World Civ Final Flashcards
(113 cards)
1
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Patriarchy (regulating women to inferior family positions) was a product of an agrarian society not and urban society.
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False
2
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First rulers to make use of the chariots and composite bows were the Hittite empire
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True
3
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The major problem the Greek city states had was the constant warfare and division between the city-states
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True
4
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Civilizations were founded on rivers so the inhabitants would not have to worry about irrigation projects
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False
5
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What’s not true about Harappa
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They based society’s social structure on the 4 varnas
6
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What is not true about Chinese women
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After the period of Confucianism in china, women experienced a new resurgence of power
7
Q
Roman peace
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Pax Romana
8
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A system of state relations in which less powerful states directly or implicitly agree to defer to a more powerful state
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Hegemony
9
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Representative form of government
A
Republic
10
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Power resides in the people
A
Democracy
11
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The roman senate in the late republic
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Oligarchy
12
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At the battle of marathon the Greeks utilized geography to their advantage
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True
13
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The only Greek area outside of Persian control by 4th century was Macedonian
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True
14
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The Punic wars between Athens and Sparta was a major reason for the Greeks coming under the influence of Persia and later Alexander the Great
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False
15
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Alexander the Great wanted to create a Hellenistic world which blended the best of both Greek and eastern culture
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True
16
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Religion in the form of a monotheistic state religion was used to provide a unifying force to the empires
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True
17
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During the time of Egyptian imperialism the hittites defeated the Egyptians at the battle of Qadesh and controlled all of Syria
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False
18
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Early leaders of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia proposed the idea of divine rule which was used to strengthen the power of the pharaohs and kings
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True
19
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The first group of modern humans (homo sapient) left Africa a million years ago
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False
20
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Homo sapiens possessed the technical skills and mental capacity to survive in the harshest of climates
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True
21
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The mass migration of humans to the Western Hemisphere happened about 80,000 years ago
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False
22
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In Mesopotamia and Egypt an irrigated field produce twice as much yield as a rain fed field
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True
23
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Bronze was the worlds first alloy
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True
24
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The writing system developed in the Middle East around 3500 years ago was hieroglyphics
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False
25
The first worlds empire was the Akkadian empire created by Sargon
True
26
In Egypt women could own and transfer property and sue for divorce
True
27
China gives us a recurring pattern in world history where the conquerors on the periphery adapt to the culture of the conquered
True
28
In China the conquerors presented their victories as acts of moral renewal to the conquered
True
29
Decentralization consolidated power for the empires and therefore was used as a tool to increase the power of the rulers
False
30
China never developed an extensive system of slave labor
True
31
The need and means for utilizing heavy-wheeled vehicles in the americas never occurred, and thus it never developed as it had in Eurasia and Africa
True
32
The major problem the Egyptians had with Nubia was the control the trade on the nile
True
33
As in the agrarian centers of Eurasia debt dependence was probably the earliest level of power in hands of Mayan chieftains
True
34
Trade was of little importance to kingdom of teotihuacan in the Mexican basin
False
35
Corn was enough of a staple crop to easily feed and urban population during the time of the mayans
False
36
Provincial governors
Satraps
37
A battle formation of closed ranks
Phalanx
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Where humans consulted with priests to determine the will of the Gods
Oracles
39
Roman foot soldiers
Legionaries
40
Taxes levied on imports
Tariffs
41
Nicene creed
Christianity
42
The religion flourished during the Gupta era
Hinduism
43
Persia kings were very tolerant to this religion
Judaism
44
4-noble truths, 8-fold path, and nirvana
Buddhism
45
Main oral text is called the Avesta
Zoroastrianism
46
______ is the practice of acting in an unselfish manner for the good of others
Altruism
47
tiberius gracchus ran for tribune in 133BCE on a program of
Providing farms for landless farmers
48
The irrigation projects of the ancient civilizations were responsible for increased centralization of power with the exception of
Harrapan system of cities on the Indus River
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The mesoamerican civilization that centered in Sam Lorenzo was called the ____ which mean rubber people
Olmec
50
The migration of indo-Europeans had a huge effect on all of the following civilizations except
China
51
Seizing control over the entire India and east Africa trade was part of sasanid strategy to defeat Rome in the Middle East
True
52
The history of the peoples of the world was based on two patterns: 1. Interactions of different cultures that came in contact with eachother 2. History of people's experiencing similar changes with our transcontinental interaction
True
53
Succumbed to the military might if Alexander the Great
Persians
54
Evidence of trade as far as Southeast Asia Mesopotamia
Harappans
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Constructed an extensive road system to tie the empire together
Romans
56
Known as aryans in India
Indo-Europeans
57
Ruins are located in the Yucatán peninsula
Mayans
58
Roman code of law
Justinian
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Mesopotamian code of law
Hammurabi
60
Iliad and the odyssey
Homer
61
Alphabet
Phoenicians
62
Art of war
Sun zi
63
After tang, china developed a coherent Chinese religious civilization based on______ incorporating the fused body of daoist and Buddhist religious traditions and Confucian ethics which would last for over 1,000 years
Now-Confucianism
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The role of the faithful together as equals tended to appeal to those most discontented with the Hindu ____ _____
Caste system
65
The most important reason for the successful conquest of the Aztec empire by the Europeans was
Disease
66
In Vietnam the nature of agricultural work was communal and men and women tended to work the fields together. However after long years of Chinese/confucian influenced an erosion of this equality occurred
True
67
Wholesale adoption of Chinese institutions proceeded more quickly in the mainland than in Japan because of their isolation
False
68
The use of the camel produced a transportation revolution in Africa and was not only used in trade but in military raids throughout the Sahara and sub Saharan regions
True
69
The use of terror was used by the incas to subjugate the people under their control
True
70
The Portuguese were interested in circumnavigating the muslims to college west African gold and reach the Indian spice coast/trade
True
71
The inquisition was a religious reform movement which aided the spread of Christianity by using non-violent methods
False
72
Hannibal devastated the Italian peninsula during the _____ _____
Punic wars
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The ____ civilization in the Western Hemisphere was similar to the disappearance of the _____ civilization in the Indus Valley
Mayan
| Harrapa
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The roman senate in the late republic acted more like a _____ than a republic
Oligarchy
75
The religion which provided a "middle way or path of moderation" was
Buddhism
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_____ would provide the basis for the bureaucracy of China's empires and ideals of perfectible moral order
Confucianism
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______ would provide the mystical dimension of Chinese culture and a profound love and idealization of nature
Daoism
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Finally, _____ would provide the brute muscle of unifying the last warring states into a single structure under the qin
Legalism
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According to _____ a ruler who abused and upset the social order was subject to the people who "had not only the right but also the obligation to invoke the Mandate of Heaven and depose him
Mencius
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A darker view of human nature was proposed by another follower of Confucianism named
Xunzi
81
The majority(90%) of islams followers is made up of
Sunni
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The remaining minority (10%) of Islam is called ____ which are primarily located in present day Iraq Syria and Iran
Shiite
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The ____ _____ was the orthodox Christian doctrine declaring the divinity of Jesus Christ
Nicene creed
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The advances In pottery in china would eventually lead to the development of ceramics
True
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The Chinese writing is remarkably adaptable because of the meaning of the characters is independent of their pronunciation. Therefore speakers of non-Chinese could attach their own pronunciation to the characters
True
86
Rigid social structure
Caste system
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Carrying with it (soul) the residue of one's deeds
Karma
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A precedent to future moral renewal
Mandate of Heaven
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Less powerful states defer to the more powerful state
Hegemony
90
Merchants
Usurpers
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The _____ was never developed as a method of conveyance in the americas
Wheel
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_____ _____ were the first distinctively "American innovation" which was used by the early migrant hunters throughout the Americas
Clovis points
93
The _____ is a device of elaborate knotted ropes ties together in patterns that form a coded system of communication
Quipú
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When ____ ____ emerged Africa about 200,000!years ago two characteristics distinguished this human from its less evolved forerunner
Home sapiens
95
Rapidly developing ___ ____ and ____ _____
Technical skills
| Cultural creativity
96
The discovery of Lucy in Ethiopia is an example of pre-human species called
Australopiths
97
A civilization is a complex culture which shares all of the following except
Gender equality
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Civilizations were founded in rivers so the inhabitants would not have to worry about irrigation projects
False
99
The Iron Age began about 4,000 years ago when the agricultural implements were made in this hard metal
False
100
With Hammurabis code the law in Mesopotamia was no kinder the customary law of villages and towns but a Rita writ divinely ordained and backed by military force
True
101
Patriarchy was a product of an agrarian society
False
102
First rulers to make use of the chariots and composite bows were the Hittite empire
True
103
The major problem the Greek city states has was the constant warfare and division between the city states
True
104
Iron plow
Moldboard
105
Allowed for diversification and increase in crops grown
3- field system
106
Allowed for tacking into the wind
Lateen steel
107
Increased during the high Middle Ages
Population
108
Was of Chinese origin
First drilled water well
109
Collar and harness
Sternpost rudder
110
______ was a representative assembly in England that by the 14th century was composed of great lords and representatives from 2 other groups: shire knights and town burgesses
Parliament
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The _____ was the urban based middle class between the wealthy aristocracy and the working class
Bourgeoisie
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The estates general was a representative form of government that included the following 3 estates: nobility, clergy, and army
False
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The major reason for the increase in wealth in the high Middle Ages was the agricultural revolution which began with an increase in temperature around 900 ce
True
