Sample Exam for Chapters 1-2
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. The Chinese philosopher Lao-tse taught that individuals could achieve happiness by
a. relying on the government
d. reforming the evils of the world
b. pursuing wealth and giving it to the poor e. by living according to the strict letter of
the law
c. accepting with humility their lot in life
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2. According to ancient Chinese belief, just and effective rulers would
a. receive authority from heaven
d. not need to govern
b. achieve a god like stature
e. reign for 1000 years
c. never be overthrown
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3. Native American rain dancing is an excellent ritual example of
a. polytheism
d. animism
b. monotheism
e. sympathetic magic
c. ancestor worship
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4. Of the following groups, which one was usually held in the lowest social status in most Middle Eastern
civilizations
a. priests
d. farmers
b. nobles
e. merchants
c. women
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5. Which of the following accurately characterizes ancient Egyptian civilization?
a. Its geography and topography made for
d. It considered religion unimportant as the
great political and social insecurity.
emphasis was life in the here and now.
b. There was little continuity because of the e. There were few opportunities for trade.
Nile’s horrific floods.
c. There was a sense of security and a feeling
of changelessness.
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6. Compared to Daoism, Confucianism
a. places greater emphasis on the balance of d. places less emphasis on education.
nature.
b. is less concerned about authoritative
e. is less concerned about family
government.
relationships.
c. also arose in response to turmoil at the end
of the Zhou Dynasty.
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7. The Indus valley civilization
a. relied heavily on communal planning as
d. declined after the arrival of the Aryans.
evidenced by its well organized cities.
b. is best studied through the written records e. shared similar flood control concerns with
they left behind.
the Egyptians.
c. was isolated from other river valley
civilizations because of surrounding
mountains.
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8. All the following ancient civilizations were centered around a river valley EXCEPT
a. Chavin
d. China
b. Egypt
e. Harappa
c. Sumer
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9. Confucianism encourages its followers to
a. learn from foreigners better ways to excel d. seek principles of science
b. experiment with new food crops
e. follow ethical rules that promote harmony
and order
c. believe that their rulers were not in any
way divine
____ 10. The continuing importance of written language in Chinese culture may be traced to its earliest use for
a. issuing mandates from the emperor to
d. astronomical calculations that determine
subject warlords
the planting and harvesting seasons
b. divination; communication with ancestors e. organizing the political bureaucracy
c. trade with nomads to the west of the river
valley settlements
____ 11. The Neolitihc Revolution influenced gender roles in that
a. men and women’s economic roles were
d. men played the only significant economic
deemed equal.
role.
b. work outside the home was more highly
e. men continued to hunt and women
valued.
continued to gather.
c. women no longer worked.
____ 12. The Indus civilization is still somewhat of a mystery to archeologists because
a. the Aryans destroyed all remains of it.
d. the isoloation from the rest of the world
limited trade and diffusion.
b. the writing system has not be deciphered. e. their religious beliefs have no influence on
religion in India today.
c. the small size of the civilization makes it
difficult to excavate.
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Code of Hammurabi
8. If any one steal cattle or sheep, or an ass, or a pig or a goat, if it belong to a god or to the
court, the thief shall pay thirtyfold therefor; if they belonged to a freed man of the king he
shall pay tenfold; if the thief has nothing with which to pay he shall be put to death.
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196. If a man put out the eye of another man, his eye shall be put out. [ An eye for an eye ]
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197. If he break another man's bone, his bone shall be broken.
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198. If he put out the eye of a freed man, or break the bone of a freed man, he shall pay one
gold mina.
199. If he put out the eye of a man's slave, or break the bone of a man's slave, he shall pay
one-half of its value.
200. If a man knock out the teeth of his equal, his teeth shall be knocked out. [ A tooth for a
tooth ]
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201. If he knock out the teeth of a freed man, he shall pay one-third of a gold mina.
202. If any one strike the body of a man higher in rank than he, he shall receive sixty blows
with an ox-whip in public.
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203. If a free-born man strike the body of another free-born man or equal rank, he shall pay
one gold mina.
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204. If a freed man strike the body of another freed man, he shall pay ten shekels in money.
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205. If the slave of a freed man strike the body of a freed man, his ear shall be cut off.
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____ 13. In this set of laws above, it is clear that Hammurabi’s punishments are…
a. Equal punishments for all citizens who
d. Harsher punishments for injuries than for
commit a crime.
theft.
b. Varied depending on the type of crime
e. Clearly protects rights of women.
c. Varied depending on the class status of the
citizens involved
____ 14. The idea of the Mandate of Heaven was
a. introduced in the Bhaghavadgita.
d. contained in the Rites of Mao.
b. borrowed from Tibetan nomads in the fifth e. a concept that lasted only a short time in
century B.C.E.
Chinese history.
c. introduced by the Zhou dynasty and it
served to legitimize its power.
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The above architecture would be best representative of which of the following early civilizations?
a. Chavin
d. Mesopotamia
b. Egypt
e. Shang China
c. Harappan India
Sample Exam for Chapters 1-2
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