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Date
Thur
Oct
1
Fri
Oct
2
Question
Oct
12
Incorrect Responses
Explain why each of the other 3 choices are incorrect. Take NOTES as we go over the answers.
Which of the following constitutes a significant
continuity in Afro-Eurasian history from 600 BCE to 600
CE?
a. The use of the alphabetic writing system rather than
ideographic symbols
b. The subordinate social position of women in sedentary
agrarian cultures
c. Political fragmentation in China and the Mediterranean
d. Reliance on bronze for farming implements
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Which of the following was a major factor in the
centralizaton of the Han Dynasty in China?
a. The reliance on a merit-based bureaucracy
b. The use of Buddhist beliefs to encourage loyalty to the
emperor
c. The adoption of Mongol methods of political
organization
d. The dependence on Daoist rituals
Fossil, linguistic, and genetic (DNA) evidence support
which of the following hypotheses about early human
migrations?
a. Anatomically modern humans spread from their
origins in western European regions
b. Central Polynesia was settled by peoples sailing from
the western coast of South America
c. Early humans migrated from western Africa across the
Atlantic to South America
d. Homo erectus and Homo sapiens migrated out of
Africa
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Which of the following was NOT an outcome of the
Bronze Age?
a. additional outlets for artistic expression
b. increased agricultural efficiency
c. fall of centralized government
d. rise of an aristocratic military class
Mon
Correct Response
Explain WHY this is the correct answer.
It was thought that early Bantu migrations circa 1000
BCE through Africa were caused by
a. Islamic missionary expeditions through west and
central Africa, which opened up more areas to settlement
b. growth in the African slave trade, which caused people
to migrate further inland
c. environmental changes, which disturbed the ecosystem
people relied upon for hunting, gathering, and farming
d. establishment of trade routes along coastal west Africa,
which created more routes by which to migrate
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The first region of the world for which there is evidence
of permanent agricultural villages is
a.Western South America
b. Sub-Saharan Africa
c. Southeastern Asia
d. the Eastern Mediterranean
Tues
Oct
13
Wed
Oct
14
Thur
Oct
Despite their material success and increased wealth,
a. the scholarly gentry were forbidden from owning land
in China
b. Chinese aristocrats had no influence in Chinese
society
c. merchants in China ranked below peasants and had
very little social influence
d. Chinese rulers were isolated from the masses and did
not intervene in government
The Hellenistic Age refers to
a. successful rule of Helen of Troy
b. the Roman Empire during the reign of Alexander the
Great
c. the cultural influence of Greece over foreign subjects
in North Africa and West Asia
d. the spread of Asian culture into the Mediterranean
where it was adopted by the Greeks
Which of the following was a major long-term effect of
the Roman Empire’s construction of an extensive
network of roads?
a. Diminished importance of Roman maritime trade in
the Mediterranean
b. Reduction in size of the Roman army
c. increased trade with China
d. Integration of conquered peoples and suppression of
resistance to Roman rule
Which of the following was an impact of Alexander the
Great’s invasion of India
a. the Silk Road collapsed following Alexander’s
invasion
15
b. the invasion helped to spread Hinduism and
Buddhism to the Mediterranean world
c. isolated India from contact with other regions
d. caused India to unite under one dynasty for the first
time
Which of the following staple crops is most associated
with the rise of Mesoamerican civilizations?
a.Potatoes
b. Wheat
c. Rice
d. Maize
Fri
Oct
16
Mon
Oct
19
Which of the following was the primary method used in
both Qin China and the Mauryan India to maintain
control of their empires?
a. Imposition of a common written language
b. Implementation of a centralized bureaucracy
c. Division of the empire into smaller independent states
d. Forced conversion of subjects to a single religion
The gods opened their mouths and said to Marduk, their
lord: “Now, O lord, you who have caused our
deliverance, what shall be our homage to you? Let us
build a shrine that be a chamber for our nightly rest; let
use repose in it! Let us build a throne, a recess for your
abode! On the day that we arrive we shall repose in it”.
When Marduk heard this, brightly glowed his features
like the day: “Construct Babylon, whose building you
have requested. Let its brickwork be fashioned. You
shall name it the Sanctuary..”
-Enuma Elish, Babylonian creation myth,
Seconnd Millennium BCE
The text above is primarily intended to
a. assert a special relationship between the city of
Babylon and its gods
b. describe the role of humanity as servants of the go
c. argue for the equal importance of the various gods in
Babylonian religion
d. provide a defense for Babylonian polytheism against
monotheistic religions
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Tues
Oct
20
“I am imperishable time;
The Creator whose face is everywhere;
Death that devours all things;
The source of all things to come”
-The god Krishna speaks, Bhagabad Gita,
Vedic sacred text, circa fifth century to second century
BCE
The excerpt above best represents which aspect of
Hinduism?
a. The belief in karma
b. The desire to escape worldly suffering
c. The cyclical nature of death and rebirth
d. The importance of caste
Wed
Oct
21
Thur
Oct
22
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of ALL
civilizations?
a.
agricultural surplus
b.
written communication
c.
economic specialization
d.
social hierarchy
Which of the following accurately reflects changes
associated with the end of the Classical Era
a. While both the Chinese and Roman Empires
developed new religious interests, India reasserted
Hinduism
b. An Industrial Revolution in Europe caused the
cultures of Asia and Africa to fall behind and weaken
c. The spread of Islam by 500 CE challenged Chinese,
Indian, and Mediterranean societies
d. The Silk Roads ended in this period, eliminating
contacts between China and India and between India and
the Mediterranean
Fri
Oct
23
The sixth-century C.E. Buddhist statue complex shown above, found in China, is an
example of
a. religious conflict
c. reverence for ancestors
b. cross-cultural interaction d. the wealth and power of the emperor