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What was one of the strongest similarities between the Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Harrappan, and Chinese civilization?
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Irrigation of great river systems
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What civilization emerged along the Indus river valley system
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Harappan
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The monsoons were
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Seasonal winds that carry rain to the Indian Subcontinent
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What other civilization colonized the Indus river valley
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none
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The standardization of construction at all sites in Harappan civilization implies
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the existence of an autocratic authority
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Which of the following is not a characteristic of the Harappan economy
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absence of evidence fortrade
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Which of the following statements best described material culture of Harappan civilization?
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It was relatively Unsophisticated, using only bronze
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What gorup migrated into the indus river valley and disrupted the Harappans?
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Aryans?
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What were the hymns originally used by the Aryans for Animal sacrafices, entertainment, and history called
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Vedas
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What sort of relationships did the Aryans maintain with the conquered population?
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The conquered peoples, called Dases, were enslaved and the Aryans prohibited all social relationships with them
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Which of the following most accurately describes social stratification in Aryan society?
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The Aryans constructed a rigid system of social stratification consisting of varnas or groups of social classes
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which of the following was no characteristic of Aryan household structure?
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Strict monogamy
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All of the following were aspects of Aryan religion except
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a single female fertility deity
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One of the primary differences between the geography of Chinese civilization and that of Harappan civilization was the
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Chinese civilization originated in an area not affected by seasonal monsoons
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Which of the early formative Chinese cultures depended primarlily on sedentary agriculture
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Longshan
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Although there is no archaelogical evidnce for its existence, the traditional first kingdom of the Chinese was
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Xia
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Which of the following represents a difference between Aryan culture and the Shang of China
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The Aryan political organization was less centralized than that of the Shang
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What was the primary difference between the household structures of the elite and the commoners in SHang China
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The elit had extended families while the commoners had nuclear families
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Which of the following best describes the nature of Shang government?
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decentralized vassal system
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Which of the following was not a feature of Shang Religious
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lack of concentration on the afterlife
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What people overthrew the Shang dynasty?
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Zhou
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Which of the following best descrubes the ZZhou political system?
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Centralized feudalism
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The Mandate of Heaven was
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The principle of divine justificaion of Zhou authority
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What was the significanceof the great migration of the Chinese population that occurred during the Zhou period?
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The migration brought the agricultural regions of the Yangtze River valley into Chinese hands
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