WHAP: Unit 1, 2 Test Review (2018)

In early hunting and gathering societies, what gender was dominant?

• Men
• Women
• Both were equal
• Monkeys

Which of the following is credited with being one of the earliest law codes in history?

• Magna Carta
• Hammurabi's Code
• Declaration of Independence
• The Ziggurat

The concept of power in China could be summed up by the concept of 

• Nirvana 
• Moshka 
• Mandate of Heaven 
• Democracy 

What was a feature of society during the Paleolithic era?

• High population density
• Relative egalitarianism
• Class conflict
• Widespread slavery

Which of the following First Civilizations is sometimes referred to as the “mother civilization” of Mesoamerica?

• Olmec
• Norte Chico
• Mesopotamia
• Aztec

Which of the following was true of both the Roman and the Chinese Empires?

• They exhausted themselves through frequent indecisive wars with India.
• They invoked supernatural sanctions to support their rule.
• They evolved from republican traditions into empires ruled by single rulers.
• Their economies relied heavily on slave labor.

Which of the following represents a defining characteristic of an empire?

• A state that forms as a democratic republic but is eventually seized and ruled over by a single ruler
• A state formed through conquest and maintained through the extraction of resources from conquered states and peoples
• A single ethnic group with a single language, religion, and identity
• A conglomeration of independent states that form temporary alliances

The conquests of which leader contributed to the widespread dissemination of Greek culture during the Hellenistic era?

• Caesar Augustus
• Alexander the Great
• Ashoka
• Qin Shihuangdi

In contrast to the Persian Empire, the political culture of classical Greek civilization

• emphasized the absolute power of the monarch.
• allowed for the limited participation of women in public assemblies.
• relied heavily on satraps to administer their states.
• featured popular participation in politics.

Which of the following describes the Persian policy towards people with different cultural traditions who lived within the empire?

• Respect and tolerance for non-Persian traditions
• Forced assimilation to the Persian way of life
• Taxation of those who continued to practice non-Persian traditions
• Suppression and elimination of non-Persian traditions