Chapter 6 Learning curve Flashcards
At its height during the fourth to sixth centuries C.E., the Axumite state included which of the following regions?
Parts of the Arabian Peninsula
Which of the following describes how the communities of Pacific Oceania were organized politically before the thirteenth century?
Chiefdoms
Where was metallurgy least developed during the second-wave era?
The Americas
Which of the following was a feature of the Wari state?
Network of roads linking cities to the capital
When historians refer to Africa in premodern times, they are speaking generally of
a geographic concept.
Which of the following was a feature of Mayan agriculture?
A complex water management system
What provided the impetus for long-distance trade in the Niger River Valley civilization?
A desire to acquire iron ore
Which society lived at first in pit houses that gradually grew into larger settlements?
Ancestral Pueblo
Which of the following was a feature of the Bantu religion in the period before 1500 C.E.?
The belief that ancestral spirits could be accessed through rituals of sacrifice
During the second-wave era, which region continued to exclusively practice gathering and hunting?
Australia
Which of the following statements describes the movement of Bantu-speaking peoples in sub-Saharan Africa?
People moved gradually to new regions over many centuries.
Which region of the world did the vast majority of the human population inhabit during the second-wave era?
Eurasia
In which of the following civilizations did Christianity gain a permanent foothold after it was introduced in the fourth century?
Axum
Which of the following describes a kiva in Ancestral Pueblo society?
Large pit structure used for ceremonial purposes
When did the first substantial urban centers with concentrated populations and monumental architecture emerge in the Mayan world?
Between 1000 B.C.E. and the first century C.E.
Which of the following describes the history of Christianity in Axum?
Supported by royal authority, a Christian church took root in Axum and remained the majority faith in the region.
Which of the following contributed to the decline of MeroÎ?
Deforestation
In Bantu religion, how were the spirits of the ancestors typically contacted?
They could be contacted through ritual sacrifices.
What is gender parallelism?
A separate but equal definition of gender roles
Which of the following contributed to the collapse of the Axum state?
Altered trade routes that bypassed Axum diminished the revenue of the state.
What was the likely use of the San Pedro cactus at the ChavÌn site?
The cactus was ingested by the priestly class during rituals.
Which of the following statements describes the relations between the Wari and Tiwanaku kingdoms, which existed side by side in the Andes between 400 and 1000 C.E.?
They neither went to war nor mingled much.
Which of the following is true of Christianity in Africa during the second-wave era?
It spread along the North African coast and gained a permanent foothold in what is now Ethiopia.
In which region of Africa was society organized without any formal political specialists at all?
Modern-day Kenya
Which of the following crops did the Bantu domesticate themselves?
Yams
What do some scholars believe was the reason that the Chaco people built their elaborate road system?
Religion
Which of the following helped to define Mesoamerica as a distinct region with a common culture?
Agricultural technology
What was a factor that contributed to the diversity of Mesoamerican civilizations?
Range of microclimates
What caused the Chaco Phenomenon to collapse around the twelfth century?
Extended drought
Which of the following was a feature of the Bantu religion in the period before 1500 C.E.?
The belief in a Creator God who was remote and uninvolved in ordinary life
Which city had streets laid out in a grid-like pattern and a large ritual center where archaeologists have found evidence of human sacrifice?
Teotihuacan
Which of the following distinguished Tiwanaku’s farming system from that of the Wari region?
The Tiwanaku practiced raised field agriculture, while the Wari employed an elaborate system of hillside terracing and irrigation.
Which of the following statements is true of ironworking in sub-Saharan Africa?
Ironworking technology was widespread in sub-Saharan Africa, especially in the Niger Valley civilization.
In what way were civilizations in Africa different from those in Eurasia during the second-wave era?
Civilizations in Africa were fewer in number and generally smaller than their Eurasian counterparts.
Which of the following comparisons of the Maya and Teotihuac·n is true?
Teotihuac·n’s use of writing was comparatively limited when compared to that of the Maya.
What characteristic distinguished the eastern woodland societies from their Chaco Canyon counterparts?
Cahokia was a much larger settlement.
Where did the Bantu people originate?
Southeastern Nigeria and the Cameroons
The Mayan political system most closely resembles which other second-wave-era civilization?
Greece
Which of the following statements describes the movement of Bantu-speaking peoples in sub-Saharan Africa?
People moved gradually to new regions over many centuries.
What development made trans-Saharan commerce possible?
The arrival of the domesticated camel from Arabia in the first century C.E.
What was the significance of the ChavÌn cult?
The ChavÌn cult provided for the first time a measure of economic and cultural integration to the Peruvian Andes.
Where was metallurgy least developed during the second-wave era?
The Americas
Which of the following statements describes the peoples who inhabited the eastern woodlands of what is now the United States?
They were semi-sedentary, practicing light agriculture and building mounds that served as ritual centers.
What contributed to Axum’s highly productive agriculture during the second-wave era?
Use of the plow
Which of the following was a cultural achievement of the Maya civilization during the period between 250 and 900 C.E.?
Writing system
What provided the impetus for long-distance trade in the Niger River Valley civilization?
A desire to acquire iron ore
In what way were civilizations in Africa different from those in Eurasia during the second-wave era?
Civilizations in Africa were fewer in number and generally smaller than their Eurasian counterparts.
Which of the following statements describes political relations between the Maya and Teotihuac·n?
Teotihuac·n had a colony in the Maya lands.
Which of the following was an advantage that allowed the Bantu to displace gathering and hunting peoples?
Deadly diseases
