a. Greater social equality | ||
b. Domestication of animals | ||
c. Development of new technology | ||
d. Accumulation of Wealth | ||
e. Creation of villages |
a. Utilizes marginal, semi-arid land | ||
b. Herding of domesticated or partially-domesticated animals | ||
c. Trading networks | ||
d. Settled agricultural communities | ||
e. Nomadic way of life |
a. Sedentary agriculturalists | ||
b. Itinerant agriculturalists | ||
c. Hunter-gatherers | ||
d. Pastoralists | ||
e. None of the above |
a. Transition from homo erectus to homo sapiens | ||
b. Development of pastoralism | ||
c. Disappearance of hunter-gatherers | ||
d. Development of agricultural societies | ||
e. End of the Ice Age |
a. 3-4,000 years ago | ||
b. 5-6,000 years ago | ||
c. 7-8,000 years ago | ||
d. 9-10,000 years ago | ||
e. None of the above |
a. The Americas | ||
b. Africa | ||
c. China | ||
d. Europe | ||
e. The Middle East |
a. It was located in present-day Turkey. | ||
b. It was based on more varied and productive agriculture than Jericho. | ||
c. It was a relatively small settlement. | ||
d. Both A and B | ||
e. Both B and C |
a. Urban centers | ||
b. Religious and legal institutions | ||
c. Writing system | ||
d. A and C only | ||
e. A, B, and C |
a. Ancient Egypt had more centralized empires. | ||
b. Ancient Egypt depended more on trade. | ||
c. Ancient Egypt encouraged the development of new technologies. | ||
d. Ancient Egypt utilized of slave labor. | ||
e. Ancient Egypt adhered to more intense religious practices. |
a. A writing system | ||
b. A city-state | ||
c. Monotheism | ||
d. Both A and C | ||
e. Both A and B |
a. Axumites | ||
b. Kushites | ||
c. Minoans | ||
d. Hebrews | ||
e. Monophysites |
a. A young and powerless king | ||
b. One third god and two thirds human | ||
c. The king who built the city of Uruk | ||
d. The king who eventually kills Enkidu | ||
e. An immortal |
a. Penalties for offenses were based on the social class of the offender | ||
b. "Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth" | ||
c. Women had no rights | ||
d. Both A and B | ||
e. Both B and C |
a. Cylindrical | ||
b. Wedge-shaped | ||
c. Star-shaped | ||
d. Tablet-writing | ||
e. Phonetic |
a. They emphasized the afterlife. | ||
b. They had a highly stratified society. | ||
c. They had a codified law system. | ||
d. Both A and B | ||
e. Both B and C |
a. Invention of the chariot | ||
b. Wheel-made pottery | ||
c. Construction of irrigation ditches | ||
d. Introduction of the plow | ||
e. Construction of monuments |
a. They remained separate from indigenous peoples. | ||
b. They originated in the hostile steppe lands of Euro-Asia. | ||
c. They were war-like people. | ||
d. They used Janas as social units. | ||
e. They used social castes. |
a. King | ||
b. Warriors | ||
c. Nobles | ||
d. Priests | ||
e. Merchants |
a. The Warring States Period | ||
b. The Spring and Autumn Period | ||
c. Mandate of Heaven | ||
d. Both A and B | ||
e. Both A and C |
a. They used Brahmi script. | ||
b. They wrote in the Sanskrit language. | ||
c. They have no recorded system of writing prior to the Mauryan era. | ||
d. Both A and B | ||
e. None of the above |
a. The Shang Dynasty emerged along the Yellow River. | ||
b. The Shang Dynasty was an oligarchy. | ||
c. The Shang Dynasty used court records written on bamboo strips . | ||
d. The Shang Dynasty worshipped "Shang Ti" | ||
e. The Shang Dynasty made human sacrifices |
a. It emerged before Mesopotamia. | ||
b. It lies in present-day India. | ||
c. It was rebuilt six times. | ||
d. It consisted largely of merchant houses. | ||
e. It was built on the shores of the Indus River. |
a. Shang Ti | ||
b. The Shang | ||
c. The Chou | ||
d. Kung Fu Tzu | ||
e. Mo Tzu |
a. They constructed cities. | ||
b. They were mainly agricultural. | ||
c. They domesticated the horse. | ||
d. They were decentralized states. | ||
e. They had a phonetic language. |
a. The Qin Dynasty was originally a small state. | ||
b. The Qin Dynasty was an autocracy. | ||
c. The Qin Dynasty was rooted in legalist philosophy. | ||
d. The Qin Dynasty encouraged commerce. | ||
e. The Qin Dynasty created a bureaucracy. |
a. Attacking warrior-landlords. | ||
b. Promoting Confucianism. | ||
c. Implementing civil-service examinations. | ||
d. Detachment from the lives of the Chinese masses. | ||
e. Sponsored developments in science and technology. |
a. Formed political parties | ||
b. Increased commerce | ||
c. Reduced Chinese territory | ||
d. Created a bureaucracy | ||
e. Embraced Legalism |
a. Legalist philosophy | ||
b. I Ching | ||
c. Moism | ||
d. Confucianism | ||
e. Taoism |
a. Confucianism was outlawed. | ||
b. The feudal system was abolished. | ||
c. The Great Wall was built. | ||
d. Both B and C | ||
e. Both A and B |
a. The Han Dynasty was markedly different from the Qin Dynasty. | ||
b. The Han Dynasty rejected bureaucracy. | ||
c. The Han Dynasty adopted Legalism as the state philosophy. | ||
d. The Han Dynasty is also commonly referred as "The Three Kingdoms." | ||
e. All of the above |
a. Merchants | ||
b. Students | ||
c. Clergy | ||
d. Artisans | ||
e. Peasants |
a. Buddha | ||
b. Confucius | ||
c. Lao Tzu | ||
d. Mo Tzu | ||
e. Mencius |
a. It is written in dactylic hexameter. | ||
b. It describes the siege of Ilium. | ||
c. It describes the war with Troy, which lasted 12 years. | ||
d. It narrates how Achilles killed Hector. | ||
e. Book I opens with the poet calling on the Muse. |
a. There was a decline of direct democracy. | ||
b. The Athenian Empire was fractured. | ||
c. There was a conflict between Athens and Sparta. | ||
d. Athens defeated of Sparta. | ||
e. Pericles was ostracized. |
a. Sparta destroyed the Persian sea empire. | ||
b. Democratic government was replaced with an oligarchy. | ||
c. Socrates was put to death. | ||
d. Both A and B | ||
e. Both B and C |
a. Delian League | ||
b. Athenian League | ||
c. Greek League | ||
d. Athenian Empire | ||
e. Theban hegemony |
a. Empiricism | ||
b. Rationalism | ||
c. Universal principles derived from experience | ||
d. Both A and B | ||
e. Both A and C |
a. It was rooted in the conquests of Phillip of Macedon and Alexander the Great. | ||
b. It saw the spread of the polis. | ||
c. It saw the expansion of Greek culture and power. | ||
d. Both A and C | ||
e. Both B and C |
a. The polis | ||
b. Direct democracy | ||
c. Representative democracy | ||
d. Both A and B | ||
e. Both B and C |
a. Stoicism | ||
b. Epicureanism | ||
c. Skepticism | ||
d. Neo-platonism | ||
e. Cynicism |
a. It is a Socratic dialogue. | ||
b. It was written in the fourth century B.C. | ||
c. The purpose of the work was to outline the ideal society based on Stoic principles. | ||
d. It discusses the meaning of justice. | ||
e. It is considered to be one of the most influential works in the history of philosophical and political thought. |
a. He was the sole owner of all his sons' property. | ||
b. He could sell his children into slavery. | ||
c. He could kill an adulterous wife. | ||
d. He would take more than one wife. | ||
e. He was the head of the Roman household. |
a. The slave population increased. | ||
b. The bureaucracy was opened up to all social classes. | ||
c. Control over northern and eastern frontiers was tightened. | ||
d. The army weakened. | ||
e. Pressures from neighboring barbarians mounted. |
a. First Punic War | ||
b. Second Punic War | ||
c. Third Punic War | ||
d. War with Macedonia | ||
e. Roman Revolution |
a. The Senate and the Assembly | ||
b. The Senate and Magistrates | ||
c. Plebeians and Patricians | ||
d. Plebeians and the Senate | ||
e. Patricians and Tribunes |
a. Gaius Gracchus | ||
b. Tiberius Gracchus | ||
c. Gaius Marius | ||
d. Julius Caesar | ||
e. Sulla |
a. The Battle of Actium | ||
b. The elimination of the Senate | ||
c. The death of Julius Caesar | ||
d. Antony's alliance with Cleopatra | ||
e. The split in the Second Triumvirate |
a. All empires inevitably end. | ||
b. It was characterized by too many excesses. | ||
c. It was ruled by greedy and/or insane emperors. | ||
d. It was an overextended empire. | ||
e. Scholars are still debating the reason. |
a. It is a poem. | ||
b. It is a myth. | ||
c. It is based on facts. | ||
d. It is a mixture of fact and myth. | ||
e. It is a series of letters. |
a. A democratic city-state | ||
b. A bureaucratic empire | ||
c. A monarchic city-state | ||
d. A republic | ||
e. None of the above |
a. There was more religious toleration. | ||
b. The first written literature in India emerged. | ||
c. Veganism took root. | ||
d. A state ruled according to "dharma." | ||
e. There was a renewed emphasis on peaceful society |
a. He was the son of a priest of the Shakyas. | ||
b. He was born in northern India. | ||
c. He led an ascetic life. | ||
d. He devoted himself to the "Middle Way." | ||
e. He was a member of the Ksatriya caste. |
a. The collapse of the Brahmans | ||
b. Resistance to orthodox vedism | ||
c. The injustice of the caste system | ||
d. Both A and B | ||
e. Both B and C |
a. There are five categories for living things. | ||
b. The five categories for living things are divided according to karma. | ||
c. All living things should be respected unconditionally. | ||
d. Non-violence should be practiced toward all living things. | ||
e. Salvation occurs only when one's soul has been freed of all karmic matter. |
a. Jainism | ||
b. Buddhism | ||
c. Hinduism | ||
d. Christianity | ||
e. Vedic religion |
a. All of life is suffering. | ||
b. Escape from suffering can only be achieved by ending desire. | ||
c. Ceasing desire can only be achieved by following the Eightfold Path. | ||
d. The cause of suffering is desire. | ||
e. Ending desire can only be achieved through the "Middle Way." |
a. The Gupta Dynasty was known as India's "Golden Age." | ||
b. The Gupta Dynasty was overrun by the Huns. | ||
c. The Gupta Dynasty rejected Buddhism. | ||
d. Both A and B | ||
e. Both B and C |
a. When Alexander the Great withdrew from Gandahara | ||
b. With the defeat of the Seleucids | ||
c. When Chandragupta conquered the Indus Valley | ||
d. All of the above | ||
e. None of the above |
a. Ceremonial centers | ||
b. Centers of trade | ||
c. Fortresses against invaders | ||
d. Centers of government | ||
e. Monasteries |
a. Huitzilopochtli | ||
b. Texcatipoca | ||
c. Quetzalcoatl | ||
d. All of the above | ||
e. None of the above |
a. Being destroyed by the Incas | ||
b. Flooding from Lake Titicaca | ||
c. An earthquake | ||
d. A world-wide deluge | ||
e. None of the above; the reason is still being debated by scholars. |
a. The Toltecs | ||
b. The Incas | ||
c. The Olmecs | ||
d. The Aztecs | ||
e. The Chavin |
a. Calpulli | ||
b. Pilli | ||
c. Macehualles | ||
d. Both A and B | ||
e. Both B and C |
a. The population was over 500,000 people. | ||
b. It was the religious center of Mesoamerica. | ||
c. It is the site of the Pyramid of the Sun. | ||
d. It is the site of the Pyramid of the Moon. | ||
e. Most citizens who lived in Teotihuacan were farmers. |
a. They were a warlike people who expanded in South America. | ||
b. They had a warrior aristocracy who occupied the highest tier of society. | ||
c. They conquered large areas controlled by the Maya. | ||
d. Both A and B | ||
e. Both B and C |
a. The Toltecs | ||
b. The Zapotecs | ||
c. The Olmecs | ||
d. The Maya | ||
e. The Aztecs |
a. Muhammad | ||
b. Jesus Christ | ||
c. Moses | ||
d. Abraham | ||
e. All of the above |
a. The administrative center of the empire was moved from Medina to Mecca. | ||
b. Byzantine financial and administrative systems were adopted. | ||
c. Christian Byzantines were appointed to government positions. | ||
d. Control over Iran and Iraq was solidified. | ||
e. The caliphate was made a hereditary dynasty. |
a. al-Lat | ||
b. al-Uzza | ||
c. Manat | ||
d. Allah | ||
e. All of the above |
a. Michael | ||
b. Gabriel | ||
c. Raqib | ||
d. Israfel | ||
e. Maalik |
a. The incorporation of Hellenistic and Chinese writings. | ||
b. The establishment of a university. | ||
c. The introduction of the Mamluks. | ||
d. The adoption of a radical theological position. | ||
e. A division between the Islamic sovereign and the Islamic people. |
a. The suras | ||
b. Imam | ||
c. Priests | ||
d. al-Rudda | ||
e. Hilm |
a. Goths | ||
b. Gauls | ||
c. Visigoths | ||
d. Ostrogoths | ||
e. Vandals |
a. It was aimed at the lower classes. | ||
b. It appealed to the unfortunate of Mecca. | ||
c. It was opposed to the practices and values of the upper classes. | ||
d. Both A and B | ||
e. Both B and C |
a. Monotheism | ||
b. Creationism | ||
c. Ethics | ||
d. The Circle of Rebirth | ||
e. Submission |
a. Zimbabwe | ||
b. Congo | ||
c. Benin | ||
d. Niger | ||
e. Ghana |
a. Zambezi | ||
b. Congo | ||
c. Sofala | ||
d. Mombassa | ||
e. Bantu |
a. The gold trade | ||
b. The slave trade | ||
c. The domestication of the camel | ||
d. The ivory trade | ||
e. The salt trade |
a. There was no universal religion in Africa, but some peoples adhered to Christianity or Islam. | ||
b. Islam was embraced in Africa before Christianity. | ||
c. Islam's influence was temporary, while Christianity became the universal religion. | ||
d. Powerful indigenous African religions prevented Christianity and Islam from gaining followers. | ||
e. Islam swept through Africa and became the dominant religion. |
a. It pushed the Berbers northward. | ||
b. It conquered Mali and Hausaland. | ||
c. It standardized weights, measures, and currency. | ||
d. Indigenous African religions predominated. | ||
e. The people of Songhay were Islamized. |
a. Mombassa | ||
b. Benin | ||
c. Barama | ||
d. Timbuktu | ||
e. Zimbabwe |
a. Hausaland | ||
b. Kanem-Bornu | ||
c. Ghana | ||
d. Niger | ||
e. Mali |
a. Sahel | ||
b. Mauritania | ||
c. Ghana | ||
d. Ethiopia | ||
e. Nigeria |
a. Persian | ||
b. Latin | ||
c. Greek | ||
d. Arabic | ||
e. English |
a. Constantinople was the major urban center. | ||
b. The empire survived for nearly 1,000 years. | ||
c. Its influence spread to the Balkans and southern Russia. | ||
d. It conquered the Carolingian Empire. | ||
e. It spread Orthodox Christianity. |
a. The Turks | ||
b. The Bulgars | ||
c. The Huns | ||
d. The Umayyads | ||
e. The Magyars |
a. Hagia Sophia | ||
b. Cathedral of St. Divinity | ||
c. Cathedral of Saint Cyril and Methodius | ||
d. Church of the Holy Sepulcher | ||
e. St. Peter's |
a. The implementation of a new tax code | ||
b. The prohibition of slavery | ||
c. A systematized Roman legal code | ||
d. The rebuilding of Rome | ||
e. The conquest of Gaul |
a. Conflicting interpretations of the Bible | ||
b. Increased secularism in Byzantium | ||
c. The worship of images | ||
d. An alliance with Islamic states | ||
e. The Crusades |
a. The Turks | ||
b. The Mongols | ||
c. The Umayyads | ||
d. The Greeks | ||
e. The Slavs |
a. It was ruled by Charlemagne. | ||
b. It was conquered by Justinian. | ||
c. It split into Germanic kingdoms. | ||
d. It was controlled by the Moors. | ||
e. None of the above |
a. Spain | ||
b. France | ||
c. Germany | ||
d. Both A and B | ||
e. Both B and C |
a. The First Crusade | ||
b. Conversion to Christianity | ||
c. Defeat of the Muslims | ||
d. Establishment of the Carolingian dynasty | ||
e. Reclaiming land from the Moors |
a. Utilized logic in evaluating Christian doctrine | ||
b. Emphasized mysticism as the path to knowledge | ||
c. Sought to banish the clergy | ||
d. Believed that Christian theology had roots in rational philosophy | ||
e. Synthesized classical rational philosophy and Christian theology |
a. Schism in the Christian Church | ||
b. Investiture controversy | ||
c. Decline of the Holy Roman Empire | ||
d. Diminished power of the Roman Catholic Church | ||
e. Both A and C |
a. The introduction of writing | ||
b. The spread of Christianity | ||
c. The introduction of Manorialism | ||
d. Both A and B | ||
e. Both B and C |
a. Manorialism was a system used to design medieval farming systems. | ||
b. Manorialism was a system that described the relationship between the nobility and the land. | ||
c. Manorialism was a system that influenced the design of medieval cities. | ||
d. Manorialism was a system that described the economic and political relationship between landlords and peasants. | ||
e. Manorialism was a system that described the relationship between knights and their manors. |
a. The loss of the Holy Land to the Moors | ||
b. The establishment of the military superiority of Europe | ||
c. The opening of the West to the cultural influences of the Middle East | ||
d. The defense of Constantinople against the Islamic armies (during the Fourth Crusade) | ||
e. The creation of a European protectorate in the Middle East |
a. Dogs | ||
b. Rats | ||
c. Fleas | ||
d. Both A and C | ||
e. Both B and C |
a. Monarchs | ||
b. Clergy | ||
c. Nobility | ||
d. Knights | ||
e. Working class |