Multiple Choice

Question 1

activities / behaviour of foragers

Answer 1

• Focus on fishing in all parts of the world, because it was less dangerous
• Foragers healthier with stronger bones/teeth than later agriculturists
• Worked less hours than agriculturalists and us, allowed focused attention of art

Question 2

Characteristics of city-states

Answer 2

• each had a different god

* Run by elite elders and young men

Question 3

The origin of written text

Answer 3

• Mesopotamia

* Rebus system

Question 4

the origin of territorial kingdoms

Answer 4

•Scarcity of natural resources in Mesopotamia led to trade. “Connecting force of trade”

Question 5

characteristics of the Hyksos people - tolerance in world empires

Answer 5

• Had chariots, bronze axes, composite bows.

* Defeated 13th dynasty without destroying it

Question 6

early persecution of Christians

Answer 6

• Refusal to pay homage to emperor/affirm his diety
• Blamed for fire in Rome
• Localized to Rome

Question 7

Constantine’s ascension as sole Western emperor

Answer 7

• Took reign after Battle at Milvian Bridge vs. Maxentius

* Claimed (Christian) God gave him victory, saw vision of cross in the sky

Question 8

Muhammad’s early life

Answer 8

• Born in Mecca in AD 570 to Quarysh tribe

* Visited by angel, commanded him to receive revelation (Qur’an)

Question 9

events of the First Crusade

Answer 9

• 1095-1099

* Pope Urban II, Western Christan vs. Seljuk Turks

Question 10

major Enlightenment ideas / contributions of French philosophes

Answer 10

•human reason was the only trusted authority for understanding the natural, observable world 


Question 11

characteristics of Enlightenment empiricism

Answer 11

•All knowledge comes from senses, but filtered through rational minds

Question 12

Prussia’s rise as an east-central European power

Answer 12

• Surprising, because poor soil/resources
• Less sophisticated economy than neighbours
• Uncoordinated economy
• Few cities
• Small population

Question 13

factors in the rise of the Industrial Revolution

Answer 13

• abidance of easily accessibly coal near the surface
• Deliberate emphasis on freedom of thought, political liberalism, and deregulation in Britain that inspired innovation and free thought
• Increasing population from surplus crops yields and new agricultural technologies provided a growing urban workforce for factories
• Enlightenment thinking translated into new innovations and a new temperament that was optimistic about the future