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Cities differed from Neolithic villages in two principal ways. Firstly, cities were larger and more complex than Neolithic villages. Secondly, __________________________________.
A. cities served the needs of their inhabitants and immediate neighbors
B. cities decisively influenced the economic, political and cultural life of large regions
C. cities were less advanced militarily
D. cities had populations in the thousands
E. cities had protective deities
Which of the following was not true of nomadic groups?
A) Nomadic societies were patriarchal
B) They had some social hierarchy
C) Most of the themes of nomadic art centered on their animals
D) Nomadic societies had little positive influence on settled peoples
E) Nomadic societies engaged in peaceful trade.
What happened in western Europe after the fall of
the Roman Empire was similar to what
occurred in (sorry about the syntax)
a) Byzantium after the end of the Eastern Empire
b) China after the fall of the Han
c) Japan after the end of the Tokugawa
Shogunate
d) The Holy Land after the unsuccessful
Crusades ended
e) The Andes when the Spanish ousted the Inca
A major influence on the development of western Europe was
a) The movement of the Mongols
b) Attila’s advance against Rome
c) The spread of Islam into Spain by the Moors
d) The pressure put on Germanic peoples by the movement of the Huns
e) The emergence of a unified Frankish kingdom.
Which of the following statements is an accurate description of both Buddhism and Hinduism?
a) The caste system was an outgrowth of Hinduism but became identified also with Buddhism.
b) Neither religion placed importance on the individual’s efforts to seek release from rebirth.
c) Nirvana was a major aspect of the belief system of both Buddhism and Hinduism.
d) Both religions taught the importance of karma in affecting a person’s fate.
e) Buddhism made use of formal rituals, but Hinduism did not.
The Mandate of Heaven governed the
relationship between the ruler and the
ruled in
a) China
b) Japan
c) France
d) Ghana
e) Russia
Monasticism was an important aspect of
which two of the following religions?
a) Islam and Buddhism
b) Buddhism and Christianity
c) Daoism and Shintoism
d) Hinduism and Buddhism
e) Christianity and Hinduism
Which of the following was not a characteristic of early settled agricultural communities?
a) A fertility goddess as an important element in religious worship
b) The division of labor and the development of specialized skills
c) Cooperative public works projects
d) Equal status for men and women
e) The development of immunity to contagious diseases over time.
“And what, O priests, is the noble truth of the path leading to the cessation of misery? It is…right belief, right resolve, right speech, right behavior, right occupation, right effort, right contemplation, right concentration.”
These words describe a teaching of which religion?
a) Judaism
b) Hinduism
c) Christianity
d) Buddhism
e) Islam
A characteristic that the Shang Chinese
shared with Egyptian civilization was the
a) Principle of the mandate of heaven
b) Lack of a social hierarchy
c) Development of a writing system
d) Ancestor worship
e) Development of walled settlements to
defend against invaders.
Which of the following is true of both the Han Empire and the Gupta Empire?
a) Both empires had long-established traditions of dynastic rule.
b) Both were overrun by Germanic tribes in their declining years.
c) Both empires were characterized by religious unity.
d) Both saw a number of technological advances
e) Both chose administrators on the basis of extensive examination systems.
The Buddhist social order included
a) Strict adherence to patriarchal authority
b) Opposition to caste systems
c) Well-defined gender-role distinctions
d) Emphasis on well-educated rulers
e) Veneration for one’s ancestors
Which of the following lived after the other
four?
a) Confucius
b) Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha
c) Jesus Christ
d) Aristotle
e) Laozi (Lao-Tzu)
Which of the following pairs of religions uses
images to represent its deity?
a) Hinduism and Christianity
b) Judaism and Christianity
c) Confucianism and Buddhism
d) Islam and Christianity
e) Islam and Hinduism
Which major language family arose as a
result of migrations beginning in central
Asia and spreading to Europe?
a) Indo-European
b) Romance
c) Germanic
d) Sino-Tibetan
e) Semitic
Which of the great religious systems below were characterized by monotheism combined with a sacred text and a strong missionary thrust?
a) Buddhism and Christianity
b) Buddhism and Hinduism
c) Christianity and Judaism
d) Christianity and Islam
e) Islam and Judaism
Which of the following is true of both the Roman Empire and the Han Empire?
a) Both empires were heavily dependent on slave labor.
b) Both empires were characterized by long periods of effective centralized government.
c) In both empires extensive maritime trade was important.
d) In both empires administrative officials were selected by an elaborate system of competitive examinations.
e) Both empires were ruled by wealthy merchant elites.
All of the following were part of the
Confucian social order except
a) Loyalty to the ruler
b) Filial obedience to one’s father
c) Respect for the old
d) Chastity by wives
e) Chastity by husbands
Which of the following lived about one
thousand years after the other four?
a) Socrates
b) Confucius
c) Muhammad
d) Laozi (Lao-Tzu)
e) Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha
Which of the following characterizes trade between the Roman Empire and India during the first two centuries C.E.?
Rome to India India to Rome
a) Silver and gold Pepper
b) Tools and weapons Silver and gold
c) Horses Wheat
d) Textiles Silver and gold
e) Tools and weapons Wine and olive oil
Judaism, Christianity and Islam share which of the following?
a) They are polytheistic religions
b) They recognize the divine nature of certain prophets.
c) They revere both Mecca and Jerusalem as pilgrimage sites
d) They recognize the existence of Adam and Moses.
e) They share the Talmud and the Gospels as sacred texts.
The lessons of the late Han China and the late Roman empires are that the decline of a civilization, whether temporary or permanent,
A. is not simply the result of attack by outside invaders.
B. follows inevitably from centralized, unrepresentative government
C. results from undue dependence on slavery
D. results from social rebellion in which the poor attack the rich and tear down their institutions
E. results from a lack of religious conviction
With the collapse in political order after the fall of the Han empire
A. Confucianism became much more popular
B. Christianity became one of the most important religions in China
C. Daoism and Buddhism became much more popular
D. Hindu thought began to have a profoundly important influence in China
E. religions of every variety were persecuted and suppressed
The phrase pater familias refers to
A. the patriarchal nature of the Roman family
B. the prolonged period of peace and stability
beginning with the reign of Augustus
C. the concept of Jesus of Nazareth's
relationship to his god
D. the position of Jupiter as the king of the
Roman gods
E. the central role of the Roman emperor in
running the state
The school of philosophical thought which
was in the end responsible for the
unification of China was
A. Confucianism
B. Draconianism
C. Daoism
D. Legalism
E. Neo-Confucianism
The fundamental doctrine of Buddhism was
known as the
A. Second Triad
B. Ahimsa Path
C. Four Noble Truths
D. Three Principles of the People
E. Path of Reincarnation
The Greeks used the word polis to refer to
A. the concept of excessive pride
B. the city-state
C. the notion of loyalty to the central
government
D. the pursuit of truth
E. barbarians
The political world of the ancient Greeks
A. achieved unification under Pericles
B. was a history of early, long-lasting
centralized government
C. stabilized after the conquest by Persia
D. was very similar to that of Egypt
E. usually consisted of independent,
autonomous city-states
The first society of Mesoamerica, which
founded traditions followed by all later
societies, were the
A. Maya
B. Olmecs
C. Teotihuacan
D. Mochica
E. Aztecs
By 5000 B.C.E. the Mesoamericans had
discovered the agricultural potential of
__________, which ultimately became the
staple food of the region.
A. maize
B. squash
C. beans
D. wheat
E. barley
In regards to family structure, the
__________ retained much more
influence in China than in other lands.
A. extended family
B. nuclear family
C. matriarchal structure
D. cult of Isis
E. slaves
In Hinduism the highest goal of the individual soul
was
A. to follow the Four Noble Truths
B. to escape the cycle of birth and rebirth and
enter into permanent union with Brahman
C. to enter into permanent union with Indra and
thus escape the cycle of permanent rebirth
D. to fulfill the individual's special destiny as
spelled out in the process of predestination
E. to perform sati
The earliest known civilization in India was
the
A. Bantu
B. Indo-European
C. Harappan
D. Sumerian
E. Hindu
All of the following statements are true in relation to the Harappan society EXCEPT
A. most of their houses featured private showers and toilets
B. they traded extensively with the Mesopotamians
C. they had social distinctions
D. their writings have provided a wealth of information for historians
E. they produced representational art
The Bantu originally came from around
A. the Swahili area
B. modern day Nigeria
C. far southern Africa
D. Egypt
E. modern day Algeria
The Bantu probably began their migrations
because of
A. invasions from the Mediterranean basin
B. a conscious desire for conquest
C. the threat of epidemic disease
D. a desire to spread their monotheistic
faith
E. population pressures
In which of the following societies did
women enjoy the most freedom and
opportunity?
A. Mesopotamia
B. Egypt
C. Hebrews
D. Assyria
E. India
The first simplified alphabet, containing only
22 letters, was created by the
A. Mesopotamians
B. Assyrians
C. Hebrews
D. Phoenicians
E. Babylonians
Ethical monotheism was in the tradition of
the
A. Mesopotamians
B. Egyptians
C. Assyrians
D. Hebrews
E. Phoenicians
The Mesopotamian style of writing was
known as
A. demotic
B. cuneiform
C. hieroglyphics
D. Coptic
E. alphabetic
In Mesopotamia, prisoners of war, convicted
criminals, and heavily indebted individuals
were the three main sources for
A. slaves
B. indentured servants
C. dependent clients
D. mercenary soldiers
E. indentured priests