Question 1: What was the first information technology?

Farming

Writing

Computers

Cities

Question 2: How were spectator sports important in the Roman Empire?

It created a culture based on gambling

It allowed Roman engineers to practice making bigger and better structures

It provided a way to keep people happy and distracted

Sports were central to religious worship

Question 3: In what ways did the Hindu, Buddhist, and Confucian belief systems prevent exploration and conquest by powerful Chinese and Indian societies?

These religions did not believe in money

They put little emphasis on conquest or conversion

Disruption by Huns and other tribes kept their focus internal

The west had already explored the world

Question 4: How did Roman "democracy" during the Republic, and Athenian "democracy" differ?

Athenians let all citizens vote while Rome let had Senators to represent the people.

Roman government was built on the military while Athens was built on philosophy

Athenians gave citizens a vote on laws but Roman laws were made by the Consuls.

Since Rome borrowed most of Greek thoughts and philosophy, both governments were largely the same.

Question 5: What made the ancient civilization of the Egyptians so stable?

Their religion gave the Egyptians a system of control

The Nile River valley is surrounded by oceans and desert

They maintained a powerful army at all times

They had very little trade with the outside world

Question 6: Why did the ancient civilization of the Indus Valley invent the "caste system"?

To separate people between pure Indians and other groups

To ensure that people were always under control

The Hindu religion demanded it

It was devised under the influence of the Greeks

Question 7: What were the two largest effects of the Neolithic Revolution on early societies?

Religion and Warfare

Cities and Trade

Population Growth and New Social Roles

Philosophy and Roads

Question 8: Why was the movement of Greek art from idealism to realism important to Western individualism?

It depicted people and events as unique

It made art more believable

The Athenians made it law through democratic voting

It was influenced by outside cultures

Question 9: What was the Buddhist and Hindu concept of "Karma"?

The thought that "what goes around, comes around"

The never-ending cycle of birth and rebirth

That all actions must be reconciled until all was in balance

The concept of civil justice

Question 10: What were "the Four Vedas"?

A set of four beliefs that were critical to Hinduism

A set of four oral traditions, eventually written down, that form the Hindu religious texts

The primary four cities of the Indus Valley

The collective name of the four river based civilizations

Question 11: What was the Chinese concept of the "Mandate of Heaven"?

A politico-religious belief demonstrating that a person held rule because of the consent of heaven

The belief that China held a special place in heaven over any other peoples of the Earth.

The idea that the will of the people was written in heaven by the gods

A religious belief stating that people could not go to heaven unless they supported their ruler.

Question 12: How did Judaism demonstrate a Western individualism in its belief?

Because it made everyone accountable to their king

It believed in a savior or "messiah"

It believed that God has a personal relationship with each person

It created a strong society where each person had a distinct role

Question 13: What caused the rise of the first religions?

As a way to explain events an uncertain world

A method was needed to control people

Because beliefs in god are central to civilization

There needed to be a social rank between farmers and nobles

Question 14: What made Judaism unique in the ancient world?

The Hebrews believed they were special

The building of temples

The belief in only one all-powerful God (monotheism)

The Ten Commandments

Question 15: What were the advantages that India had in the creation of business systems?

Location, location, location,

Mathematics, location, and collectivist beliefs

Advanced shipbuilding and cartography

Use of western currency and ideas

Question 16: When Rome fell in 410 CE, it was only in the west; the eastern Roman Empire lasted for another 1,000 years. What were they called?

The Eastern Romans

The Orthodox Church

The Byzantines

The Constantines

Question 17: What two civilizations are best understood by dividing their history into ruling dynasties?

Maya and Rome

Greece and Rome

China and India

Egypt and China

Question 18: How was writing important to the development of civilizations?

It allowed thoughts and records to be transmitted over a distance

It created more effective governments through writing the laws

It allowed for more stable economies with a means for counting taxes and trade

All of the above

Question 19: What did the Greek and Roman Epicureans believe was the primary path to truth?

Harmony with Nature

Pleasure

Being less emotional

Every truth is true with evidence

Question 20: What things did eastern religions have in common?

A focus on ethical behavior

Individual actions placed in context of the good of a group

Stable belief system that survived political changes

All of the above

Question 21: What was Athenian Greek "Democracy"?

All citizens could vote on laws for the city-state

Citizens would vote for representatives that voted on laws for the city-state

A system of two factions that would debate and vote on laws for the city-state

A form of government where citizens distributed goods to other citizens

Question 22: Why were the early civilizations in Mesopotamia so unstable?

They never mastered effective government

The religion was corrupt

Farming could not feed everyone

The land was not defensible against invasion

Question 23: How did the Roman Empire ensure the spread and survival of Christianity and Judaism?

Persecution, tolerance, and dispersion throughout the empire

Making religious tolerance the law

Pitting Christians and Jews against each other

Forcing Christians and Jews to live in the countryside

Question 24: What was the "censor" in early Chinese governments?

The person who made edits to royal laws and decrees

A philosopher that held rulers accountable to the "All-Under-Heaven"

A person who critiqued rulers to ensure their practices were good for society

The person who made sure that all music and art was within government rules

Question 25: How did Western ideals spread from Greece throughout Asia

A - From the distribution of the writing of Greek philosophers

B - As a result of the conquests of Alexander the Great

C - As a result of trade, communication, and colonization between Greece and the India, Asia, Africa, and Europe

Both B and C