1-Ancient Chinese culture embraced all of these concepts except:
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Ancestor worship
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B
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Emphasis on the family
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C
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The infallibility of the emperor
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D
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Worship of nature spirits
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2-_____________was one of the earlier trans-Saharan trade powers as early as 400 AD.
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Ghana
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B
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Mali
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C
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Songhai
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D
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Biafra
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3-Historians classify the __________as the most successful ruling group the world has ever seen!
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Incan sapas
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B
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Bantu chiefs
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C
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Brahmin priests
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D
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Chinese educate class
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4-The Legalist view of mankind is that:
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Selfish and a powerful government must restrain th peoples worst impulses
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B
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Inherently virtuous and therefore few laws are needed to keep society stable
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Industrious and hardworking yet laws must be developed to protect business and industry
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D
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Laws that are derived from the “will of the people” are the only ones that will be adhered to
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5-Referring back to correct answer in # 2, trans Saharan trade relied on all of these except:
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salt
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B
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slaves
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C
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gold
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D
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diamonds
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6-What is unique about __________________is that__________________.
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tigers/ only habitat is in India
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B
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Bactrian camel/ it has two humps
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C
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Famous coy fish of Japan/ only thrives in Japan
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D
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Abominable snowman or “Yeti”/ a real life Yeti has been captured(in 2010)
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7- In sub-Saharan Africa the basic unit of society was the:
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clan
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B
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Nuclear family
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C
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congregation
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D
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city
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8-What hampers historians from knowing pre-1500 African history?
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Archaic wall murals have yet to be deciphered
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B
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Lack of written records to be examined
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C
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Few artifacts have persisted from the earlier time period
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D
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Massive floods and droughts have destroyed any ancient evidence
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9-King___________is most known for________________________.
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Benin of the Nok peoples/ being the first to trade with the Portuguese
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B
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Songhai of Timbuktu/ embracing Islam
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C
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Ezana of Axum / converting to Christianity
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D
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Halie Selassie of Ethiopia/ being the first African potentate to make the haj to Mecca
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10-Before the arrival of Christianity and Islam the universal characteristic of African religion was:
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A
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monotheism
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B
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animism
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C
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Hinduism
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D
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Daoism
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11- All the great rivers of India, Indus, Ganges and the Brahmaputra:
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A
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Meander sluggishly to the Arabian Sea
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B
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Flow northward to the sea
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C
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Flow into the Bay of Bengal
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D
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Begin in the foothills of the Himalayas
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12-The Mayans were most influenced by a pervious culture the:
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A
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Anasazi
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B
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Olmecs
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C
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Incas
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D
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Aztecs
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13-This more than anything else would sustain Chinese power and wealth through the centuries:
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Abundant natural resources and the reliably of the rivers for irrigation
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B
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Consistency of karma and the rules of dharma
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C
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Knowledge of past events and precedents
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D
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The continuity of imperial family, never usurped or interrupted
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14-Chichen-Itza is the most famous ______________site in Central America.
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A
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Nazca
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B
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Incan
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C
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Aztec
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D
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Mayan
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15-All are true about Gautama except:
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He was born into a well-to- do “aristocratic” family
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B
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He was born on the dusty foothills of the Himalayas in what is today Tibet
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C
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He was called “the Buddha”
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D
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His enlightenment came while mediating under a Bodi tree
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16-Bushi is better known in the west as:
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A
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feudalism
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B
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samurai
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C
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Filial piety
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D
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karma
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17-The longest lasting Chinese dynasty was the:
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Zhou
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B
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Shang
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C
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Qin
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D
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Tang
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18-The ancient sites of the cities of Teotihuacan and Tenochtitlan can be found in?
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Mexico
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B
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Peru
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C
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Guatemala
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D
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Panama
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19-The developer of the organized Japanese state was:
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The Fujiwara family
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B
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The Yamato clan
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C
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Prince Hokkaido
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D
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Emperor Kyoto
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20-All of these can describe Hinduism except:
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A
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It is a rigid set of theological doctrines
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B
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It continues to be the way of life of a majority of Indians
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C
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It is a philosophical system as well as an inspiration for art
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D
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It is the basis for Indian political theory in the past
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21-All of this is true about the Aztecs except:
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A
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The elites were concerned with war and conquest
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B
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Their empire extended across Central America and into South America
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C
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Human sacrifices were conducted on a mass scale
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D
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Their chief god was the sun god
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22-All are true about Confucius except:
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He rejected the Mandate of Heaven concept
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B
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His real name was Kong Fuzi
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C
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He lived and taught during the rule of the Zhou dynasty
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D
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He exalted benevolence and righteousness as the chief virtues
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23- Linguistically the Incas imposed their language ________on the conquered peoples of the_______.
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A
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Quipu/Amazon river valley
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B
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Nazca/ intermountain valleys of the Sierras
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C
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Quechua/ Andes Mountains
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D
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Totecka/ dry lands of the Atacama
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24-The most important mound builder urban center was at _________today_______________.
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A
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Cahokia/ in Illinois
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B
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Nokomis/ in upper Michigan
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C
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Mesa Verde/ in Arizona
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D
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Hopi/ not far from Santa Fe New Mexico
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25-Our limited knowledge of the _______comes from the ____________.
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A
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Yamato clan/Tale of the Samurai
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B
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Mongolians/ Analects
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C
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Dravidians/ Tripitaka
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D
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Aryans/ Vedas
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26-Although the ________ reigned, real power in pre-1867 Japan was in the hands of the__________.
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Kamakura/ samurai
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B
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Son of Heaven/ daimyos
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C
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Emperor/shogun
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D
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King/ Shinto priests
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27-As in all cradle civilizations the Chinese cradle began in the__________ and rested on____________.
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Yangtze River/ rice and millet cultivation
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B
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Yellow river/ an agricultural basis
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C
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High plains of Tibet/ wheat and barley production
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D
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Cities of Chang-an and Beijing/ a warrior class called the Mandarins
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28-The___________river also known as the_____________ crosses the Equator-twice!
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Ganges/lok-mata
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B
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Nile/ father of the rivers
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C
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Congo/ Zaire
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D
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Niger/ Mauritania
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29-In regards to Daoist beliefs on government they taught:
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Power to the people
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B
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The best government is one that governs the least
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C
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The emperor’s rule is law
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D
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An enlightened government made up of scholar priests is the ideal
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30-The most likely route of ancient invaders into India was by way of the:
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Khyber Pass
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B
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Brahmaputra River
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C
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Bay of Bengal
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D
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Ganges River
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31-In 1281:
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Spa Inca Pachacuti predicted the arrival of “White barbarians” three centuries later
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B
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Portuguese seafarers began a long history of building trading posts along Africa’s coast
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C
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A divine wind or kamikaze thwarted a Mongol naval invasion of Japan
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D
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Niger river trading center Timbuktu was sacked by Roman armies
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32-By about _________BCE, the __________claimed that the ___________had___________________.
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3000, Han/ Tang/favor of the gods
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B
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1000/Zhou/Shang/lost the Mandate of Heaven
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C
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500/ Qin/ Changs/ their divine right to rule
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D
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500 AD/ Xia/ Mings/ not served th people and had to be overthrown
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33-Many ideas embraced by Japan________________ with/were____________________________.
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Such as the Mandate of Heaven/ copied from China during the Tang dynasty
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B
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Such as Buddhism/ were brought by Indian sea merchants in the third century AD
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C
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Were selectively borrowed from China/ Korea as a “cultural land bridge”
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D
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Were imported during the rule of Emperor Wudi/were later rejected by later rulers like Akihito
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34-The___________________is/ are________________________.
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Word origin of “China”/ from the dynasty of the “river prince ”Pu Yu-Qin
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B
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Shang rulers/ still remembered for their conquest of Korea and Vietnam
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C
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Himalayan Mountains/separate Manchuria from the rest of China
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D
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Yellow River / colored by a wind-blown soil called loess
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35-Landlocked______________had historically ruled by____________________, a subgroup the_____________ migrated into __________ perhaps 1500 BCE.
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A
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Tibet/ Manchurian tribes/ Shang/ the Yellow and Yangtze river valleys
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B
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The Sudan/ Abyssinia tribes/ Bantu/ southern Africa
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C
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Central Asia/Indo-Iranians and Turco-Mongolians/ Aryans/ India
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D
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Andean region/ indigenous peoples called the Nazca/ Incas/ Peru
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36-One unique characteristic in ancient Chinese culture was:
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A
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Their native philosophies emphasized the secular more than the afterlife
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B
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A devotion to the larger community the village and the province
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C
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A worldly view that sought to learn from other nearby cultures
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D
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An acceptance of the divinity of the emperor as a god-king-father to the people
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37-Japan:
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Native religion of Zen Buddhism was for centuries the legal state religion
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B
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Much like its larger neighbor China has had dynasties come and go over the centuries
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C
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Is an archipelago made up of many islands but four are most prominent
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D
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Traditional lore teaches that Japan was created by Nippon the god of the moon and sea
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38-Daosim is said to be the product of the teachings of the sage ________however______________.
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A
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Wudi/other claim it was the Buddhist missionary Li Bo
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B
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Laozi/ some claim he was a legendary figure and not a real person
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C
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Prince Yu/claim it was Confucius
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D
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Shihuangdi/ insist it was from the legalist Hanfeizi
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39-As in all__________ the need to_________________-contributed to the initial unification of China.
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A
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Nations long history/ ensure a good harvest
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B
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Complex societies/ appease the gods
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C
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Major civilized culture/ fortify the land from “barbarians”
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D
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River valley cradles/control the river floods
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40-In two locations in the_________________, archaeologists found_______________, these_______________________.
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A
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Ganges River Valley/10,000 terra cotta warriors/ were determined to be “guards” Asoka’s tomb
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B
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Indus River Valley/ remnants of civilization/ two cities are Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa
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C
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Foothill’s of the Himalayas/ burial relics/ artifacts are from the tomb of Gautama
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D
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Dry lands of the Karachi/ ancient cities/ urban centers are Timbuktu and Mumbai
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