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(Chapter 1) Neolithic farmers sought a stable and secure life through: a. agriculture b. warfare c. manufacturing d. overseas trade

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a. agriculture

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The basic pattern of Mesopotamian life was developed by the: a. akkadians b. egyptians c. sumerians d. babylonians

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c. sumerians

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The Sumerians developed all of the following except: a. worship of a single, all-powerful god b. writing c. math d. medical knowledge

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a. worship of a single, all-powerful god

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In 2331 BC, Sumer was conquered, and its civilization was spread by: a. sargon b. ramses II c. hammurabi d. gudea

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a. sargon

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The law code proclaimed by Hammurabi...

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...regulated such things as tenant-landlord relations and marriage

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Amon, Ra and Horus were...

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Egyptian gods

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The Egyptian ruler came to be called the:

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Pharaoh

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In Egypt, the pyramids served as: a. temples b. law courts c. warehouses d. tombs

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d. tombs

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Egyptian civilizations differed from that of Mesopotamia in that

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in Egypt, slavery became widespread relatively late, around 1570 BC

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An important contribution of the Hyksos to Egyptian culture was: a. monotheism b. writing c. bronze weapons and tools d. mummification

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c. bronze weapons and looks

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For women, the evolution of Jewish society led to

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Less freedom of action-especially in religious life.

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King Solomon is important in Hebrew history for which of the following reasons? a. he failed to attend Hebrew unity and economic growth b. he encourages the division of Israel into a tribal system c. he removed the religious temple, which stood as the symbol of Hebrew unity. d. he divided Israel into twelve new territorial districts.

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d. he divided Israel into twelve new territorial districts.

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The migratory invasions of the late 13th BC resulted in all of the following except: a. the complete loss of the cultural legacy of the ancient Near East b. an era of confusion and weakness c. the formation of small independent kingdoms d. the rise of the Phoenicians and Hebrews

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a. the complete loss of the cultural legacy of the ancient Near East

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The Hebrew religion was based on the concept of the

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Covenant

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The Assyrians built and sustained their empire through a combination of

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Terror and military right

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The Persian kind Cyrus the Great carried out a foreign policy based on

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tolerance of other cultures

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The Zoroastrian religion stressed which of the following? a. the rejection of ind'l free will b. the constant battle between evil and good c. the impossibility of eternal life d. the absence of a Last Judgement

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b. the constant battle between evil and good

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The main civilizing influence on Nubian and Libyan culture was: a. Israel b. Assyria c. Egypt d. Sumer

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c. Egypt

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The Phoenicians prospered mainly from: a. trading and exploring b. military conquest c. farming d. banking

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a. trading and exploring

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The single most important contribution of the Phoenicians to western civilizations was: a. the multi-oared cargo vessel b. the pyramid c. a simplified writing system d. polytheism

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c. a simplified writing system

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At its height which of following empires controlled more territory than any other Near Eastern state? a. Persia b. Assyria c. Phoenicia d. Egypt

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a. Persia

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Which two Empires established a balance of power that in the Near East that later included a third? a. Egyptian and Hittite b. Assyrian and Akkadian c. Egyptian and Persian d. Sumerian and Macedonian

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a. Egyptian and Hittite

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(Chapter 2) The early Indus civilization developed writing a. that remains un-deciphered to this day b. similar to cuneiform c. related to Chinese pictographs d. that was phonetic in character

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a. that remains un-deciphered to this day

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In the second of third century BC, Indian laws were gathered and systematized in the...

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Code of Manu

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The Rigveda is

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The oldest of the Hindu scriptures

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The Aryans introduced the caste system into India, an institution that divided Indians into all of the following coal groups except: a. priests b. merchants and artisans c. peasants and laborers d. foreigners

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d. foreigners

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The third century BC to the third century was the ________, during which regional kings fostered important literary works.

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classical period of Tamil culture

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The early Indian civilization extended over an area: a. covering all of modern India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka b. in modern Bangladesh c. of present-day Pakistan d. only the Ganges Valley

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a. covering all of modern India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Sri Lanka

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The cites of Mohenjo-daro and Harappa were striking because

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the cities were laid out on the grid plan

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The Eightfold Path is

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Buddha's code of conduct

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The Four Noble Truths articulate...

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The Buddha's vision of human suffering and the possibility of triumph over it

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Ashoka took up Buddhism as a result of his...

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remorse over the camage of a military campaign

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The stone pillars that Ashoka erected throughout his empire...

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...are the first examples of Indian art since the Indus civilization.

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In the Brahman religion, karma is the...

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sum of one's good and bad deeds.

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The basic insight of Buddhism is that:

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The cause of all sorrow is human desire

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The Persian conquest influenced Indian culture in all of the following ways except: a. introduced Aramaic script b. introduced Greek culture into India c. introduced methods of administering large areas with huge numbers of people d. introduced techniques for minting silver coins

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b. introduced Greek culture into India

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The founder of Jainism was...

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Vardihamana Mahavira

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The core belief of Hinduism is that:

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the Vedas are sacred and imply the caste system

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The Indo-European invaders of India who established a new civilization based, in part, on a caste religion presided over by Brahmans were...

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the Aryans

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Jainism is based on the ideas of

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all natural phenomena have living souls

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For this religious person, farming was impossible, wearing clothing was to be avoided, and eating meat was wrong.

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A Jainist.

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From his capital at Pataliputra this Indian king ruled most of the subcontinent of India, which a bureaucratic system, and with control over many farms, granaries, mines, forests, and even the business of prostitution.

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Chandragupta.

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The two river valleys in which India's early civilizations developed were the:

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Indus and Ganges

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(Chapter 3) The two major rivers of China proper are the...

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Yellow and Yangzi

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In ______, Sun Wu analyzed battle strategy and tactics and discussed how to win without fighting.

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"The Art of War"

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The collection known as the "Songs of Chu" consists of...

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fantastical poems concerning elusive deities and shamans who vast the spirit world.

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Chinese writing originated in: a. Xia bronze ornamentation b. Shang divination symbols c. Zhou burial customs d. The Yao calendar

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b. Shang divination symbols

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The "taotie" is the most problematic of Shang artistic motifs because...

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scholars cannot connect it with a single meaning or ritual purpose

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The Legalists are so named because of their...

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emphasis on the need for rigorous laws

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________ scorned the Confucian idea that government could be based on virtue. Instead, rulers must establish clear laws and prohibitions and automatic punishments.

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Han Feizi (most prominent legalist who was imprisoned and forced to commit suicide)

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The system of thought that centered on the need to find a balance between feminine and masculine, yielding and assertive, weak and strong, is known as...

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Yin and Yang

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The rulers of China who set up a system of decentralized, feudal gov'tal structure was the...

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Zhou (means of maintaining control because of the size of their state)

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The Chinese Yangzi river valley is best suited to...

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rice cultivation

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Shang kings appear to have been very interested in: a. lavish underground tombs b. palaces built of stone c. small houses of stone d. ending slavery

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a. lavish underground tombs

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The Chinese form of script writing based on a single symbol for each word is called...

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Logographic.

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Overall, it is believed that the Chinese writing system that evolved in the Shang period... a. was copied from the Japanese b. made literacy available to virtually everyone c. allowed for communication among a wide range of people d. did little to promote education and scholarship

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c. allowed for communication among a wide range of people

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Bronze, in Shang times, was a. very scarce and not often used b. more used for ritual than for war c. more commonly used for military purposes d. used in a purely functional, not decorative, manner.

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c. more commonly used for military purposes

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King Wen, King Wu, and the Duke of Zhou are the founders of the Zhou dynasty, whose accomplishments are described in _______.

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"The Book of Documents"

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Which of the following did the most to extend the geographical boundaries of Chinese civilization? a. The Warring States b. The Shang Dynasty c. The Zhou Dynasty d. The Xia Dynasty

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The Warring States

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In contrast to the Confucian emphasis on ritual, ______ argued that every idea and practice should be evaluated on the basis of its utility.

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Mozi (utilitarian principle)

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The Zhou solution to ruling a huge territory was to...

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create a decentralized, feudal system

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Because of the constant warfare among powerful nobles, the Zhou capital was moved to a. Luoyang b. the Wei River valley c. Mesopotamia d. Zhengzhou

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a. Luoyang

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Confucius' main goal was to...

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serve as an advisor and moral philosopher to a ruler.

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Daoism was based on the belief that... a. the natural state was one of ignorance and contentment b. gov't could be made to work well for all. c. human beings were at the center of the cosmos d. an assertive and activist life is the best.

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a. the natural state was one of ignorance and contentment

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All of the following were features of Shang civilization except: a. use of oracle bones b. large armies of infantry armed with crossbows c. large settlements with structures build upon rammed-earth foundations d. chariot-driven armies

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b. large armies of infantry armed with crossbows (Zhou)

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(Chapter 4) _______ proposed that tangible reality is an illusion, all visible things mere copies of eternal forms

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Plato

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The first of the great Greek dramatists was _______, who composed "The Orestia" trilogy.

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Aeschylus

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Which of the following statements about Hellenized Easterners is true? a. they rejected everything Greek except Greek religion b. they adopted much but retained the essentials of their own culture c. they became thoroughly assimilated into Greek culture d. they had no culture of their own

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b. they adopted much (of Greek culture) but retained the essentials of their own culture

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The eastern limit of the Hellenistic World was:

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The Indus Valley

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The polis included all of the following except: a. a public square or marketplace b. a citadel or acropolis c. ag land and pastureland d. land reserved for the king and priesthood

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d. land reserved for the king and priesthood (polis could be governed in a number of different ways, so not every polis had a king)

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During the Archaic Age, _______ developed a polis based on the citizen-soldier who owed primary allegiance to the city.

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Sparta.

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The Acropolis and the Parthenon are two buildings still standing that were build during the Age of _____.

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Pericles

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The Greek polis was governed in each of the following ways except: a. democracy b. monarchy c. oligarchy d. deme

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d. deme

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Cleisthenes was famous because he a. made Athens a major commercial center b. suppressed popular unrest c. was the most successful Athenian tyrant d. created the Athenian democracy

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d. created the Athenian democracy

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The Greek word Tyche means

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"fate"

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The author of "The Elements of Geometry" was

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Euclid

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The Hellenistic Period began with:

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the imperial conquests of Alexander the Great

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The homeland of the Greeks in antiquity included all of the following except: a. inland valleys on Anatolia b. the Greek peninsula c. the Aegean islands d. the western shore of Turkey

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a. inland valleys on Anatolia

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The Stoics evolved the idea of: a. might makes right b. pain against pleasure c. the unity of mankind and the universe d. the unity of mankind and the state

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c. the unity of mankind and the universe (all men were brothers and should live in accordance with nature)

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Which of the following sciences got its start in the Hellenistic period? a. econ b. physics c. botany d. geology

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c. botony (by Aristotle's pupil Theophrastus)

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Aristarchus of Samos is important because he thought that

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the earth revolved around the sun

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Most Greeks supported themselves by: a. fishing b. trading c. warfare d. farming

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d. farming

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Athenian women had a. the status of slaves b. full citizen rights c. protection under the law d. greater rights than men

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c. protection under the law

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Greek homosexuality was considered: a. curse of lower classes b. threat to family life c. insult to religion d. normal

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d. normal

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The Classical Period saw the development of historical writing in which writers sought to:

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analyze what happened during the Persian and Peloponnesian wars and why.

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Of all Athenian women, _____ lived the freest lives. At times cultivating artistic talent and intellectual ability.

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Courtesans (prostitutes)

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The power of free women in Greek society is defined as liminal, which means that... a. limited power b. considerable power c. had influence after husband died d. they had significant unofficial power

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d. they had significant unofficial power

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Greek religion included all of the following except: a. established priesthood b. public worship of gods of the polis c. mystery cults d. folk beliefs based on myth and the divinity of nature

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a. established priesthood

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(Chapter 5) Which of the following statements about the paterfamilias is true? a. youngest male in family b. not legally kill his wife c. sons did not own property until he died d. never consulted other family members

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c. sons did not own property until he died

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As a result of the wars of conquest, the small independent Roman farmers: a. gained vast new markets for their grain b. found their farms in ruins c. became important political power d. got rich

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b. found their farms in ruins

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Rome succeeded where Greece had failed because it

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conquered peoples and incorporated them into the Roman system

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Which of the following was not a Roman republican office? a. tribune b. emperor c. praetor d. consul

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b. emperor

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The Struggle of the Orders resulted in all of the following except: a. office of the tribune b. the ascendancy of the patricians c. the "lex hortensia" d. a stronger and more unified Rome

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b. the ascendancy of the patricians

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Not a principle geographical characteristic of Italy:

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The division of the peninsula into northern and southern halved by the Apennine mountains (actually run east/west)

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The chief magistrates of republican Rome (the officials who administered the state and commanded the army) were known as...

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consuls

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During the Second Punic War, the Carthaginian leader who attempted to conquer Rome was...

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Hannibal

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Most ordinary Roman women...

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had considerable influence and responsibility in the family economy.

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Direct contact between the West and China was advanced when the Chinese Han emperor opened the _______.

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Silk Road

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The gov't that developed under Augustus is best described as a ______.

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constitutional monarchy

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The man most responsible for the spread of Christianity to non-Jews was...

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Paul of Tarsus

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In response to the collapse of the imperial monetary system, Diocletian and his successors maintained what policy?

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Fixed occupations for all people involved in the production, prep, and transportation of food.

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Augustus's attitude toward the provinces was one of: a. neglect b. oppression c. prejudice d. respect for local customs

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d. respect for local customs

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What was an anti-Roman group in Judea?

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Zealots (extremists who worked and fought to rid Judea of the Romans)

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Many people in the Roman era were attracted to Christianity because: a. didn't discriminate b. not a mystery religion c. it was passive d. would not have anything to do with the worldly and the sinner

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a. didn't discriminate

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Before Constantine legalized Christianity, the Romans demanded that the Christians a. worship roman gods b. observe the ritual of sacrifice to the gods c. deny Christ as a god d. go back to jewish beliefs

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b. observe the ritual of sacrifice to the gods

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Contantine made ______ the capital of the eastern Roman empire

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Constantinople

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During the Pax Romana, British ___ could be traded as far as Armenia for ___.

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lead; slaves

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By 44 BC, the eastern limit of the republican Roman Empire was:

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Northeastern Anatolia along the Black Sea.

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(Chapter 6) The nomadic tribes of Inner Asia are often known as the...

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Huns

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In 221 BC, _____ unified China into a state comparable to the Roman Empire.

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the state of Qin

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In the late Tang period, Buddhism was a. subject to a full-scale persecution b. the most accepted religion c. supported by the state d. accepted by the emperor

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a. subject to a full-scale persecution

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Through the tributary system, Han Dynasty emperors:

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regulated contact with foreign powers

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A great weakness in the Han system of gov't was:

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hereditary succession from father to son.

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In the cosmopolitan cities of the Tang Dynasty, one could likely meet practitioners of all the following religions except: a. nestorian christianity b. islam c. latin christianity d. buddhism

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c. latin christianity

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_____ in China had a great impact on the visual arts.

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Buddhism

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The Buddhist master Wonhyo who wrote Buddhist literature was from

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Korea

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Shinto is best described as: a. Japan capital b. Japanese emperor c. a native Japanese religion d. Japanese sun goddess

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c. a native Japanese religion

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Buddhism's Pure Land sect in Tang times appealed to _______ people

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Common

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The symbol of Japan's new political awareness that accompanied the Taika Reforms was

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the city of Nara (in effort to create a complete imperial and bureaucratic system like that in China)

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In 604 CE, Prince Shotoku issued the _____ that urged all Japanese to adhere to Buddhist precepts.

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Seventeen Principles

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Izanagi, Izanami, Amaterazu, and Susanoo are:

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major deites in the Japanese Shinto religion

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Chang'an and Luoyang were a. writers b. emperors c. cities d. schools of Buddhism

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c. Tang cities

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The great achievement of the Sui Dynasty in China that encouraged rice-growing in the Yangzi Valley was ______.

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the Grand Canal

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Each of the following were early kingdoms on the Korean peninsula except: a. Silla b. Kyushu c. Koguryo d. Paekche

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b. Kyushu (island of Japan)

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The form of Buddhism that reached Central Asia was called _______.

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Mahayana

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During the Tang era, Wu was the only ______ of China.

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woman emperor

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In China, Buddhism developed into two schools known as ______ and _______.

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Pure Land (appealed to laypeople) ; Chan (appealed to elite)

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Korea was first unified as a result of: a. fall of Silla b. Shinto religion c. Chinese attacks d. Buddhism

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c. Chinese attacks

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The western and eastern limits of the Han Empire were a. Tian Shan and N/E Korea b. Mongolia and Yellow Sea c. Tibet and Kyushu d. Parthia and Silla

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a. Tian Shan and N/E Korea

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Theravada Buddhism spread through SE Asia from a. China and Japan b. Silla and Sui c. India and Sri Lanka d. Malaysia and Java

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c. India and Sri Lanka

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(Chapter 7) At the Council of Nicaea in 325 it was decided that

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Christ was of the same substance as God.

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Eastern monasticism differed from western in all of the following ways except:

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eastern monasteries were self-sufficient communities, while western monasteries enjoyed imperial support.

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On August 9, 378, the Goths defeated the Romans at _________.

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Adrianople

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The bishop of Roma, known as the pope, claimed to be the successor of Saint ______.

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Peter

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The bishop who responded to the emperor with the words "the palace is the Emperor's, the Churches are the bishop's" was...

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Saint Ambrose of Milan

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Before the Muslim Arab conquests of the seventh century, the main political rival of the Byzantine Empire in the east was the ______ Empire

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Sasanid

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St. Augustine is important in Euro history because he assimilated ______ thought into ________.

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Greco-Roman; Christianity

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The Rule of Benedict required monks to take all of the following vows except: a. self mortification b. stability c. obedience to the abbot d. conversion of manners

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a. self mortification (would have gone against principle of moderation)

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Under _____, Christianity became the state religion of the Roman Empire and paganism became outlawed.

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Theodosius

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The principal aim of Germanic law was: a. justice b. defining crimes against state c. replacing customs with code d. reducing violence

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d. reducing violence

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The basic Germanic social unit was the ______.

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Folk

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_______ served as the base for conversion of the European continent to Christianity.

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Britain (monks)

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Which of the following did not provide political and social leadership in the early Christian era? a. Alaric b. St. Paul c. Leo I d. Gregory I

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a. Alaric

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Saint _____ formulated a compromise between Christian belief and the classical learning by suggesting that study of ancient thought would direct the Christian's mind to God.

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Jerome

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Missionaries used all of the following methods to get pagans to accept Christianity except: a. preaching b. edification through stories of Christ c. adaptation of pagan places and practices to Christian use d. promises of land in exchange for conversion

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d. promises of land in exchange for conversion

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After escaping slavery in Ireland, ______ converted to Christianity and then returned to convert the Irish.

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St. Patrick

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The Christian Church based its geographical organization on: a. Council of Nicaea b. monastic community c. administrative system of Diocletian d. Benedictine Rule

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c. administrative system of Diocletian

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Basil of Caesarea promoted _____ as an antidote to excessive concern with the self. a. wandering monasticism b. coenobitic monasticism c. eremitical monasticism d. benedictine monasticism

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b. coenobitic monasticism (community life)

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The "Corpus Juris Civilis" was a. snippits of the works of Herodotus, Procopius, and Aristotle b. Russian, Roman, and Greek laws c. Roman law and Greek practices d. the body of the civil law of Justinian.

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d. the body of the civil law of Justinian.

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The Byzantines made the greatest practical application of science in the area of a. medicine b. math and geometry c. natural science and astronomy d. military advances

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d. military advances (because of constant warfare on frontiers)

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One of the benefits military disruption and external threats brought to Byzantine society was: a. elimination of Greek influence b. decrease in popular piety c. increased demand for internal reorganization d. end of cultural unity within the empire

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c. increased demand for internal reorganization

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At the end of their migrating period the Visigoths settled in: a. Spain b. Italy c. France d. Britain

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a. Spain

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In 600 the western limit of the Byzantine Empire was: a. Sicily b. southern Spain c. Carthage d. northern Italy

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b. southern Spain

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