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World Civ Final Flashcards

1
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Patriarchy (regulating women to inferior family positions) was a product of an agrarian society not and urban society.

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False

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First rulers to make use of the chariots and composite bows were the Hittite empire

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True

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The major problem the Greek city states had was the constant warfare and division between the city-states

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True

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Civilizations were founded on rivers so the inhabitants would not have to worry about irrigation projects

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False

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What’s not true about Harappa

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They based society’s social structure on the 4 varnas

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What is not true about Chinese women

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After the period of Confucianism in china, women experienced a new resurgence of power

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Roman peace

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Pax Romana

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A system of state relations in which less powerful states directly or implicitly agree to defer to a more powerful state

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Hegemony

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9
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Representative form of government

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Republic

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10
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Power resides in the people

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Democracy

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11
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The roman senate in the late republic

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Oligarchy

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12
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At the battle of marathon the Greeks utilized geography to their advantage

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True

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13
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The only Greek area outside of Persian control by 4th century was Macedonian

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True

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The Punic wars between Athens and Sparta was a major reason for the Greeks coming under the influence of Persia and later Alexander the Great

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False

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15
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Alexander the Great wanted to create a Hellenistic world which blended the best of both Greek and eastern culture

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True

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16
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Religion in the form of a monotheistic state religion was used to provide a unifying force to the empires

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True

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17
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During the time of Egyptian imperialism the hittites defeated the Egyptians at the battle of Qadesh and controlled all of Syria

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False

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18
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Early leaders of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia proposed the idea of divine rule which was used to strengthen the power of the pharaohs and kings

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True

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19
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The first group of modern humans (homo sapient) left Africa a million years ago

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False

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20
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Homo sapiens possessed the technical skills and mental capacity to survive in the harshest of climates

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True

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The mass migration of humans to the Western Hemisphere happened about 80,000 years ago

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False

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In Mesopotamia and Egypt an irrigated field produce twice as much yield as a rain fed field

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True

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23
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Bronze was the worlds first alloy

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True

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24
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The writing system developed in the Middle East around 3500 years ago was hieroglyphics

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False

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25
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The first worlds empire was the Akkadian empire created by Sargon

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True

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26
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In Egypt women could own and transfer property and sue for divorce

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True

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27
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China gives us a recurring pattern in world history where the conquerors on the periphery adapt to the culture of the conquered

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True

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28
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In China the conquerors presented their victories as acts of moral renewal to the conquered

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True

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29
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Decentralization consolidated power for the empires and therefore was used as a tool to increase the power of the rulers

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False

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30
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China never developed an extensive system of slave labor

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True

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31
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The need and means for utilizing heavy-wheeled vehicles in the americas never occurred, and thus it never developed as it had in Eurasia and Africa

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True

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32
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The major problem the Egyptians had with Nubia was the control the trade on the nile

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True

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33
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As in the agrarian centers of Eurasia debt dependence was probably the earliest level of power in hands of Mayan chieftains

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True

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34
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Trade was of little importance to kingdom of teotihuacan in the Mexican basin

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False

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35
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Corn was enough of a staple crop to easily feed and urban population during the time of the mayans

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False

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36
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Provincial governors

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Satraps

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37
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A battle formation of closed ranks

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Phalanx

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38
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Where humans consulted with priests to determine the will of the Gods

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Oracles

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39
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Roman foot soldiers

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Legionaries

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40
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Taxes levied on imports

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Tariffs

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41
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Nicene creed

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Christianity

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42
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The religion flourished during the Gupta era

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Hinduism

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43
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Persia kings were very tolerant to this religion

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Judaism

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44
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4-noble truths, 8-fold path, and nirvana

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Buddhism

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45
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Main oral text is called the Avesta

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Zoroastrianism

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46
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______ is the practice of acting in an unselfish manner for the good of others

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Altruism

47
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tiberius gracchus ran for tribune in 133BCE on a program of

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Providing farms for landless farmers

48
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The irrigation projects of the ancient civilizations were responsible for increased centralization of power with the exception of

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Harrapan system of cities on the Indus River

49
Q

The mesoamerican civilization that centered in Sam Lorenzo was called the ____ which mean rubber people

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Olmec

50
Q

The migration of indo-Europeans had a huge effect on all of the following civilizations except

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China

51
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Seizing control over the entire India and east Africa trade was part of sasanid strategy to defeat Rome in the Middle East

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True

52
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The history of the peoples of the world was based on two patterns: 1. Interactions of different cultures that came in contact with eachother 2. History of people’s experiencing similar changes with our transcontinental interaction

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True

53
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Succumbed to the military might if Alexander the Great

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Persians

54
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Evidence of trade as far as Southeast Asia Mesopotamia

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Harappans

55
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Constructed an extensive road system to tie the empire together

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Romans

56
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Known as aryans in India

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Indo-Europeans

57
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Ruins are located in the Yucatán peninsula

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Mayans

58
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Roman code of law

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Justinian

59
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Mesopotamian code of law

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Hammurabi

60
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Iliad and the odyssey

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Homer

61
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Alphabet

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Phoenicians

62
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Art of war

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Sun zi

63
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After tang, china developed a coherent Chinese religious civilization based on______ incorporating the fused body of daoist and Buddhist religious traditions and Confucian ethics which would last for over 1,000 years

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Now-Confucianism

64
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The role of the faithful together as equals tended to appeal to those most discontented with the Hindu ____ _____

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Caste system

65
Q

The most important reason for the successful conquest of the Aztec empire by the Europeans was

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Disease

66
Q

In Vietnam the nature of agricultural work was communal and men and women tended to work the fields together. However after long years of Chinese/confucian influenced an erosion of this equality occurred

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True

67
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Wholesale adoption of Chinese institutions proceeded more quickly in the mainland than in Japan because of their isolation

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False

68
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The use of the camel produced a transportation revolution in Africa and was not only used in trade but in military raids throughout the Sahara and sub Saharan regions

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True

69
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The use of terror was used by the incas to subjugate the people under their control

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True

70
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The Portuguese were interested in circumnavigating the muslims to college west African gold and reach the Indian spice coast/trade

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True

71
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The inquisition was a religious reform movement which aided the spread of Christianity by using non-violent methods

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False

72
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Hannibal devastated the Italian peninsula during the _____ _____

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Punic wars

73
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The ____ civilization in the Western Hemisphere was similar to the disappearance of the _____ civilization in the Indus Valley

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Mayan

Harrapa

74
Q

The roman senate in the late republic acted more like a _____ than a republic

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Oligarchy

75
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The religion which provided a “middle way or path of moderation” was

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Buddhism

76
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_____ would provide the basis for the bureaucracy of China’s empires and ideals of perfectible moral order

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Confucianism

77
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______ would provide the mystical dimension of Chinese culture and a profound love and idealization of nature

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Daoism

78
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Finally, _____ would provide the brute muscle of unifying the last warring states into a single structure under the qin

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Legalism

79
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According to _____ a ruler who abused and upset the social order was subject to the people who “had not only the right but also the obligation to invoke the Mandate of Heaven and depose him

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Mencius

80
Q

A darker view of human nature was proposed by another follower of Confucianism named

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Xunzi

81
Q

The majority(90%) of islams followers is made up of

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Sunni

82
Q

The remaining minority (10%) of Islam is called ____ which are primarily located in present day Iraq Syria and Iran

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Shiite

83
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The ____ _____ was the orthodox Christian doctrine declaring the divinity of Jesus Christ

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Nicene creed

84
Q

The advances In pottery in china would eventually lead to the development of ceramics

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True

85
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The Chinese writing is remarkably adaptable because of the meaning of the characters is independent of their pronunciation. Therefore speakers of non-Chinese could attach their own pronunciation to the characters

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True

86
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Rigid social structure

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Caste system

87
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Carrying with it (soul) the residue of one’s deeds

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Karma

88
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A precedent to future moral renewal

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Mandate of Heaven

89
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Less powerful states defer to the more powerful state

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Hegemony

90
Q

Merchants

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Usurpers

91
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The _____ was never developed as a method of conveyance in the americas

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Wheel

92
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_____ _____ were the first distinctively “American innovation” which was used by the early migrant hunters throughout the Americas

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Clovis points

93
Q

The _____ is a device of elaborate knotted ropes ties together in patterns that form a coded system of communication

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Quipú

94
Q

When ____ ____ emerged Africa about 200,000!years ago two characteristics distinguished this human from its less evolved forerunner

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Home sapiens

95
Q

Rapidly developing ___ ____ and ____ _____

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Technical skills

Cultural creativity

96
Q

The discovery of Lucy in Ethiopia is an example of pre-human species called

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Australopiths

97
Q

A civilization is a complex culture which shares all of the following except

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Gender equality

98
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Civilizations were founded in rivers so the inhabitants would not have to worry about irrigation projects

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False

99
Q

The Iron Age began about 4,000 years ago when the agricultural implements were made in this hard metal

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False

100
Q

With Hammurabis code the law in Mesopotamia was no kinder the customary law of villages and towns but a Rita writ divinely ordained and backed by military force

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True

101
Q

Patriarchy was a product of an agrarian society

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False

102
Q

First rulers to make use of the chariots and composite bows were the Hittite empire

A

True

103
Q

The major problem the Greek city states has was the constant warfare and division between the city states

A

True

104
Q

Iron plow

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Moldboard

105
Q

Allowed for diversification and increase in crops grown

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3- field system

106
Q

Allowed for tacking into the wind

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Lateen steel

107
Q

Increased during the high Middle Ages

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Population

108
Q

Was of Chinese origin

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First drilled water well

109
Q

Collar and harness

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Sternpost rudder

110
Q

______ was a representative assembly in England that by the 14th century was composed of great lords and representatives from 2 other groups: shire knights and town burgesses

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Parliament

111
Q

The _____ was the urban based middle class between the wealthy aristocracy and the working class

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Bourgeoisie

112
Q

The estates general was a representative form of government that included the following 3 estates: nobility, clergy, and army

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False

113
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The major reason for the increase in wealth in the high Middle Ages was the agricultural revolution which began with an increase in temperature around 900 ce

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True

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