Prologue

Question 0

The major difference between a civilization and other methods of organizing humans in groups if civilizations is

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Generated surpluses of good beyond mere needs of survival

Question 1

World history involves the study of

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Evolution of leading societies and interactions around the globe

Question 2

The Neolithic Revolutions began around 10,000 B.C.E with the

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Advent of sedentary agriculture and domestication of animals

Question 3

The period of the Neolithic Revolutions and river valley civilizations ended when

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Widespread invasions and new technologies led to the rise of large empires

Question 4

During the period of river valley civilizations,

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Human trans-regional contacts were limited

Question 5

Civilizations arose in all of these river valley areas during this period except:

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The Niger River (Mali)

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The first truly revolutionary transformation of human society was

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The rising of farming

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Women were probably the first farmers because

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As gatherers they generally knew which seeds to eat and where they grew

Question 8

The strongest competitor to sedentary agriculture during the Neolithic Age was

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Pastoralism or a nomadic herding way of life

Question 9

Agriculture surpluses seem to have led most directly to

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Specialized services and socially differentiated hierarchies

Question 10

In Neolithic societies, technology

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Became the monopoly of men, who also dominated domestic herding

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The start of sedentary agriculture

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Started in southwest Asia first but developed independently in other places later

Question 12

Which of the following developments contributed most to the rise of permanent settlements?

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The start of farming

Question 13

The development of new technologies during the Neolithic Era led to

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Larger harvests

Question 14

Political organization durning the first civilizations tended towards

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City-states or smaller regional states

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Cities in the ancient Near East and Egypt were

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Centers of trade, specialized manufacture, and the exchange of ideas

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In Mesopotamian and Egyptian societies priests developed considerable social power and influence because they

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Interpreted the gods’ wishes and placate the deities

Question 17

Religiously, the first civilizations differed from Paleolithic beliefs in that

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The first civilizations anthropomorphized nature into complex theologies

Question 18

Which of these is an example of patriarchal society in the ancient world?

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After marriage, a woman moved to the residence of her husband’s family

Question 19

The event which marked the beginning for the first civilizations was the

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The establishment of the first cities with complex urban cultures

Question 20

Periodic nomadic invasions in the early history of the Middle East

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Caused disruptions but facilitated innovations and prompted synthesis

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The Fertile Crescent had been called the crossroads of the world because it was

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On the routes connecting Europe, Asia, and Africa

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The movement of peoples across the Fertile Crescent resulted in

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The constant exchange and blending of ideas

Question 23

In the Indus Valley culture, a strong government and ruling class are indicated by

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Coordinated construction techniques and well-fortified cities

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Unlike Sumer and Egypt, the Indus Valley or Harappan civilization

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Writing had never been translated

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Compared to river valley cultures in Egypt and Mesopotamia, civilization in China

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Probably developed after civilizations in the Nile Valley and Southwest Asia

Question 26

Although occupation is one method of determining caste in India, historically,

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Skin color is also important; the ruling castes tend to be fair-skinned, while lower castes are dark-skinned

Question 27

The Aryan invaders of the Indus Valley

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Are related to Indo-Europeans and Iranians

Question 28

All of the following statements about the Aryans are valid except

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They were chariot peoples who took over the Indus Valley cities and became urban dwellers

Question 29

In early China, unity and cultural identity were provided by

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A common system of writing

Question 30

In order to counterbalance feudalism and its tendency to decentralized ruling power, and in order to maintain their influence, Zhou monarchs utilized

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Professional bureaucrats and the Mandate if Heaven to give them authority

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Peasants in Zhou China and serfs or slaves in Aryan India

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Were burdened by obligations to the rulers and local nobles

Question 32

Unlike the Harappan civilization, Hindu, Chinese, and Mesopotamian cultures

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Developed systems of technologies to resist or to assimilate nomadic invaders