1 Unit Quiz Corrections

What ‘Lens’ or point of view are we emphasizing for Unit 1?

• Human conflict & Cooperation

• Culture & Identity 

• Human economic interactions (Economics)

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  Human migration, trade, & Cultural Diffusion

• Pathogens & Human Diseases 

What is the predominant theory for where the first human beings originated?

• Africa

• Asia

• North America

• Canada

• Australia

What evidence do the scientists who support the 'Rift Valley'/evolution by natural selection theory of human origins MOST HEAVILY rely on to support their theory?

• The arguments they've written about the theory

• 
  The archaeological & fossil evidence

• They can't think about any other possilbe cause or theory

• Written documents recovered

• Professor's Arguments that they themselves were concvinced by as college students

Which of the following best fits the description of historical examples of 'forced diffusion?'

• The Crusades

• Merchants diffusing religious ideas along the Silk Road

• Missionary efforts to convert indigenous people to their religion by teaching & preaching

• Buddhism spreading throughout Asia

Which of the following fields of mathematics was invented within the Islamic Golden Age & then eventually diffused throughout the rest of the world?

• Geometry

• Calculus

• Algebra

• Clarkian Conundrum Theory

What general affect did the 'Civil Service Exam System' within Chinese history have on Chinese civilization?

 

• While it is an interested cultural phenomenon, it ultiamtely had little to no impact on Chinese History

• It allowed the central government with the Empeor at the head to be able to run an effective bureaucracy (government)

• It undermined the Emperor's rule by teaching people to question his authority 

• It prevented the Emperor from commanding the Chinese military as generals listened more to the words of Confucius they studied than the Emperor 

How did the Silk Road NETWORK interact and coincide with Chinese Civilization across history?

 

• Chinese civilization grew massively wealthy & cultural diffusion to and from China was immense

• Tragically, Chinese civilization was completely destroyed thanks to pathogens and diseases that spread along the route

• Chinese civilization grew weary and scared of the constant invaders that traveled along the route, which lead the Chinese Emperor to isloate China by shutting down boarders

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  Chinese civilization, although appreciative of the Silk Roads affects on neighboring civilizations, had ultimatley little to no impact on the Silk Road

Which of the following BEST fits the description for the historical development known as the 'Pax Mongolica?' 

• Instability, warfare, disease, technologial and scientific decline 

• Once established, stability, open trade & massive amounts of Cultural diffusion 

• Unification of the Mongolian trbes within Mongolia, then a massive buildup by the Khan's government in defensive walls around their cities, as they feared Chinese Imperialism 

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  Decentralized 'feudalims'... that is to say, chaotic warfare between small-scale warlords all throughout Asia

• The period in which the Khan destroyed all cities within Asia, as a way to ensure all of Asia would eventually be able to be repopulated by Mongols only

Great innovations were made in mathematics, science, engineering, etc etc during the Islamic Golden Age. Mathematics has allowed humanity to do what would be otherwise impossible without math. Which of the following represent mathematical innovations developed by Muslim scholars during the Islamic Golden Age?

• Geometry & Calculus 

• Algebra & Algorithms

• Algorithms & Geometry 

• Algebra & Calculus

• Mathematics & Philosophy