Deck 7: Extension (3-6): First Things First: Beginnings in History, to 500 B.C.E.

Question 1

India and China during the classical era were both influenced by

A) Legalism.
B) Buddhism.
C) Hinduism.
D) Confucianism.

Answer 1

Buddhism.

Question 2

Between 500 B.C.E.and 500 C.E. ,what did Bantu Africa,North America,and Pacific Oceania have in common?

A) In all three regions,human communities emerged that offered alternatives to civilization.
B) None of these regions developed agriculture,and the Paleolithic lifestyle persisted.
C) The majority of people in these regions lived in empires ruled by kings and priests.
D) These three regions were the economic nodes that connected the first truly global economy.

Answer 2

In all three regions,human communities emerged that offered alternatives to civilization.

Question 3

Both classical Rome and Axum were shaped by

A) the emergence of the Christian faith.
B) their conquest of empires that were similar in size.
C) their experimentation with democracy.
D) the routes of the trans-Saharan slave trade.

Answer 3

the emergence of the Christian faith.

Question 4

The majority of people during the classical era lived within which political framework?

A) Chiefdoms
B) Empires
C) City-states
D) Republics