Quiz Questions

Question 0

What occurred as a result of the development of agriculture in societies that previously relied on hunting and gathering?

Answer 0

Population density increased

Question 1

What was the major effect of the Neolithic Revolution?

Answer 1

The establishment of sedentary village communities

Question 2

The first truly revolutionary transformation of human society was…?

Answer 2

The Agricultural Revolution

Question 3

Paleolithic and Neolithic people’s most likely had what kind of diet?

Answer 3

Mostly vegetables and some meat

Question 4

The Agricultural Revolution resulted in significant changes to Stone Age societies. Which of the following was NOT one of these changes?

Answer 4

The development of mechanized tools

Question 5

One common domesticated crop in North America, Europe, and the Middle East was…?

Answer 5

Wheat

Question 6

How did the domestication of animals affect human society?

Answer 6

It made the agricultural revolution possible

Question 7

How were farms and urban centers connected in the Stone Age?

Answer 7

Farms supported urban dwellers with food while urban centers provided protection and manufactured goods

Question 8

In Mesopotamia, how was the government and religion connected?

Answer 8

The king provided royal slaves to build temples and other religious structures and the priests publicly supported the king

Question 9

Based on the information in this chapter, what resource would you say was the most important to Mesopotamians?

Answer 9

Water

Question 10

One way that various Mesopotamian rulers (beginning with the Akkadians) maintained order and strengthened the power of the ruler was..?

Answer 10

Standardizing weight and measures, thereby ensuring fair and equal trade between cities

Question 11

How were women affected by the increase in urbanization in Mesopotamia?

Answer 11

Women lost social standing and were seen as tools for preserving wealth and family lines, while men gained legal authority over women and benefits from marriage and divorce laws

Question 12

The initial purpose of writing in Mesopotamia was to..?

Answer 12

Keep track of property

Question 13

All of the following were part of the Confucian social order EXCEPT

Answer 13

Respect for the old

Question 14

The pack animal most crucial to economic life in Andean societies was..?

Answer 14

The llama

Question 15

What feature typical to most advanced civilizations did Andean societies lack?

Answer 15

A written language

Question 16

All of the following were features of the civilizations in Mesopotamia, Mesoamerica, the Indus River Valley and the Yellow River Valley EXCEPT

Answer 16

Religious systems that included sacrifice rituals

Question 17

In the Zhou dynasty, the Mandate of Heaven meant that rulers

Answer 17

We’re allowed to keep their power if they ruled justly and wisely

Question 18

Confucianism, Legalism, and Daoism

Answer 18

Originated as responses to societal problems during times of disruption

Question 19

One of Nubia’s most valuable trade items was..?

Answer 19

Gold

Question 20

How did Egypt affect Nubian society and culture during the time they controlled the Nubian kingdom of Kush?

Answer 20

Upper class children were educated in Egypt and brought Egyptian culture and language to Nubia with them

Question 21

Compared with river valley cultures in Egypt and Mesopotamia, civilization in China…

Answer 21

Developed simultaneously with Egypt and Mesopotamia

Question 22

One thing that Nubia, China, and Mesoamerican societies had in common was..?

Answer 22

All three areas had societies with strong central governments because they needed large numbers of people for public work projects and mutual defense

Question 23

One thing that Chavin and Meroë had in common and something that made them powerful was..?

Answer 23

Both cities were at the intersection of all major trade routes in the area

Question 24

Between 200 BCE and 200 CE the Silk Roads facilitated commodity trade between which of the following pairs of empires?

Answer 24

The Roman and Han

Question 25

Before 600 CE, large centralized empires, such as the Han, Persian, and Roman empires, extended their military power by..?

Answer 25

Developing supply lines and building infrastructure, including defensive walls and roads

Question 26

What is the summary of Confucian thought?

Answer 26

Harmony is attained when superiors treat those below them with kindness and inferiors respect those above them

Question 27

The ancient Athenians used large, pillared structures for what purpose?

Answer 27

As a temple

Question 28

The political and social effect of Neo-Confucianism in China was..?

Answer 28

To reinforce social hierarchy

Question 29

What resulted from Alexander the Great's conquests?

Answer 29

The spread of Hellenistic culture through much of Eurasia

Question 30

In comparing the Han Dynasty with the Roman Empire, which of the following statements is NOT true?

Answer 30

While Rome was successful at spreading it's culture across a wide area, the Han were unable to diffuse their culture to neighboring lands

Question 31

The major impact of Alexander the Great's conquests was..?

Answer 31

The spread of Greek culture throughout the eastern Mediterranean, southwest Asia and into India

Question 32

What describes both Roman and Han Chinese gender relations?

Answer 32

While subordinate to men, Roman women were considerably freer and less oppressed than were their Chinese counterparts

Question 33

One significant difference between citizenship in Rome or a Greek city-state was

Answer 33

People conquered by Rome were given citizenship rights while people conquered by Greeks were not

Question 34

What method did the Persian ruler Darius I use to run the Persian Empire?

Answer 34

Divided the empire into twenty provinces run by governors called satraps

Question 35

What culture worshipped China?

Answer 35

Han China

Question 36

What is the name of the Zoroastrian god?

Answer 36

Ahuramazda

Question 37

The highest Hindu cast members in India during the Classical Age were the...?

Answer 37

Brahmans (priest/scholars)

Question 38

The Indian caste system..

Answer 38

Was extremely complex and stratified; a person could almost never change caste

Question 39

A major difference between Hinduism and Buddhism was that...?

Answer 39

Buddhism denied the need for caste, rites, and sacrifice to achieve nirvana

Question 40

6th century CE Buddhist statue complexes are an example of..?

Answer 40

Cross-cultural contact

Question 41

Buddhism changed as the religion spread throughout Asia by?

Answer 41

Absorbing doctrinal and ritual elements from other Asian religions

Question 42

The Four Noble Truths are associated with...?

Answer 42

Buddhism

Question 43

The foundation of classical Indian civilization is best described by...?

Answer 43

The Dao

Question 44

What is NOT correct about change in treatment of women in India from the early to the late classical period?

Answer 44

In the early classical period, women were portrayed as strong and courageous, while in the late classical period women were not allowed to be portrayed in Indian literature at all

Question 45

The founder of the Mauryan empire, Chandragupta Maurya, took control of Northern India after...?

Answer 45

The death of Alexander the Great

Question 46

What was a way that the Guptan Empire affected trade?

Answer 46

Increased trade with Greece

Question 47

The split between Sunni and Shi'a Muslims occurred as a result of...?

Answer 47

Disagreement over leadership succession issues

Question 48

Which of the following is an accurate statement about Islamic art and architecture?

Answer 48

Ikebana, or flower arranging, was developed as an alternative to depicting human and animal forms in art

Question 49

The political logic behind the early Islamic caliphates was that..?

Answer 49

Religious and political leadership should be strictly separated

Question 50

What most encouraged the intellectual attainments of the Muslim world during the Abbassid era?

Answer 50

The cultural and ethnic diversity of the population

Question 51

Jews were considered Dhimmi, or people of the book, while living in Muslim lands and were able to..?

Answer 51

Worship freely as long as they paid a tax

Question 52

Islamic teachings in north and west Africa..

Answer 52

Introduced a common bond but did not erase social or ethnic stratifications

Question 53

Islam was spread through west and east Africa, as well as Southeast Asia by...?

Answer 53

Merchants who established Muslim families and traditions

Question 54

What language came into existence after 1000 as the direct result of expanding global trade?

Answer 54

Swahili

Question 55

After expansion of Islam into Africa, an organized Christian presence remained in...?

Answer 55

Areas along the Silk Road

Question 56

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam share what belief?

Answer 56

The existence of Adam and Moses

Question 57

What did the Mamluks and Seljuks have in common?

Answer 57

They're both Turkish

Question 58

The civilizations of the Sumerians, the Phoenicians, and the Maya were similar in that each...?

Answer 58

Developed extensive writing systems

Question 59

One major difference between the Inca and Aztec civilizations was...?

Answer 59

The Aztec developed a system of writing while the Inca did not

Question 60

What did NOT happen in China during the Ming dynasty?

Answer 60

Buddhism became the official state religion of China

Question 61

The Mongol Empire was divided into four khanates, which did NOT govern...?

Answer 61

Japan

Question 62

Pastoral nomads from the central Asian steppe who had threatened sedentary civilizations throughout history did NOT include...?

Answer 62

Bantu

Question 63

Although the Mongols were often brutal , they were

Answer 63

Tolerant of religious differences and supportive of trade

Question 64

Although they varied greatly in wealth and social status in the classical world..

Answer 64

Commoners remained the largest group

Question 65

The greatest long-term demographic impact of the Mongol unification of much of central Eurasia was the...

Answer 65

Spread of the Black Death from Chins to Europe and the Muslim world

Question 66

What about the Mongol Empire of the 13th century is true?

Answer 66

The invasion of Japan was attempted but was unsuccessful

Question 67

Although later civilizations in Mesoamerica borrowed and built on the previous accomplishments of the Olmecs and Maya, later civilizations...

Answer 67

Rarely surpassed their intellectual predecessors

Question 68

Demographic evidence of the Aztec Empire around 1500 CE indicates..

Answer 68

Decreasing birth rates

Question 69

All land in the Inca state...

Answer 69

Was owned by the state but assigned to others to work

Question 70

What states dominated the Mediterranean trade during the 16th century?

Answer 70

Italian city-states and the Ottoman Empire

Question 71

In the early modern age, the Portuguese were able to control the trade in Asian waters because...

Answer 71

They had superior weapons and controlled trade through force

Question 72

What would be the most useful source of evidence for research about the profits of Portuguese and British solace traders in the period 1600-1800?

Answer 72

European slave traders' account books

Question 73

The development of Indian Ocean trade routes in the period 600 BCE to 600 CE and the development of transatlantic trade routes in the period 1450 CE to 1600 CE were similar in that both depended on..

Answer 73

Understanding of wind patterns

Question 74

What change best justifies the claim that the late 1400s mark the beginning of a new period in world history?

Answer 74

The incorporation of the Americas into a broader global network of exchange

Question 75

When the Portuguese arrived in India and SE Asia, they...

Answer 75

Established control over certain port cities and islands, but no larger nations

Question 76

The travels of Ibn Battuta and Zheng He have what in common?

Answer 76

They demonstrate that the West did not have monopoly on campaigns of exploration

Question 77

What BEST describes how West and Central African states reacted to the arrival of Europeans in the late 1400s and 1500s?

Answer 77

Some remained strong by selling their neighbors as slaves in exchange for European guns

Question 78

The voyages of Zheng He...

Answer 78

Exacted tribute from or traded with many Indian Ocean states

Question 79

Viking longboats and Polynesian double-hulled canoes have which of the following in common?

Answer 79

Each of them permitted open-water navigation over great distances

Question 80

The main reason European conquerors and navigators were able to sail and continue to explore, and the reason the Ming Chinese fleets in the Indian Ocean failed was...?

Answer 80

European governments supported and encouraged overseas expeditions, but the Ming did not

Question 81

The first Western European nation to establish an overseas empire in the 15th century was..?

Answer 81

Portugal

Question 82

In the beginning of the Early Modern Era (1450-1750), the relationship between Europeans and Africans was..?

Answer 82

Often one of relative equality in which no one power was dominant

Question 83

The European slave trade out of Africa arose and expanded when...?

Answer 83

Sugar plantations were established on the Atlantic islands and in the Anericas

Question 84

What is not an accurate description of European patterns of dominance?

Answer 84

In Afro-Eurasia, the military superiority of European weapons and armor resulted in the conquest of various kingdoms, while in the Americas, native fighting methods prevented conquest

Question 85

What did Europe's Scientific Revolution accomplish?

Answer 85

It put into practice Descartes' and Bacon's revival of the scientific method

Question 86

What is NOT an Enlightenment tenet?

Answer 86

Organized churches exploit superstitious beliefs to increase their wealth and power

Question 87

Protestantism and Islam during the 1600s were most alike in that...?

Answer 87

They encouraged female literacy so that women could read scripture

Question 88

Copernicus' proof of the heliocentric theory had what following effect?

Answer 88

It destabilized the scientific orthodoxy (rules) supported by Europe's Christian churches

Question 89

What marked the 1600s and 1700s as a period of scientific revolution in Europe?

Answer 89

The development of a unified system of mathematics, physics, and chemistry

Question 90

The Renaissance did not have a great impact on Spain because..

Answer 90

The Spanish government strictly censored humanistic ideas and writers

Question 91

The most direct result of the Protestant Reformation was..

Answer 91

Literacy rates across Europe rose

Question 92

The Glorious Revolution was significant because it...

Answer 92

Did not involve a significant amount of violence

Question 93

The Renaissance in Europe...

Answer 93

Was largely a cultural and intellectual movement

Question 94

The Protestant Reformation in Germany was equally a religious and political revolution because it challenged...

Answer 94

The noble and aristocratic class structure within society

Question 95

The Renaissance was largely influenced and financed by...

Answer 95

The urban environment and the commercial economy

Question 96

The 17th century Scientific Revolution in Western Europe was heavily influenced by...

Answer 96

Greek rational philosophers and scientists

Question 97

The relationship between the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment is..

Answer 97

That Enlightenment ideas formed the basis of the Scientific Revolution

Question 98

During the Medieval Period, the dominant ethnic group in Eastern Europe was the...

Answer 98

Slavs

Question 99

The typical pattern for relations between China and it's neighbors during the post classical period was...

Answer 99

For states to acknowledge Chinese superiority, pay tribute, but remain independant

Question 100

Both foot binding in China and the veil in Islam...

Answer 100

Symbolized the increasing subordination of women to men

Question 101

Neo-Confucianism...

Answer 101

Emphasized tradition, authority, and harmony at the expense of innovation

Question 102

Like the caliphs, the Byzantine emperors...

Answer 102

Headed both church and state; there was no separation of power

Question 103

Within the Byzantine state, as had been the case with government in most of the dynasties of China, the chief power and influence was...

Answer 103

Emperors and their trained bureaucrats

Question 104

Describe the court life of Chinese women

Answer 104

Confined in luxurious surroundings

Question 105

The era of Tang and Song rule in China was known as a...

Answer 105

Golden age of Chinese culture and accomplishments

Question 106

The high level of Chinese literacy was due to...

Answer 106

The invention of movable-type printing and cheap paper

Question 107

The political and social effect of Neo-Confucianism in China was...

Answer 107

To reinforce social hierarchy

Question 108

What describes how Buddhism changed as the religion spread throughout Asia?

Answer 108

It absorbed doctrinal and ritual elements from other Asian religions

Question 109

The most influential invention the nomads brought to China was

Answer 109

Stirrup