HIST 101 Final Exam Review

Which geographic factor influenced the development of independent city-states in ancient Greece?

• monsoon cycle

• tropical location

• smooth coastline

• mountainous topography

The Hellenistic culture, associated with the rule of Alexander the Great, developed as a result of

• ethnocentrism.

• cultural diffusion.

• direct democracy.

• embargoes.

The activity portrayed in this painting - plowing and sowing of fields - could be used as evidence to argue that Egyptians

• lived in settled communities.

• relied on slash-and-burn technology.

• practiced hunting.

• engaged in foraging.

Which action is most closely associated with the early Mesopotamian civilizations?

• Building floating gardens to grow corn

• Establishing representative democracies

• Developing a writing system using cuneiform

• Constructing Hindu temples

Which river system is found in Mesopotamia?

• Nile River

• Yellow River

• Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

• Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers

Hippocrates made important contributions in the area of

• poetry

• sculpture

• philosophy

• medicine

Who was the Pope that called for the Crusades?

• Pope Urban II
• Pope Leo X
• Pope Urban I
• Pope Leo V

What was the significance of the Battle of Tours?

• It united all the Franks under one king
• It reestablished the Roman Empire
• It prevented Islam from spreading further into Europe.
• It created the modern nation of France.

The medieval university

• rejected the study of law.

• taught only technical and scientific courses.

• only taught people trained in theology.

• was originally an educational guild of students or scholars, as at Bologna.

During the European Middle Ages, guilds were created to

• standardize goods and prices.

• regulate the money supply.

• obtain better working conditions in factories.

• increase competition.