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Final Exam
World History to 1500
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1. Which describes a religious or spiritual aspect of Paleolithic culture? | A cyclical view of time that emphasized regeneration and disintegration. |
| 2. Which of the following offers evidence that Paleolithic peoples were shifting from a nomadic way of life to a more settled lifestyle? | Increase in the size of tools |
| 3. What role did women play in agricultural village societies? | farming and textile work. |
| 4. Crops spread more slowly in the Americas as compared to Eurasia in part because | of the north/south orientation of the American continents. |
| 5. Kingship in the First Civilizations often | linked the position of the ruler to the divine. |
| 6. Which of the following was a reason for instability in ancient Mesopotamia? | The rivalries between independent city-states that led to warfare |
| 7. Which of the following First Civilizations experienced the greatest cultural continuity from its earliest formation to modern times? | china |
| 8. Which of the following was a unique feature of political life in classical Greece? | Free man citizens running affairs of state |
| 9. Solon brought which of the following reforms to Athens after 594 B.C.E.? | the right of all citizens to participate in assembly |
| 10. In contrast to the Persian Empire, the political culture of classical Greek civilization | featured popular participants in politics |
| 11. A major development that occurred during the Hellenistic era was | spread of Greek culture |
| 12. In contrast to what followed after the collapse of the Han dynasty in China, the collapse of the Roman Empire | The Roman Empire emphasized good laws while the Han dynasty emphasized on good men |
| 13. Zoroastrianism most probably influenced which of the following philosophical or religious traditions? | judaism |
| 14. A follower of Daoism would | withdraw from politics. |
| 15. What did Buddhism and Christianity have in common? | They both started out as an effort to reform the religions from they which they had come, but soon emerged as separate religions. |
| 16. The growth of democracy in classical Athens was accompanied by | the simulaneas growth of slavery on a massive scale |
| 17. India and China during the classical era were similar in that in both societies | sharp distinctions & great inequalities characterized social order |
| 18. In contrast to women in Athens, women in Sparta | married men close to their age |
| 19. Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle were associated with | |
| 20. Peasants were honored and merchants were looked down upon in the official ideology of | china |
| 21. In the classical era, the continents had an unequal population distribution, with the vast majority of the world's people living in | eurasia |
| 22. Christianity in Axum most closely identified with which church? | Egyptian Coptic |
| 23. A distinctive feature of the Hopewell culture in the eastern woodlands of North America was the | creation of large earthen mounds |
| 24. What do the remains of the Moche civilization suggest was important to its rulers? | their less intensive and less productive agriculture |
| 25. The Sahara held rich deposits of which highly valued commodity? | salt |
| 26. How did the absence of most animals capable of domestication affect developments in the Americas? | No pastoral societies developed. |
| 27. What made possible the long trek across the Sahara? | camels |
| 28. The political structure of Swahili civilization was similar to the | large empires of ancient Rome and China. |
| 29. The spread of the Black Death from China to Europe in the fourteenth century occurred during an era of increased contact facilitated by | mongol rule |
| 30. Which of the following explains why women's lives were more restricted in the Song dynasty than in the Tang dynasty? | The revival of Confucianism |
| 31. Which of the following describes Korea's relationship with China? | Korea adopted many elements of Chinese cultures while still retaining a distinctive culture and separate political existence |
| 32. Which of the following contributed to the doubling of the Chinese population during the Tang and Song dynasties? | The adoption of a fast-ripening strain of rice from Vietnam. |
| 33. Which of the following was an Arab innovation? | algebra |
| 34. Which of the following is a requirement for all Muslims? | almsgiving |
| 35. Which of the following is true of pre-Islamic Arabia? | Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians lived among the established Arab populations. |
| 36. How did economic growth and urbanization during the High Middle Ages affect women in Western Europe? | Women practiced trades and sometimes trained female apprentices |
| 37. In Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire, what system emerged that emphasized the reciprocal ties between a king and his vassals, and between a lord and his serfs? | feudalism |
| 38. Disagreement over which of the following contributed to the split between the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church? | Veneration of icons |
| 39. During the period from 1000 to 1300, the rulers in which region held the least power? | western europe |
| 40. A characteristic feature of pastoral societies was their | mobility |
| 41. Which of the following had a greater influence on Eastern Orthodox Christianity than on Roman Catholicism? | Greek philosophical concepts |
| 42. Which of the following was a long-term effect of the Black Death on European society? | The weakening of serfdom |
| 43. Which of the following was a feature of Mongol rule? | Tolerance of all religions |
| 44. Mongol rule in Russia facilitated the rise to power of which city? | moscow |
| 45. In its effort to recover from the disruption of Mongol rule, where did the Ming dynasty look for inspiration? | The culture of past Chinese dynasties. |
| 46. Which of the following is true of the Mughal Empire? | It established unified control over most of the Indian peninsula. |
| 47. Which of the following distinguished the empires of Western Europe from other empires? | They were initiated by maritime expansion. |
| 48. Why did the maritime expeditions of the Indian Ocean basin sponsored by the Ming emperor suddenly stop in 1433? | The emperor's successors viewed expansion as a waste of resources. |
| 49. Why did some Native Americans aid the Spanish in their initial invasion of the New World? | To gain an advantage against their own enemies. |
| 50. The inequalities of the caste system received support from | Hindu notions of karma, dharma, and rebirth |
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