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Which of the following is not one of the ways that Confucian philosophy attempts to create societal harmony?
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By emphasizing individual freedoms
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The earliest transition to agriculture was
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in the middle east
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according to the chapter, why was China's development unique?
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It was geographically seperate from the rest of east asia
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The mesopitamian law code is famous. What might account for the fact that Egypt didnt create a similar code of law?
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As a god on earth, the king was the source of all law.
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The religious farming communities tended to focus on
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an Earth Mother or female deity
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Egypts external interests were primarily concentrated on
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maintaining access to valuable raw materials
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In the third millenium BCE the political syustem that became dominant in Sumer was
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a kingship with the support of priesthood and military
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Which of the following is not generally considered to be an attribute of civilization?
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The absence of social class divisions
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Women played a major role in the transition to crop cultivation because
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they were the primary gatherers of wild plant foods
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How did Nubia become a 'corridor' for long distance trade before 3000 BCE
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It connected sub saharan africa with North Africa
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In the Nubian kingdom's matrilineal system, the monarch who usually inherited the throne was the
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son of the dead king's sister.
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The culture that developed in Egypt was unique largely because of
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Egypt's natural isolation and its essential self sufficiency
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Agriculture in Mesopotamia depended on
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artificial canals and irrigation
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Which of the following is not included among Egypt's natural resources?
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salt
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The duration and isolation of Early American cultures
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distinguished them from the world's other major cultural regions
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Which of the following about women is Mesopotamia was probably not true
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they could initiate divorce
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What is the first recognizable cultural activity of human beings?
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stone tool making
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What motivated Mesopotamian conquests of far-reaching territories?
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the need for vital resources
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The Mesopotamians developed skill in bronze metallurgy. Which of the following is not considered an advantage to bronze over other metals?
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It's inexpensive.
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What is the relationship between tool making an dmeat eating in the stone age?
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the increase in meat eating is linked to increased tool making
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During the shand period, ancestor worship becae important because
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Ancestors has special inlfuence with the gods.
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Two indigenous Chinese philosophies that emerged from the Warring state period are
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Confucianism and Daoism
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The introduction of maize to the Andean region...
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increased food supplies, allowing for greater urbanization
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Which of the following is NOT evidence of Egyptian cultural influence on Numbia?
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Actually, due to the overwhelming force of Nubian culture, things Egyptian had no influence whatsoever on them.
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Scholars feel that early domestication of animals provided all of the following except
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transportation
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The gradual adoption of agriculture trnasformed the world most by causing
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global population increase
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Compared with Mesopotamia, the Egyptian population
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was more rural and agricultural
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Which of the following was probably not one of the components of the 'systems failure' that brought down the Indus Valley cities?
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That invaders from the north and east drove out the inhabitants.
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The earliest historically documented people of Mesopotamia were the
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Sumerians
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The term city state refers to
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an urban center and the agricultural hinterlands it controlled
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Which of the following is not true about the transition to plant cultivation and animal domestication 10000 years ago?
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It was rapid and complete.
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The growth of settled agricultural communities resulted in
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trade and craft specialization
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The mnadate of Heaven meant that the ruler retainted the rught to rule as long as
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he remained a wise and principled guardian of his people.
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Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Indus Valley civilizations were all
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wiped out by a huge drought (not sure about this one, message me if its wrong)
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Women in Mesopotamia had a lower status than in a hunter gatherer society because of
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the shift of the major role in food provision from women to men.
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All of the following are common to polytheistic religions except
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the gods are metaphysical
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The 'son of heaven' concept was designed to promote all of the following except
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priest's control of state
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Compared to China, Indian social and economic structure
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gave greater latitude to merchants
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In contrast to the situation in China, the values developed in Classical India
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promosted considerable quality between men and women
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The development of writing
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helps explain why governments could become more formal and bureaucratic
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