World History Final

What was an important consequence of the Neolithic Revolution?

• People began manufacturing goods in factories instead of at home

• In flood plains with fertile soil, rich harvests led to the rise of the First Civilizations

• Stone age cultures learned how to use tools of woods and stone and how to make fire.

• People following animal herds migrated across the land bridge from Asia

Which statement best describes the role of the Catholic Church in Western Europe during the Middle Ages?

• The Church encouraged individuals to question authority.

• The Church gained influence as general interest in secular affairs grew

• The Church provided a sense of unity and a source of learning.

• Church leaders were only involved in spiritual activities.

What was an important impact of the Ideas stated in the document below?

"If a man has destroyed the eye of a free man, his own eye shall be destroyed", "If a man has knocked out the teeth of a man of equal rank, his own teeth shall be knocked out"

• Babylonians became subject to written laws.

• Babylonians worshiped their kings as a God.

• Babylonians made important advances in medicine

• Babylonians abolished hereditary privileges

How did the outcome of World War II contribute to the development of the Cold War?

• Stalin modeled his behavior after that of Adolf Hitler

• Great Britain and France Became too weak to preserve their colonial empires

• American leaders resolved to contain the Soviet Union to avoid the mistake of appeasing Hitler

• World Leaders created the U.N. to replace the League of Nations

How do socialists generally differ from communists?

• Socialists hope to improve the lives of workers

• Socialists do not seek political power

• Socialists oppose government interference with the economy

• Socialists do not believe that a violent revolution is inevitable

What influence of ancient Greece on later civilizations does this passage illustrate?

Socrates: "Let us suppose that philosophical minds always love knowledge of a sort that shows them the eternal nature, not varying from generation and corruption. And further, let us agree that they are lovers of all true being.....And if they are to be what we were describing, is there no another quality which they should also possess?

Glaucon: "What quality?"

Socrates: "Truthfulness: They will never intentionally receive into their mind falsehood, which they detest, and they will love the truth."

-Plato, The Republic, Book VI

• The development of monotheism

• a belief in the value of human reason

• scholarship that led to inventions like gunpowder and the compass

• a love of classical architectural styles such as proportioned columns

Which is an essential characteristic of a civilization?

• Most of its people are hunters and gatherers

• some of its people know how to read and write

• a separate warrior class defends the society

• an all-powerful rulers makes decisions affecting the community

Which phrase best completes the chart below?

Byzantine Empire

-Justinian's Code of Laws

-Preservation of Greek and Roman Culture

-Hagia Sophia

-Capital of Constantinople

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• Writing in Cuneiform

• Orthodox Christianity

• Invention of the Compass

• Belief in Olympic Gods

Which characteristics describes feudalism in medieval Europe?

• An exchange of land for services

• widespread economic opportunity

• a representative government

• the protection of individual rights

Which was an important change in Europe caused by the Industrial Revolution

• More people worked at home in the domestic system

• workers were able to spend more time with their families

• Europe's middle class opposed attempts at political reforms

• Workers moved from villages to towns where they often experienced crowded and unsanitary condition