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PERIODS 1-4

1. Archaeological evidence suggests all of the following forms of technology were used by people who worshipped figure like the one above EXCEPTa. Fireb. Water-powered turbinesc. Iron toolsd. The wheel

2. The majority of citizens living in the society that created this relief practiced which of the following?a. Nomadic herdingb. Hunting and gathering c. Early pastoralismd. Individual ownership of goods

3. All of the following are considered tenets of “traditionally define complex societies” EXCEPTa. A matriarchal hierarchyb. A division of laborc. Art for the sake of artd. A well defined law code or system

4. Which of the following BEST summarizes Diamond’s main argument?a. People should stop living in cities and return to life in small bandsb. Hunter-gatherers enjoyed a better life than modern peoplec. The Neolithic Revolution caused serious health and social problemsd. Modern people are better off than people in the past

5. Diamond cites all the following as evidence to support his argument EXCEPTa. Agriculture increased social equalityb. Epidemic disease resulted from people living in close quartersc. The agricultural revolution led to a poorer diet d. Patriarchy was a negative result of the Neolithic Revolution

6. Which of the following provides the BEST evidence AGAINST Diamond’s argument?a. Hunter-gatherers work much harder than farmersb. Modern science and technology would be impossible without agriculturec. People enjoy longer, more comfortable lives thanks to agricultured. Hunter-gatherer tribes today are abandoning their lifestyles

7. Which of the following MOST LIKELY explains Diamond’s point of view?a. His faith in human progressb. His work with hunter-gatherers in New Guineac. His lifestyle as a U.S. college professord. His work as an epidemiologist

8. According to the excerpts above, Buddhist and Christian theology share a common belief that adherents should a. Utilize the written word as a means to spread a prophetic messageb. Worship their prophetic leadersc. Seek spiritual salvation at the expense of early pursuitsd. Practice their faith by seeking that which is pleasurable

9. The relationship between the individual and salvation presented in Buddhism and Christianity most closely mirrors that ofa. Confucianismb. Hinduismc. Judaismd. Zoroastrianism

10. These excerpts foreshadow the adoption of which Christian and Buddhist religious practice?a. Development of monastic traditionsb. Rejection of patriarchal constructsc. Wide-scale missionary practicesd. Incorporation of religious leaders as gods

11. The emergence of Islam in the post-classical era could be seen as representing a continuity of Christianity and Buddhism because Islam encourageda. The need to reject all worldly desires and to seek out individual salvationb. A belief in a spiritual world for which correct Earthly practice was necessaryc. A collective worship as a means to promote religious authorityd. The practice of purposeful worship of prophetic figures

12. The emergence of Christianity, Buddhism and other major historical faiths during the Classical Era suggests a turning point in spiritual practice becausea. Religions became divorced from the context from which they emergedb. Religious traditions became increasingly codified and a component of regional empiresc. Spiritual systems promoted the potential for salvationd. Belief systems provided rules and means of enforcing religious practices

13. Based on this image and your knowledge of world history, which of the following civilizations is depicted here?a. The Song Dynasty of China

b. The Ancient Persiansc. The Norwegian Vikingsd. The Inca Empire of Peru

14. A historian might use this image to demonstrate which of the following?a. The longship allowed Viking warriors to travel both open ocean and in-land riversb. Tapestries were valued commodity for trade during the Middle Agesc. Norse conquerors relied heavily on the use of horses to invade territoryd. The Vikings eventually adopted Christianity and began to settle in part of continental Europe

15. The global process explained in the excerpt above MOST dramatically impacted East Asia asa. Regional trade in spices increased to pay for the shipping of new world cropsb. Indigenous American cooking practices migrated to the region leading to new cuisinesc. Mineral wealth allowed the Spanish government to dominate East Asian traded. High calorie foods entered the East Asian diet leading to population increases

16. Which of the explains the relationship between coerced labor and the transmission of goods described in the excerpt above?a. Governments imported indigenous peoples into Western Europe to introduce new cropsb. American diseases wiped out European workers mandating African slavesc. European merchants traded African slaves for East Asian goodsd. Goods introduced to or refined in the Americas required a large coerced labor force

17. The immediate losses triggered by economic interaction between the Old and the New World were most directly felt bya. South Asiansb. Europeansc. Native Americansd. West Africans

18. The exchange of hard mineral resources during this time period was MOST important to the a. Exchange of fur goods within Europeb. Emergence of Dutch and Portuguese coloniesc. Economic growth of England and Franced. Development of the global sliver trade

19. Using this map as a reference, which of the following contributed MOST directly to Islam’s spread across this region by 750ce?a. Early empire-building efforts, primarily by the Umayyad Caliphateb. Peaceful interactions between cultural groups due to proselytismc. Economic exchanges between local communities and Sufi Muslim tradersd. The spread of Arabic language, which was used universally across Islamic communities

20. Which of the following contributed MOST to Islam’s spread throughout the Indian Ocean basin after 750ce?a. Arab warriors waged jihad on communities that spanned the east coast of Africa to the west

coast of Indiab. Umayyad leaders encouraged the building of a trade network there to increase the

prosperity of their empirec. Arab merchants established maritime trade network that encouraged conversion for

economic reasonsd. The Abbasids established a tax free trade network of believers and nonbelievers as denoted

in Quranic teachings.

21. Which of the following BEST compares with the spread of Arab culture after 750ce?a. The initial expansion of the Mongols throughout Eurasiab. The early growth of Inca territory in the Andesc. The migration of Bantu speakers in sub-Saharan Africad. The establishment of Jewish communities throughout Eurasia

22. Which of the following Chinese innovations MOST stimulated oceanic trade from 600ce-1450?a. Gunpowderb. Astrolabec. Lateen sailsd. Compass

23. All of the following were ways that the environment of the Indian Ocean facilitated trade EXCEPTa. Mid-ocean island settlements provided supplies for ocean voyagesb. Yearly monsoon wind cycles made round trip travel possiblec. The tropical climate produced goods high in demand and value

d. The fertile region surrounding the Indian Ocean supported a wide variety of cultures

24. Which statement about the role of South Asia in Indian Ocean trade from 600ce-1450 is most accurate?a. Political fragmentation among Indian Kingdoms limited trade contacts in South Asiab. The dominance of Muslim traders in the Indian Ocean prevented Indian Hindu traders form

playing a significant rolec. The large production of trade goods in India gave South Asia a central role in Indian Ocean

traded. The Mughal Dynasty controlled trade in the Indian Ocean

25. Which of the following BEST explains how this 20th century photograph reinforces traditional sources of power in Chinese society, circa 1000-1400?a. It shows the woman as both inferior and ornamental

b. The woman’s stage presence demonstrates the importance of order in Chinese culturec. The woman’s dress displays the wealth of the Chinese and the importance of silkd. The woman’s stern expression depicts the seriousness of the Chinese and their sense of

purpose

26. Which of the following BEST explains why foot binding did NOT spread to other neighboring countries in East and Central Asia?a. The Chinese wanted to preserve this tradition for themselves because of its importanceb. Foot binding reinforced the idea of Confucianist relationships, and that element of

Confucianism did not spreadc. In neighboring areas, women exercised more power and influence and were likely to accept

itd. Foot binding is a complex procedure and other civilizations lacked the medical knowledge to

do so

27. The excerpt best supports which of the following conclusions about Japanese government in circa 1000ce?a. Japan had an imperial government structureb. A feudal government ruled Japan with a decentralized power structurec. China had conquered Japan and dominated its governmentd. A military government ruled Japan

28. The views expressed in the excerpt are best seen as evidence of which of the following in Japanese society in the 600-1450 period?a. Japan’s economic well-being depended upon patriarchal leadership bot in and out of the

homeb. Patriarchy persisted in its most absolute form despite the best efforts of Japanese women in

powerful positionsc. Japanese women had some degree of power and influence despite the persistence of

patriarchy

d. Japanese men had begun to challenge traditional patriarchy, opting instead for egalitarian existence with women

29. Based on this source and your knowledge of world history how did Mongolian women compare to Chinese women during the 13th and 14th centuries?a. Chinese women held respected position within the scholar gentry, bur the Mongols forbade

that practice during the Yuan Dynastyb. Mongolian women enjoyed a more respected and independent place within society than

Chinese women, who were confined by the traditional values of Confucianism.c. The Mongols had several women serve as sole rulers of the Mongolian Empire, while the

Chinese never had an autonomous empressd. Unlike Chinese women, Mongolian women were not beholden to their husbands and had

the legal right to divorce him and sue for his property

30. Which of the following Chinese practices would Mongolian women have been most OPPOSED to?a. Foot-bindingb. Studying the works of Confuciusc. Buddhist meditationd. Ancestor veneration

31. Which of the following transoceanic empires was established as a trading post prior to the other three?a. The British in Indiab. The British in West Africac. Belgium in the Congo d. The French in Algeria

32. During the late 19th century, which of the following had the weakest colonial presence?

a. Britainb. Portugalc. Franced. Italy

33. Which of the following could best be described as an imperial state practicing economic imperialism rather than establishing settler colonies?a. The Dutch in South Africa b. The French in Algeriac. The British in Oceaniad. The French in China

34. A historian could utilize the existence of images such as the on above to illustratea. The acceptability of racial intermixingb. Official Spanish support for the categorization of racial interaction based on social hierarchyc. Support for social hierarchy within all sectors of the Spanish coloniesd. The impact of European preferences of race throughout North and South America

35. From the image, we can see that the Spanish attempted to promote social order and homogeneity within their empire by the a. Use of laws to ban any clothing styles that were similar to those of the indigenous peoples

before Spanish colonizationb. Promotion of legal norms that allowed Spanish men to marry Indian womenc. Conversion of mestizos to the dominant cultured. Submission of Spanish women to mestizos as a way to empower the new ethnic minorities

36. Which of the following BEST describes the differences in the treatment of disempowered groups in the Spanish New World and the Ottoman Empire?a. Religious conversion was strongly supported by the Ottoman governmentb. Debates occurred within the ruling classes of Spain over the treatment of indigenous groupsc. Ethnic minorities were occasionally introduced into the administration of the Spanish

coloniesd. Religious and ethnic minorities were allowed to engage in self-government in the Ottoman

empire as long as a tax was paid

37. Which of the following best explains the differences in ethnic makeup between colonies in North America and Latin America?a. English settlers rejected the idea of categorization based on raceb. North American European colonization largely promoted segregation of different racial and

ethnic groupsc. Spanish colonists sought to promote whiteness as a superior racial categoryd. South American indigenous groups were able to retain their ethnic and tribal identity

38. According to this passage, which of the following was the MOST significant effect of gunpowder weapons in the early modern period?a. Empires who used gunpowder weapons were able to expand farther and faster than beforeb. The Safavid empire was defeated in the battle of Chaldiranc. Skilled gunsmiths became in high demandd. Chinese artists used gunpowder to create impressive fireworks displays

39. Which of the following historical examples would BEST support the author’s argument?a. The decimation of indigenous people in the New World by European diseasesb. The Spaniard’s defeat of the Incac. The Christian Crusades of the 11th and 12th centuries d. The American War of Independence against Great Britain

40. Which of the following empires during the Early Modern period dramatically increased the size of its borders thanks to the use of gunpowder weapons?a. The Aztec Empireb. The Japanese Empirec. The Mughal Empire d. The Mongol Empire