Question 1

The Neolithic Revolution occurred when people discovered how to:

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Grow food and domesticate animals

Question 2

List two effects from domesticating animals

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Surplus of food, division of labor and complex civilization

Question 3

What is one difference between classical civilizations and river valley civilizations?

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Political organizations were more elaborate

Question 4

What creation marked the beginning of civilization?

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Farming villages

Question 5

List two major characteristics of Christianity

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Monotheistic, all-powerful God

Question 6

How did the Jewish view of God differ from the beliefs of most people in the ancient world?

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The Jewish believed in one God (monotheistic)

Question 7

List one characteristic of the \"Golden Age\" of Muslim culture

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Tolerance of civil religions

Question 8

Sikhism blended the beliefs of Islam with those of what religion?

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Hinduism

Question 9

List two different beliefs between Hindus and Buddhists

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Caste system

Question 10

Buddha taught that a person could achieve enlightenment through:

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Meditation

Question 11

How did the Hindus believe the caste system would change for a person?

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Karma

Question 12

The idea of a superior (ruler, husband, father, elder brother) being socially above Inferior (subject, wife, son, younger brother) show the ideas of:

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Confucianism

Question 13

Which religion is most closely associated with self-denial, meditation, the \"Four Noble Truths\", and nirvana?

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Buddhism

Question 14

Which are the duties (5 pillars) for followers of Islam?

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Ala- only God, Muhammad- God\'s messenger, give money to the poor, pilgrimage (Hajj), fasting

Question 15

List two accomplishments from the Gupta Empire

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Concept of zero, sand script language

Question 16

How did Han emperors select officials to run the government?

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Civil service exams

Question 17

What are two similarities between the ancient civilizations of Egypt and China?

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Agriculture and written forms of communication

Question 18

What characteristics about the Indus River Valley civilizations would show they had a strong centralized government?

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Organized pattern of streets

Question 19

The Aryans divided people into classes by:

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Race

Question 20

An archaeologist discovered a preserved mummy, hieroglyphics written on stone walls, and an embalmed pharaoh. Where was this site most likely found?

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Egypt

Question 21

The river valleys of the Tigris-Euphrates, the Nile, the Indus and the Yellow River were centers of civilization because they:

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Provided fertile soil, fresh water and warm climates

Question 22

Describe the role of government in the Shang Dynasty

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Feudal clans had control

Question 23

What is the Mandate of Heaven?

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Dynastic Cycle in China

Question 24

List 3 examples of \"cultural diffusion\" in early Chinese history

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Trade, use of paper, spread of Buddhism

Question 25

What was brought to India by the Aryans?

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The Caste System

Question 26

\"If a noble knocked out the tooth of another noble, he will knock out his tooth. If he knocked out a commoner\'s tooth, he\'ll pay one-third mina of silver.\" Which principle of Babylonian society does this excerpt from the Code of Hammurabi illustrate?

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Divisions existed between social classes

Question 27

The Code of Hammurabi was a major contribution to the development of civilization because it:

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Established written code of law

Question 28

What religions were practiced in Ancient China?

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Buddhism

Question 29

Brahmins (priests) Kshatriyas (warriors) Vaisyas (farmers, herders, merchants, craftspeople) Sudras (farm workers, servants, laborers) What is this illustrating?

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The Caste System

Question 30

Which emperor was most influential in spreading Buddhism and peace in India?

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Asoka

Question 31

What duty did Confucius say was the most important in Ancient China?

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Respect your elders

Question 32

What do the architectural achievements of the Colosseum, Pyramids and Great Wall of China indicate?

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Advanced building techniques

Question 33

List three important social differences between the ancient city-states of Sparta and Athens

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Sparta had a strong military influence, Athens revolved more around art and literature

Question 34

List three differences of citizens in Athens and Sparta

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In Sparta the people had little voice, in Athens the people had a say in the government

Question 35

The rocky islands and isolated valleys of Greece contributed to:

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Independent city-states

Question 36

List the geographic factors that influenced the creation of Greek city-states

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Rocky islands and isolated valleys

Question 37

Which culture created marble temples such as the Parthenon with ideal proportions and the first works of drama and history?

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Greece

Question 38

Citizens of Athens had the right to openly discuss issues and vote in the assembly. This is an example of:

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Democracy

Question 39

\"He who trusts any man with supreme power gives it to a wild beast, for such his appetite sometimes makes him: passion influences those in power, even the best of men, but law is reason without desire...\" Which feature of Western democratic government reflects Aristotle\'s views as given above?

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Government action must follow laws

Question 40

Ancient Athenian democracy led to what characteristics that is central to the American democracy?

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Citizens directly participate

Question 41

A direct democracy lets:

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People vote directly on laws

Question 42

\"We regard an individual that takes no interest in public affairs not as harmless but as useless\" The quotation above illustrates the importance ancient Athenians placed on individual participation in the:

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Government

Question 43

The Lincoln Memorial was influenced by what piece of Greek architecture?

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The Parthenon

Question 44

\"Of forms of government in which one rules, we call that a_____; that in which more than one but not many rule, we call_____: when citizens at large administer the state for the common interest, the government is called a_____.

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Monarchy, Aristocracy, Democracy

Question 45

What conclusion can be drawn from the \"Development of the Alphabet\" chart?

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Language developed from Phoenician to Greek to Latin

Question 46

What geographic characteristic of Greece provided a link to the outside world?

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Seas

Question 47

Which society was the first to practice a democracy?

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Athens

Question 48

One way in which the actions of Cyrus the Great and Alexander the Great were similar was that each:

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Conquered neighbors to create a vast empire

Question 49

Alexander the Great\'s most lasting achievement was:

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Spread of Greek culture (Hellenism)

Question 50

Greece\'s mountainous terrain and its series of small islands encouraged the Ancient Greeks to develop:

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Individual city-states

Question 51

Gracchi brothers attempt land reforms, slave revolt, first triumvirate formed, Julius Caesar assassinated, Octavian wins civil war The main effect of the events above was the:

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Formation of Roman Empire

Question 52

Why did Constantinople become the center of the Byzantine Empire?

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Roman Empire moved East and it was a good area for trade

Question 53

\"Western Europe went into a long, deep sleep. Learning was found only in the religious orders. Fear and chaos reigned.\" What period in history does this statement by a historian best describe?

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Western Europe after the fall of Rome

Question 54

Two immediate results of the fall of the Roman Empire were:

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Weak central government and period of economic disorder

Question 55

List three effects from the fall of the Roman Empire in Western Europe

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Warfare disrupted trade throughout Europe, travel became unsafe because of violence and cities were abandoned

Question 56

How long did the \"fall of Rome\" take?

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Long process of change

Question 57

How were the collapses of the Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty similar?

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Pressure from outside invaders

Question 58

The Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire were similar in that both:

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Developed trade networks

Question 59

Where did Rome do the majority of its trading?

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Mediterranean

Question 60

Theory that the Roman Empire united the Mediterranean region under its control because:

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Rome was centrally located

Question 61

In what way were the Code of Hammurabi and the Twelve Tables of Rome similar?

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Established written codes of law

Question 62

Why was the Ancient Roman system of justice considered a milestone?

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Served as a model for later European legal systems

Question 63

Roman art with their emphasis on preciseness or exactness is called:

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Realism

Question 64

The biggest accomplishment of Roman engineering was:

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Arches

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