FREE WORLD HISTORY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT HIST

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FREE WORLD HISTORY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT HIST

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-Guarantee passing score -219 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: The greatest and most dynamic Han emperor, known for his administrative centralization and imperial expansion, was

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Shang Yang Question 2: The new kingdom was a powerful Egyptian state created after the Hyksos were pushed out of power

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true

Question 3: The Hyksos were

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Horse-riding external invaders who eventually captured Memphis and levied tribute throughout Egypt

Question 4: Pasargadae was

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the capital of the Persian Empire before Persepolis

Question 5: Soon after discovery of its agricultural potential by 4000 BCE the staple food of Mesoamerica became

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Maize Question 6: What was the school of philosophical thought that returned order to China after the Period of the Warring States?

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Legalism Question 7: The nomadic tribes to the north and west of china traded with the zhou

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but did not imitate Chinese ways.

Question 8: lex talonis was a legal principle, the law of retaliation

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true Question 9: Tradition suggests that egypt was united around 3100 BCE by the conqueror

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Menes

Question 10: Ritual bloodletting was crucial to Mayan rituals because

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they believed it would prompt the gods to send rain for crops Question 11: Recent scholarship suggests that the phoenicians may likely have descended from people in the region of modern Bahrain in the Persian Gulf

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False

Question 12: Which of the following statements about homo erectus is accurate?

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Homo erectus overlapped in time with Australopithecus. Homo erectus had large browridges.

Question 13: The first complex Mesoamerican society was the Maya

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false Question 14: Mesopotamian metalworkers discovered that if they alloyed copper and tin, they could produce

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bronze Question 15: The decisive victory of Alexander of Macedon over the Persians was called the battle of

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Gaugamela

Question 16: With the development of languages, human beings were able to

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Accumulate knowledge and transmit it into new generations

Question 17: In Kush

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There is evidence of many female rulers Question 18: The Shang rulers were strengthened by their control over the technological advantage of

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Bronze metallurgy and horse drawn chariots Question 19: One of the earliest Andean states, which left a remarkable artistic legacy through its ceramics was

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Moche Question 20: The Maya were a Mesoamerican society that developed a sophisticated form of writing and made advancements in mathematics

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true

Question 21: Which of the following statements about Indus society is true?

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They produced representational art Question 22: Queen Hatshepsut ruled alone as pharaoh, the only female pharaoh who was powerful enough to not share power

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false Question 23: What were the Nubians strongest interests in their neighboring Egyptian kingdom?

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Protecting themselves against conquest and profiting from trade

Question 24: The title pharaoh

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Meant "great house" in Egyptian and was used by the rulers of the ancient Egyptian centralized state

Question 25: Evidence shows that Mesopotamians

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traded with peoples as far away as anatolia, egypt, and india Question 26: the sculptures of women usually depicted with exaggerated sexual features are known as venus figurines

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true Question 27: In ancient China, which group presided at the rites and ceremonies honoring ancestors' spirits?

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The Shang

Question 28: The Upanishads are reflections and commentaries on the Vedas

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true