth38
4906284515How did the Han, Persian, and Roman empires extend military power?Built infrastructure and highlands (walls and roads)39
4906288756Similarity between Rome and PersiaIncluded wide diversity of ethnicity, employed local elite in government40
4906294165Name one common factor that contributed to the fall of the Han Empire.Foreign invasion41
4906299686How was the process of building Rome different than Han?Rome was born out of the Republic, Han was born out of the Qin Dynasty.42
4906306717Other than language and agriculture, what did the Bantu people spread?Iron and metallurgy43
4906312791How are Judaism and Hinduism similar?Written scriptures44
4906323154One difference in founder of Christianity and BuddhaBuddha never claimed to be divine, Jesus always claimed to be the "Son of God"45
4906328888Most significant development of the Neolithic PeriodAgriculture46
4906330860Confucianism vs DaoismConfucianism called for social togetherness, Daoism called for connection with nature47
4906362553Why are many languages in Africa similar today?Spread of the Bantu people48

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