Question 1

Which of the following most accurately describes the status of ordinary women in early Greece?

Accepted Answer

A)  Husbands and wives were considered equal partners. 
B)  Women delayed marriage until their early twenties to study philosophy and domestic skills. 
C)  In most families, wives and daughters rarely appeared in public. 
D)  The families of Spartan women who died in childbirth were banished. 
A)  Husbands and wives were considered equal partners. 
B)  Women delayed marriage until their early twenties to study philosophy and domestic skills. 
C)  In most families, wives and daughters rarely appeared in public. 
D)  The families of Spartan women who died in childbirth were banished.

Question 2

From 1000 to 500 B.C.E.,the peoples of which parts of the world most regularly exchanged ideas and goods with each other?

Accepted Answer

A)  North and South America 
B)  Europe and Asia 
C)  Africa and Asia 
D)  Europe and North America 
A)  North and South America 
B)  Europe and Asia 
C)  Africa and Asia 
D)  Europe and North America

Question 3

The legacy and influence of Greek culture can be found in the modern world in all of the following ways EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  in buildings in Europe and America that imitate the "classical" form of the Parthenon. 
B)  in the style of the Disney Corporation's headquarters in Burbank, California. 
C)  in the White House in Washington, D.C. 
D)  in the design of I.M. Pei's glass pyramid in front of the Louvre in Paris. 
A)  in buildings in Europe and America that imitate the "classical" form of the Parthenon. 
B)  in the style of the Disney Corporation's headquarters in Burbank, California. 
C)  in the White House in Washington, D.C. 
D)  in the design of I.M. Pei's glass pyramid in front of the Louvre in Paris.

Question 4

Much of what we know about early Illyrian and Thracian culture comes from

Accepted Answer

A)  archaeology. 
B)  their own writings. 
C)  Roman historians. 
D)  the Phoenicians. 
A)  archaeology. 
B)  their own writings. 
C)  Roman historians. 
D)  the Phoenicians.

Question 5

What new types of technology were developed by the peoples of North America from
1000-500 B.C.E.,and what effects did these developments have on their lives?

Accepted Answer

During the time period of 1000-500 B.C.E

Question 6

How did trade affect the realities and expressions of power in different civilizations? Did more trade always create stronger states?

Accepted Answer

Trade had a significant impact on the re

Question 7

Greece around 600 B.C.E.enjoyed economic success throughout the Mediterranean because:

Accepted Answer

A)  its colonists were mostly outcasts, exiles, and criminals who sought to reproduce Greek culture in their new environments. 
B)  most Greeks concentrated on farming and local markets in order to get rich. 
C)  other kingdoms preferred to give up their lands to Greek colonists. 
D)  Greece sent its most experienced and respected figures to build its commercial colonies. 
A)  its colonists were mostly outcasts, exiles, and criminals who sought to reproduce Greek culture in their new environments. 
B)  most Greeks concentrated on farming and local markets in order to get rich. 
C)  other kingdoms preferred to give up their lands to Greek colonists. 
D)  Greece sent its most experienced and respected figures to build its commercial colonies.

Question 8

Aside from their dominance in warfare,the Assyrians were also remarkable

Accepted Answer

A)  poets. 
B)  builders. 
C)  philosophers. 
D)  scientists. 
A)  poets. 
B)  builders. 
C)  philosophers. 
D)  scientists.

Question 9

What are the essential elements that led the Phoenicians and Greeks to become civilizations based on colonization and trade?

Accepted Answer

The essential elements that led the Phoe

Question 10

What are two factors that caused Greece and Phoenicia to create overseas colonies?

Accepted Answer

A)  seafaring and slavery 
B)  warfare and trade 
C)  religion and agriculture 
D)  trade and seafaring 
A)  seafaring and slavery 
B)  warfare and trade 
C)  religion and agriculture 
D)  trade and seafaring

Question 11

What is most striking and new about the religious concepts developed by the people of the Ganges Valley? For example,how do their beliefs contrast with those of Zhou China or the Assyrians?

Accepted Answer

The religious concepts developed by the

Question 12

Wall paintings from Etruscan tombs present a society that was seemingly

Accepted Answer

A)  austere and sexually repressed. 
B)  segregated with regard to gender. 
C)  sexually open. 
D)  simple, and that rarely depicted the human form. 
A)  austere and sexually repressed. 
B)  segregated with regard to gender. 
C)  sexually open. 
D)  simple, and that rarely depicted the human form.

Question 13

What were the key factors that led to instability during the period of the Warring States in Zhou China? Which of these factors were most significant,and why?

Accepted Answer

The key factors that led to instability

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

Which of the following most accurately describes the status of ordinary women in early Greece?

From 1000 to 500 B.C.E.,the peoples of which parts of the world most regularly exchanged ideas and goods with each other?

The legacy and influence of Greek culture can be found in the modern world in all of the following ways EXCEPT:

Much of what we know about early Illyrian and Thracian culture comes from

What new types of technology were developed by the peoples of North America from 1000-500 B.C.E.,and what effects did these developments have on their lives?

How did trade affect the realities and expressions of power in different civilizations? Did more trade always create stronger states?

Greece around 600 B.C.E.enjoyed economic success throughout the Mediterranean because:

Aside from their dominance in warfare,the Assyrians were also remarkable

What are the essential elements that led the Phoenicians and Greeks to become civilizations based on colonization and trade?

What are two factors that caused Greece and Phoenicia to create overseas colonies?

What is most striking and new about the religious concepts developed by the people of the Ganges Valley? For example,how do their beliefs contrast with those of Zhou China or the Assyrians?

Wall paintings from Etruscan tombs present a society that was seemingly

What were the key factors that led to instability during the period of the Warring States in Zhou China? Which of these factors were most significant,and why?

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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