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Quiz by scottpcoen, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by scottpcoen
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Question 1
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Which of the following was the major effect of the Neolithic
Revolution?
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(A) The establishment of sedentary village communities
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(B) The spread of a migratory way of life
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(C) A decline in total population
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(D) An increase in the use of bronze tools
Question 2
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Which of the following occurred as a result of the development
of agriculture in societies that previously relied on hunting and
gathering?
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(A) Conditions for women improved.
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(B) The incidence of disease declined.
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(C) Population density increased.
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(D) Degradation of the environment lessened.
Question 3
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Which of the following was an important reason for the fall of
the Roman, Han, and Gupta empires?
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(A) A long period of drought that destroyed crops and livestock
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(B) The use of slaves in their armies
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(C) Intensified invasions and security issues along their frontiers
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(D) A refusal to tolerate Christianity
Question 4
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Before 500 C.E. Judaism and Hinduism were similar in that
both
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(A) had written scriptures and an ethical code to live by
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(B) spread widely around the Mediterranean
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(C) promoted teachings about reincarnation
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(D) advocated a monastic life and a rejection of the world
Question 5
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The spread of Bantu-speaking peoples over southern Africa
before 1400 C.E. can be best explained by their
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(A) conversion to Islam
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(B) use of cavalry
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(C) centralized political systems
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(D) knowledge of agriculture
Question 6
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"The Crusader states were able to cling to survival only through
frequent delivery of supplies and manpower from Europe.
[They] were defended primarily by three semi-monastic
military orders: the Templars, the Hospitallers, and the Teutonic
Knights. Combining monasticism and militarism, these orders
served to protect pilgrims and to wage perpetual war against
the Muslims." - Palmira Brummett, World Historian, 2007
"Whenever I visited Jerusalem, I always entered the al-Aqsa
Mosque, beside which stood a small mosque which the Franks
had converted into a church.… [T]he Templars, … who were
my friends, would evacuate the little adjoining mosque so that I
could pray in it." - Usamah ibn Munqidh, Muslim historian, Jerusalem, circa 1138
The second passage does not support the first passage because
the second passage...
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(A) shows that an influx of manpower from Europe was not critical for the survival of the Crusader states
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(B) shows that Muslims vastly outnumbered Europeans in the Crusader states
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(C) minimizes the importance of Hospitallers and Teutonic Knights in the administration of the Crusader states
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(D) presents an incident in which a military order supported a Muslim traveler
Question 7
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Inca and Aztec societies were similar in that both
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(A) developed from Mayan civilization
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(B) acquired empires by means of military conquest
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(C) independently developed iron technology
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(D) depended entirely on oral record keeping
Question 8
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Which of the following factors represents the most significant
cause of the growth of cities in Afro-Eurasia in the period
1000–1450
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(A) Climate change
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(B) Increased interregional trade
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(C) Decreased agricultural productivity
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(D) Increased invasions
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