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Chapter 3 Stearns MCQ

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15 Copyright ? 2011 Pearson Education, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. All rights reserved. World Civilizations: The Global Experience, AP Edition, 6e (Stearns) Chapter 3 Classical Civilization: India Multiple-Choice Questions 1) Which of the following does NOT help explain why India was invaded more often than China? A) Geographical position B) Hostility to warfare C) Regional diversities D) Political tradition Answer: B Page Ref: 61-63 Topic: The Framework for Indian History: Geography and a Formative Period Skill: Conceptual 2) The Aryan conquerors brought to India A) its first civilization. B) distinctive religious ideas. C) admiration for India's earlier inhabitants. D) political democracy. Answer: B Page Ref: 64

AP World Terms

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Sheet1 Abbasid Caliphate Descendants of the Prophet Muhammad's uncle, al-Abbas, the Abbasids overthrew the Umayyad Caliphate and ruled an Islamic empire from their capital in Baghdad (founded 762) from 750 to 1258. (p. 234) absolution The theory popular in France and other early modern European monarchies that royal power should be free of constitutional checks. (p. 452) Acheh Sultanate Muslim kingdom in northern Sumatra. Main center of Islamic expansion in Southeast Asia in the early seventeenth century, it declined after the Dutch seized Malacca from Portugal in 1641. (p. 541) acllas Women selected by Inca authorities to serve in religious centers as weavers and ritual participants. (p. 318)

AP World Terms

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Sheet1 Abbasid Caliphate Descendants of the Prophet Muhammad's uncle, al-Abbas, the Abbasids overthrew the Umayyad Caliphate and ruled an Islamic empire from their capital in Baghdad (founded 762) from 750 to 1258. (p. 234) absolution The theory popular in France and other early modern European monarchies that royal power should be free of constitutional checks. (p. 452) Acheh Sultanate Muslim kingdom in northern Sumatra. Main center of Islamic expansion in Southeast Asia in the early seventeenth century, it declined after the Dutch seized Malacca from Portugal in 1641. (p. 541) acllas Women selected by Inca authorities to serve in religious centers as weavers and ritual participants. (p. 318)

Government Vocab

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government The institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies public policy All those things a government decides to do legislative power The power to make law and frame public policy executive power The power to execute, enforce, and administer law judicial power The power to interpret laws, to determine their meaning, and to settle disputes that arise within the society constitution The body of fundamental laws setting out the principles, structures, and processes of a government dictatorship A form of government in which a single person or a small group has absolute power and authority democracy A form of government in which the supreme authority rests with the people state

Practice Test 1.3

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Practice Test 1.3 1. Which feature of the United States system of government is the most essential aspect of democracy? (A) judicial supremacy (B) a bicameral legislature (C) a powerful executive (D) freedom of choice. 2. One reason for the importance of the Federalist Papers in United States history is that these writings (A) helped persuade some states to ratify the United States Constitution (B) convinced the colonists to rebel against Great Britain (C) presented the first legal arguments in favor of retaining slavery (D) outlined plans for the geographic expansion of the United States.
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