15 Jan The Xia left no written records.

HS150 World Civilizations I

Lesson 2 Exam

Question 1Which inhabited region of the world is the least thoroughly explored even today?

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North America

Mesoamerica

South America

Africa

Question 2Who is credited with creating the concept called the “Mandate of Heaven”?

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Wang Mang

Duke of Zhou

King Wu

Wu Di

Question 3The Long Count is based on a cycle of __________ solar years.

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5125

265

52

10

Question 4Which of these groups retained traits that resembled the earliest Amerinds?

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Inuits

Cherokees

Adena

Creeks

Question 5Kongfuzi is more commonly known in the West as:

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Wang Mang.

Confucius.

Wu Di.

the First Emperor.

Question 6Which of these made the Bering land bridge possible?

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Rising seas

Human migration

An ice age

A period of drought

Question 7Which of the following accurately describes the first inhabitants of North America?

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They were farmers.

They were very warlike.

They were nomadic hunter-gatherers.

They were not of Asian descent.

Question 8In which area of society did the Teotihuacanos and Maya differ greatly?

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Military

Government

Religion

Commerce

Question 9Who was the “feathered serpent”?

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Hernán Cortés

Quetzalcóatl

Tezcatlipoca

Kukulcán

Question 10What does Dao mean?

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Truth

The way

Piety

Ritual

Question 11Why are the remains of oracle bones so important for Chinese history?

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They bear the first use of Chinese writing.

They demonstrate the origins of Daoism.

They record the arrival of Buddhism in China.

They provide information about the Xia dynasty.

Question 12Unlike cuneiform, writing in ancient China developed:

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for trading purposes.

using pictographs.

in a religious context.

with the emergence of civilization.

Question 13Teotihuacán was distinguished from contemporary Amerind cities by its:

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pyramids.

dependence on trade.

population.

focus on war.

Question 14Cahokia was part of what Amerind culture?

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Adena-Hopewell

Apache

Toltec

Mississippian

Question 15What unique Olmec artifacts were found at San Lorenzo?

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Elaborate burial mounds

Sophisticated iron tools

Huge wheeled carts

Immense stone heads

Question 16Which of the following locations represents Mesoamerica?

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Central and South America

Northern Mexico and southern North America

Southern Mexico and southern Central America

Mexico and northern Central America

Question 17During which dynasty did the “Era of Warring States” occur?

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Xia

Shang

Zhou

Qin

Question 18Why is the term “Native Americans” rejected by some historians and anthropologists?

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Because the term “Indian” was used first

Because the first people on the continent were actually Europeans

Because the first people on the continent were actually Africans

Because no human life was “native” to the Western Hemisphere

Question 19Which river is described as “China’s blessing”?

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Yellow River

Yangzi

Gobi

Huanghe

Question 20Why is more known about the Shang than the Xia dynasty?

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The Shang is about a millennium earlier.

The Xia left no written records.

The Xia left no physical remains.

The Xia is known only from folklore, while the Shang far better documented.