**** exams
17345693 | what period were the simple stone tools developed | Paleolithic | 0 | |
17345694 | where did the neolithic revolution first occur | mesopatamia | 1 | |
17345695 | what civilization produced the first writeen law code | sumerian | 2 | |
17345696 | what type of political structure existed in the tigris and euphrates civilization | city states | 3 | |
17345697 | how did egypt differ from the meso civilization politically | well organized durable empires--lasted longer | 4 | |
17345698 | were the political organizations more elaborate during classical civilization or river valley civilization | classical | 5 | |
17345699 | what social group was considered low in the standing in official chinese hierarchy | merchants | 6 | |
17345700 | high levels of technological innovations acted as what civ key key economic strength | china | 7 | |
17345701 | how did the qin dynasty differ from the zhou dynasty | more centralized | 8 | |
17345702 | what was the mandate of heaven designed to promote | loyalty to emperor centralization of power in the state, the remoteness of emperor from subjects explanation of the decline of dynasties | 9 | |
17345703 | what did the aryan conquerors bring to india | religous ideas | 10 | |
17345704 | how did the indian caste system serve as a political institution | enforced rules about social behavior | 11 | |
17345705 | what did the confucian and hindu values have in common | helped justify and preserve social inequality | 12 | |
17345706 | what did nirvana mean | union with divine essence | 13 | |
17345707 | how did chinas and classical indias social values differ | encouraged greater emotional spontaneity | 14 | |
17345708 | how did geograpphy influence greek development | developed individual politcal traditions | 15 | |
17345709 | what forms of govt existed in the different greek city states | democracies, aristocracies, oligarchies, democracies | 16 | |
17345710 | what was the most important result of greek colonization between 750 and 550 bce | established greek culture throughout the med | 17 | |
17345711 | what was the major impact of alexander the greats conquests | spread of greek culture | 18 | |
17345712 | how did greek philosophers attempt to understand human nature? | rational obervation and deduction | 19 | |
17345713 | what greatly influenced roan classic culture | greek culture and hellensitic | 20 | |
17345714 | how was rome able to expand successfully | disciplined trained army, rich agricultural economy, governement was flexible and tolerant, made city out of conquered elites | 21 | |
17345715 | what was the major weakness of romes imperial government | the lack of determining emperor | 22 | |
17345716 | how did qin legalist philosophy differ from the roman imperial law | rome relied on toleration and local autonomy | 23 | |
17345717 | why was roman persecution of christians so ironic | their laws said they tolerated religions | 24 | |
17345718 | what is the meaning of islam | submissions | 25 | |
17345719 | how did buddhism differ from hinduism | buddhism recieved caste system | 26 | |
17345720 | which region was not affected by islam prior to 750 ce | south america | 27 | |
17345721 | when did muhammad recieve his first revelations | 610 ce | 28 | |
17345722 | what was the initial response to muhammads new faith | threat to wealth and power | 29 | |
17345723 | what was muhammad teaching concerning revelations of other monotheistic religions | accepted other monotheistic religions | 30 | |
17345724 | what are the five pillars of faith | fasting of ramaddann, hajj, prayer, faith, charity | 31 | |
17345725 | what was the successor to muhammad called | caliph | 32 | |
17345726 | what was the difference between shii'is and sunnis | shi-leader should be direct descendant of muhammad sunni- descendant of dynasty | 33 | |
17345727 | what was the umayyad attitude toward other religions | tolerant | 34 | |
17345728 | where did the abbasid dynasty set up their capital | baghdad | 35 | |
17345729 | what changes concerning women occured during the abbasid period | the harem, and the veil | 36 | |
17345730 | who was the muslim leader responsible for reconquest of christian territories | saladin | 37 | |
17345731 | what was the impact of the crusades on the christian west | technology, learning, military techniques | 38 | |
17345732 | what was the impact of the crusades on islam | very little impact | 39 | |
17345733 | what group captured baghdad in 1258 | mongols | 40 | |
17345734 | what groups were most responsible for the conversion of indians to islam | traders and suffi mystics | 41 | |
17345735 | what groups in india were most likely to convert to islam | buddhist and low caste hindus | 42 | |
17345736 | in africa, what is a stateless society | lacking in concentration of politcal power and authority | 43 | |
17345737 | what was the function of secret societies in african culture | mountain stability within the community | 44 | |
17345738 | what was the most important christian kingdomm in africa | ethiopia | 45 | |
17345739 | what is the sahel | the grassland southof the sahara | 46 | |
17345740 | what was the social and political function of the griots | mastered oral ttraditons and king | 47 | |
17345741 | what was the significance of the byzantine empire | the empires ability to survive for almost a thousand years, the importance of the empires capital at constantinople as a major urban center, the ability of the russian empire to spread its cultural and politcal influence on the balkans and southern russia, the empires keeping the memory and culture of the late roman empire alive. | 48 | |
17345742 | how were the byzantine empire and china similar | there was an elaborate trained bureaucracy whose education was based on classical models in both countries | 49 | |
17345743 | where was the greatest concentration of urbanization after the 10th century | italy and low countries | 50 | |
17345744 | how did intellectual activities of medieval scholars differ before & after 1000 | before 1000, scholars were limited to copying ancient texts, but after 1000 a greater synthesis of rationalism an theology was achieved | 51 | |
17345745 | what was life like for women during the middle ages | more freedom, womens monastic groups provided an alternative, women sometimes played an important role in commerce, a growing literature stressed womens roles as assistants to an comformeters of men, they found new limitations on their condition | 52 | |
17345746 | who was victorious in the hundred years war | the french | 53 | |
17345747 | what politcal system was common in both aztec and incan empires | trubute system | 54 | |
17345748 | what civilization came before the aztecs in central mexico | the toltecs | 55 | |
17345749 | when the aztecs first settled in the valley of mexico, what was the initial form of governement | city states | 56 | |
17345750 | how did expansion & conquest impact the aztec social system | from a loose association of clans, aztec society became more hierarchial | 57 | |
17345751 | order of chinese dynasties after fall of han | things:/ | 58 | |
17345752 | how did the tang rulers view the confucian scholar gentry | the tang supported the resuscitation of the confucian scholar gentry, often at the expense of aristocracy | 59 | |
17345753 | what was the main purpose of the taika reforms in japan | to remake the japanese monarch into an absolutist chinese style emperor | 60 | |
17345754 | how did the rise of the samurai in japanese society affect the peasants | reduced peasants to the status of serfs bound to the land they worked | 61 | |
17345755 | what did the ashikagashosuns whocame after the minamoto government, do? | drove the emperor from kyoto to yoshino and set up a puppet emperor in his place | 62 | |
17345756 | sequence of korean dynasties | silla, koryo, mongol, yi | 63 | |
17345757 | what religion did korean elite prefer | buddhism | 64 | |
17345758 | what caused the west to start exploration of new trade routes around 1400 | technological barriers that had been a problem previously were overcome | 65 | |
17345759 | how was italy able to emerge as the center of the early renaissance? | italy had closer contyacts with foreign scholars, particularly those in late byzantinium | 66 | |
17345760 | what characteristics are associated with the renaissaince | greater interest in nature and things of this world | 67 | |
17345761 | what was the source of western vitalitly during the 1300 and 1400 | the growth of cities and urban economies | 68 | |
17345762 | what happened to the middle east after the fall of the abbasid empire and the mongols left | the emerging ottoam empire soon mastered most of the lands od caliphate, plus the byzantine corner | 69 |