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| 3658932443 | Why was the discovery of the remains of humanlike creatures initially upsetting? | It challenged the beliefs of religion. | 0 | |
| 3658934023 | Current archaeological theory supports Louis and Mary Leakey/s discovery that the cradle of humanity is where? | Africa | 1 | |
| 3658936086 | What traits do humans possess that distinguish them from other primates? | Bipedalism (walking on 2 legs), very large brains, and location of the larynx | 2 | |
| 3658937788 | How did the Great Ice Age affect plants and animals? | 3 | ||
| 3658940707 | The success of Homo erectus over a span of one million years was due in large part to their what? | Large Brains | 4 | |
| 3658954312 | Define culture | material objects, clothing tools, and crafts along with beliefs, values and language | 5 | |
| 3658954313 | What caused many species of large mammals to disappear between 40,000 and 10,000 years ago? | 6 | ||
| 3658957118 | Where were the most permanent shelters constructed by Stone Age humans built? | Ukraine (southeast of Kiev) | 7 | |
| 3658959132 | The food supply of early farmers, compared with that of hunting and gathering peoples was | Diet of farmers was less varied and nutritious than the hunter and gatherers | 8 | |
| 3658961457 | What occurred as a result of the growth of settled agricultural communities? | violence and war broke out between villages | 9 | |
| 3658961475 | Why was Mesopotamia sometimes a dangerous place to live? | Flooding | 10 | |
| 3658964775 | What is Babylonian leader Hammurabi best known for? | Code of Hammurabi (principles for judges to employ) | 11 | |
| 3658964776 | Why did women in Mesopotamian society have a lower status than in a hunter-gatherer society? | Mesopotamia it was all agriculture so the men did it; however, in hunters and gathering the women get the food. | 12 | |
| 3658966608 | Early societies developed civilizations in the floodplains of great rivers because the rivers and floodplains provided | deposits of fertile soil and water | 13 | |
| 3658968818 | The Egyptian creation myth presents the universe as orderly and benevolent. This is due to | Stability in Egypt's landscape and tons of natural resources | 14 | |
| 3658970246 | The Mesopotamian law code is famous. Why didn't Egypt have a similar code of law? | Egyptians believed a "divine king" was the source of law and justice | 15 | |
| 3658971439 | How were slaves used in ancient Egypt? | they worked on country estates or in royal households | 16 | |
| 3658971463 | Why is the Egyptian death ritual complex? | belief in afterlife | 17 | |
| 3658973358 | What do Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Indus Valley civilizations all have in common? | Each civilization was centered on a river valley | 18 | |
| 3658973359 | What do the architecture and layout of Indus Valley cities indicate? | Urban centers controlled farmlands around them. | 19 | |
| 3658975387 | In East Asia the development of complex societies arose | In the 2nd millennium BCE in the Yellow River Valley | 20 | |
| 3658975388 | What is the Mandate of Heaven? | According to the theory, the ruler was chosen and favored by the supreme diety and would retain backing as long as he served as a wise, principled and energetic guardian of the people | 21 | |
| 3658987637 | How does Confucian philosophy attempt to create societal harmony? | Each person has a specific role to play w/ rules of conduct and ceremonial behavior. | 22 | |
| 3659277942 | What is the fundamental idea behind Daoism? | All that matters is the individuals understanding of the "path." | 23 | |
| 3659279809 | Explain the concept of the yin and the yang | Male toughness is balanced by female gentleness | 24 | |
| 3659281616 | The era of the New Kingdom in Egypt is characterized by restoration of Egyptian rule and (66) | 25 | ||
| 3659283646 | Why is the pharaoh Tutankhamun famous? | His tomb was the only one not pillaged by robbers | 26 | |
| 3659285428 | How did the Egyptian government treat the Nubian people? | Very harshly | 27 | |
| 3659287282 | The myths and literary practices of the Mycenaeans may be traced through what source? | illicd and the Odyssey | 28 | |
| 3659288749 | Early Greek cultural unity can best be explained by | Political unity | 29 | |
| 3659290657 | How long did the Americas remain isolated from the rest of the world? | 15,000 years | 30 | |
| 3659292135 | What is a distinctive feature of Celtic military activity? | Some warriors fought naked | 31 | |
| 3659293208 | How did the Assyrians governed their empire? | The king controlled everything; successor was approved by oracles and elite. | 32 | |
| 3659294773 | Why were the Assyrians were able to conquer vast territories? | Superior military organization and technology | 33 | |
| 3659296614 | The stories of Cain and Abel and Sodom and Gomorrah reflect what? | Friction between nomadic herders and settled farmers | 34 | |
| 3659298020 | The basic tenets of Jewish belief and practice prohibit what? | Murder, adultery, theft, lying, and envy | 35 | |
| 3659300456 | When the Ark of the Covenant was brought to Jerusalem, how did it transform the city? | Made Jerusalem the political and religious center | 36 | |
| 3659302257 | What happened to the Jews after the conquest of Israel and Judah? | Jewish Diaspora (they separated) | 37 | |
| 3659303663 | The Phoenicians developed a system of writing based on what? | Canaanite models | 38 | |
| 3659304886 | What was the principal reason for the fall of the Assyrian Empire? | They ran out of money | 39 | |
| 3659306327 | What caused the economic decline in the Persian Empire? | 40 | ||
| 3659306376 | Under King Darius' central body of law, how was the subject people in Persian territories treated? | Very well and fair | 41 | |
| 3659308858 | Explain the basic concepts behind Zoroastrianism? | Struggle between good and evil | 42 | |
| 3659310265 | How did the Phoenician alphabetic writing system benefit the Greeks? | Greeks produced new forms of literature, law codes, religious dedications, epitaphs on gravestones. | 43 | |
| 3659311254 | Why did the polis or city-states develop in Greece? | Because of the physical barriers between communities. | 44 | |
| 3659311255 | Describe Spartan society? | A military state of preparedness | 45 | |
| 3659313367 | What was the result of the Persian Wars? | The spartans won | 46 | |
| 3659314963 | How does the Peloponnesian War reveal an inherent flaw in Greek society? | Polis fostered rivalry, fear, and mistrust among neighboring communities | 47 | |
| 3659314973 | What happen to the empire of Alexander the Great after his death? | divided into 3 kingdoms | 48 | |
| 3659317067 | The Hellenistic Age refers to the | The lands in NE Africa and W Asia were under greek rule. | 49 | |
| 3659318593 | Describe the Roman democracy | Males could only vote. Wealthy votes counted more than poor. | 50 | |
| 3659318594 | What happened as a result of defeating the Carthaginians? | The romans emerged as unchallenged and acquired overseas territory. | 51 | |
| 3659320329 | How did the Romans treat the people they conquered? | They took their land away and slaves took labor jobs. | 52 | |
| 3659322051 | A critical factor contributing to the Senates loss of authority was | A change in the composition of Rome's army. | 53 | |
| 3659323909 | What was one of the most enduring consequences of the Roman Empire? | Romanization- The spread of Latin language and roman way of life. | 54 | |
| 3659325591 | Which Roman emperor was the first to convert to Christianity? | Constantine | 55 | |
| 3659325592 | Because of the influence of Confucian ethics, Chinese values emphasized | Hiearchy | 56 | |
| 3659328306 | The Qin ruler took the title Shi Huangdi, which meant what? | First Ruler | 57 | |
| 3659330017 | The Qin emperor was committed to standardization of coinage, weights and measures, the law code, and writing. This shows a commitment to | Unified Chinese civilization | 58 | |
| 3659331932 | Why is the development of the scholar gentry a significant development during the Han | 1) developed a system for training officials to be intellectually capable. 2) set a code of contact. | 59 | |
| 3659333743 | Why was the Varna system developed? | used to regulate relations between different groups | 60 | |
| 3659335448 | How is the class and the caste systems in India connected? | a widespread belief in reincarnation | 61 | |
| 3659336918 | What is the underlying message of the cycle of reincarnation? | "You are where you deserve to be." | 62 | |
| 3659336919 | What does the literature of the Vedic Age reveal about the role of women? | Women were expected to be passive, chaste and devoted to their husband. | 63 | |
| 3659339606 | Explain the cycle reincarnation | By distancing oneself from desires of the world they will reach moksha and be released | 64 | |
| 3659341389 | Siddhartha Gautama articulated the Four Noble Truths, which taught that | 1. life is suffering 2. suffering arises from desire 3.the solution is to not desire 4.follow 8 fold path to not desire. | 65 | |
| 3659342561 | What is the ultimate spiritual reward in Buddhism? | Nirvana | 66 | |
| 3659344448 | What does the religion of Hinduism emphasize? | the worshiper's personal devotion to a particular deity. | 67 | |
| 3659345874 | After converting to Buddhism, the Mauryan leader Ashoka became a unique leader because | he preached nonviolence, morality, moderation, and religious tolerance. | 68 | |
| 3659347439 | How did Southeast Asia first rise to prominence? | creating the silk road | 69 | |
| 3659349875 | What is the most enduring effect of the Silk Road? | bringing together Eurasian peoples | 70 | |
| 3659351195 | What military technologies did the Silk Road spread? | Chariot warfare and mounted bowmen and stir ups | 71 | |
| 3659352705 | Why is the monsoon important to the Indian Ocean Trade? | The seas were easily navigable w/ predictable winds | 72 | |
| 3659354178 | What is the difference between the Indian Ocean trade and the Mediterranean trade? | Indian Ocean trade was much lower than Mediterranean . | 73 | |
| 3659355418 | Why was trade across the Sahara accelerated? | 74 | ||
| 3659357311 | The West African kingdom of Ghana was established because of the trade in | Sub- Saharan Africa | 75 | |
| 3659358270 | The African network of cultural exchange can be described as | 76 | ||
| 3659359259 | Describe the most common African form of agriculture | Cultivation by hoe and digging stick. | 77 | |
| 3659360591 | How is the custom of eating pork an example of spreading ideas? | Southeast Asia domesticated so did Egypt but Islamics and Israelites prohibit eating pork | 78 | |
| 3659361791 | The Silk Road and Indian Ocean trade fostered the spread of which religion? | Buddhism | 79 | |
| 3659361792 | How is Manichaeism similar to Zoroastrianism? | About a struggle between good and evil | 80 | |
| 3659363898 | Why is Mecca an important city? | Mecca is a pilgrimage site and is where the profit Muhammad was born | 81 | |
| 3659363899 | How did Muhammad conceive Islam? | The Angel Gabriel spoke to him | 82 | |
| 3659367056 | Muhammad's teachings seem to be in agreement with what two main religions? | Judaism and Christianity | 83 | |
| 3659368718 | What happened to the Muslim community after Muhammad's death? | People fought over who would become the new caliphate | 84 | |
| 3659368719 | Under the leadership of the caliphs, an enormous expansion was completed, including territory in | Spain and Sicily and India | 85 | |
| 3659371594 | What is one of the false assumptions about Muslim rule over foreign lands? | The Muslims sought to force their faith on conquered people. | 86 | |
| 3659371595 | Why is the Abbasid rule consider a golden age? | Translation of Aristotle into Arabic, the founding of the main currents of theology and law, and the splendor of the Abbasid court. | 87 | |
| 3659374151 | How did Umayyad Spain develop a distinctive Islamic culture? | Blending Roman, Germanic, and Jewish traditions with Arabic | 88 | |
| 3659374152 | Under Islamic leadership, the Jewish people of Spain | 89 | ||
| 3659376168 | What happened to the Western Roman Empire after the fall of Rome in the fifth century? | It went into the Dark Ages | 90 | |
| 3659377706 | Why is the traditional description of Europe from 300 to 1200 as feudal an oversimplification? | Relations between landholders and serfs varied a good deal from region to region. | 91 | |
| 3659377707 | Feudal society was a specifically European response to | 92 | ||
| 3659379369 | What sole institution claimed jurisdiction over a large segment of the European population? | Christian Church | 93 | |
| 3659379370 | Secular rulers such as Charlemagne upheld papal rights in return for what? | Religious legitimization of his rule | 94 | |
| 3659381389 | What are some practices connected with monasticism? | Celibacy, continual devotion to prayer, and living apart from society. | 95 | |
| 3659381390 | Define caesaropapism | An authority that combined Caesar and papal | 96 | |
| 3659383847 | How did the Byzantines differ from their western counterparts? | The Byzantine continued Roman rule and tradition | 97 | |
| 3659383848 | Why is the Byzantine Corpus Juris Civilis important in the late eleventh century? | It became the basis for civil law in Western Europe | 98 | |
| 3659386682 | Although the Crusades are viewed as a religious campaign, they were actually motivated by what? | Social and economic currents of the 11th century. | 99 | |
| 3660050423 | Which empire reunited China in the sixth century? | Sui | 100 | |
| 3660050424 | Why is the Tang Empire considered cosmopolitan? | They're economy relied on trade and communication | 101 | |
| 3660053149 | Explain the tributary system | Independent countries acknowledged supremacy of the emperor in China and they sent embassies back to pay tribute. | 102 | |
| 3660053150 | The Tang court gave women permission to | Women were allowed to be seen in public and noblewoman could play polo. | 103 | |
| 3660055250 | Who did the Tang blame most for growing instability in the Empire? | 104 | ||
| 3660055267 | When the Tibetan government attempted to eradicate monasteries, Tibetan Buddhists responded by | Monks assassinated the King | 105 | |
| 3660057915 | Why did the Song institute the civil service examinations for entrance into the government bureaucracy? | They wanted the most talented men for government service | 106 | |
| 3660059332 | The development of movable type and the availability of printed material had what impact on China? | Changed Chinese terrain and agriculture | 107 | |
| 3660059333 | On the basis of present evidence, most scholars believe that the first unification of central Japan occurred when | Korean warriors united the small countries of Japan under a central government | 108 | |
| 3660061624 | What evidence show that women enjoyed greater status in Korea and Vietnam | The trung sisters were known as local heroes in Vietnam because they led an agricultural revolt | 109 | |
| 3660061625 | Define Chinampas | Narrow artificial islands anchored by trees and created by heaping lake muck and waste material on beds of reeds. | 110 | |
| 3660065039 | How did the Maya's build their monuments? | aligned w/ movements of the sun and venus, very detailed | 111 | |
| 3660070469 | What was the role of Maya women? | women maintained essential garden plot and weaving | 112 | |
| 3660070470 | How did the Aztecs meet the challenges of feeding a growing population? | organizing the labor of the clans and additional laborers sent by defeated peoples to expand agricultural land. | 113 | |
| 3660072763 | The twin temples of Tenochtitlan symbolize the two bases of what Aztec economy? | War and Agricultural | 114 | |
| 3660072764 | As sacrificial victims, Aztecs preferred | war captives | 115 | |
| 3660075366 | Inca prosperity and military strength depended on what? | vast herds of llamas and alpacas | 116 | |
| 3660079459 | How did the Inca ensure the loyalty of defeated regions? | a thinly veiled system of hostage taking and military garrisons | 117 | |
| 3660079460 | Inca's greatest accomplishment is the construction of what? | Inca Roads | 118 | |
| 3660081111 | Who or what were the acllas? | Young virgins selected by representatives of the Inca ruler to serve the cult of the sun or be given as marriage partners and concubines to the ruler himself or inca nobles and favored nobles from dependencies. | 119 | |
| 3660082723 | What were the advantages of Mongol rule? | promoted the movement of ideas and people from one end of Eurasia to the other | 120 | |
| 3660083995 | Describe what Mongol warriors were well known for | They were superb riders and they were adept at shooting arrows from moving horses. | 121 | |
| 3660083996 | Why were the Mongols able to defeat the armies they faced? | Their extraordinary weapons | 122 | |
| 3660086321 | What effects did the Mongol expansion have on trade? | Trade increased greatly | 123 | |
| 3660086322 | Define Tax farming | the government sold contracts to small companies and let them use any methods to collect money | 124 | |
| 3660088824 | Who was the last great Central Asian conqueror? | Timur | 125 | |
| 3660090922 | The sharing of artistic trends and political ideas between Iran and China led to | Europeans believed there was an "Orient" that was uniform in its tastes and political cultures. | 126 | |
| 3660092317 | The Mongols took what action against Russia's Orthodox church? | granted great privileges to the church | 127 | |
| 3660092318 | Describe the setup of the Mongol army | 128 | ||
| 3660094401 | What did the Europeans learn from the Mongols? | Diplomatic passports, the mining and uses of coal, movable type, high temp. metallurgy, efficient enumeration and higher mathematics, gunpowder, and the casting of bronze weapons. | 129 | |
| 3660095669 | How did Khubilai Khan acknowledge the advantages of Chinese traditions? | gave his oldest son a Chinese name and had Confucianists participate in his education, made Beijing capital. | 130 | |
| 3660098986 | How did the Mongol's create central control over China? | Destroyed the regimes and made Beijing the capital. | 131 | |
| 3660098987 | To demonstrate their rejection of the Mongols, the Ming emperor | Closed off the borders to foreigners and eradicated paper money and cut off trade. | 132 | |
| 3660101546 | How did Emperor Yongle restore commercial links with the Middle East? | He sent Zheng-He by sea | 133 | |
| 3660101547 | Why did technological development slow down in the Ming period? | scarcity of metals, a large labor suplly lowered the need for mechanization, and educated men were drawn into government emplyment | 134 | |
| 3660103822 | Why did the Chinese rigorously censor information to foreigners? | 135 | ||
| 3660103823 | What influence did the Mongols have on Korea? | family influence | 136 | |
| 3660105748 | What led to the rise of literacy in Korea? | printing press | 137 | |
| 3660105749 | What prevented the Mongols from invading Japan? | Kamikaze winds | 138 | |
| 3660108265 | The spread of Islam to lands south of the Sahara came about through | Gradual and peaceful expansion | 139 | |
| 3660108266 | What purpose did Mansa Musa's famous pilgrimage serve? | To display the exceptional wealth of his empire | 140 | |
| 3660110418 | The Turkish conquest of northern India was aided by what? | Turkish adventurers from Central Asia | 141 | |
| 3660110419 | Sultan Iltutmish passed his empire to Raziya, his what? | Daughter | 142 | |
| 3660112557 | How did the Delhi Sultans control their empire in India? | By religious tolerance and aggressive expansion | 143 | |
| 3660112558 | The Indian Ocean trade was decentralized and cooperative and it was united by | Commercial Interests | 144 | |
| 3660114755 | The cultural blending associated with the expansion and spread of Islam from 1200 to 1500 can be seen by examining | Mosques and a place of worship | 145 | |
| 3660114756 | What did the spread of Islam between 1200 and 1500 encourage? | Literacy, math, science, medicine of the Greeks and Islamic law, theology and administration. | 146 | |
| 3660116936 | How did Islam spread in Africa and Asia? | Regional trade routes | 147 | |
| 3660116937 | What was the impact of Islam on women in the tropical regions? | Women gave birth, cooked, farmed, and were hosts | 148 | |
| 3660118921 | Describe the life of serfs | they were better treated slaves | 149 | |
| 3660118922 | How many people did the Black Death kill? | 1/3 every english person | 150 | |
| 3660120939 | What was the social result of the Black Death epidemic? | laborers demanded higher pay | 151 | |
| 3660122529 | In 1492, the Jews and Muslims of Spain were | jews/muslims were expelled | 152 | |
| 3660122530 | Which of the following is most true of guilds? | an association of men (rarely women), such as merchants, artisans, or professors who worked in a particular trade and banded together to promote their economic and political interests. They were important in other societies, such as the ottoman and safavid empires | 153 | |
| 3660125149 | The Latin Church condemned usury, which was the practice of what? | charging high interest rates for loans | 154 | |
| 3660125150 | Define Scholasticism | Efforts to synthesize reason and faith | 155 | |
| 3660127198 | In 1215, King John of England signed the Magna Carta, which entailed | Monarchs were subject to established law; independence of the church, granted nobles hereditary rights | 156 | |
| 3660127199 | Who is Joan of Arc? | A woman believing she was instructed by god to save France | 157 | |
| 3660129082 | What powers did the English Parliament possess by 1500? | permanent check on royal power | 158 | |
| 3660129083 | Why was Sailing in the Indian Ocean less difficult and dangerous than other places? | predictable winds | 159 | |
| 3660131580 | How did the rise of Medieval Islam give trade in the Indian Ocean an important boost? | muslim traders had a common language, ethic, and law and spread religion | 160 | |
| 3660131581 | Why did the Ming court suspend the voyages of Zheng He? | because they didn't want contact w/ mongols. | 161 | |
| 3660133486 | What two nations began a maritime revolution that profoundly altered the course of world history? | Spain and Portugal | 162 | |
| 3660133487 | An important addition to the maritime revolution was | caravel/astrolabe | 163 | |
| 3660135367 | Who was the first Portuguese explorer to reach the southern tip of Africa and view the Indian Ocean? | Bartolomeu Dias | 164 | |
| 3660137681 | What was Magellan's westward voyage intended to do? | To complete columbus's voyage westward | 165 | |
| 3660137682 | What is the difference between the Spanish Empire and the Portuguese Empire? | Unlike the Spanish empire that was almost exclusively American, the Portuguese empire included colonies and outposts in Asia and Africa as well as Brazil. | 166 | |
| 3660140149 | Spanish capture of the Aztec capital was assisted by what? | Amerindians | 167 | |
| 3660146697 | How did Francisco Pizarro defeat the Inca Empire? | they kidnapped their leader | 168 |
