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.