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hunting and gathering societies

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organize rather small groups into political units

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the paleolithuc age refers to

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th period in which simple stone tools were developed

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a charesteristic of the human speices before the advent of civiliztion was

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the ability to spread to various geographic sttings and climate zones

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the develpoment of agriculture caused important changes in all of the followin except

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the tendency to belive in many gods

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the neolithic revolution occured first in

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the middle east

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why did the original habitants of australia not develop agriculture

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they were too isolated to learn of developments elsewhere until recently

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once developed, metal tools were perfered over stone tools for all of the following reasons except

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they were easier for ordinary people to make at home

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a society is almost certanly a civilization if

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it practices sedentary agriculture

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the development of writing

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helps explain why governments could become more formal and bureaucratic

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the earliest known writing in a civilization first developed in

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the middle east

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sumerian civilization produced the first

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written law code

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the characteristic political organization of the tigris-euphrates civilization was

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religion city-states

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egypt differed from mesopotamian civilization by stressing

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well-organized, durable empires

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which river valley civilization was most completkt destroyed by natureal disatsters such as climate change

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indus

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among the early river valley civiliztions

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the hung he culture in china was the most isolated

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jewish monotheism

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proposed a less human-like and more abstract god.

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which of the following areas was not one of the earliest civilizations to develop

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west africa

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one diffrence between classical civilizations and river valley civilizations was that in classical civilizations

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political organizations were more elaborate

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one diffrence between classical china and the earlier huaghe river valley civilization was that

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human sacrifices were suppressed

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a dynasty in chinease history was

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a family that passed the imperial title from generation to generation

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the son of heven concept promoted all the following except

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priests control of the state

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the qin dynasty differed from the zhou dynasty in that

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it was more centralized

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all of the following constituted a function of government in han chiina except

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schools for peasent boys

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chinese veiws of nature emphasized

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harmony and balance

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which of the following was a confucian belief

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a good society has a hierarchy both in family and state

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ceremony and hierarchy became an important part of upper-class chinese life because

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the chinese belived that it would help unify society and prevent greed

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daoists would agree with confucianist on all the following except

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the importance of political activity

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the chinease government accepted daoism for all the following reason except

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daoist belived that nobles were holier then peasents

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chinease art featured

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careful craftmanship and detail work

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which of the following goups was lowstanding in official chinease society hierarchy

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merchants

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one of chinas key economic strengths was

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high leavels of technological inovation

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woman in han chineas society

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sometimes became quite powerful in households

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a famous example of culturak diffusion in early chinease histoyr was

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the introduction and spread of buddhism from india

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which of the following does not help explain why india was invaded more often than china

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hostility to warfare

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the ayran conquerors brought to india

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distinctive reliougious ideas

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the mauryan dynasty differed from th gupta dynasty in that

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it ruled a larger territory

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indias political tradition

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stressed the importance of regonal and local units

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the indian cast system served to an extent as a political institution by

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enforcing rules about social behavior

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confucian and hindu valuse both

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helped justify and preserve social inequality

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hindu ethics involved

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emphasis on an individual carrying out the obligations of life

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hinduism urged that

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all living creatures participated in the divine essence

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buddhism differed from hinduism by not beliving

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in the caste system

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Nivana meant

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full union with the divine essence

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which of the following does not describe important features of indian art

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opposed to the use of animal figures

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nalanda became famous for

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its university that attracted students from all over asia

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indias trading network involved direct contact with all the followin except

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russia

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compared to china, indian social and economic structure

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gave a stronger role to merchants

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compaired to china, india

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had greater contact with other societies and civilizations

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in the classical period, both china and india

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showed considerable tolerence for diffrent religions

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in contrast to china, the social values that developed in classical india

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encoraged greater emotional spontaneity

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if the greek genius was politics, the roman genius was

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engineering

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the two medditerrianinan powers fighting in the punic wars were

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carthage and rome

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compaired to modern american ideas of democracy, athenian demcracy was destinctive in

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urging that all citizan participate directly in lawmaking and policy making

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greek politics resembled indian politis in

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the tendincy of regional fragmentation

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from a confucian viewoint, the roman empire might hve been critized for placing too much confidence in

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laws rather than trained officals

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Republican romans and democrate athenians would have agreed that all the following were politically important except

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divisions of power within state

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the senat of republican rome particulary represented

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the landed aristocracy

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roman emperors tried to prevent populare disorder by

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orginizing food supplies and distrution

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the roman empire

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tolorated local political and religous diversity

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the socrathic method emphasized the importance of

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questioning

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the greek and hellinistic approch in science

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used mathmatics to try and explain natures patterns

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hellenistic societywas known for its advances in

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medicine and geometry

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compared to chinease architecture, greek and roman architecture

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featured monumental styles

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greek and roman agriculture

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tended to develop large commercial estates

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roman slaves were used for all of the following except

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military service

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both ancient rome and greece depended on slavery. on result of this dependence was

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both groups lagged in tecnological advances compaired to chinese and indians

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the first kingdons in eastern africa below the sahara showed the influence of

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egypt and hellenism

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by 600 CE an early civilization was beging to take shape in

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central america

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japan developed a religion called

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shintoism

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nomadic invaders often had mitlitary advantagees over the armies of empiers because

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they were more skilled horsemen

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the end of the gupta empire differed from the decline of roma in that it did not involve

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the introduction of a new religon for the majority

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which of the following best survived the hun invasion of india

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hindue beliefs

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events in late china and the late roman empire show tha the decline of a civilization weither temporary or permanent

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is not simply the result of attack by outside invadores

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one important early syptom of romes decline was

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the drop in poulation due to a series of plagues

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the eastern portion of the roman empire experienced less decline than the west for all of the following reasons except

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the east resisted the spread of christianity

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after 200 CE an increasing number of people in asia, europe, and north africa begain to adoptfaiths charictorized by

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monotheism

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despite major difrences, christanity, hinduism, and buddhism all show intrest in

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life after death

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everywhere it spread, buddhism stressed

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meditation and ethical behavior

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compared to hinduism, christans are more likely to

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see humans as superior to nature

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compaired to hinduism and budism, all of the followin constitude distinctive features of late roman christianity except

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non-belivers cant join the church

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by 600 looking at the entire world a good definition of barbarian would be someone

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who is not part of a civiliztion

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monasticism first developed in italy under the leadership of

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benedict

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