Question 1

Which of the following characterized the role of subjects in the Neo-Assyrian empire?

Accepted Answer

A)  People who lived in Assyria proper were heavily taxed and regulated in order to prevent rebellion. 
B)  People who lived in Assyria proper were forbidden from serving in political offices in order to prevent rival factions from emerging. 
C)  The conquered people who lived outside of Assyria were ruled directly by officials appointed by the king. 
D)  The conquered people who lived outside Assyria joined the army on campaigns. 
A)  People who lived in Assyria proper were heavily taxed and regulated in order to prevent rebellion. 
B)  People who lived in Assyria proper were forbidden from serving in political offices in order to prevent rival factions from emerging. 
C)  The conquered people who lived outside of Assyria were ruled directly by officials appointed by the king. 
D)  The conquered people who lived outside Assyria joined the army on campaigns.

Question 2

How did the Zhou rulers seek to legitimize their takeover of the Shang dynasty?

Accepted Answer

A)  by appealing to astronomical occurrences to verify that the gods supported them 
B)  by promoting agricultural prosperity 
C)  by establishing social stability with the defeat of various bandits 
D)  by asserting moral superiority 
A)  by appealing to astronomical occurrences to verify that the gods supported them 
B)  by promoting agricultural prosperity 
C)  by establishing social stability with the defeat of various bandits 
D)  by asserting moral superiority

Question 3

In the Vedic tradition, atman refers to the eternal being that governs the process of reincarnation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

For the Vedic people, which of the following is correct about the four-group division system?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was uniformly enforced throughout South Asia. 
B)  It was a way to stratify an increasingly agricultural and settled world. 
C)  It provided for equal land distribution among all four castes. 
D)  It originated with the Vedic people's nomadic life on the central Asian plains. 
A)  It was uniformly enforced throughout South Asia. 
B)  It was a way to stratify an increasingly agricultural and settled world. 
C)  It provided for equal land distribution among all four castes. 
D)  It originated with the Vedic people's nomadic life on the central Asian plains.

Question 5

What relationships developed between larger states and peripheral societies in the Aegean and the Levant? What was the impact of the peripheral societies?

Accepted Answer

Climate change and migration destabilize

Question 6

What was one of the key factors shaping human development in the first millennium BCE?

Accepted Answer

A)  religion 
B)  literacy 
C)  agriculture 
D)  war 
A)  religion 
B)  literacy 
C)  agriculture 
D)  war

Question 7

Which of the following about the emergence of monotheism among the Israelites is correct?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was universally encouraged by the priestly elite, who hoped to expand its power by developing a single ethnic community worshipping a single deity. 
B)  It was rejected by the prophets, who broke off to form splinter groups. 
C)  It unified a people who had long rejected all outside cultural influences. 
D)  It came after a period of henotheism, in which one god has power and ascendancy over other spirits and deities that still exist. 
A)  It was universally encouraged by the priestly elite, who hoped to expand its power by developing a single ethnic community worshipping a single deity. 
B)  It was rejected by the prophets, who broke off to form splinter groups. 
C)  It unified a people who had long rejected all outside cultural influences. 
D)  It came after a period of henotheism, in which one god has power and ascendancy over other spirits and deities that still exist.

Question 8

Which of the following innovations characterized the early empires that emerged in the first millennium BCE?

Accepted Answer

A)  New imperial ideologies and beliefs were elaborated to support claims of political legitimacy. 
B)  Rulers allowed regional governors to establish laws. 
C)  New techniques for agriculture were imposed by the invaders. 
D)  Respect for newly conquered peoples ended involuntary deportation and resettlement. 
A)  New imperial ideologies and beliefs were elaborated to support claims of political legitimacy. 
B)  Rulers allowed regional governors to establish laws. 
C)  New techniques for agriculture were imposed by the invaders. 
D)  Respect for newly conquered peoples ended involuntary deportation and resettlement.

Question 9

Which of the following about the Sea Peoples is correct?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were migrants from southern Africa who adopted boats as a primary means of transportation. 
B)  They disrupted the social order of the Minoans on the island of Crete. 
C)  They settled in northern Africa, from where they dominated the western Mediterranean Sea. 
D)  They became known as the Carthaginians. 
A)  They were migrants from southern Africa who adopted boats as a primary means of transportation. 
B)  They disrupted the social order of the Minoans on the island of Crete. 
C)  They settled in northern Africa, from where they dominated the western Mediterranean Sea. 
D)  They became known as the Carthaginians.

Which of the following characterized the role of subjects in the Neo-Assyrian empire?

How did the Zhou rulers seek to legitimize their takeover of the Shang dynasty?

In the Vedic tradition, atman refers to the eternal being that governs the process of reincarnation.

For the Vedic people, which of the following is correct about the four-group division system?

What relationships developed between larger states and peripheral societies in the Aegean and the Levant? What was the impact of the peripheral societies?

What was one of the key factors shaping human development in the first millennium BCE?

Which of the following about the emergence of monotheism among the Israelites is correct?

Which of the following innovations characterized the early empires that emerged in the first millennium BCE?

Which of the following about the Sea Peoples is correct?

Becoming Human

Rivers, Cities, and First States, 3500-2000 Bce

Nomads, Chariots, Territorial States, and Microsocieties, 2000-1200 Bce

Worlds Turned Inside Out, 1000-350 Bce

Shrinking the Afro-Eurasian World, 350 Bce-250 Ce

Han Dynasty China and Imperial Rome, 300 Bce-300 Ce

The Rise of Universal Religions, 300-600 Ce

New Empires and Common Cultures, 600-1000 Ce

Becoming the World, 1000-1300 Ce

Crises and Recovery in Afro-Eurasia, 1300-1500

Contact, Commerce, and Colonization, 1450-1600

Worlds Entangled, 1600-1750

Cultures of Splendor and Power, 1500-1780

Reordering the World, 1750-1850

Alternative Visions of the Nineteenth Century

Nations and Empires, 1850-1914

An Unsettled World, 1890-1914

Of Masses and Visions of the Modern, 1910-1939

The Three-World Order, 1940-1975

Globalization, 1970-2000

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Exam 4: First Empires and Common Cultures in Afro-Eurasia, 1250-325 Bce

Which of the following characterized the role of subjects in the Neo-Assyrian empire?

How did the Zhou rulers seek to legitimize their takeover of the Shang dynasty?

In the Vedic tradition, atman refers to the eternal being that governs the process of reincarnation.

For the Vedic people, which of the following is correct about the four-group division system?

What relationships developed between larger states and peripheral societies in the Aegean and the Levant? What was the impact of the peripheral societies?

What was one of the key factors shaping human development in the first millennium BCE?

Which of the following about the emergence of monotheism among the Israelites is correct?

Which of the following innovations characterized the early empires that emerged in the first millennium BCE?

Which of the following about the Sea Peoples is correct?

Becoming Human

Rivers, Cities, and First States, 3500-2000 Bce

Nomads, Chariots, Territorial States, and Microsocieties, 2000-1200 Bce

Worlds Turned Inside Out, 1000-350 Bce

Shrinking the Afro-Eurasian World, 350 Bce-250 Ce

Han Dynasty China and Imperial Rome, 300 Bce-300 Ce

The Rise of Universal Religions, 300-600 Ce

New Empires and Common Cultures, 600-1000 Ce

Becoming the World, 1000-1300 Ce

Crises and Recovery in Afro-Eurasia, 1300-1500

Contact, Commerce, and Colonization, 1450-1600

Worlds Entangled, 1600-1750

Cultures of Splendor and Power, 1500-1780

Reordering the World, 1750-1850

Alternative Visions of the Nineteenth Century

Nations and Empires, 1850-1914

An Unsettled World, 1890-1914

Of Masses and Visions of the Modern, 1910-1939

The Three-World Order, 1940-1975

Globalization, 1970-2000

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