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The earliest political and economic influence on Nubia was
a) Egypt
b) The Sudan
c) Mali
d) Kush

How did Nubia become a “corridor” for long-distance trade before 3000 BCE?
a) Government policies carefully regulated and promoted trade
b) Egypt built a river highway for the passage of goods
c) Nubia had no natural resources of its own and so need to import them
d) It connected sub-Saharan Africa with Egypt

The concept of Yin and Yang represented the complementary nature of
a) Religion and the state in Chinese society
b) Good and evil in Chinese morality
c) Male and female roles in the natural order
d) The wisdom of age and the strength of youth

The Chinese political system that relied primarily on strict laws and punishments to compel people to behave is called
a) Daoism
b) Confucianism
c) Judaism
d) Legalism

To Confucius, the fundamental element of society was the
a) King
b) One ring
c) Maintenance of tradition
d) Family

What does the practice of Feng shui accomplish
a) It is part of the process of silk production
b) It orients buildings in harmony with the heavens
c) It scares away ghosts
d) It is a treatment in tradition Chinese medicine

Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Indus Valley civilization were all
a) Based on fertile floodplains and river valleys
b) Made possible by large agricultural surpluses
c) Derived from an earlier, as yet undiscovered, “watershed” civilization
d) Based on beer brewing and female labor

Women in Egypt seemed to have
a) Subordinate status to men
b) Rights to property
c) More status than in Mesopotamia
d) All of the these

The first metal that the Mesopotamians used was:
a) Steel
b) Copper
c) Iron
d) Bronze

Crucial to Egypt’s agriculture was
a) Proximity to Rivendell
b) The desert
c) Proximity to the Nile river
d) Favor of the gods

Women in Mesopotamian society had a lower status than in a hunter-gatherer society because of
a) The requirement to serve as temple prostitutes
b) Their role as primary agricultural producers
c) Their role in the military
d) The shift of the major role in food provision from women to men

The term city-state refers to
a) A large city surrounded by a protective wall
b) The political institution that ruled over ancient kingdoms
c) An urban center and the agricultural lands it controlled
d) An association of mutually dependent cities

The Agricultural revolutions occurred in which era?
a) Megalithic
b) Era of Man
c) Neolithic
d) Paleolithic

The earliest transition to agriculture was
a) Middle East
b) Asia
c) Africa
d) Americas

By 300 BCE, Celtic people were NOT found in which of the following regions?
a) Hungary and Turkey
b) Japan and China
c) Britain and France
d) Spain and Ireland

___________________ refers to the period of the Stone Age associated with the evolution of humans.
a) Neolithic
b) Agricultural revolution
c) Paleolithic
d) Australopithecine

The foremost power in Anatolia from 1700 to 1200 BCE who are credited with inventing iron are the
a) Assyrians
b) Hittites
c) Babylonians
d) Kassite

The Hyksos were able to conquer Egypt because they had
a) Horse-drawn chariots carrying archers with composite bows
b) Iron weapons
c) Control of the Nile Delta regions, so they could restrict irrigation to Egyptian agriculture
d) Massive armed forces from a consolidated army of the Near East

Transportation in western Asia was revolutionized in the Later Bronze Age by the introduction of
a) Zebra
b) Ox
c) Horse
d) Elephant

The Minoan civilization was established on
a) The southern tip of Greece
b) Southwestern Macedonia
c) The island of Crete
d) The island of Malta

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