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10610394949The term prehistory refers to the period before?Writing (Heritage)0
10610394950What are considered hominids?Australopithecus, Homoe erectus, Homo sapiens, Homo sapiens sapiens (Heritage)1
10610394951Homo sapiens had appeared in almost all the habitable regions of the world by around ____ years ago15,000 (Heritage)2
10610394952What is true about the habitants of the Paleolithic age?They domesticated animals and discovered agricultural3
10610394953Most scholars believe that, during the paleolithic age, social organization was characterized bya rough social equality (Social)4
10610394954Most scholars believe that, during the Paleolithic age the relationship between sexes was marked byGeneral social equality (Social)5
10610394955A Cro-Magnon human is classified asHomo sapiens sapiens (Social)6
10610394956The Venus figurinesreflect early humans' deep interest in fertility (Heritage)7
10610394957Instead of the potentially misleading term agricultural revolution, many anthropologists prefer the termagricultural transition (Economic)8
10610394958The mastery of agriculture led to a population explosion. From a sparse population of around four million in 10,000 B.C.E., the global figure rose by 500 B.C.E. to around100 million (Environment)9
10610394959The earliest of the 3 Neolithic craft industries waspottery (Heritage)10
10610394960The earliest metal worked systematically by humans wasCopper (Economic)11
10610394961The ultimate source of wealth in any agricultural society is..?land (Economic)12
10610394962Cities differed from Neolithic villages in two principal ways. First, cities were larger and more complex than Neolithic villages. The second difference was thatcities decisively influenced the economic, political, and cultural life of large regions (Environmental/ Heritage)13
10610394963The word Mesopotamia means"land between the rivers" (Environmental)14
10610394964The word Semitic refers toa language type (Heritage)15
10610394965A Mesopotamia stepped pyramid is known as aZiggurat (Heritage)16
10610394966Mesopotamian cultural and political brilliance reached its peak during the reign ofSargon of Akkad (Political)17
10610394967What individual believed that the gods had chosen him to "promote the welfare of the people . . . [and] to cause justice to prevail in the land"?Hammurabi (political)18
10610394968The words lex talionis relate tothe law of retaliation that appears in Hammurabi's Code (political)19
10610394969While Hammurabi's code was based on the concept of lex talionis, it was also shaped bysocial standing (Social)20
10610394970Mesopotamian metalworkers discovered that if they alloyed copper and tin they could produceBronze (heritage/Economic/ political)21
10610394971Iron metallurgy came to Mesopotamia from theHittites (Environmental/ heritage/ Economic)22
10610394972Evidence proves that the Mesopotamianstraded extensively with peoples as far away as Anatolia, Egypt, and India (Economic)23
10610394973In Mesopotamia, prisoners of war, convicted criminals, and heavily indebted individuals were the three main sources forSlaves (Social)24
10610394974Mesopotamia developed intoa strict patriarchal society (Social)25
10610394975Conditions for women in Mesopotamiagrew increasingly worse over time (Social)26
10610394976The statement, "If she was not careful, but was gadabout, thus neglecting her house (and) humiliating her husband, they shall throw that woman into the water," is drawn fromHammurabi's code (political/Social)27
10610394977The patriarch of the Hebrews wasAbraham (Political)28
10610394978Ethical monotheism was in the tradition of theHebrew (Heritage)29
10610394979Hebrew lawborrowed the concept of lex talionis from Hammurabi's Code (Political)30
10610394980Hebrew monotheism has its origins withMoses (Heritage)31
10610394981The first simplified alphabet, containing only twenty-two letters, was created by thePhoenicians (Heritage)32
10610394982The original homeland of the Indo-Europeans wasSouthern Russia (Environmental)33
10610394983The Greek historian Herodotus used the phrase "the gift of the ________" to describe Egypt.Nile (Environmental)34
10610394984The largest Egyptian pyramids were built during theOld Kingdom (Heritage)35
10610394985Horse-drawn chariots and bronze weapons were introduced into Egypt by theHyksos (Economic/Heritage)36
10610394986In which of the societies did the women enjoy the most freedom and opportunity?Egypt (Social)37
10610394987In Africa, iron metallurgyarose independently (Heritage)38
10610394988The Egyptians traded through the Red Sea with a land they called Punt, which was probablymodern-day Somalia (Economic)39
10610394989The Greek meaning "holy inscriptions" refers toHieroglyphs (Heritage)40
10610394990Osiris judged whether or not souls were worthy for immortality byweighing their hearts against a feather symbolizing justice41
10610394991The Bantu originally came from aroundModern day Nigeria (environmental)42
10610394992The tribes which, as early as 3000 B.C.E., began to spread their language and agricultural techniques throughout Africa were theBantu (heritage)43
10610394993By spreading their language across a huge stretch of Africa, the Bantu played a role similar to that played by theIndo-Europeans44
10610394994The Bantu probably began their migrations because ofpopulation pressures (Environmental)45
10610394995By the middle of the first millennium B.C.E., the Bantu had begun to produceiron46
10610394996The earliest known civilization in India was theHarappan47
10610394997Much of early Harappan history remains a mystery becausethe archaeological remains are under water and they lacked a written language48
10610394998If the Greek historian Herodotus had known of the Harappan society, he might have used the phrase "the gift of the ________" to describe it.Indus (Heritage/Environmental)49
10610394999Mohenjo-Daro wasone of the two main cities of the Harappan society50
10610395000Evidence relating to trade indicates that Harappan Indiatraded with Mesopotamia and Egypt (Economic)51
10610395001One of the biggest reasons for the decline of the Harappan society wasecological degradation52
10610395002The Aryans came into Indiain a centuries-long migration53
10610395003The biggest military advantage of the Indo-Europeans wastheir horses (political)54
10610395004Which of the following social classes in the caste system is associated with warriors and aristocratsKshatriyas55
10610395005The task of butchering animals or handling dead bodies usually fell to theUntouchables56
10610395006A jati issubcaste (Social)57
10610395007When a Hindu widow voluntarily threw herself on her dead husband's funeral pyre it was known asSati58
10610395008Vedic society wasstrongly patriarchal59
10610395009In Hinduism the highest goal of the individual soul wasto escape the cycle of birth and rebirth and enter into permanent union with Brahman (Heritage)60
10610395010The two principal means to achieve the goal of moksha areasceticism and meditation (Heritage)61
10610395011Which river takes its name from loess soil?Huang He (environmental)62
10610395012The Huang He River was given the nicknameChina's Sorrow (Environmental)63
10610395013Which of the following groupings of early societies and their rivers is correct?Mesopotamia-Tigris and Euphrates; Egypt-Nile; Harappan-Indus; China-Huang He (Environmental)64
10610395014The Shang rulers were strengthened by their control over the technological advantage ofbronze (Economic)65
10610395015The Chinese copied their chariots from theIndo-Europeans (Heritage)66
10610395016Which dynasty laid the foundation for principles of government and political legitimacy?Zhou (political)67
10610395017The Mandate of Heavenallowed the ruler to serve as a link between the heavens and the earth68
10610395018Because of the immense size of the Zhou state, its emperors were forced toinstitute a feudal system of government (political)69
10610395019One of the reasons for the eventual collapse of the Zhou dynasty was the inability of its emperors to control the production ofIron70
10610395020In ancient China, which group presided at the rites and ceremonies honoring ancestors' spirits?the patriarchal heads of the families (social)71
10610395021Which group retained much more influence on family structure in China than in other lands?extended family (Social/Heritage)72
10610395022The Chinese began to make extensive use of writing during the ________ dynasty.Shang73
10610395023The early Chinese shipped textiles and metal goods to the ancestors of the Turks and Mongols in the steppes and received what in return?Horses74
10610395024The staple food of Mesoamerica wasMaize (environmental)75
10610395025Which devices did the ancient maya build in order to trap silt carried by the numerous rivers passing through the mesoamerican lowlandsTerraces76
10610395026Essential for positional notation and the manipulation of large numbers, was invented by Mayan mathematicians?Zero77
10610395027The most flexible and sophisticated system of writing found in the ancient Americas was created by theMaya78
10610395028The largest single building in Mesoamerica wasthe Teotihuacan Pyramid of the Sun79
10610395029What describes the relationship between the abnormal peoples of Australia and New Guinea?The aboriginal peoples of Australia maintained hunting and gathering societies while in New Guinea they turned to agriculture80
10610395030Malayan, Indonesian, Filipino, Polynesian, and other Oceanic languages are derived fromAustronesian81
10610395031The Austronesian-speaking peoples became the first human settlers on which large island off the east African coast?Madagascar82

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