Question 1

How did the reemergence of civilization in China compare with the new societies that developed in the Greek world?

Accepted Answer

The reemergence of civilization in China

Question 2

Compare the resurgence of civilization in the Greek world with the new empires of Assyria and Babylon.What are the most important differences and why?

Accepted Answer

The resurgence of civilization in the Gr

Question 3

The supreme god in the Upanishads is

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A)  Brahman. 
B)  Ganges. 
C)  Maduru Oya. 
D)  Veda. 
A)  Brahman. 
B)  Ganges. 
C)  Maduru Oya. 
D)  Veda.

Question 4

Explain why most historians consider the era around 1000 B.C.E.to have been both destructive and transformative for most major world civilizations.Your answer should draw on examples from Greece,India,Mesopotamia and China.

Accepted Answer

The era around 1000 B.C.E. is considered

Question 5

The chief reason that we know less about many American or African cultures than many of those in Eurasia is

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A)  their lack of an archaeological record. 
B)  their lack of a written record. 
C)  the prejudice of modern historians. 
D)  our own lack of interest in the subject. 
A)  their lack of an archaeological record. 
B)  their lack of a written record. 
C)  the prejudice of modern historians. 
D)  our own lack of interest in the subject.

Question 6

How did the interplay of cultures in the Mediterranean and Indian Ocean basins in the first millennium B.C.E.affect the development of civilization in those areas? How did the isolation characteristic of cultures in the Americas affect the development of civilizations there?

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The interplay of cultures in the Mediter

Question 7

In Greek democracies,

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A)  all males were citizens. 
B)  only privileged males could vote. 
C)  privileged women had some political rights. 
D)  women and slaves could only vote when the men were away at war. 
A)  all males were citizens. 
B)  only privileged males could vote. 
C)  privileged women had some political rights. 
D)  women and slaves could only vote when the men were away at war.

Question 8

In addition to the advantages Eurasian civilizations gained from greater connections to each other,what dangers or challenges did greater connectivity pose for them? Conversely,what advantages did American and African civilizations gain from relative isolation?

Accepted Answer

Greater connectivity among Eurasian civi

Question 9

What common characteristics did the empires of Assyria and Babylon share? What factors caused their decline?

Accepted Answer

The empires of Assyria and Babylon share

Question 10

How did new civilizations arise in Africa and the Americas from 1000 to 500 B.C.E.? What were their similarities and differences?

Accepted Answer

New civilizations arose in Africa and th

Question 11

One of the most distinguishing features of Native American societies in the Mississippi River Valley was the building of

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A)  pyramids. 
B)  a network of complex irrigation systems. 
C)  mounds. 
D)  ziggurats and temples. 
A)  pyramids. 
B)  a network of complex irrigation systems. 
C)  mounds. 
D)  ziggurats and temples.

Question 12

Assyria's empire was held together by

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A)  fear. 
B)  love. 
C)  generosity. 
D)  good government. 
A)  fear. 
B)  love. 
C)  generosity. 
D)  good government.

Question 13

Aristotle said that cities originated from

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A)  families. 
B)  warfare. 
C)  religious associations. 
D)  trade. 
A)  families. 
B)  warfare. 
C)  religious associations. 
D)  trade.

Question 14

A key technological development that began around 500 B.C.E.in sub-Saharan Africa was

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A)  yam cultivation. 
B)  iron smelting. 
C)  aqueduct construction. 
D)  writing. 
A)  yam cultivation. 
B)  iron smelting. 
C)  aqueduct construction. 
D)  writing.

Question 15

Phoenicia was located in

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A)  the Americas. 
B)  Mesopotamia. 
C)  the Eastern Mediterranean. 
D)  Sub-Saharan Africa. 
A)  the Americas. 
B)  Mesopotamia. 
C)  the Eastern Mediterranean. 
D)  Sub-Saharan Africa.

Question 16

Political instability between competing states during the period from 1000 to 500 B.C.E.led to

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A)  a decrease in trade. 
B)  advances in technology. 
C)  fewer opportunities for new ideas about society. 
D)  a decline in new religious practices. 
A)  a decrease in trade. 
B)  advances in technology. 
C)  fewer opportunities for new ideas about society. 
D)  a decline in new religious practices.

Question 17

One of the benefits of political instability in China was

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A)  increased trade. 
B)  greater agricultural output. 
C)  new philosophies. 
D)  greater political centralization. 
A)  increased trade. 
B)  greater agricultural output. 
C)  new philosophies. 
D)  greater political centralization.

Question 18

Civilization in the Americas and sub-Saharan Africa was isolated from Eurasia mostly because of

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A)  culture. 
B)  geography. 
C)  language. 
D)  lack of trade goods. 
A)  culture. 
B)  geography. 
C)  language. 
D)  lack of trade goods.

Question 19

What difference did Africa's connections to Asia make in its development in this period as compared to American developments?

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Africa's connections to Asia had a signi

Question 20

The Mahavamsa is

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A)  a factual account. 
B)  a moral fable. 
C)  a social commentary. 
D)  an entirely fictional story. 
A)  a factual account. 
B)  a moral fable. 
C)  a social commentary. 
D)  an entirely fictional story.

Exam 5: Rebuilding the World: Recoveries, New Initiatives, and Their Limits

How did the reemergence of civilization in China compare with the new societies that developed in the Greek world?

Compare the resurgence of civilization in the Greek world with the new empires of Assyria and Babylon.What are the most important differences and why?

The supreme god in the Upanishads is

Explain why most historians consider the era around 1000 B.C.E.to have been both destructive and transformative for most major world civilizations.Your answer should draw on examples from Greece,India,Mesopotamia and China.

The chief reason that we know less about many American or African cultures than many of those in Eurasia is

How did the interplay of cultures in the Mediterranean and Indian Ocean basins in the first millennium B.C.E.affect the development of civilization in those areas? How did the isolation characteristic of cultures in the Americas affect the development of civilizations there?

In Greek democracies,

In addition to the advantages Eurasian civilizations gained from greater connections to each other,what dangers or challenges did greater connectivity pose for them? Conversely,what advantages did American and African civilizations gain from relative isolation?

What common characteristics did the empires of Assyria and Babylon share? What factors caused their decline?

How did new civilizations arise in Africa and the Americas from 1000 to 500 B.C.E.? What were their similarities and differences?

One of the most distinguishing features of Native American societies in the Mississippi River Valley was the building of

Assyria's empire was held together by

Aristotle said that cities originated from

A key technological development that began around 500 B.C.E.in sub-Saharan Africa was

Phoenicia was located in

Political instability between competing states during the period from 1000 to 500 B.C.E.led to

One of the benefits of political instability in China was

Civilization in the Americas and sub-Saharan Africa was isolated from Eurasia mostly because of

What difference did Africa's connections to Asia make in its development in this period as compared to American developments?

The Mahavamsa is

Out of the Ice: Peopling the Earth

Out of the Mud: Farming and Herding after the Ice Age

The Great River Valleys: Accelerating Change and Developing States

A Succession of Civilizations: Ambition and Instability

The Great Schools

Postimperial Worlds: Problems of Empires in Eurasia and Africa, ca. 200 C.E. to ca. 700 C.E.

Remaking the World: Innovation and Renewal on Environmental Frontiers in the Late First Millennium

Contending with Isolation: ca. 1000–1200

The Nomadic Frontiers: The Islamic World, Byzantium, and China ca. 1000–1200

Contending with Isolation: ca. 1000–1200

The Nomadic Frontiers: The Islamic World, Byzantium, and China ca. 1000–1200

The World the Mongols Made

The Revenge of Nature: Plague, Cold, and the Limits of Disaster in the Fourteenth Century

Expanding Worlds: Recovery in the Late Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries

Imperial Arenas: New Empires in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

The Ecological Revolution of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

Mental Revolutions: Religion and Science in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

States and Societies: Political and Social Change in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

Driven by Growth: The Global Economy in the Eighteenth Century

The Age of Global Interaction: Expansion and Intersection of Eighteenth-Century Empires

The Exchange of Enlightenments: Eighteenth-Century Thought

Replacing Muscle: The Energy Revolutions

The Social Mold: Work and Society in the Nineteenth Century

Western Dominance in the Nineteenth Century: The Westward Shift of Power and the Rise of Global Empires

The Changing State: Political Developments in the Nineteenth Century

The Twentieth-Century Mind: Western Science and the World

World Order and Disorder: Global Politics in the Twentieth

The Pursuit of Utopia: Civil Society in the Twentieth Century

The Embattled Biosphere: The Twentieth-Century Environment

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