AP world chapter 6

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The population of the world at the beginning of the Common Era was about

250 million

What is "gender parallelism"?

A "separate but equal" definition of gender roles

What do scholars regard as the leading reason for the collapse of much of Maya civilization in the ninth century C.E.?

A long-term drought

Which of the following was a feature of the Wari state?

A network of roads linking cities to the capital

Which of the following statements best describes African contact with Eurasia in the period 500 B.C.E.-1200 C.E.?

Africa had frequent interaction with both Europe and Asia.

Which of the following statements is generally true of African climate and agriculture, compared to Eurasia?

Africa's climate is mostly tropical, making the soil poorer and less fertile.

This society only gradually created permanent village life as agriculture was adapted to their desert environment and lived at first in pit houses that gradually grew into larger settlements.

Ancestral Pueblo

Which society produced an elaborate and mysterious road system consisting of hundreds of miles of roads radiating out from their center that seemed unnecessary for trade or travel?

Ancestral Pueblo

Which region produced the Chavín culture?

Andes

Christianity was firmly established in this African state in the fourth century.

Axum

What were Batwa?

Foraging people who lived in the rain forest region of Central Africa

What is the proper chronological order of these civilizations?

Hopewell, Tiwanaku, Cahokia

Where was the civilization of Meröe?

In the upper Nile Valley

Which of the following statements is true of iron working in sub-Saharan Africa?

Iron-working technology was widespread in sub-Saharan Africa, especially the Niger Valley civilization.

Which of the following statements accurately describes the Mayan civilization?

Mayan civilization developed over a long period in Mesoamerica.

Which of the following statements best describes the movement of Bantu-speaking peoples in sub-Saharan Africa?

People moved gradually to new regions over many centuries.

Which of the following was an important reason for the decline of Meröe?

The kingdom suffered severe deforestation because so much wood was used to smelt iron.

Which of the following statements best describes the sense of common African culture in pre-modern times?

There was no common identity among the people of the continent as Africans.

What impact did the Bantu peoples have on the gathering and hunting societies of Africa?

the Bantu gradually displaced gathering and hunting societies or converted them to an agricultural way of life.

Which of the following best describes Bantu religious practice in the period before 1500 C.E.?

Bantu believed there was a Creator God, but that he was remote and uninvolved in ordinary life.

What was the dominant center of the Mississippi Valley Mound Builder culture?

Cahokia

Which of the following American states was governed by warrior-priests?

Chavín

Which of the following statements best describes the civilization of the middle Niger River?

Cities formed in the region, but without corresponding state structures.

Which statement best describes the Chavín Phenomenon?

It was a religious movement that did not include political control.

Unlike most civilizations, this kingdom had a substantial number of female rulers who appear to have held equal power and prominence to their male counterparts.

Meröe

Jenne-jeno was a major center of which civilization?

Niger Valley

This city had streets laid out in a grid pattern and a large ritual center where archaeologists have found evidence of human sacrifice.

Teotihuacán

Which of the following statements best describes Teotihuacán?

Teotihuacán was a Mesoamerican city but not part of Maya civilization.

Which of the following statements best describes the peoples who inhabited the eastern woodlands of what is now the United States?

They were semi-sedentary, practicing light agriculture and building mounds that served as ritual centers.

Wari and what other state flourished in the Andes in the period 400-1000 C.E.?

Tiwanaku


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