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1. Which of the following was NOT a common trait of early civilizations?
Nomadism
Monument building
Urban life
Formal state structures
Writing
Where did the earliest civilizations tend to develop?
Archipelagoes
Grassland steppes
River valleys
Coastlines
Mountain plateaus
Based on the preponderance of archaeological evidence, which region of the world saw the development of the earliest civilizations?
North America
The Middle East
Indonesia
South America
Northern Eurasia
Which people are generally credited with founding Mesopotamian civilization in the Tigris-Euphrates river valley?
Phoenicians
Greeks
Hittites
Sumerians
Akkadians
What conclusions can we draw about Babylonian society from the following excerpt from
Hammurabi's Code?
221. If a physician heals the broken bone or diseased soft part of a man, the patient shall pay the physician five shekels in money.
222. If he were a freed man he shall pay three shekels.
223. If he were a slave his owner shall pay the physician two shekels.
Babylonian medical practice was informed by study of microscopic germs.
Babylonian physicians attended formal medical school for many years of training similar to doctors
today.
Babylonian physicians healed most cases of broken bones in Mesopotamia.
Babylonian doctors heeded the Hippocratic oath.
Babylonian medical practice reflected prevailing patterns in social status.
Which of the following is NOT true of the ancient Egyptian pyramids?
Were built under the influence of Chinese advisers
Contained numerous hieroglyphic symbols
Are reflective of advanced geometric knowledge
Were built by slave and corvee labor
Served as tombs for pharaohs
Which of the following early river valley civilizations developed in the greatest state of isolation from the others?
Nile River
Huang He (a.k.a. Yellow) River
Indus River
Euphrates River
Tigris River
Which people are credited with developing the first phonetic alphabet?
Koreans
Chinese
Phoenicians
Sumerians
Egyptians
Which choice best characterizes the relationship between early civilizations and writing?
There is no important relationship between civilization and writing.
No sophisticated civilization developed without a system of writing.
Most civilizations developed without writing systems.
Writing led to the development of civilization more than sedentary agriculture.
Writing permitted record keeping for trade and governments.
Which of the following was true for ALL of the early agricultural systems?
Abandonment of sedentary agriculture
Primary reliance on pastoral forms of social organization
Economic activity based on raising a combination of domesticated plants and draft animals
Wheat and barley cultivation
Domestication of perennial plants in each region
Which statement is most accurate regarding Jewish monotheism?
It rejected all of the laws of the Mesopotamian civilization.
It incorporated the idea of reincarnation.
It appealed mainly to wealthier people.
It was spread by missionaries in the Ganges River valley.
It traces its origins to Abraham.
Confucianism, Hinduism, and Christianity had what in common?
They incorporated a strong missionary drive.
They stressed the value of warfare.
They urged the importance of political activity.
They helped justify and preserve social inequality.
They directed attention to the afterlife.
Which of the following did ancient Egyptian, Shang, and Sumerian civilizations all have in common?
Intensive rice agriculture
Pastoral-based economy
Acceptance of Buddhism
River valley location
Pyramid-shaped monumental architecture
The period 8000 BCE to 600 CE saw all of the following EXCEPT ________ .
Development of writing
Urbanization
Use of gunpowder
Origin of agriculture
Birth of major world religions
Which of the following classical societies was based in the eastern Mediterranean Sea?
Mayan
Gupta
Han
Mauryan
Greek
River valley civilizations, such as the Egyptians or Sumerians, developed all of the following EXCEPT _____ .
Complex religious rituals
Long-distance trade
Constitutional monarchy
Social stratification
Craft specialization
Which ancient civilization fits the description found below?
· Constructed multistory structures
· Arose near the Indus River
· Disappeared for reasons that remain unclear
Mauryan
Mayan
Kushite
Shang
Harappan
Which civilization's decline was most likely due to drastic environmental change?
Assyrian
Egyptian
Roman
Han
Indus
Which example from the classical world best characterizes the principle of cultural diffusion?
Sacking of Rome by the Visigoths in 410 CE
Growing influence of Confucianism in China during the Han dynasty
Conversion of Asoka to Buddhism
Victory of Sparta in the Peloponnesian War
Preference for silk garments among the Roman elite
All of the following were important impacts of the rise of metalwork in the ancient world EXCEPT ________ .
Metallic coins facilitated trade.
Metal ships revolutionized trade and naval warfare.
Specialized labor developed further.
Metal arms revolutionized war fighting.
Metal tools make farming easier.
What additional challenge do historians studying the Harappan civilization of the Indus River valley face that does not exist when studying Sumerian or Egyptian civilizations?
Political instability in the Indus River valley in the modern era has made sustained archaeological
research impossible.
Harappan writing has never been deciphered.
Historians rely entirely on legends and oral history as no archaeological record of Harappan civilization exists.
Religious prohibitions on interfering with the burial places of the Hindu dead slow excavation projects.
Artifacts lie under layers of earth that must be carefully excavated by archaeologists.
Which is the name of the ancient Sumerian writing system?
Phonetics
Cuneiform
Pictograph
Ideograph
Hieroglyphics
The order in which these empires or civilizations emerged was
I. Sumerian
II. Shang
III. Roman
IV. Han
IV, III, II, I
II, III, I, IV
II, I, IV, III
I, II, IV, III
I, II, III, IV
Based on available knowledge, which of the following was NOT a part of Homo erectus' world?
Agriculture
Hunting
Bipedalism
Language
Tool making
Compared to other revolutions in world history, which feature of the Neolithic Revolution is most
unusual?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
Abandonment of previously held patterns of religious worship
Transformation of class relations
Impact on population growth
Attenuated unfolding over thousands of years in diverse locales
Altered gender roles and relations
Which set of Paleolithic practices would prove most durable as humans entered the Neolithic era?
Hunting of wild big-game mammals as a major source of protein
Nomadic lifestyle
Domestication of animals
Metallurgical expertise
Generally egalitarian principles of social organization
Which of the following was NOT a unique advantage agricultural people enjoyed over hunter-gatherer groups as a sedentary lifestyle began to confront nomadic lifestyles after 8000 BCE?
Tools and weapons made of metal
Regular armed forces capable of sustained offensive and defensive campaigns
Greater ability to store food in preparation for times of scarcity
Higher levels of social equality and group cohesion
Immunities built up to new diseases spawned in denser nodes of population
In what respects did pastoralism lay important foundations for subsequent stages of human development?
The American continents were first populated by pastoral peoples.
Settled living formed the basis for early writing systems.
Groups learned how to select seeds and grains that over time yielded more bountiful harvests.
Human societies first began to follow the leadership of recognized spiritual guides.
Domesticated mammals began to provide more consistent sources of hides, bone, and protein.
Which of the following early crops was unique to the early civilizations of what would later be termed the New World?
Maize
Wheat
Barley
Millet
Oats
What best characterizes the evolving role of women as human society moved from pre-agricultural to agricultural modes of production?
Guiding religious worship in village or town temples
Spending most time at the market to trade the family's surplus farm goods
Having greater confinement to the home to care for more numerous children
Foraging and fashioning stone tools
Tending to large flocks of domesticated animals
Which of the following best describes the development of agriculture during the Neolithic era?
It generally brought on lower population densities in the areas to which it spread.
It was practiced only on hilly terrain.
It was limited to China until the first millennium BCE.
It spread from the Americas across a land bridge to Asia and then to Europe.
It was a gradual process, arising independently in diverse regions and climatic conditions on the globe.
What economic effect did food surpluses have on early agricultural societies?
Trade practices emerged with the capacity to feed artisans who then had time to practice craft specialization.
People abandoned all other trades to become farmers.
The first long-distance trade networks were established.
A social hierarchy developed with peasants on the top.
Hunting animals was eliminated as a source of food.
What, in general, was the health impact as human populations abandoned nomadism and settled into a sedentary agricultural lifestyle?
Overall health improved as new governments made provision of universal health care a top priority.
Nutrition generally improved, resulting from the greater diversity of foodstuffs the laboring peasantry had to choose from.
Disease rates fell due to the vigorous lifestyle of hard labor.
Greater exposure to pathogens due to proximity to farm animals and human waste caused new sicknesses.
Rates of parasitic diseases were reduced.
Which of the following is associated with the "Out of Africa" thesis on human origins?
I. Origin of anatomically modern humans in Africa
II. Separate origins of anatomically modern humans across the Old World
III. Evolution of Homo neanderthalensis into Homo sapiens
I only
I and II
II and III
II only
I and III
Broadly speaking, which choice places the developments associated with the Neolithic Revolution in the correct chronological order?
Surplus food production, social stratification, specialization of labor
Specialization of labor, surplus food production, social stratification
Social stratification, specialization of labor, surplus food production
Surplus food production, specialization of labor, social stratification
Specialization of labor, social stratification, surplus food production
Which of the following is the least intensive and sophisticated agricultural practice?
Three-field system
Slash and burn
Terrace farming
Irrigation
Use of chemical fertilizer
The preponderance of evidence would suggest that human settlement reached which of the following regions most recently?
South Africa
India
Scandinavia
South America
Australia
Which region of the world had yet to experience the Neolithic transition by 600 CE?
Southeast Asia
Australia
Northern Europe
South America
Mesoamerica
The label "Paleolithic" sometimes serves as a substitute for which of the following?
I. Bronze Age
II. Iron Age
III. Stone Age
III only
I only
I and III
II and III
I and II
Hellenistic culture epitomizes which of the following historical forces or trends?
Democracy
Isolationism
Patriarchy
Egalitarianism
Cultural diffusion
Hellenistic culture brought together the traditions of which of the following regions?
Middle Eastern, Mediterranean, South Asian
East Asian, South Asian, sub-Saharan African
Mesoamerican, Scandinavian, Mediterranean
Middle Eastern, Mediterranean, Scandinavian
Mediterranean, Mesoamerican, sub-Saharan African
Which of the following political practices remained continuous from the period of the Republic into the period of the Roman Empire?
Recruitment of local elites in recently conquered areas to represent the interests of the imperial center
Imperial military assistance for slave uprisings
Primacy placed in a Senate where state affairs were debated
Dominant involvement of the plebian classes in state affairs
Strict rules separating military service and political leadership
Which of the following prominent Greeks exercised practical political leadership?
Euripides
Socrates
Plato
Solon
Aristotle
Which choice best describes the position of women in classical Athens in terms of divorce and property rights as compared to women in classical Roman society? Greek women had ______ .
Far fewer rights
Somewhat fewer rights
About the same level of rights
Somewhat greater rights
Far greater rights
