QUESTION 1

Which one of these was NOT a famous heroic female?

-Candace (Kush)

-Ariel (Palestine)

-Joan of Arc (France)

-Mulan (China)

QUESTION 2

The Maya and the early tribes of Africa were matrilineal, a term meaning?

-Societies where females were in charge

-Nations without marriage laws

-Families that traced descent through the mother's side

-Cultures with art that featured facial structures

QUESTION 3

The precursor societies to the Maya and the Inca were?

-Olmecs and Chavin

-Toltecs and Amazonians

-Aztec and Toltecs

-They had no precursors

QUESTION 4

Timbuktu was...?

-A center of learning and knowledge in Africa

-A center of trade and Islamic culture

-Capitol of the Malian Empire

-All of these

QUESTION 5

The Inca used a complex writing system based on...?

-Beautiful calligraphy

-Intricately knotted ropes

-Hieroglyphics

-Pictures

QUESTION 6

The Olmec civilization fell due to...?

-Outside invasion

-Assimilation into the Maya

-Natural disasters

-Disease

QUESTION 7

The growth of sub-Saharan African empires was made possible by...?

-The camel to facilitate long-distance trade

-Left over Roman roads

-Rivers that went through the desert bringing goods

-Ships moving down the Atlantic coast

QUESTION 8

The native religions of civilizations in both America and Africa were...?

-Alike in that they all featured human sacrifice

-More philosophical traditions than religions

-Believed in a single all-powerful god

-Polytheistic - many gods over natural forces

QUESTION 9

Calendars and history was viewed by early Americans as...?

-A wheel without fixed beginning where events happened at multiple or different points

-A line with a fixed beginning and a definite end of the world

-A cycle of endless renewal of both time and people

-Important only for the farming of corn and religious rituals

QUESTION 10

What was a major characteristic of surviving Olmec art?

-It was the first abstract art

-A focus on the human face

-It glorified corn

-It was the first to not depict the gods

QUESTION 11

What was a major difference between African societies and those of the west, the east, and the Americas?

-A - Society was much more strict in Africa than elsewhere

-B - Women held relatively more power in African societies than in others

-C - There was not such a wide gulf between the rulers and the ruled

-Both B and C

QUESTION 12

What was "Great Zimbabwe"?

-A large confederation of nations fighting off the rule of outsiders

-A stone-based culture of Bantu speakers that moved through southern and central Africa

-A primitive society of hunter/gatherers not aligned with other groups

-A form of artistic expression unique to Africa

QUESTION 13

How did the Greeks influence east African societies?

-By bringing trade, language, and eventually Christianity to areas under Axumite control

-By introducing philosophy to primitive African tribes

-By creating city-state systems that persisted in Africa until modern times

-By making the Greek the main language of modern day east Africa

QUESTION 14

How were the Spanish able to conquer the Americas so quickly?

-There was no time for American cultures to adapt to disease, technology, and government in the face of more advanced Europeans

-The foolishness of American political and military leaders

-The American civilizations lacked a truly military culture

-The American civilizations were all already in decline

QUESTION 15

What about the Mayan civilization helped it to fall to the Europeans?

-They were essentially pacifists who refused to fight off invasions

-The society was weakened by human sacrifice

-Environmental problems reduced populations and power prior to Spanish arrival

-The Aztecs had already conquered large swaths of Mayan territory.