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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 EXCEPT
  1. Fire
  2. Water-powered turbines
  3. Iron tools
  4. The wheel

  1. The majority of citizens living in the society that created this relief practiced which of the following?
  1. Nomadic herding
  2. Hunting and gathering
  3. Early pastoralism
  4. Individual ownership of goods
  1. All of the following are considered tenets of “traditionally define complex societies” EXCEPT
  1. A matriarchal hierarchy
  2. A division of labor
  3. Art for the sake of art
  4. A well defined law code or system

  1. Which of the following BEST summarizes Diamond’s main argument?
  1. People should stop living in cities and return to life in small bands
  2. Hunter-gatherers enjoyed a better life than modern people
  3. The Neolithic Revolution caused serious health and social problems
  4. Modern people are better off than people in the past
  1. Diamond cites all the following as evidence to support his argument EXCEPT
  1. Agriculture increased social equality
  2. Epidemic disease resulted from people living in close quarters
  3. The agricultural revolution led to a poorer diet
  4. Patriarchy was a negative result of the Neolithic Revolution
  1. Which of the following provides the BEST evidence AGAINST Diamond’s argument?
  1. Hunter-gatherers work much harder than farmers
  2. Modern science and technology would be impossible without agriculture
  3. People enjoy longer, more comfortable lives thanks to agriculture
  4. Hunter-gatherer tribes today are abandoning their lifestyles
  1. Which of the following MOST LIKELY explains Diamond’s point of view?
  1. His faith in human progress
  2. His work with hunter-gatherers in New Guinea
  3. His lifestyle as a U.S. college professor
  4. His work as an epidemiologist

  1. According to the excerpts above, Buddhist and Christian theology share a common belief that adherents should
  1. Utilize the written word as a means to spread a prophetic message
  2. Worship their prophetic leaders
  3. Seek spiritual salvation at the expense of early pursuits
  4. Practice their faith by seeking that which is pleasurable
  1. The relationship between the individual and salvation presented in Buddhism and Christianity most closely mirrors that of
  1. Confucianism
  2. Hinduism
  3. Judaism
  4. Zoroastrianism
  1. These excerpts foreshadow the adoption of which Christian and Buddhist religious practice?
  1. Development of monastic traditions
  2. Rejection of patriarchal constructs
  3. Wide-scale missionary practices
  4. Incorporation of religious leaders as gods
  1. The emergence of Islam in the post-classical era could be seen as representing a continuity of Christianity and Buddhism because Islam encouraged
  1. The need to reject all worldly desires and to seek out individual salvation
  2. A belief in a spiritual world for which correct Earthly practice was necessary
  3. A collective worship as a means to promote religious authority
  4. The practice of purposeful worship of prophetic figures
  1. The emergence of Christianity, Buddhism and other major historical faiths during the Classical Era suggests a turning point in spiritual practice because
  1. Religions became divorced from the context from which they emerged
  2. Religious traditions became increasingly codified and a component of regional empires
  3. Spiritual systems promoted the potential for salvation
  4. Belief systems provided rules and means of enforcing religious practices

  1. Based on this image and your knowledge of world history, which of the following civilizations is depicted here?
  1. The Song Dynasty of China
  2. The Ancient Persians
  3. The Norwegian Vikings
  4. The Inca Empire of Peru
  1. A historian might use this image to demonstrate which of the following?
  1. The longship allowed Viking warriors to travel both open ocean and in-land rivers
  2. Tapestries were valued commodity for trade during the Middle Ages
  3. Norse conquerors relied heavily on the use of horses to invade territory
  4. The Vikings eventually adopted Christianity and began to settle in part of continental Europe
  1. The global process explained in the excerpt above MOST dramatically impacted East Asia as
  1. Regional trade in spices increased to pay for the shipping of new world crops
  2. Indigenous American cooking practices migrated to the region leading to new cuisines
  3. Mineral wealth allowed the Spanish government to dominate East Asian trade
  4. High calorie foods entered the East Asian diet leading to population increases
  1. Which of the explains the relationship between coerced labor and the transmission of goods described in the excerpt above?
  1. Governments imported indigenous peoples into Western Europe to introduce new crops
  2. American diseases wiped out European workers mandating African slaves
  3. European merchants traded African slaves for East Asian goods
  4. Goods introduced to or refined in the Americas required a large coerced labor force
  1. The immediate losses triggered by economic interaction between the Old and the New World were most directly felt by
  1. South Asians
  2. Europeans
  3. Native Americans
  4. West Africans
  1. The exchange of hard mineral resources during this time period was MOST important to the
  1. Exchange of fur goods within Europe
  2. Emergence of Dutch and Portuguese colonies
  3. Economic growth of England and France
  4. Development of the global sliver trade

  1. Using this map as a reference, which of the following contributed MOST directly to Islam’s spread across this region by 750ce?
  1. Early empire-building efforts, primarily by the Umayyad Caliphate
  2. Peaceful interactions between cultural groups due to proselytism
  3. Economic exchanges between local communities and Sufi Muslim traders
  4. The spread of Arabic language, which was used universally across Islamic communities
  1. Which of the following contributed MOST to Islam’s spread throughout the Indian Ocean basin after 750ce?
  1. Arab warriors waged jihad on communities that spanned the east coast of Africa to the west coast of India
  2. Umayyad leaders encouraged the building of a trade network there to increase the prosperity of their empire
  3. Arab merchants established maritime trade network that encouraged conversion for economic reasons
  4. The Abbasids established a tax free trade network of believers and nonbelievers as denoted in Quranic teachings.
  1. Which of the following BEST compares with the spread of Arab culture after 750ce?
  1. The initial expansion of the Mongols throughout Eurasia
  2. The early growth of Inca territory in the Andes
  3. The migration of Bantu speakers in sub-Saharan Africa
  4. The establishment of Jewish communities throughout Eurasia

  1. Which of the following Chinese innovations MOST stimulated oceanic trade from 600ce-1450?
  1. Gunpowder
  2. Astrolabe
  3. Lateen sails
  4. Compass
  1. All of the following were ways that the environment of the Indian Ocean facilitated trade EXCEPT
  1. Mid-ocean island settlements provided supplies for ocean voyages
  2. Yearly monsoon wind cycles made round trip travel possible
  3. The tropical climate produced goods high in demand and value
  4. The fertile region surrounding the Indian Ocean supported a wide variety of cultures
  1. Which statement about the role of South Asia in Indian Ocean trade from 600ce-1450 is most accurate?
  1. Political fragmentation among Indian Kingdoms limited trade contacts in South Asia
  2. The dominance of Muslim traders in the Indian Ocean prevented Indian Hindu traders form playing a significant role
  3. The large production of trade goods in India gave South Asia a central role in Indian Ocean trade
  4. The Mughal Dynasty controlled trade in the Indian Ocean
  1. Which of the following BEST explains how this 20th century photograph reinforces traditional sources of power in Chinese society, circa 1000-1400?
  1. It shows the woman as both inferior and ornamental
  2. The woman’s stage presence demonstrates the importance of order in Chinese culture
  3. The woman’s dress displays the wealth of the Chinese and the importance of silk
  4. The woman’s stern expression depicts the seriousness of the Chinese and their sense of purpose
  1. Which of the following BEST explains why foot binding did NOT spread to other neighboring countries in East and Central Asia?
  1. The Chinese wanted to preserve this tradition for themselves because of its importance
  2. Foot binding reinforced the idea of Confucianist relationships, and that element of Confucianism did not spread
  3. In neighboring areas, women exercised more power and influence and were likely to accept it
  4. Foot binding is a complex procedure and other civilizations lacked the medical knowledge to do so
  1. The excerpt best supports which of the following conclusions about Japanese government in circa 1000ce?
  1. Japan had an imperial government structure
  2. A feudal government ruled Japan with a decentralized power structure
  3. China had conquered Japan and dominated its government
  4. A military government ruled Japan
  1. The views expressed in the excerpt are best seen as evidence of which of the following in Japanese society in the 600-1450 period?
  1. Japan’s economic well-being depended upon patriarchal leadership bot in and out of the home
  2. Patriarchy persisted in its most absolute form despite the best efforts of Japanese women in powerful positions
  3. Japanese women had some degree of power and influence despite the persistence of patriarchy
  4. Japanese men had begun to challenge traditional patriarchy, opting instead for egalitarian existence with women
  1. Based on this source and your knowledge of world history how did Mongolian women compare to Chinese women during the 13th and 14th centuries?
  1. Chinese women held respected position within the scholar gentry, bur the Mongols forbade that practice during the Yuan Dynasty
  2. Mongolian women enjoyed a more respected and independent place within society than Chinese women, who were confined by the traditional values of Confucianism.
  3. The Mongols had several women serve as sole rulers of the Mongolian Empire, while the Chinese never had an autonomous empress
  4. Unlike Chinese women, Mongolian women were not beholden to their husbands and had the legal right to divorce him and sue for his property
  1. Which of the following Chinese practices would Mongolian women have been most OPPOSED to?
  1. Foot-binding
  2. Studying the works of Confucius
  3. Buddhist meditation
  4. Ancestor veneration
  1. Which of the following transoceanic empires was established as a trading post prior to the other three?
  1. The British in India
  2. The British in West Africa
  3. Belgium in the Congo
  4. The French in Algeria
  1. During the late 19th century, which of the following had the weakest colonial presence?
  1. Britain
  2. Portugal
  3. France
  4. Italy
  1. Which of the following could best be described as an imperial state practicing economic imperialism rather than establishing settler colonies?
  1. The Dutch in South Africa
  2. The French in Algeria
  3. The British in Oceania
  4. The French in China
  1. A historian could utilize the existence of images such as the on above to illustrate
  1. The acceptability of racial intermixing
  2. Official Spanish support for the categorization of racial interaction based on social hierarchy
  3. Support for social hierarchy within all sectors of the Spanish colonies
  4. The impact of European preferences of race throughout North and South America
  1. From the image, we can see that the Spanish attempted to promote social order and homogeneity within their empire by the
  1. Use of laws to ban any clothing styles that were similar to those of the indigenous peoples before Spanish colonization
  2. Promotion of legal norms that allowed Spanish men to marry Indian women
  3. Conversion of mestizos to the dominant culture
  4. Submission of Spanish women to mestizos as a way to empower the new ethnic minorities
  1. Which of the following BEST describes the differences in the treatment of disempowered groups in the Spanish New World and the Ottoman Empire?
  1. Religious conversion was strongly supported by the Ottoman government
  2. Debates occurred within the ruling classes of Spain over the treatment of indigenous groups
  3. Ethnic minorities were occasionally introduced into the administration of the Spanish colonies
  4. Religious and ethnic minorities were allowed to engage in self-government in the Ottoman empire as long as a tax was paid
  1. Which of the following best explains the differences in ethnic makeup between colonies in North America and Latin America?
  1. English settlers rejected the idea of categorization based on race
  2. North American European colonization largely promoted segregation of different racial and ethnic groups
  3. Spanish colonists sought to promote whiteness as a superior racial category
  4. South American indigenous groups were able to retain their ethnic and tribal identity
  1. According to this passage, which of the following was the MOST significant effect of gunpowder weapons in the early modern period?
  1. Empires who used gunpowder weapons were able to expand farther and faster than before
  2. The Safavid empire was defeated in the battle of Chaldiran
  3. Skilled gunsmiths became in high demand
  4. Chinese artists used gunpowder to create impressive fireworks displays
  1. Which of the following historical examples would BEST support the author’s argument?
  1. The decimation of indigenous people in the New World by European diseases
  2. The Spaniard’s defeat of the Inca
  3. The Christian Crusades of the 11th and 12th centuries
  4. The American War of Independence against Great Britain
  1. Which of the following empires during the Early Modern period dramatically increased the size of its borders thanks to the use of gunpowder weapons?
  1. The Aztec Empire
  2. The Japanese Empire
  3. The Mughal Empire
  4. The Mongol Empire