WLD History/CVL A 1548
1. Which of the following is an example of a geographical push factor.
Answer: natural and human-made disasters
2. What was the only continent humans did not migrate to?
Answer Antarctica
3. What was a feature of life prior to the development of farming?
Answer: hunting and gathering
4. Where do archaeologists believe that pottery was first used for food preparation?
Answer: Japan
5. Use the map to determine which of the following statements about Minoan trading ports is true.
Answer Most Greek city-states and colonies were former Minoan trading ports.
6. River valley civilization transportation technology was most likely innovated to
Answer help transport large quantities of agricultural products.
7. Which of the following explains the role of silt in Egyptian and Mesopotamian societies?
Answer Silt was nutrient-rich fertilizer that helped crops grow.
8. During what period did rulers unsuccessfully attempt to rule from Heracleopolis, leading to a re-split of the northern and southern kingdoms?
Answer: First Intermediate Period
9. Why was it so common for new dynastic families to establish control of Egypt?
Answer: Poor leadership from unskilled leaders often allowed a new, dynamic leader to rise to power.
10. Why would equal treatment of women in ancient Mesopotamia have been a unifying factor?
Answer: Historically, division creates conflict; equality most often creates peace and unity.
11. The rise of farming led to surpluses of food. How did this affect social organization?
Answer It led to the specialization of labor and social classes.
12. Which of the following is the definition of patriarchy?
Answer: system in which men hold the most power and exclude women
13. From where did the king claim to get his power in both Egypt and Mesopotamia?
Answer: the Gods
14. How was the role of enslaved people in Egypt complex?
Answer: There was little legal basis for slavery and the roles of servants and laborers overlapped.
15. Ashoka made which religion the official religion of the Mauryan Empire?
Answer: Buddhism
16. What system of engineering allowed the Kushan Empire to increase its amount of arable land?
Answer: Canal systems allowed the Kushan Empire to increase its amount of arable land.
17. What is the name of the second Gupta ruler who increased the empire’s geographical size the most?
Answer: Samudragupta
18. How were the militaries of the Safavid and Mughal Empires different from each other?
Answer: The military of the Mughal Empire was more diverse than that of the Safavid Empire, as the Mughals allowed men from all cultural and religious backgrounds to join.
19. What did the Zhou and Qin dynasties develop that helped unify China?
Answer: common spoken and written language
20. What is one creation of the Qin dynasty that shows its impact and importance in Chinese history?
Answer: The Great Wall
21. What is one creation of the Qin dynasty that shows its impact and importance in Chinese history?
Answer: meritocracy
22. The Buddha is
Answer: an enlightened prince who became a spiritual teacher.
23. How did Asoka spread Buddhism throughout the Mauryan Empire?
Answer: He created more than one hundred monuments to the Buddha’s teaching and sent out emissaries and missionaries.
24. The Legalist belief that all people are selfish justifies which government policy?
Answer: the use of rewards and punishments to enforce laws
25. Explain which modern form of exchange best resembles how ideas were transferred on ancient trade routes such as the Silk Road and influenced other cultures
Answer: Information posted on a social media page would be shared repeatedly until it reached people around the world.
26. What is the main source of evidence used to explain the findings of historians in this lesson?
Answer: archaeological sites
27. How were European political beliefs influenced by the Spice Routes?
Answer : They wanted to avoid paying the high fees associated with the spice trade, leading to exploration and European imperialism.
28. What is the correct order of the four varnas, from highest-ranking to lowest-ranking, that were part of the caste system in early India at the end of the Vedic Period?
Answer: Brahmin – Kshatriya – Vaishya – Shudra
29. Which of the following statements describes the silk industry in ancient China?
Answer: Production and trade of silk was restricted beyond China’s borders.
30. Which Chinese dynasty was most closely associated with Legalism?
Answer: Qin
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Here is the step-by-step breakdown of the answers:
1. To answer this question, you need to identify the example of a geographical push factor among the given options. The correct answer is "natural and human-made disasters."
2. The question asks about the continent humans did not migrate to. The correct answer is "Antarctica."
3. Before the development of farming, humans engaged in hunting and gathering. Therefore, the feature of life prior to farming was "hunting and gathering."
4. Archaeologists believe that pottery was first used for food preparation in Japan.
5. You need to analyze the map to determine which statement about Minoan trading ports is true. The correct statement is "Most Greek city-states and colonies were former Minoan trading ports."
6. River valley civilization transportation technology was most likely innovated to help transport large quantities of agricultural products.
7. Silt played a significant role in Egyptian and Mesopotamian societies as nutrient-rich fertilizer that helped crops grow.
8. The period in which rulers unsuccessfully attempted to rule from Heracleopolis, leading to a re-split of the northern and southern kingdoms, is called the "First Intermediate Period."
9. New dynastic families commonly established control in Egypt due to poor leadership from unskilled leaders, allowing a new, dynamic leader to rise to power.
10. Equal treatment of women in ancient Mesopotamia would have been a unifying factor because historically, division creates conflict, while equality often creates peace and unity.
11. The rise of farming led to surpluses of food, which subsequently led to the specialization of labor and the emergence of social classes.
12. Patriarchy refers to a system in which men hold the most power and exclude women.
13. In both Egypt and Mesopotamia, the king claimed to get his power from the gods.
14. The role of enslaved people in Egypt was complex as there was little legal basis for slavery, and the roles of servants and laborers often overlapped.
15. Ashoka made Buddhism the official religion of the Mauryan Empire.
16. Canal systems allowed the Kushan Empire to increase its amount of arable land.
17. The second Gupta ruler who increased the empire's geographical size the most was Samudragupta.
18. The military of the Mughal Empire was more diverse than that of the Safavid Empire, as the Mughals allowed men from all cultural and religious backgrounds to join.
19. The Zhou and Qin dynasties developed a common spoken and written language, which helped unify China.
20. One creation of the Qin dynasty that shows its impact and importance in Chinese history is the Great Wall.
21. Meritocracy was a creation of the Qin dynasty that shows its impact and importance in Chinese history.
22. The Buddha was an enlightened prince who became a spiritual teacher.
23. Asoka spread Buddhism throughout the Mauryan Empire by creating more than one hundred monuments to the Buddha's teaching and sending out emissaries and missionaries.
24. The Legalist belief that all people are selfish justifies the use of rewards and punishments to enforce laws.
25. The modern form of exchange that best resembles how ideas were transferred on ancient trade routes like the Silk Road and influenced other cultures is information posted on a social media page being shared repeatedly until it reaches people around the world.
26. The main source of evidence used to explain the findings of historians in this lesson is archaeological sites.
27. European political beliefs were influenced by the Spice Routes as they wanted to avoid paying the high fees associated with the spice trade, leading to exploration and European imperialism.
28. The correct order of the four varnas (castes) from highest-ranking to lowest-ranking in early India at the end of the Vedic Period is Brahmin - Kshatriya - Vaishya - Shudra.
29. The silk industry in ancient China had restrictions on production and trade beyond China's borders.
30. The Chinese dynasty most closely associated with Legalism is the Qin dynasty.