A

Ancestor worship

B

Emphasis on the family

C

The infallibility of the emperor

D

Worship of nature spirits

A

Ghana

B

Mali

C

Songhai

D

Biafra

A

Incan sapas

B

Bantu chiefs

C

Brahmin priests

D

Chinese educate class

A

Selfish and a powerful government must restrain th peoples worst impulses

B

Inherently virtuous and therefore few laws are needed to keep society stable

C

Industrious and hardworking yet laws must be developed to protect business and industry

D

Laws that are derived from the “will of the people” are the only ones that will be adhered to

A

salt

B

slaves

C

gold

D

diamonds

A

tigers/ only habitat is in India

B

Bactrian camel/ it has two humps

C

Famous coy fish of Japan/ only thrives in Japan

D

Abominable snowman or “Yeti”/  a real life Yeti has been captured(in 2010)

A

clan

B

Nuclear family

C

congregation

D

city

A

Archaic wall murals have yet to be deciphered

B

Lack of written records to be examined

C

Few artifacts have persisted from the earlier time period

D

Massive floods and droughts have destroyed any ancient evidence

A

Benin of the Nok peoples/ being the first to trade with the Portuguese

B

Songhai of Timbuktu/ embracing Islam

C

Ezana of Axum / converting to Christianity

D

Halie Selassie of Ethiopia/ being the first African potentate to make the haj to Mecca

A

monotheism

B

animism

C

Hinduism

D

Daoism

A

Meander sluggishly to the Arabian Sea

B

Flow northward to the sea

C

Flow into the Bay of Bengal

D

Begin in the foothills of the Himalayas

A

Anasazi

B

Olmecs

C

Incas

D

Aztecs

A

Abundant natural resources and the reliably of the rivers for irrigation

B

Consistency of karma and the rules of dharma

C

Knowledge of past events and precedents

D

The continuity of imperial family, never usurped or interrupted

A

Nazca

B

Incan

C

Aztec

D

Mayan

A

He was born into a well-to- do “aristocratic” family

B

He was born on the dusty foothills of the Himalayas in what is today Tibet

C

He was called “the Buddha”

D

His enlightenment came while mediating under a Bodi tree

A

feudalism

B

samurai

C

Filial piety

D

karma

A

Zhou

B

Shang

C

Qin

D

Tang

A

Mexico

B

Peru

C

Guatemala

D

Panama

A

The Fujiwara family

B

The Yamato clan

C

Prince Hokkaido

D

Emperor Kyoto

A

It is a rigid set of theological doctrines

B

It continues to be the way of life of a majority of Indians

C

It is a philosophical system as well as an inspiration for art

D

It is the basis for Indian political theory in the past

A

The elites were concerned with war and conquest

B

Their empire extended across Central America and into South America

C

Human sacrifices were conducted on a mass scale

D

Their chief god was the sun god

A

He rejected the Mandate of Heaven concept

B

His real name was Kong Fuzi

C

He lived and taught during the rule of the Zhou dynasty

D

He exalted benevolence and righteousness as the chief virtues

A

Quipu/Amazon river valley

B

Nazca/ intermountain valleys of the Sierras

C

Quechua/ Andes Mountains

D

Totecka/ dry lands of the Atacama

A

Cahokia/ in Illinois

B

Nokomis/ in upper Michigan

C

Mesa Verde/ in Arizona

D

Hopi/ not far from Santa Fe New Mexico

A

Yamato clan/Tale of the Samurai

B

Mongolians/ Analects

C

Dravidians/ Tripitaka

D

Aryans/ Vedas

A

Kamakura/ samurai

B

Son of Heaven/ daimyos

C

Emperor/shogun

D

King/ Shinto priests

A

Yangtze River/ rice and millet cultivation

B

Yellow river/ an agricultural basis

C

High plains of Tibet/ wheat and barley production

D

Cities of Chang-an and Beijing/ a warrior class called the Mandarins

A

Ganges/lok-mata

B

Nile/ father of the rivers

C

Congo/ Zaire

D

Niger/ Mauritania

A

Power to the people

B

The best government is one that governs the least

C

The emperor’s rule is law

D

An enlightened government made up of scholar priests is the ideal

A

Khyber Pass

B

Brahmaputra River

C

Bay of Bengal

D

Ganges River

A

Spa Inca Pachacuti predicted the arrival of “White barbarians” three centuries later

B

Portuguese seafarers began a long history of building trading posts along Africa’s coast

C

A divine wind or kamikaze thwarted a Mongol naval invasion of Japan

D

Niger river trading center Timbuktu was sacked by Roman armies

A

3000, Han/ Tang/favor of the gods

B

1000/Zhou/Shang/lost the Mandate of Heaven

C

500/ Qin/ Changs/ their divine right to rule

D

500 AD/ Xia/ Mings/ not served th people and had to be overthrown

A

Such as the Mandate of Heaven/ copied from China during the Tang dynasty

B

Such as Buddhism/ were brought by Indian sea merchants in the third century AD

C

Were selectively borrowed from China/ Korea as a “cultural land bridge”

D

Were imported during the rule of Emperor Wudi/were later rejected by later rulers like Akihito

A

Word origin of “China”/  from the dynasty of the “river prince ”Pu Yu-Qin

B

Shang rulers/ still remembered for their conquest of Korea and Vietnam

C

Himalayan Mountains/separate Manchuria from the rest of China

D

Yellow River / colored by a wind-blown soil called loess

A

Tibet/ Manchurian tribes/ Shang/ the Yellow and Yangtze river valleys

B

The Sudan/ Abyssinia tribes/ Bantu/ southern Africa

C

Central Asia/Indo-Iranians and Turco-Mongolians/ Aryans/ India

D

Andean region/ indigenous peoples called the Nazca/ Incas/ Peru

A

Their native philosophies emphasized the secular more than the afterlife

B

A devotion to the larger community the village and the province

C

A worldly view that sought to learn from other nearby cultures

D

An acceptance of the divinity of the emperor as a god-king-father to the people

A

Native religion of Zen Buddhism was for centuries the legal state religion

B

Much like its larger neighbor China has had dynasties come and go over the centuries

C

Is an archipelago made up of many islands but four are most prominent

D

Traditional lore teaches that Japan was created by Nippon the god of the moon and sea

A

Wudi/other claim it was the Buddhist missionary Li Bo

B

Laozi/ some claim he was a legendary figure and not a real person

C

Prince Yu/claim it was Confucius

D

Shihuangdi/ insist it was from the legalist Hanfeizi

A

Nations long history/ ensure a good harvest

B

Complex societies/ appease the gods

C

Major civilized culture/ fortify the land from “barbarians”

D

River valley cradles/control the river floods

A

Ganges River Valley/10,000 terra cotta warriors/ were determined to be “guards” Asoka’s tomb

B

Indus River Valley/ remnants of civilization/ two cities are Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa

C

Foothill’s of the Himalayas/ burial relics/ artifacts are from the tomb of Gautama

D

Dry lands of the Karachi/ ancient cities/ urban centers are Timbuktu and Mumbai