Early Civilizations
What was an important effect of the Neolithic Revolution?
What is Humans built the first permanent settlements
Which of the following forms of government represents no separation between religion and political leadership?
a. democracy
b. theocracy
c. monarchy
What is democracy
What was one effect of Alexander the Great's conquests?
a. decreased importance of the Silk Road
b. increased support of Indian leaders
c. the expansion of Hellenistic culture
What is Hellenistic Culture
a. refused to participate in wars against other Greek city-state
b. promoted the spread of Judaism
c. applied human reason to comprehend the world
What is applied human reason to comprehend the world.
Which creation of a sense of monotheistic unity; relatively tolerant attitude toward conquered peoples; appeal of the Five Pillars?
a. Protestantism
b. Catholicism
c. Islam
What is Islam
Which description includes some of the defining characteristics of civilizations?
a.hunters and cultural borrowing
b. organized government and complex religions
c. social entertainment and irrigation
What is organized government and complex religions
Which of the following is the of the Classical period?
a. Europe and the Americas were united for the first time.
b. Cultural achievements of the Classical period influenced future civilizations.
c. People first began to farm and domesticate animals
What is Culture achievements of the Classical period influenced future civilizations
What is the meaning of "Power is in the hands not of a minority but of the whole people" Pericles
What political system is described in the quotation?
a. Oligarchy
b. democracy
c. monarchy
What is democracy
Which two classical civilizations were connected by by the Silk Road?
a. Rome and Africa
b. Rome and China
c. Greece and Rome
What is Rome and China
Which of the following is an effect of Mansa Musa's hajj to Mecca?
a. increased conflict with Byzantine Empire
b. Destruction of traditional African religious values
c. spread of Islamic cultural achievements to West Africa
What is Spread of Islamic cultural achievements to West Africa
What do cuneiform and hieroglyphics have in common?
a. Both are early forms of writing
b. Both are religions
c. Both began in America
What is Both are early forms of writing
What was the effect of the Persian rulers practicing religious and cultural tolerance towards conquered peoples in their empires?
a. It increased migrations from the Persian Empire into the Gupta Empire.
b. It promoted peace and stability throughout the Empire
What is It promoted peace and stability throughout the empire.
What at the height of the Han Dynasty the Roman Empire and The Gupta Empire each experienced?
a. a decline in learning
b. a cultural golden age
c. a reduction in land mass
What is a cultural golden age
Which scientist is correctly matched with his contributions?
a. Pluto physician who studied causes of illnesses
b. Pythagoras calculated a significant geometric formula
c. Archimedes calculated the earth's circumference
Who is Archimedes
What rise of the West African kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai can be attributed to?
a. their emphasis on isolationism
b. their locations near the trans-Sahara trade routes
c. the spread of Christianity
What is their locations near the trans-Sahara trade routes
One way in which the Vedas, the Bible, and the Quran are similar is that these religious books?
a. support political rebellions to overthrow existing governments.
b. provide guidance to govern the behavior of believers.
C. are all holy books that support polytheistic beliefs
What is to provide guidance to govern the behavior of believers
The development of the concept of zero, the use of a decimal system, and the Buddhist cave paintings at Ajanta are all achievements of the?
a. Inca Empire of Mesoamerica
b. Gupta Empire of India
c. Roman Republic of the Mediterranean
What is Gupta Empire of India.
What "In serving his parents, f filial son renders utmost respect to them at home; he supports them with joy; he gives them tender care in sickness; he grieves at their death; he sacrifices to them with solemnity.....
Which of the following civilizations do the ideas in the quote best describe?
a. Confucian China
b. Buddhist India
c. Roman Catholic Europe
What is Confucian China
Which of the following first introduced the ideals of democracy and republican government?
a. mesopotamia and Han China
b. the Judeo-christian legal tradition
c. classical Greece and Rome
What is classical Greece and Rome
What was a lasting impact of the Crusades?
a. the Crusades strengthened the power of Islam in Europe.
b. the Crusades introduced new goods and ideas into medieval Europe.
c. the Crusades brought Europeans influences to Africa
What is the Crusades introduced new goods and ideas into medieval Europe
What is one difference between the Ten Commandments and Hammurabi's Code regarding the treatment of individuals is that in the Ten Commandments?
a. All people are treated equally before god, which established the principle of equality before the law.
b. punishments differ according to the political beliefs of the person who has committed the crime.
c. punishments differ according to the gender of the person who has committed the crime
What is all people are treated equally before God, which established the principle of equality before the law.
What architecture with public spaces where people could meet and talk as equals in a democracy, Rectangle temples with rows of columns surrounding all four sides, Buildings followed a fixed arrangement based on the principle of symmetry and harmonious proportions
a. Egyptian
b. Greek
c. Islamic
What is Greek.
What Invention of concrete and the use of arches; Establishment of the rule of Law; Republican System of government; Spread of Christianity?
Which civilization made the contributions in the chart above?
a. Persia
b. China
c. Rome
What is Rome
What rule of Shi Huangdi, legalism, and the tomb of terra cotta soldiers are most closely associated with the?
a. Maurya Empire
b. Qin Dynasty
c. Hellenistic culture
What is Qin dynasty
What did art and philosophy during the medieval period in Europe generally dealt with
a. Christian themes
b. polytheism
c. geometric floral design
What is Christian themes