WHAP 1st Semester Review

Which term does NOT belong when understanding Chinese beginnings? 

• Ancestor Worship 
• Aryan Invasion 
• Shang Dynasty 
• Filial Piety 

Which of the following classical religions and philosophies focused more on affairs of this world than on the realm of the divine and its relationship to human life?

• Confusionism
• Zoroastrianism
• Buddhism
• Christianity

Roman roads were built primarily in order to allow...

• senators to get to the Senate.
• Rome’s armies to travel through the empire.
• merchants to travel safely.
• slaves to travel into the countryside.

What caused the Schism, the split that divided the Christian religion b/t East & West branches?

• a dispute over the authority of the Pope

• the role of women in the Church

• the influence of the emperor

• the use of private homes as churches

Which three continents were part of the triangle trade?

• France, Africa, the Americas
• The Americas, Europe, Africa
• Australia, Antartica, Africa
• Africa, Europe, Middle East

Which of the following were New World foods that revolutionized Old World agriculture?

• Spelt, manioc, and wheat
• Maize, potatoes, and manioc
• Maize, rice, and bran
• Spelt, taro, and chinampas

American-born Spanish whites were called

• mulattos.
• creoles.
• muchachos.
• mestizos.

The forced labor system in which Amerindian men in Peru worked two to four months of the year in the mines was

• the rota.
• the milla.
• the puri. 
• the mita.

Which theory would be associated with the Paleolithic age? 

• 'Out of Africa' theory
• Aryan Invasion theory
• Southernization
• White Mans Burden 

How did the English and French American colonies differ from the Spanish and Portuguese American colonies?

• The English and French developed colonies through the efforts of private companies.
• The Spanish and Portuguese forced their languages on the population.
• They did not differ at all in their policies.
• The English and French used direct government control to develop colonies.