Theocracies
What different societies were able to emerge from the Neolithic Revolution?
China
Which of the First Civilizations experienced the greatest cultural continuity from its earliest formation into modern times?
they were not located in river valleys
What made the Olmec and Chavin civilizations different from the other early civilizations?
bison
Which of the following species of large animals did not become extinct after the arrival of the Clovis people in the Americas?
sorghum
Which of the following crops was the first grain to be domesticated in sub-Saharan Africa?
Venus
What is the name given to the Paleolithic figurines found all across Europe that depict the female form?
Americas
Bows and arrows were invented separately in all of the following places except
north/south orientation of the Americas
What hindered the spread of maize in the Americas during the Neolithic period?
Mesopotamia
The Sumerians, Akkadians, and Babylonians were all people who live in
Greece
Which of the following was not one of the First Civilizations?
agricultural
Which of the following provided the economic foundation for civilization?
New Zealand
Which of the following regions was settled most recently by humans?
Norte Chico
All of the First Civilizations were built on a foundation of grain-based agriculture except
the Americas
Pastoral societies emerged in all of the following regions except
writing
Which of the following human accomplishments emerged with the First Civilizations?
oracle bones
In practicing divination, Mesopotamians studied the stars as well as animal organs. Chinese shamans were better known for studying
North American and Europe
Which of the following were not connected by a land bridge created during the last Ice Age?
Babylon
Which of the following was not an early agricultural settlement?
hunting and gathering
The economic system that humans first used for survival was
Africa
Homo sapiens first emerged in what region?
Iraq
The territory of ancient Mesopotamia is presently occupied by which country?
India
In which of the following areas did agriculture not develop separately and independently?
Olmec
Which of the following was the last of the First Civilizations to emerge?
windmills
Which of the following is not a technology associated with the Agricultural revolution?
China
The rulers of this First Civilization held authority thanks to the Mandate of Heaven
contrast
Which of the following is NOT one of the three Cs of World History?
northeast Africa
In which of the following regions were animals domesticated before crops were?
migration to Australia
Which human migration was the first in which boats were used?
goats/east Africa
Which of the following animals is mismatched with one of its probable areas of first domestication?
donkeys
Which of the following animals was not independently domesticated in the Fertile Crescent?
settlement of nomads
Which of the following have scholars not advanced as a possible explanation for the origins of the First Civilizations?
China
Which of the following groups was least strongly tied to the web of commerce and cultures that existed between 1700 and 1100 BCE?
6 million
Scholars estimate that the population of humans on the planet around 10,000 years ago was
South Africa
Which of the following regions did not produce a classical civilization?
foreign invasion
Probable reasons for the collapse of Mayan civilization include all of the following except
Alexandria
What city was the largest city established in the Greek empire during the Hellenistic period and contained a library of some 700,000 volumes?
The Niger Valley
This classical civilization developed significant cities but not encompassing state structure
Daoism
Which of the following philosophies and religions proved the most useful to those intent on challenging that social hierarchy?
scholar-gentry (landowners)
The class with the highest status in Chinese society was the
subordination to the emperor
Which of the following was not one of the "three obediences" required and Chinese women?
spread of Roman religion
Which of the following was not a motivation for the expansion of the Roman Empire?
independent city-states
The civilization of the Mero� included all of the following elements except
Ancestral Pueblo
Which of the following cultures did not produce a written language?
Bantu
This cultural group based its religious practice on the idea of "continuous revelation
Jesus
Which of the following historical figures lived most recently?
Constantine
Which Roman emperor was the first to convert to Christianity?
civil service exams
Persian political organization included all of the following features except
ren
Confucius is most closely associated with which of the following concepts?
moksha
In philosophical Hinduism, the union of atman with Brahman is known as
Mesoamerica
A ritual calendar of 260 days was a feature of which cultural region?
Christianity
Zoroastrianism most probably influenced which of the following philosophical or religious traditions?
writings of Ban Zhou
Which of the following did not lead to a loosening of patriarchy in China after the fall of the Han dynasty?
Brahman
Which of the following is the term for World Soul, the final and ultimate reality, in philosophical Hinduism?
Maya
Which classical culture has enjoyed a recent revival, including an armed uprising that began in 1994?
Mediterranean world
In which of the following civilizations was slaveholding both widespread and central to the economy?
Teotihuacan
This great classical city was apparently centrally planned, with a grid of streets, temples, and grand homes for the elite
Legalism
Which of the following systems of thought provided inspiration for the harsh reunification of China under Shihuangdi and the Qin dynasty?
Confucianism
Which of the following classical religions and philosophies focused more on affairs of this world that on the realm of the divine and its relationship to human life?
Cyrus
The Persian ruler who allowed the Jews to return from exile in Babylon and to rebuild their temple in Jerusalem was
The Americas
On which of the major supercontinents was metallurgy least developed during the classical era?
Olmec
Which of the following was not a classical empire?
Zoroastrianism
The cosmic struggle between Ahura Mazda and Angra Mainyu lies at the heart of which religion?
New Mexico
In which present-day state did the Chaco canyon culture exist?
Sparta
In which of the following ancient societies did women enjoy the fewest restrictions?
representative democracy
Solon brought all of the following reforms to Athens after 594 BCE except
representative democracy
Which of the following was not a unique feature of Greek political life?
untouchables
Which of the following was not one of the four original great classes in the varna hierarchy?
Andes
The use of hallucinogenic cactus was typical of the religious practices of which region?
Brahmin class
The varna with the highest status in Indian society was the
Plato
In The Republic, which Greek philosopher advocated rule by a class of highly educated "guardians" led by a "philosopher-king"?
Ionia
The region that, because of its heavy Greek settlement, sparked the fifth-century BCE wars between Greece and Persia was
Buddhism
Which foreign religious tradition was absorbed into China during the classical period?
set of city-states
Into what type of political system was Swahili civilization organized?
China
The most significant source of technologies that were borrowed by the Europeans was from
rejection of Daoism
Which of the following was not a major development in Chinese society that took shape in the centuries following the collapse of the Han Dynasty?
Western Europe
Which of the following civilizations gave the least amount of power to its rulers during the period 1000-1300 CE?
Ottoman turks
Which of the following groups ultimately brought an end to the Byzantine Empire through a successful siege of Constantinople?
merchants
In the first centuries following its arrival in China, Buddhism had its greatest success converting which sector of the population?
Russia
Between 600 and 1450 CE Roman Catholic missionaries were least successful in
Ibn Battuta
The fourteenth-century Muslim scholar who wrote an account of his extensive travels in the Islamic world and China was named
Anatolia
Among the following, the most thoroughly Islamized region in the period 600-1500 CE was
Zoroastrianism
Despite its successful spread into Central Asia along the Silk Roads, Buddhism was largely blocked from spreading westward by which faith?
umma
The Islamic community whose membership was a matter of belief rather than birth was known was the
Western Europe
In the era from 600 to 1450, the Japanese political order most resembled that of
printing
Which of the following technological innovations spread from China during the Tang or Song dynasty periods?
Inca Empire
Which of the following states had the greatest control over economic exchange within its borders?
Songhay
Which of the following was not an early state in Southeast Asia?
Great Zimbabwe
Which of the following was not a kingdom in West Africa?
jihad
The ideas of "holy wars" and crusading in the Christian world are paralleled by which of the following Islamic ideas, at least in the latter's political (or "lesser") expression?
jizya
The special tax imposed of Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians, payment of which permitted them to continue to practice their own religion was known as the
Bantu
Swahili civilization was heavily influenced by which of the following cultures?
Umayyads
The first family dynasty to rule over the Islamic empire was known as the
China
Islam became an important faith in all of the following regions except
Byzantine Empire
Caesaropapism characterized the
Sui
China regained its unity after 581 CE under which dynasty?
Charlemagne
Which of the following Western European rulers was the first to be crowned by the people as emperor of a revived Roman Empire?
Franks
The group probably most responsible for shaping European feudalism in its early days were the
Silk
Which of the following luxury goods came to symbolize the Eurasian exchange system?
Mongols
The Abbasid Caliphate eventually was destroyed by the
the clergy
Most early universities were founded to educate
The Catholic Church
Which of the following was the most important check on power of the kings on medieval Europe?