Half of the Class in a Single Test….LetsGo!
1. Which of the following was the major effect of the Neolithic Revolution?
(A) The establishment of sedentary village communities
(B) The spread of a migratory way of life
(C) A decline in total population
(D) An increase in the use of bronze tools
2. Which of the following is NOT true of the ancient Egyptian pyramids?
A)They served as tombs for pharaohs
B)They were built by slave and coercive labor
C)Their structure indicates an knowledge-based relationship with ancient China
D)They are reflective of advanced geometric knowledge
3. Many experts hypothesize that the first inhabitants of the Americas arrived during the last
Ice Age by way of an ice-free corridor that existed during part of the last Ice Age in the
land bridge that connected Asia and North America through the Bering Strait.
However, some archaeologists studying Monte Verde, an Ice Age site in Chile, believe that Monte Verde poses a serious challenge to the hypothesis described above.
Which of the following features of the Monte Verde site would constitute the most serious
challenge to the hypothesis described in the first paragraph?
(A) The Monte Verde site has not yielded clear DNA evidence regarding the genetic lineage of the people who inhabited it.
(B) The Monte Verde site is in a part of the Americas that was never covered by ice sheets during the last Ice Age.
(C) The archaeological materials at the Monte Verde site consist almost entirely of artifacts rather than human remains.
(D) The first human occupation of the Monte Verde site may predate the existence of the ice-free corridor between Asia and North America.
4. Which choice best characterizes the relationship between early civilizations and writing?
A)Writing permitted record keeping for trade and governments
B)Writing was more important to the development of civilization than sedentary agriculture
C)Most civilizations developed without writing systems
D)No significant civilization developed without a system of writing
5. Based on available knowledge, which of the following was NOT a part of Homo Erectus’ world?
A)Tool making
B)Language
C)Hunting
D)Agriculture
6. The geographic factors presented here led to the development of which highly complex and distinctive civilization by the year 600 CE?
- Fertile river valleys
- Isolating mountain ranges
- Dependable monsoon weather patterns
A)Indian
B)Mayan
C)Sumerian
D)Greek
7.
Agrippa’s advice regarding the best way to rule Rome differs most strongly from the
Confucian view of proper government prevalent in Han China in that Agrippa
(A) assumes that good government is for the benefit of the ruled.
(B) asserts that rulers who wield power selfishly tend to be overthrown.
(C) expresses reservations about a monarchical form of government.
(D) celebrates direct democracy as the most stable form of government.
8. Before 500 C.E. Judaism and Hinduism were similar in that both
(A) had written scriptures and an ethical code to live by
(B) spread widely around the Mediterranean
(C) promoted teachings about reincarnation
(D) advocated a monastic life and a rejection of the world
9. Which lasting pattern in the history of the subcontinent can we trace to the period of the Maurya and Gupta empires in India?
A)Strong sponsorship of Hindu beliefs
B)Invasion and rule by nomadic invaders
C)Difficulty in maintaining centralized imperial rule
D)Long and generally unbroken eras of centralized imperial rule
10. Confucian thought falls most neatly into which of the following categories?
A)Conservative political philosophy aiming to preserve a hierarchical status quo
B)Prophetic millennial ideology preparing the masses for an impending judgment day
C)Spiritual guide to gaining salvation for the individual’s eternal soul
D)Revolutionary ideology aimed at dismantling social hierarchy
11. Which of the following best describes how Chinese imperial elites viewed their civilization in relation to the rest of the world?
A)China was a unique and superior civilization surrounded by barbarians of one sort or another
B)China was one member of a peer group of advanced civilizations
C)China was a great civilization trapped in an irreversible decline due to nomadic invasion and inability to support massive population growth
D)China was a rising civilization learning from and preparing to overtake existing world powers
12. Early Buddhism and early Christianity were similar in which of the following ways?
(A) Both supported the existing economic and social stratifications in their places of
origin.
(B) Both sought male and female converts.
(C) Neither sought members from the lower classes.
(D) Neither supported the establishment of monastic communities
13. Confucianism differed from Hinduism in that
A)Confucianism held women as subordinate to men
B)Confucianism detailed the levels of the social hierarchy in more specific terms
C)Confucianism more clearly outlined guidelines for behavior
D)Confucianism emphasized earthly obligations without regard to concerns relating to afterlife and rebirth
14. Which is the closest similarity between the Roman Empire and the Han dynasty of ancient China?
A)Both aimed for and experienced long periods of isolationism in world affairs
B)Both created a government run by elected officials known as senators
C)Both achieved long periods of centralized government and expanding economies
D)Both afforded women equal opportunities to wield political power as men
15. Which of the following was an important reason for the fall of the Roman, Han, and Gupta empires?
(A) A long period of drought that destroyed crops and livestock
(B) The use of slaves in their armies
(C) Intensified invasions and security issues along their frontiers
(D) A refusal to tolerate Christianity
16. One major difference between the fall of the Roman Empire and the fall of the Han dynasty in China was
A)Dynastic China would return to equal and even greater prominence
B)The Roman Empire left little basis for subsequent developments in Western civilizations
C)The Roman Empire collapsed due to multiple cause while Han China fell to peasant unrest alone
D)Han China adopted a new state religion in its later phase while the Roman Empire did not
17. Which of the following statements most accurately reflects a major difference between Arab expansion in the seventh century and Viking expansion in the ninth century?
a) Arab expansion relied most heavily on diplomacy, while Viking expansion relied most heavily on military might.
b) Viking expansion tended to occur in areas with few large urban centers, while the Arab expansion occurred in areas with comparatively large urban centers.
c) Arab expansion was financed by religious tithing, while Viking expansion was financed by profit from the silk trade.
d) Viking expansion was limited to Ireland, Scotland, Iceland, and Greenland, while Arab expansion was limited to the Arabian Peninsula and Persia.
18.Which of the following is true of commerce in the Indian Ocean during the time period 600-1450 C.E.?
a)Chinese merchants dominated the trade routes of the Indian Ocean.
b)Indian Ocean commerce flourished and was conducted by a mixture of Asian, Middle Eastern, and East African merchants.
c)Merchants from Europe dominated the trade routes of the Indian Ocean.
d)Following the rise of the Mongols during the thirteenth century, the volume of Indian Ocean commerce fell sharply.
19. The term “samurai” describes men in feudal Japan who were most like the men in feudal Europe known as:
a)Lords of the manor
b)Catholic bishops
c)Serfs
d)Knights
20. In the period between 600 and 1450, which of the following were two occupations pursued by large numbers of African and European women?
a)Midwife and healer
b)Military leader and farmer
c)Scribe and tax collector
d)Long-distance trader and merchant
21. Which of the following statements about the Mongol Empire of the thirteenth century is true?
a)The invasion of Japan was attempted but was unsuccessful
b)The number of Buddhist and Muslims in Asia dropped significantly as a result of Mongol persecution
c)In China the Mongols eliminated the Chinese scholar-official class
d)The Mongols conquered Constantinople
22. After the expansion of Islam into Africa, an organized Christian presence remained in:
a)Egypt and Ethiopia
b)Morocco
c)Mauritania and Tunisia
d)The areas along the Silk Road
23. Which of the following languages came into existence after 1000 C.E. as the direct result of expanding global trade patterns?
a)Arabic
b)Swahili
c)Latin
d)Sanskrit
24.Which of the following is true of the bubonic plague?
a)It followed established trade routes.
b)It was a European phenomenon.
c)It affected West Africa.
d)It began in Europe and spread to China.
25. Which of the following developments most directly resulted from the Crusades?
a)Growth of Italian city-states.
b)Spread of the Black Death.
c)Vasco da Gama’s voyage to India.
d)Columbian Exchange
26. Ghana in the 900s and France in the 1600s had which of the following characteristics in common?
a)Parliamentary government.c ) matrilineal descent
b)Divine monarchy.d ) Islam
27. The introduction of papermaking into Europe is an example of cultural diffusion:
a)From China by way of the Eurasian trade route.
b)From Japan by way of the Arab-Indian trade route.
c)Through the Columbian Exchange.
d)Through the Triangular Trade route.
28. A common stage in the early development of political units as diverse as England, France, China, Russia and Japan was:
a)manorialism
b)divine right monarchy.
c)constitutional monarchy.
d)feudalism.
29. A major area of contention between the papacy and secular rulers was the:
a)establishment of the Church of England by Henry VIII.
b)rulers’ determination to appoint Church officials in their nations.
c)heavy tithes the rulers placed on churches within their borders.
d)practice of trying clerics in secular rather than Church courts.
30. Which of the following reasons motivated both the Abbasids and the Mongols to expand their empires?
a)The conversion of non-believers to their faith.
b)The desire to attack first to keep invaders from their own territories.
c)The need to gain a port on the Baltic Sea.
d)The desire for wealth and plunder.
31. All of the following characteristics are true of the Tang and Song dynasties except:
a)Buddhism appeared in China for the first time.
b)The Confucian-educated scholar-gentry increased its power in government and society.
c)Artistic and scientific innovations flourished.
d)The subordinate role of women was symbolized by the practice of foot-binding.
32. Which of the following best describes the spread of Islam in East Africa and Christianity in China?
a)Neither religion made inroads in the cities of interiors of either area.
b)Christianity was confined to the cities in China, while Islam made converts in the interior through the Swahili trading network.
c)Islam had a decided impact on the trading centers of East Africa but little impact on the interior, whereas Christianity had little impact on either urban or rural areas in China.
d)Through the trans-Saharan trading network, Islam reached West Africa, but Christianity, with its reliance on priests, did not travel as easily along.
33. All of the following were characteristics borrowed by Kievan Russia from the Byzantine Empire except:
a)the orthodox Church version of Christianity
b)art and architectural styles
c)having the church dependent on the state.
d)a large and highly trained bureaucracy
34.. The Aztec civilization’s militaristic tone and use of human sacrifice was based on the earlier culture of the:
a)Inca
b)Maya
c)Mound Builders
d)Toltec
35. The term Sinification refers to
a) the rise of a religion combining Christian, Zoroastrian and Buddhist ideals
b) the influence of Platonic thought on early Christianity
c) the ravages of disease
d) the spread of Chinese culture
36. Renaissance Italy and the Islamic Middle East after the decline of the Abbasid Empire in the mid-tenth century are important examples of which of the following?
a)Political unity and cultural creativity
b)Political fragmentation and cultural creativity
c)Political unity and the decline of religion
d) Political fragmentation and the decline of religion
37. The success and timing of trade though the Indian Ocean basin largely depended upon
a) controlling the actions of Turkish pirates
b) forming a lasting trading partnership with China
c) understanding the rhythms of the monsoon winds
d) the Indian desire to purchase pepper from the Romans
38.Trade spurred the introduction of both Islam and Hinduism to what is now called:
a)Japan
b)Brazil
c)Pakistan
d)Indonesia
39.Compared to European exploration in the Indian Ocean, that of the Chinese:
a)used fewer and smaller ships.
b)covered shorter distances.
c)was designed to establish a military presence.
d)gained strength after the mid – 1430s.
40. The Mayan and Gupta Empires had in common:
a)The construction of ceremonial pyramids.
b)The independent discovery of the value of zero as a place holder.
c)Persistent pressure from invaders in frontier areas.
d)Central political organization.