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| 238821195 | What staple crop is associated with mesoamerica? | maize | 0 | |
| 238821196 | what occured as a result of the development of agriculature in societies that previously relied on hunting and gathering? | population density increased | 1 | |
| 238821197 | What religion system is characterized by a sacred text and a strong missionary thrust? | Buddhism | 2 | |
| 238821198 | What best describes patriarchial gender systems? | Women are inferiors and must be protected by men | 3 | |
| 238821199 | What metal was the earliest to be sucesfully mined and fashioned into tools? | Bronze | 4 | |
| 238821200 | What areas developed domesticated animals for food and clothing? | Europe, East Asia, South Asia, and East Africa | 5 | |
| 238821201 | What is are essential characteristics of early civilizations? | Occupational specialization, cities that dominate or control smaller towns and villages, the existence of different classes in society, and a government that requires a bureaucracy for its operation | 6 | |
| 238821202 | What area of Mesopotamian life deeply influenced the Hebrews and the Phoenicians? | A tradition of writing that enabled both worship and trade | 7 | |
| 238926891 | The religious system developed by Zoroaster in Peri is characterized by what? | a collection of sacred writings, belief in the existence of a supreme diety, the assumption that the earth is an arena for the struggle between good and evil, the expectation that man enjoys free will | 8 | |
| 238926892 | In order to maintain an orderly state, King Hammurabi of Babylon is believed to have developed a code of laws from what? | his personal ideas of legality | 9 | |
| 238926893 | Whats the most likely cause for the decline of the Harappan society after 1990 BCE? | ecological degradation due to deforestation | 10 | |
| 238926894 | According to Barber et.al. (1998), what are the characteristics of civilizations? | urbanism, class stratification, long-distance trade, agricultural dependence | 11 | |
| 238926895 | The shedding of blood was critical to Mayan culture because | the bloodletting rituals were believed to provide the necessary rainfall for mayan agriculture | 12 | |
| 238926896 | What effect did the growth of teh Chinese state have on the status of women in society? | Women became less powerful as political authority was no longer claimed through the female line of descent | 13 | |
| 238926897 | Which of the following is a chief source of information about the Bantu history and migrations? | traditional oral histories | 14 | |
| 238926898 | During the early Vedic era, what were social distinctions based on? | an individual's occupation and roles in society | 15 | |
| 238926899 | What's a satrap? | A term for the ruler of a Persian province. | 16 | |
| 238926900 | What was an unintended result of the Persian monarchy's standardization of coinage? | It facilitated trade throughout the Persian empire | 17 | |
| 239103607 | Why is the Axial Age (c. 800-c.200 BCE) during the classical era is viewed as significant by many scholars? | The foundations of major religions and philosophical systems emerged during this period across much of Africa-Eurasia | 18 | |
| 239103608 | What development is Moses associated with? | The obligation to worship a single supreme diety. | 19 | |
| 239103609 | What's the best way to describe the basis of the ruler's authority in Zhou China? | The ruler was chosen and favored by heaven, and held power as long as he as a wise and principled guardian of his people. | 20 | |
| 239103610 | Women were important contributors to the agricultural revolution because they were likely the gender who... | gathered edible plants and knew where the grains were | 21 | |
| 239103611 | The continuing importance of written language in Chinese culture may be traced to its earliest use for... | communication with the ancestors | 22 | |
| 239103612 | What's the the best explanation for why the concept of civilization is controversial as an organizing principle of world history? | The concept assumes that settled people are superior to nomads | 23 | |
| 239103613 | What central feature of HInduism did Buddhism reject? | The caste system | 24 | |
| 239103614 | The decline of the political authority of the Zhou dynasty in China from the 8th century BCE was due to what? | The growing independence of regional subordinates | 25 | |
| 239103615 | Egypt achieved political unification when... | an Egyptian army brought most of the Nile river valley under the control of a single dynasty | 26 | |
| 239103616 | The Sumerian and Hebrew accounts of the Flood differ in what way? | The reasons for the divine decision to wipe out mankind | 27 | |
| 239103617 | What relationships are basic to Confucianism? | Ruler and subject, father and son, elder brother and younger brother, husband and wife, friend and friend | 28 | |
| 239103618 | What're features that are a part of civilizations in Mesopotamia, Mesoamerica, and the Yellow River valley? | craft specialization, social stratification, architectural monuments, and development of water control systems | 29 | |
| 239103619 | According to herodotus, the Greek victory over Xerxes the Great and the Persians was caused by... | the decision by the gods to punish the Persians for arrogance | 30 | |
| 239103620 | What's the difference between the development of Mesoamerican and Afro-Eurasian societies? | Mesoamerican societies developed in places marked by regular and adequate rainfall | 31 | |
| 239103621 | What's the function of Sumerian ziggurats? | Buildings whose temples and altars were dedicated to the city's principal diety | 32 | |
| 239103622 | Which of the following best describes the message of the Upanishads? | The desires of this world could be rejected by a program of asceticism and meditation. | 33 | |
| 239103623 | Indo-European pastorialists like the Hyksos and Aryans are associated with which development in the conduct of war? | The introduction of chariots in warfare | 34 | |
| 239103624 | According to Confucius, the most important role of the scholar-gentry class was to | promote harmony through the administration of the state | 35 | |
| 239103625 | Which of the following statements best describes the significance of the Bantu migration? | The migration resulted in the spread of Bantu agriculture, culture and language throughout much of Africa | 36 | |
| 239103626 | The Vedic Age of Indian civilization gave rise to what important traditions? | Hinduism, Sanskrit as a writing, literary epics, and a caste system | 37 | |
| 239103627 | In Ancient China, tortoise shells were used for what purpose? | To communicate with the ancestors | 38 | |
| 239103628 | What best describes the ideas of Greek philosophers like plato and aristotle? | They supported efforts to understand the world in a rational manner. | 39 | |
| 239103629 | What public profession was open to women in Classical Greece? | Priestess | 40 | |
| 239103630 | What did mystery religions of teh hellenistic era promise believers, which was not available through traditional religion or Greek philosophy? | The promise of a rewarding afterlife | 41 | |
| 239103631 | What was a direct consequence of the military campaigns of Alexander the Great? | Greek cultural values and ideas spread from the eastern Mediterranean as far as India | 42 | |
| 239103632 | What's the concept behind legalism? | Fear of punishment ensures people's obedience to the state | 43 | |
| 239103633 | What's the historical significance of the apostle Paul? | He transformed Christianity into a universal religion. | 44 | |
| 239103634 | Before the Twelve Tables, what powers did the pater familias have over members of his household? | arrangement of marriages for his children, the purchase and sale of slaves, management of family properites, the punishment of members of his family | 45 | |
| 239103635 | How did the Roman historian Tacitus view the political settlement enacted by Augustus? | Augustus acquired control of the Roman state with the consent of the elite | 46 | |
| 239103636 | How did the Greek historian Polybius account for the Roman sucess in the acquisition of control over the Mediterranean? | Rome's political system promoted stability and a greater sense of civic duty | 47 | |
| 239103637 | When did schools of thought like Confucianism and Daoism come into play in China? | during disunity and war among the various Chinese states | 48 |
