NCFE Review WH

The Agricultural Revolution is considered a turning point in global history because it led to (2.1)

• increasing migrations of people in search of food

• increasing use of animal skins for clothing

• a belief in a spiritual world

• the development of civilization

Which statement best completes the diagram? (WH.2.2)

• The need for skilled labor declined

• Religion became less important

• Governments were formed

• Societies became less structured

Which characteristic belongs in the empty circle? (WH.2.9)

• hunters and gatherers

• domestic animals

• cave paintings

• very small population

“If a man has knocked out the teeth of a man of the same rank, his own teeth shall be knocked out. If he has knocked out the teeth of a plebeian (commoner), he shall pay one-third of a mina of silver."

--Code of Hammurabi

Which statement is best supported by this excerpt from Hammurabi's code of laws? (WH.2.8)

• Hammurabi's laws revealed inequality between social classes.

• All men are equal under the law.

• Violence must always be punished with violence.

• Fines are preferable to physical punishment

“Our constitution is called a democracy because power is in the hands not of a minority but of the whole people...what counts is not membership in a particular class, but the actual ability which the man possesses." -Pericles, “The Funeral Oration,”

According to this passage, how is it determined who gets the highest government positions? (2.2)

• It depends on their family’s prestige

• Government power was passed down from father to son

• Government positions were based on power and wealth

• It depends on the ability of the candidate

The ancient Greek city-state of Athens influenced later cultures by (2.9)

• adopting a monotheistic religion.

• developing a written language.

• constructing a system of canals.

• establishing a democratic government

How did implementation of codified laws such as the Code of Hammurabi affect the people of ancient societies?

• It reduced the authority of the king over the citizens.

• It unified the various peoples and laws within the empire.

• It limited the role of government in the lives of citizens.

• It established the separation of government and religion.

Which geographic features determined the location of the early civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, and India?

• rivers and valleys

• fertile soils and plains

• rainy seasons and forests

• oceans and coastlines

In the Middle Ages, European monarchs claimed to rule by “divine right”. What purpose was served by this claim?

• It enabled the separation of church and state.

• It enabled rulers to seize church lands.

• It demonstrated that religion was stronger than political power.

• It strengthened the monarch′s authority to rule.

How did the printing revolution contribute to increased global interaction?

• by making texts available to broader audiences, leading to the spread of new ideas

• by creating interchangeable parts that made repairing the printing press easier

• by mass producing the press to make it available to small towns

• by using color to gain the interest of more people