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World History Volume 1, to 1500

Review Questions

World History Volume 1, to 1500Review Questions
Table of contents
  1. Preface
  2. Early Human Societies
    1. 1 Understanding the Past
      1. Introduction
      2. 1.1 Developing a Global Perspective
      3. 1.2 Primary Sources
      4. 1.3 Causation and Interpretation in History
      5. Key Terms
      6. Section Summary
      7. Assessments
        1. Review Questions
        2. Check Your Understanding Questions
        3. Application and Reflection Questions
    2. 2 Early Humans
      1. Introduction
      2. 2.1 Early Human Evolution and Migration
      3. 2.2 People in the Paleolithic Age
      4. 2.3 The Neolithic Revolution
      5. Key Terms
      6. Section Summary
      7. Assessments
        1. Review Questions
        2. Check Your Understanding Questions
        3. Application and Reflection Questions
    3. 3 Early Civilizations and Urban Societies
      1. Introduction
      2. 3.1 Early Civilizations
      3. 3.2 Ancient Mesopotamia
      4. 3.3 Ancient Egypt
      5. 3.4 The Indus Valley Civilization
      6. Key Terms
      7. Section Summary
      8. Assessments
        1. Review Questions
        2. Check Your Understanding Questions
        3. Application and Reflection Questions
    4. 4 The Near East
      1. Introduction
      2. 4.1 From Old Babylon to the Medes
      3. 4.2 Egypt’s New Kingdom
      4. 4.3 The Persian Empire
      5. 4.4 The Hebrews
      6. Key Terms
      7. Section Summary
      8. Assessments
        1. Review Questions
        2. Check Your Understanding Questions
        3. Application and Reflection Questions
    5. 5 Asia in Ancient Times
      1. Introduction
      2. 5.1 Ancient China
      3. 5.2 The Steppes
      4. 5.3 Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asia
      5. 5.4 Vedic India to the Fall of the Maurya Empire
      6. Key Terms
      7. Section Summary
      8. Assessments
        1. Review Questions
        2. Check Your Understanding Questions
        3. Application and Reflection Questions
  3. States and Empires, 1000 BCE–500 CE
    1. 6 Mediterranean Peoples
      1. Introduction
      2. 6.1 Early Mediterranean Peoples
      3. 6.2 Ancient Greece
      4. 6.3 The Hellenistic Era
      5. 6.4 The Roman Republic
      6. 6.5 The Age of Augustus
      7. Key Terms
      8. Section Summary
      9. Assessments
        1. Review Questions
        2. Check Your Understanding Questions
        3. Application and Reflection Questions
    2. 7 Experiencing the Roman Empire
      1. Introduction
      2. 7.1 The Daily Life of a Roman Family
      3. 7.2 Slavery in the Roman Empire
      4. 7.3 The Roman Economy: Trade, Taxes, and Conquest
      5. 7.4 Religion in the Roman Empire
      6. 7.5 The Regions of Rome
      7. Key Terms
      8. Section Summary
      9. Assessments
        1. Review Questions
        2. Check Your Understanding Questions
        3. Application and Reflection Questions
    3. 8 The Americas in Ancient Times
      1. Introduction
      2. 8.1 Populating and Settling the Americas
      3. 8.2 Early Cultures and Civilizations in the Americas
      4. 8.3 The Age of Empires in the Americas
      5. Key Terms
      6. Section Summary
      7. Assessments
        1. Review Questions
        2. Check Your Understanding Questions
        3. Application and Reflection Questions
    4. 9 Africa in Ancient Times
      1. Introduction
      2. 9.1 Africa’s Geography and Climate
      3. 9.2 The Emergence of Farming and the Bantu Migrations
      4. 9.3 The Kingdom of Kush
      5. 9.4 North Africa’s Mediterranean and Trans-Saharan Connections
      6. Key Terms
      7. Section Summary
      8. Assessments
        1. Review Questions
        2. Check Your Understanding Questions
        3. Application and Reflection Questions
  4. An Age of Religion, 500–1200 CE
    1. 10 Empires of Faith
      1. Introduction
      2. 10.1 The Eastward Shift
      3. 10.2 The Byzantine Empire and Persia
      4. 10.3 The Kingdoms of Aksum and Himyar
      5. 10.4 The Margins of Empire
      6. Key Terms
      7. Section Summary
      8. Assessments
        1. Review Questions
        2. Check Your Understanding Questions
        3. Application and Reflection Questions
    2. 11 The Rise of Islam and the Caliphates
      1. Introduction
      2. 11.1 The Rise and Message of Islam
      3. 11.2 The Arab-Islamic Conquests and the First Islamic States
      4. 11.3 Islamization and Religious Rule under Islam
      5. Key Terms
      6. Section Summary
      7. Assessments
        1. Review Questions
        2. Check Your Understanding Questions
        3. Application and Reflection Questions
    3. 12 India, the Indian Ocean Basin, and East Asia
      1. Introduction
      2. 12.1 The Indian Ocean World in the Early Middle Ages
      3. 12.2 East-West Interactions in the Early Middle Ages
      4. 12.3 Border States: Sogdiana, Korea, and Japan
      5. Key Terms
      6. Section Summary
      7. Assessments
        1. Review Questions
        2. Check Your Understanding Questions
        3. Application and Reflection Questions
    4. 13 The Post-Roman West and the Crusading Movement
      1. Introduction
      2. 13.1 The Post-Roman West in the Early Middle Ages
      3. 13.2 The Seljuk Migration and the Call from the East
      4. 13.3 Patriarch and Papacy: The Church and the Call to Crusade
      5. 13.4 The Crusading Movement
      6. Key Terms
      7. Section Summary
      8. Assessments
        1. Review Questions
        2. Check Your Understanding Questions
        3. Application and Reflection Questions
  5. A Global Middle Ages, 1200–1500 CE
    1. 14 Pax Mongolica: The Steppe Empire of the Mongols
      1. Introduction
      2. 14.1 Song China and the Steppe Peoples
      3. 14.2 Chinggis Khan and the Early Mongol Empire
      4. 14.3 The Mongol Empire Fragments
      5. 14.4 Christianity and Islam outside Central Asia
      6. Key Terms
      7. Section Summary
      8. Assessments
        1. Review Questions
        2. Check Your Understanding Questions
        3. Application and Reflection Questions
    2. 15 States and Societies in Sub-Saharan Africa
      1. Introduction
      2. 15.1 Culture and Society in Medieval Africa
      3. 15.2 Medieval Sub-Saharan Africa
      4. 15.3 The People of the Sahel
      5. Key Terms
      6. Section Summary
      7. Assessments
        1. Review Questions
        2. Check Your Understanding Questions
        3. Application and Reflection Questions
    3. 16 Climate Change and Plague in the Fourteenth Century
      1. Introduction
      2. 16.1 Asia, North Africa, and Europe in the Early Fourteenth Century
      3. 16.2 Famine, Climate Change, and Migration
      4. 16.3 The Black Death from East to West
      5. 16.4 The Long-Term Effects of Global Transformation
      6. Key Terms
      7. Section Summary
      8. Assessments
        1. Review Questions
        2. Check Your Understanding Questions
        3. Application and Reflection Questions
    4. 17 The Ottomans, the Mamluks, and the Ming
      1. Introduction
      2. 17.1 The Ottomans and the Mongols
      3. 17.2 From the Mamluks to Ming China
      4. 17.3 Gunpowder and Nomads in a Transitional Age
      5. Key Terms
      6. Section Summary
      7. Assessments
        1. Review Questions
        2. Check Your Understanding Questions
        3. Application and Reflection Questions
  6. A | Glossary
  7. B | World History, Volume 1, to 1500: Maps and Timelines
  8. C | World Maps
  9. D | Recommended Resources for the Study of World History
  10. Index

Review Questions

1 .
On what Aegean island did Minoan civilization develop?
  1. Crete
  2. Sardinia
  3. Cyprus
  4. Rhodes
2 .
The Etruscan culture arose in the central area of what modern country?
  1. Greece
  2. Anatolia
  3. Spain
  4. Italy
3 .
Who developed the first alphabet?
  1. Egyptians
  2. Akkadians
  3. Greeks
  4. Phoenicians
4 .
What is an example of the Greeks borrowing and adapting Phoenician cultural traits?
  1. Greeks adopted the Phoenician fasces to symbolize power.
  2. Greeks adopted the Phoenician alphabet.
  3. Greeks adopted Phoenician deities to worship as gods.
  4. Greeks adopted Phoenician warfare tactics in their athletic competitions.
5 .
What likely set Athens on the path toward democracy as early as the eighth century BCE?
  1. the decline in literacy
  2. the decline in population
  3. its growing prosperity
  4. a rising conflict with Phoenicia
6 .
What Athenian leader played an instrumental role in the founding of a democracy in Athens in the late sixth century BCE?
  1. Socrates
  2. Cleisthenes
  3. Pericles
  4. Alcibiades
7 .
Though unsuccessful, the Spartans inspired the Greeks with their defense against the Persian army of what mountain pass in 480 BCE?
  1. Salamis
  2. Mantinea
  3. Thermopylae
  4. Leuctra
8 .
What two Greek city-states led their respective alliances on either side in the Peloponnesian War?
  1. Corinth and Thermopylae
  2. Athens and Corcyra
  3. Thebes and Syracuse
  4. Sparta and Athens
9 .
What Greek philosopher founded his own school at the Lyceum in Athens?
  1. Aristotle
  2. Plato
  3. Socrates
  4. Democritus
10 .
At what battle did the forces of Philip of Macedon defeat the allied armies of Athens and Thebes in 338 BCE?
  1. Thermopylae
  2. Chaeronea
  3. Leuctra
  4. Salamis
11 .
What land did Alexander the Great and the Macedonians conquer?
  1. Egypt
  2. Italy
  3. Sicily
  4. Carthage
12 .
What Greek city was the largest in the Hellenistic period?
  1. Alexandria
  2. Carthage
  3. Athens
  4. Sparta
13 .
Around what Persian sun god did a mystery religion form?
  1. Zeus
  2. Isis
  3. Baal
  4. Mithras
14 .
In what branch of government was Rome’s Council of Elders?
  1. Senate
  2. praetors
  3. censors
  4. tribunes
15 .
What Roman officials could veto the actions of Roman law courts, the popular assemblies, and the Senate?
  1. consuls
  2. praetors
  3. censors
  4. tribunes
16 .
The common people of the Roman Republic were known as:
  1. patricians
  2. optimates
  3. plebeians
  4. senators
17 .
With what group did Rome fight a war for control of the Mediterranean?
  1. Latins
  2. Carthaginians
  3. Samnites
  4. Etruscans
18 .
What were private contractors called who constructed public works and collected taxes in Rome?
  1. publicans
  2. equestrians
  3. populares
  4. proletariat
19 .
Who were the members of the First Triumvirate?
  1. Lepidus, Caesar, Octavian
  2. Caesar, Pompey, Crassus
  3. Marc Antony, Octavian, Lepidus
  4. Pompey, Lepidus, Marc Antony
20 .
What event led to the establishment of the Second Triumvirate?
  1. the assassination of Caesar
  2. the succession of Tiberius
  3. the retirement of Lepidus
  4. the suicide of Cleopatra
21 .
Julius Caesar won popularity among the Roman people for his successful military campaigns in ______.
  1. Pontus
  2. Parthia
  3. Carthage
  4. Gaul
22 .
Octavian’s success in the civil war was due largely to support from ______.
  1. Pompey’s veteran soldiers
  2. optimates
  3. Julius Caesar’s veteran soldiers
  4. Julius Caesar’s assassins
23 .
Octavian’s naval forces defeated those of Antony and Cleopatra at the Battle of ______.
  1. Pharsalus
  2. Actium
  3. Philippi
  4. Zama
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