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All of the following are believed to be developments of the Paleolithic age expect which one?

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The regular production of food through agriculture

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In ancient civilization why didnbronze replace copper?

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Bronze was harder and more durable

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What transition occurred during the early Neolithic era

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A slow transition from hunting and gathering to an agricultural society

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Which best describes what historians refer to as the agricultural revolution

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Included the growing of crops and taming of food-producing animals

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The written script of the Sumerians is known as which of the following

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Cuneiform

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How are punishments for crime under the code of hummarabi best described?

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They were more severe for the lower classes

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Which of the following best describes the Egyptian pyramids?

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Conceived and built as tombs for a city of the dead

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According to the tradition of the Hebrews they were descendants of which patriarch?

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Abraham

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According the Hebrew Bible where Moses United the Israelites after their enslavement

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Egypt

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According to the biblical account what was Solomons most revered contribution to Hebrew society

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Constructing the temple the symbolic center of the Hebrew religion and society

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The destruction of Jerusalem in 586 B.C.E and the Babylonian captivity of the people of Judah occurred at the hands of which of the following

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Chadea

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Which of the following best describes the covenant

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It acted as a contract between God and tribes of Israel

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The Phoenicians contributions to the ancient near East included which of the following

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A simplified alphabet and system of writing

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The Assyrians are important in history for their innovations in which of the following

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Empire building

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The Polis was the Greek name for which of the following

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City-state

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The Greek Polis put primary emphasis on which of the following

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Cooperation between its citizens for the common welfare

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For whom was the battle of Marathon a victory

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The Athenian hoplites

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Which of the following best describes the Delian league?

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It became an instrument of Athenian imperialism

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Which of the following occurred during the Age of Pericles?

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Athenians became deeply attached to their democratic system

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The Peloponnesian War resulted in which if the following

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The defeat of Athens and the collapse of it empire

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Which of the following was not one of Phillips II’s military reforms?

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He abandoned the phalanx formation as too ineffective and innefficent

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Alexander the Great’s troops rebelled when he made the decision to invade which country?

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India

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Scholarship on the legacy of Alexander the Great has suggested he sought to do what?

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Emulate the Homeric warrior-hero Achilles

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The Hellenistic era is best described by which development?

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The extension and imitation of Greek culture throughout the ancient Near East

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Which of the following was NOT a major source of slaves in the Hellenistic world?
Citizens who could not pay their debts were sold into slavery
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How did Greek religion change during the Hellenistic period?
The Greeks became very receptive to the eastern religious mystery cults
27
Julius Caesar is best know for which of the following
He led military commands in Spain and especially Gaul that enhanced his popularity
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Rome was established in the first millennium B.C.E. In which location?
On the plain of Latium
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Which of the following innovations enabled Romans to erect giant amphitheater, public baths, and high-rise tenement buildings?
Concrete
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The Roman Senate played what role in Roman politics
It could only advise the magistrates in legal matters
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Romans did not readily accept any of the following Greek philosophies except which?
Stoicism, because of its emphasis on virtue and duty
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Under the rule of Augustus the Roman Empire is best described how?
It turned toward an absolute monarchy, with the princeps overshadowing the senate
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Imperial Rome’s gladiatorial shows are bestvdeacribed how?
They were government-backed spectacles used to content the masses
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The largest area of Roman innovation in architecture was what
The use of concrete on a massive scale
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The last great persecution of Christians was ordered by whom
Diocletian
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The most important figure in early Christianity after Jesus be as whom
Paul of Tarsus
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Constantine’s most enduring reform came in the creation of which of the following?
The “New Rome”
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Pope Gregory the great was responsible for all of the following EXCEPT which?
Writing the Ecclesiastical Hisyory of the English People
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Justinian most important lasting contribution to Westen Civilization was which of the following?
His codification of Roman Law
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Muhammad’s flight from Mecca to Medina in 622 is known as what?
Hegira
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Which of the following is NOT a similarity between Christianity and Islam?
Both Mahammad and Jesus considered themselves to be devine
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Muslim societies abide by a strict code of law, called what?
the shari’a
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Who wrote The Life of Charlmemagne and account of Charlemagne’s achievements?
Einhard
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Which of the following best describes the early Middle Ages?
A small population subsisted on a limiting agricultural economy
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Hiwnid the Lord-vassal relationship in the Germanic practice of medieval Europe best described?
It was an honorable relationship between free men
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By the early eleventh century how is the Byzantine Empire best described?
Having achieved a new brilliance of power and influence under then Macedonians
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Each is true of the ideal civilized behavior known as chivalry EXPECPT which of the following
Chivalry was developed without the influence of the church
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How are marriages among the aristocracy of the High Middle Ages best described?
They were expected to establish political appliances between families and increase their wealth
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How are students in medieval universities best described
They often engaged in quarrels with one another and in confrontations with townspeople
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How is the curriculum of the medieval university best described
It consisted of the trivium and quadtrivium
51
The Magna Carta could be best described as which of the following
An affirmation of the traditional rights of baron
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Parliament to j England originally a rose from which of the following
Kings need to collect new taxes
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In general monasteries performed each role except which one of the following?
They formed clerical guilds for priest and nuns
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Which of the following was NOT a result of the Crusades
The steady growth in power of the Middle Eastern crusade states
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All were reaction to the great plagues expect which of the following
A reduction in the persecution of religious minorities because of the displeasurebit caused to God
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Which of the following occurred during the Black Death
Jews were accused of causing the plague by poisoning town wells
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Which of the following is a key economic conditions sequence of the plague
A decline in manorialism and weakening of feudalism as noble landlords desperate for cash converted peasant labor service to market rents, freeing their serfs
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Joan of Arc saved France by inspiring what French soldier to break English siege of which city?
Orleans
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Which of the followijgnbest characterizes popular religion in the eve of the Reformation?
People sought certainty of salvation through a variety of means, including the veneration of relics and the purchase of indulgences
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Luther religious crisis came to a head over which of his growing beliefs
No amount of good works could satisfy Gods righteouness
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For Lutherbwhatbwas the only sure source of truth and the only reliable path of faith, other than justification?
The Bible
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Luther break with the church was promoted by which of the following
Widespread sale of indulgences by preaching monks
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What was luthersbl position in the sacraments of the Catholic Church
He rejected all of them except baptism and communion of the Lords supper
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Though Luther was condemned why did he survive
He was protected by the Electir of Saxony
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Which of the following was a central belief of Lutheranism
Justification is by faith alone
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Who was the CHIEF rival of the Holy Roman Emperir Charles V?
Francis I of France
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Luther is ideas were most readily accepted in which country
Scandinavia
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“Bloody Mary” Tudor earned her nickname by expecting more than 300 members of which group?
Protestants
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How is Englands Queen Elizabeth best described?
As a moderate Protestant
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Which of the following is among the chief characteristics of John Calvins reform movement?
Predestination and the absolute soverignth of God
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England break with the Roman church became official with the passage of which act?
Act of Supremacy
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Calvin believed that salvation might be indicated by which of the following?
A decent and godly life
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How did the Reformation affect the development of education in Europe?
It expanded public access to primary schooling and improving secondary schooling through the gymnasium
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How us the Reformation in England under Henry VIII best described?
It was triggered by Henrys desire for male heir.

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