Question 1

Why did the center of power shift to Meroë in the fourth century B.C.E.?

Accepted Answer

A)  There was a plague epidemic throughout Egypt. 
B)  It was a better location for agriculture and trade. 
C)  Nubia allied militarily with peoples in sub-Saharan Africa. 
D)  The king of Meroë was the strongest man in the Eastern Hemisphere. 
E)  Egyptian culture weakened and became degenerate. 
A)  There was a plague epidemic throughout Egypt. 
B)  It was a better location for agriculture and trade. 
C)  Nubia allied militarily with peoples in sub-Saharan Africa. 
D)  The king of Meroë was the strongest man in the Eastern Hemisphere. 
E)  Egyptian culture weakened and became degenerate.

Question 2

People without permanent, fixed places of residence, whose way of life and means of subsistence require them to periodically migrate, often with their herds of domesticated animals, to a familiar series of temporary seasonal encampments are called:

Accepted Answer

A)  sedentarians 
B)  wanderers 
C)  kulaks 
D)  nomads 
E)  rentiers 
A)  sedentarians 
B)  wanderers 
C)  kulaks 
D)  nomads 
E)  rentiers

Question 3

Refer to Map (in the textbook) 4.2 and describe why Nubia was a "corridor" of trade in East Africa.

Accepted Answer

Nubia was a "corridor" of trade in East

Question 4

What does the practice of feng shui accomplish?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is part of the process of silk production. 
B)  It orients buildings in harmony with the terrain and the forces of nature. 
C)  It scares away ghosts of the ancestors. 
D)  It is a treatment in traditional Chinese medicine. 
E)  It is a term for "Divine Judgment," a kind of karmic response from Heaven. 
A)  It is part of the process of silk production. 
B)  It orients buildings in harmony with the terrain and the forces of nature. 
C)  It scares away ghosts of the ancestors. 
D)  It is a treatment in traditional Chinese medicine. 
E)  It is a term for "Divine Judgment," a kind of karmic response from Heaven.

Question 5

What was the importance of trade to the native civilizations that emerged along the Nile south of Egypt?

Accepted Answer

Nubia, the 1,000-mile stretch of the Nil

Question 6

Briefly discuss pastoral nomadism as it unfolded across the Eurasian steppes after 1000 B.C.E.

Accepted Answer

Nomads are people who do not have a sing

Question 7

How did Nubia become a "corridor" for long-distance trade before 3000 B.C.E.?

Accepted Answer

A)  Government policies carefully regulated and promoted trade. 
B)  Egypt built a river highway for the passage of goods. 
C)  Nubia had no natural resources of its own and so needed to import them. 
D)  It connected sub-Saharan Africa with North Africa. 
E)  Actually, Nubia never did participate in the African trade networks, preferring isolationism. 
A)  Government policies carefully regulated and promoted trade. 
B)  Egypt built a river highway for the passage of goods. 
C)  Nubia had no natural resources of its own and so needed to import them. 
D)  It connected sub-Saharan Africa with North Africa. 
E)  Actually, Nubia never did participate in the African trade networks, preferring isolationism.

Question 8

The earliest political and economic influence on Nubia was

Accepted Answer

A)  Egypt. 
B)  the Sudan. 
C)  Mali. 
D)  Kush. 
E)  Meroë. 
A)  Egypt. 
B)  the Sudan. 
C)  Mali. 
D)  Kush. 
E)  Meroë.

Question 9

Refer to Map (in the textbook) 4.4 and discuss why the Celts had a widespread influence in Europe despite their lack of a unified state.

Accepted Answer

The Celts had a widespread influence in

Question 10

Identify the following term(s).
-Confucius

Accepted Answer

Confucius was an influential Chinese phi

Question 11

Discuss the importance of the Chinese concept of "harmony" in both religious and political terms. How does this concept manifest itself in political and religious structures? Does this concept remain stable?

Accepted Answer

Harmony remained an important considerat

Question 12

If Confucianism emphasized social engagement, its great rival, Daoism, urged ____________.

Accepted Answer

withdrawal from the

Question 13

What was the importance of the Mandate of Heaven in the transition from the Shang to the Zhou period?

Accepted Answer

The Zhou defeated the Shang around 1100

Question 14

The chief astrologer for the Han dynasty emperor Wu and regarded as the Chinese "father of history" was

Accepted Answer

A)  Herodotus 
B)  Sima Qian 
C)  Sythians 
D)  Kushan 
E)  Saka 
A)  Herodotus 
B)  Sima Qian 
C)  Sythians 
D)  Kushan 
E)  Saka

Question 15

The heir to the technique of historia ("investigation/research") developed by Greeks in the late archaic period was

Accepted Answer

A)  Herodotus 
B)  Sima Qian 
C)  Sythians 
D)  Kushan 
E)  Saka 
A)  Herodotus 
B)  Sima Qian 
C)  Sythians 
D)  Kushan 
E)  Saka

Question 16

Refer to Map (in the textbook) 4.2 and label the important rivers, cities, deserts, and bodies of water. What resources were available to the Nubians? How were geographic features important to Nubia's historical development?

Accepted Answer

In Map 4.2, the important rivers in Nubi

Question 17

Druids were

Accepted Answer

A)  Celtic priests in Gaul and Britain 
B)  keepers of henges 
C)  the warrior elite of Germanic lands. 
D)  spell-casters who ate human hearts. 
E)  we don't know 
A)  Celtic priests in Gaul and Britain 
B)  keepers of henges 
C)  the warrior elite of Germanic lands. 
D)  spell-casters who ate human hearts. 
E)  we don't know

Question 18

Identify the following term(s).
-Laozi

Accepted Answer

Laozi, also spelled Lao Tzu or Lao-Tze,

Question 19

In the Nubian kingdom's matrilineal system, the monarch who usually inherited the throne was the

Accepted Answer

A)  daughter of the dead queen. 
B)  son of the dead king's sister. 
C)  niece of the dead queen. 
D)  first-born son of the monarch. 
E)  first-born child of the monarch, male or female. 
A)  daughter of the dead queen. 
B)  son of the dead king's sister. 
C)  niece of the dead queen. 
D)  first-born son of the monarch. 
E)  first-born child of the monarch, male or female.

Question 20

Which of the following is not one of the ways that Confucian philosophy attempts to create societal harmony?

Accepted Answer

A)  By emphasizing the idea that the country is parallel to the family 
B)  By expanding the traditional feelings of benevolence toward family so that they apply to all of humanity 
C)  By avoiding violence and promoting justice, loyalty, and dignity 
D)  By emphasizing the goodness of human nature and seeking to promote it through education, particularly of public officials 
E)  By emphasizing individual freedoms 
A)  By emphasizing the idea that the country is parallel to the family 
B)  By expanding the traditional feelings of benevolence toward family so that they apply to all of humanity 
C)  By avoiding violence and promoting justice, loyalty, and dignity 
D)  By emphasizing the goodness of human nature and seeking to promote it through education, particularly of public officials 
E)  By emphasizing individual freedoms

Exam 4: New Civilizations Outside the West Asian Core Area

Why did the center of power shift to Meroë in the fourth century B.C.E.?

People without permanent, fixed places of residence, whose way of life and means of subsistence require them to periodically migrate, often with their herds of domesticated animals, to a familiar series of temporary seasonal encampments are called:

Refer to Map (in the textbook) 4.2 and describe why Nubia was a "corridor" of trade in East Africa.

What does the practice of feng shui accomplish?

What was the importance of trade to the native civilizations that emerged along the Nile south of Egypt?

Briefly discuss pastoral nomadism as it unfolded across the Eurasian steppes after 1000 B.C.E.

How did Nubia become a "corridor" for long-distance trade before 3000 B.C.E.?

The earliest political and economic influence on Nubia was

Refer to Map (in the textbook) 4.4 and discuss why the Celts had a widespread influence in Europe despite their lack of a unified state.

Identify the following term(s). -Confucius

Discuss the importance of the Chinese concept of "harmony" in both religious and political terms. How does this concept manifest itself in political and religious structures? Does this concept remain stable?

If Confucianism emphasized social engagement, its great rival, Daoism, urged ____________.

What was the importance of the Mandate of Heaven in the transition from the Shang to the Zhou period?

The chief astrologer for the Han dynasty emperor Wu and regarded as the Chinese "father of history" was

The heir to the technique of historia ("investigation/research") developed by Greeks in the late archaic period was

Refer to Map (in the textbook) 4.2 and label the important rivers, cities, deserts, and bodies of water. What resources were available to the Nubians? How were geographic features important to Nubia's historical development?

Druids were

Identify the following term(s). -Laozi

In the Nubian kingdom's matrilineal system, the monarch who usually inherited the throne was the

Which of the following is not one of the ways that Confucian philosophy attempts to create societal harmony?

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Greece and Iran

An Age of Empires: Rome and Han China

India and Southeast Asia

Peoples and Civilizations of the Americas

Networks of Communication and Exchange

The Sasanid Empire and the Rise of Islam

Christian Societies Emerge in Europe

Inner and East Asia

Mongol Eurasia and Its Aftermath

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Transformations in Europe

The Diversity of American Colonial Societies

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Between Europe and China

East Asia in Global Perspective

The Early Industrial Revolution

Revolutionary Changes in the Atlantic World

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Varieties of Imperialism in Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and Latin America

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