World History End of Semester Exam Review

How were the Jewish Ten Commandments and the Code of Hammurabi similar?

• They promoted monotheism.

• They were based on egalitarian principles.

• They constituted written legal codes.

• They provided economic guidelines for trade.

In what way did the Neolithic Revolution bring about the biggest change in human life?

• People could have more free time to pursue their interests.

• People could produce food and live in permanent settlements.

• People could produce monumental architecture.

• People could increase their trade contacts.

On which principle was the Chinese philosophy of Confucianism based?

• Suffering is caused by selfish human desires.

• At death, a person’s soul will be reborn into another living thing.

• People should accept the “way” of nature rather than try to resist it.

• People and society will be in harmony if all people fulfill their social roles.

What was a religious influence common to both Israel and Rome?

• the central authority of Buddha’s teaching

• a prohibition of the consumption of port

• reincarnation and the Four Noble Truths

• monotheism and ethical conduct

“He who, being of weak [abilities], develops the wisdom of the first path with a dull insight is reborn seven times at most; after seven rebirths in states of bliss he will make an end of misery; he who develops it with medium faculties and insight is a roamer; after two or three rebirths he will make an end of misery; he who develops it with keen faculties and insight takes root but once, only one human birth will he pass through and make an end of misery….” 

- Charles W. Eliot, ed.; Sacred Writings, Vol II, P.F. Collier & Son, 1910

The religious belief described in the passage originated in –

• Persia

• Greece

• India

• Rome

Characteristics of Civilization 

∙ the development of skills in a specific kind of work 

∙ the use of advanced technology to create irrigation systems 

∙ records such as tax collections, business transactions, and customs 

∙ ? 

Which characteristic of a civilization best completes the list above?

• institutions with formal governments and priests with religious duties

• nomadic groups that depended on hunting animals and collecting plants

• digging sticks used by food gatherers to loosen plants from the roots

• limited areas in the cities for farmers, merchants, and traders to bring goods

Which of the following was a major effect of the agricultural revolution?

• increase in worldwide temperature

• people wandered in search of food

• shift from producers of food to hunters and gathers

• people had a safer, more stable way of life

∙ concept of zero 

∙ idea of infinity 

∙ decimal system 

∙ Arabic numerals

Which classical civilization had an impact on the modern world through its development of the mathematical concepts listed above?

• Greece

• Han China

• Gupta Empire

• Roman Empire

What is one example of an influence of the Egyptian river valley civilization on a classical civilization?

• Stone columns were used by the Greeks to build the Parthenon.

• Hieroglyphics became the basis for the Latin language of Rome.

• Rulers in Gupta India had pyramids built to use as tombs.

• Workers in Han China made silk textiles from silkworm cocoons.

The Roman Empire in its later years was characterized by its role in the –

• construction of the Athenian Acropolis

• spread of Christianity

• introduction of Muslim rule

• flourishing of Persian culture