Exam Review WHI 1st Semester 2024-2025 KB

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Most early humans practiced religions that believed in many gods and goddesses which explained natural and life experiences?

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polytheism

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What are the two sacred writings of Hinduism?

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Vedas and Upanishads

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Why was the Great Wall of China built and what was its main purpose?

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To keep invaders out from the north and to provide a defense against them

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What two rivers were important to the Indian subcontinent?

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Indus and Ganges

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Which religious system did the Romans base their polytheistic beliefs on?

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Greek

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What was a democratic feature of the Roman Republic?

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Recommendations were passed by the Senate

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What was one impact of the Pax Romana, two centuries of peace in Rome?

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Guaranteed safe travel and trade

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What reason shows the importance of Constantinople’s location? Options: strategic protection of the western frontier, crossroads of trade, strategic protection of the northern frontier, strategic protection of the northern frontier

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crossroads of trade

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Justinian expanded trade in the Byzantine and ________________?

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codified Roman Law

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How can the Hagia Sophia be described?

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Byzantine doomed church