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What is a distinctive feature of Celtic military activity?

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Warriors fought naked and took the heads of enemies.

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An example of the enduring impact of the Olmec on Mesoamerican life is

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Ritual ball games.

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The Eastern Zhou period is first broken down into the Spring and Autumn period because

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The history was recorded in a text called Spring and Autumn Annals.

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One of the best text sources we have about the Celts was written by

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Julius Caesar.

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In the Nubian kingdom's matrilineal system, the monarch who usually inherited the throne was the

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son of the dead king's sister.

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Geographic determinism is shown in the build-up of the south in China more than the north because:

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rice feeds more people per cultivated acre, leading to increased population in the south.

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Significant insight into the Zhou period is available to scholars because of:

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The Book of Documents

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The Chinese acquired silk by

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raising silkworms and pioneering silk cloth production.

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By 300 B.C.E., Celtic people were found in what regions?

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All of these.

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Compared with the Shang dynasty god, Di, the Zhou main god Tian was

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compassionate and understanding

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Unlike other ancient cultures in Europe and western Asia, Celts believed in

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reicncarnation

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The political organization of the Celts was

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nonexistant

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Celtic is a member of which language group?

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Indo-European

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Why did the center of power shift to Meroë in the fourth century B.C.E.?

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It was a better location for agriculture and trade.

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Two indigenous Chinese philosophies that emerged from the Warring States Period are

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Confucianism and Daoism.

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Mengzi's belief in human nature was that people

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would do the right thing if a ruler led by example.

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Druids were

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Celtic priests in Gaul and Britain

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To Confucius, the fundamental element of society was the

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Family

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What does the practice of feng shui accomplish?

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It orients buildings in harmony with the heavens.

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The earliest political and economic influence on Nubia was

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Egypt

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Why did the Olmec lay out their cities in alignment with the paths of stars?

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They believed in the significance of astronomical events.

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Nubia's primary form of transportation for trade was

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the Nile River

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The Shang elite were what part of society?

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warriors

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The only domesticated beast of burden in the Andean region was the

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llama

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The fundamental idea of Daoism can be summarized as

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accepting the world as you find it, avoiding useless struggles, and adhering to the "path" of nature.

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Why was the Nubian offer to aid Palestine a mistake?

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The Assyrians invaded Egypt as retaliation, driving the Nubians southward.

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The Mandate of Heaven meant that the ruler retained the right to rule as long as

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he remained a wise and principled guardian of his people.

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Why was Chavin de Huantar's location pivotal in its success?

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It was located at the intersection of trade routes between the mountain valleys and the coastal lowlands.

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Confucius most admired which political figure for maintaining harmony in his rule and being a dutiful servant of the state?

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Duke Zhou

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The makers of the "giant head" carvings in Mesoamerica were part of which civilization?

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Olmec

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Loess was

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a rich dust blown in from Central Asia.

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Celtic women

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could inherit their husbands' estates.

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The later Eastern Zhou period is characterized by

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warfare and fragmentation of central order.

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The first writing in China that has survived was

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etched in animal bones.

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How did Nubia become a "corridor" for long-distance trade before 3000 B.C.E.?

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It connected sub-Saharan Africa with North Africa.

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The concept of yin and yang represented the complementary nature of

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male and female roles in the natural order.

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which describes the reception of newborn aristocratic children, showing the difference between boys and girls, was found in which text?

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The Book of Songs

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The cultural core of early Olmec civilization was located at

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San Lorenzo and La Venta.

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The Chinese political system that relied primarily on strict laws and punishments to compel people to behave is called

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Legalism

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