Multiple Choice (100 questions worth 100 points)
Each question will have a
correct response and 4 distracter responses.
1. What is history?
2. Describe the following
forms of writing from the unit: Linear B, Cuneiform, Hieroglyphics, and Phoenician.
3. Describe the following ancient texts; the Torah,
The Rosetta Stone, the Egyptian Book of
the Dead, and Hammurabi’s Code
Chapter 1
1. What was the role of women in the transition to
crop cultivation?
2. Describe slavery in ancient
3. What natural resources did
4. What was metal used for in early
5. What is the relationship between tool making and
meat eating in the Stone Age?
6. Describe the status of women and the differences
between Mesopotamian society and hunter-gatherer societies.
7. Why have Creation myths always been popular?
8. What were the “Systems of Failure” that probably
ended the Indus Valley Civilization?
9. What was the temple for in Mesopotamian cities?
10. Why was the Egyptian death ritual so complex?
Chapter 2
1. Why, was
2. How did the isolation of
the civilizations of the
3. What was the Mandate of
Heaven? How did it affect the rulers?
4. Why did ancestor worship
become important during the Shang period of
5. What evidence is there of
Egyptian cultural influence on
6. What plants were
domesticated and became the staples of Mesoamerican diet?
7. What was the fundamental
social unit during the later Zhou period of
8. Why did the Olmec lay out
their cities in alignment with the paths of stars?
9. Why did the center of
Mesoamerican Power shift to
10. Describe the crops of
ancient
11. What example(s) are there
that the Olmec had an enduring impact on Mesoamerican
life?
12. What political system of
13. What does the concept of
Yin and Yang represent?
14. Describe the matrilineal
system of
15. What two indigenous
philosophies emerged from the Warring States period of
16. How did the Chinese
acquire silk?
17. Why did
Chapter 3
1. What is iron? Why was it better than bronze?
2. Who was Akhenaton and why
do historians think he is important?
3. Describe the three classes
of Assyrian society.
4. What major events
characterize the era of the Egyptian New Kingdom?
5. What effects did
Phoenician trade in the western
6. What was unique about
Phoenician textiles?
7. What transportation
revolutionized the Later Bronze age in
8. For what reason did the
Assyrian government use mass deportation of conquered peoples?
9. What is the meaning of
Diaspora?
10. What can be deciphered
about Minoan trade?
11. Describe the basic tenets
of Judaism.
12. How did
13. What products were being
traded by the early Greeks?
14. How did the arrival of
the Ark of the Covenant affect the city of
15. How were decisions made
by the Assyrian King?
16. How does the
Judeo-Christian narrative begin?
17. Who were the first
foreign rulers of
18. Who were the
Carthaginians? Where had they developed
from? What was their foreign policy based on?
Chapter 4
1. Describe the social and
occupational classes of ancient
2. How were Persian women
depicted by Greek sources and what was the reality?
3. How were subject peoples
of the Persians treated under King Darius?
4. Describe the importance of
the following Persian rulers: Cyrus, Cambyses,
Darius I, Xerxes, and
Darius III.
5. What was the job of
Persian Satraps?
6. What products were Greek
farmers able to grow?
7. Describe the material
mined by ancient Greeks.
8. Define Hellenistic,
Oligarchy, Hoplite, Acropolis and Agora.
9. Who could/could not
participate in the Greek democratic system of government?
10. Compare the city-states
of
11. What were the results of
the Persian Wars?
12. What does the
Peloponnesian War reveal about flaws in the Greek societies?
13. What policies did
Alexander use to control his Empire?
14. What happened to the
Empire created by Alexander the Great after his death?
15. What city was considered
the greatest of the Hellenistic Age?
Chapter 5
1.
What was the Pax Romana?
2.
What natural resources did
3.
Why was the Roman Republic NOT a true democracy?
4.
Describe the political power that women held in
5.
How were the Romans able to win the loyalty of the other Italian peoples?
6.
Explain why were the Punic wars important to
7.
Describe how the Romans controlled foreign lands.
8.
Why did Roman Emperors consider conversion to Christianity disloyalty to
9.
Describe some significant Roman technologic advances.
10.
Describe these people:
11.
What was the Pax Romana?
12.
What values and ethics did Confucian theory emphasize? What behaviors did Confucian theory emphasize for women?
13.
What resources fundamental to their development were of greatest abundance in
14.
Describe the Chinese family and its importance.
15.
Describe the proper roles, behaviors and newlywed customs of women in
16.
Who was Qin Shi Huangdi? What does this
title mean?
17.
Why did the Qin emperor commit to standardizing coins, weights and measurements?
18.
What was the leading export of Han dynasty
Chapter 6
1.
Describe the
2.
Describe the following: Karma, Dahrma, and Moksha.
3. What
is the underlying message of reincarnation in
4. Who
was Siddhartha Gautama? Describe his 4
Noble Truths, the Eight Fold Path
and Nirvana.
5. Describe
the time period of when the Mauryan Empire ruled
6. Who
was Ashoka? What is he noted for? How did he change
7. Describe
the Gupta Empire of
8. Why
was the Gupta Empire called a “
9. How
did trade and the advancement of Buddhism and Hinduism affect
Chapter 7
1. What was the
2. What goods helped in
opening the
3. What goods did each of the
major empires want to get from the other along the
4. What groups traded using
the
5. What were the major
differenced between Indian Ocean Trade and the
6. Describe the Bantu
migrations? Why did they happen?
7. What religion(s) benefited
most from the Indian Ocean and
8. What metal workings
developed in
9. Most sub-Saharan languages
have what common starting point?