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One way in which the civilizations of the Sumerians, the Phoenicians, and the Maya were similar is that each
a) developed extensive writing systems
b) established monotheistic religions
c)
d)

In which region did China’s earliest civilizations develop?
a) Himalaya Mountains
b)
c) Yellow River Valley
d)

“If a seignior (noble) has knocked out the tooth of a seignior of his own rank, they shall knock out his tooth. But if he has knocked out a commoner’s tooth, he shall pay one-third mina of silver.”--------Code of Hammurabi; Which idea of Babylonian
a) fines were preferable to corporal punishmen
b)
c)
d) divisions existed between social classes

Which statement about India is a fact rather than an opinion?
a) the partition of British India in 1947 helped India prosper
b) The Mongols ruled India for more that 100 years
c)
d)

The invention of writing systems and the growth of cities occurred only in civilizations that
a) developed complex institutions
b)
c) borrowed heavily from the Greeks and Romans
d)

Historians are interested in studying Maya ruins in Mexico, the haiku poetry of Japan, and the music of Chopin because such cultural and intellectual developments
a) reflect the values of that society
b)
c)
d) help to explain the role of geography in that society

Which social scientist primarily studies how people change resources into goods and services?
a) economist
b)
c)
d) archaeologist

Which was true of food-gathering societies in prehistoric times?
a) The population tended to be small.
b) The population tended to be small.
c)
d)

v
a) j
b)
c) b
d)

k
a) j
b)
c) k
d)

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