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What are an archaeologist's primary resources in learning about prehistoric peoples? |
Material remains |
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Which hominid group do anthropologists think was the first to use fire? |
Homo erectus |
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One difference between early modern humans and Neanderthals is that early modern humans... |
spread to all parts of the world |
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Which one of the following abilities did early humans develop long before others? |
ability to travel across water |
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The populations of early villages were able to grow mostly due to... |
food surpluses |
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The top social class in ancient societies was typically occupied by... |
priests and nobles |
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A major result of migration, trade,and warfare was.. |
culture diffusion |
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Unlike the first civilizations in Asia and Africa, the first civilizations in the Americas.. |
developed away from river valleys. |
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Early modern humans developed spoken launguage so they could.. |
cooperate during the hunt |
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At a dig site, geologist can help archaeologists determine.. |
the age of the artifacts |
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In the Sumerian civilization, the purpose of a ziggurat was to.. |
keep the gods and goddesses happy |
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Later civilizations developed basic algebra and geometry by building on the number system first created by the... |
Sumerians |
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Hammurabi's Code was important because it was the first time that a states laws |
were set down in writing |
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Iron was important in the ancient mainly because.. |
it could be made into harder,sharper weapons. |
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Darius improved economic life in the Persian empire by.. |
encouraging the development of a money economy |
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a major accomplishment during Egypt's Old Kingdom was... |
the building of the Great Pyramids |
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What new war technology did the Hyksos invader bring to Egypt? |
horse drawn war chariots |
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Why was the god Osiris especially important to the Egyptians? |
He was the sun god of good health |
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how did the beliefs of the Israelites differ from those of most nearby peoples? |
they believed in one all-powerful god |
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according to the Torah, who led the Israelites out of bondage in Egypt? |
Moses |
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Which region of the Indian subcontinent is generally arid and unproductive for farming |
the Deccan plateau |
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What is the central theme of the Mahabharata? |
a battle between a feuding royal families |
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In Hinduism, the religious and moral duties of an individual are referred to as.. |
dharma |
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Which of the following is one of Buddhisms Four Noble Truths? |
all life is full of suffering, pain, and sorrow |
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One way in which Chandragupta Maurya established order in his empire was to.. |
create a bureaucracy to accomplish government tasks |
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which of the following happened under the Gupta dynasty? |
mathematicians developed the decimal system |
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what physical barrier helped to seperate ancient China from SouthEast Asia? |
thick rainforests |
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The philosophy of Daoism is concerned with |
living in harmony with nature |
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Why did Shi Huangdi order the construction of the Great Wall? |
to discourage invasion from the north |
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What was a great technological achievement during the Han golden age? |
art of paper making |
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What was an early form of government in the Greek city-states in which a heredity ruler exercised central power? |
monarchy |
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What was an effect of the Greek victory in the Persian Wars? |
Greeks became more convinced of their own uniqueness |
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What greek philoopher believed good conduct meant pursuing the ¨golden mean¨? |
Aristotle |
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Greeks believed the purpose of traic plays was to... |
arouse and then relieve the emotions of pity and fear |
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What helped Alexander the Great to conquer the Persian empire? |
Persia was no longer the great power it once had been |
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The hellenistic scientist Archimedes.. |
applied principles of physics to make practical inventions |
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What did CLeisthenes do around 507B.C that changed the government of Athens? |
He established a legislature, creating a limited democracy. |
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In a greek city-state, the acropolis was.. |
the location of temples dedicated to different gods and goddesses |
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Athens differed from Sparta in that it... |
placed emphasis on the individual |
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The most powerful Greek god was...
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Zeus |
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In the early Roman republic, members of the landholding upper class were called.. |
patricians |
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One reason why most conquered people remained loyal to Rome was that Rome.. |
allowed some of them to become citizens |
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In the Punic wars, Rome gained control of lands around the Mediterranean Seas by defeating... |
the Carthaginians |
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How did the senate change during the Roman empire as compared to the republic? |
it held much less power than under the republic |
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Roman architecture emphasized... |
grandeur |
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Which of the following statements is true about Jesus of Nazareth? |
His teachings were rooted in Jewish tradition |
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To join the early Christian community, a person had to... |
be baptized. or blessed with holy water |
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To try to restore order to the empire, Roman emperor Diocletian... |
divided the empire into two parts |
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Which of the following statements about Roman society is true? |
the father had absolute power in the family |
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Who was the great Carthaginian general who nearly defeated the Romans in the Second Punic War? |
Hannibal |
