Hist 110 A ~ Ch. 6

Which 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? Mound Builders Ancestral Pueblo Batwa Chumash

Ancestral Pueblo

During the second-wave era which of the following regions diverged from the typical development pattern of humankind that involved an evolution from gathering and hunting, to agriculture and finally civilization? Eurasia Africa Australia The Americas

Australia

Which of the following best describes the history of the banana in Africa? It was domesticated in West Africa before spreading with the Bantu migrations across much of sub-Saharan Africa. Austronesian-speaking sailors brought the banana from Southeast Asia to Madagascar, from where it made its way to much of sub-Saharan Africa. It was an important crop domesticated in East Africa which eventually spread via the Indian Ocean trade routes to Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands. It was first domesticated in the Americas but became an important crop in Africa after the establishment of contact between the two continents during the fifteenth century.

Austronesian-speaking sailors brought the banana from Southeast Asia to Madagascar, from where it made its way to much of sub-Saharan Africa.

Which region of North America in the pre-Columbian era was inhabited by semi-sedentary peoples who practiced agriculture? Great Plains Pacific Coast Eastern woodlands of the United States Subarctic regions

Eastern woodlands of the United States

The Mayan political system most closely resembles which other second-wave era civilization? Niger River Valley China Greece Persia

Greece

Which of the following statements best describes the Bantu gender system as compared to the urban-based civilizations of Eurasia? The Bantu possessed a matriarchal rather than patriarchal gender system. Many societies in the Bantu-speaking world developed systems that were markedly less patriarchal than those of established by urban-based Eurasian civilizations. While specific practices in the traditions differed, they were equally restrictive for women. Many societies in the Bantu-speaking world developed systems that were significantly more patriarchal than those established by urban-based Eurasian civilizations.

Many societies in the Bantu-speaking world developed systems that were markedly less patriarchal than those of established by urban-based Eurasian civilizations.

What region of Africa possessed writing during the second-wave era? Parts of northeastern Africa Extreme southern Africa East Africa West Africa

Parts of northeastern Africa

Which of the following was an important reason for the decline of Meroë? Meroë was conquered by Egypt. The kingdom suffered a massive drought that led to large-scale famine. The kingdom suffered severe deforestation because so much wood was used to smelt iron. Meroë failed to adopt the iron culture of its neighbors and thus could not compete economically.

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

What distinguished agriculture in Axum from most of the rest of sub-Saharan Africa during the second-wave era? Axum practiced plow-based agriculture. Axum was reliant on the banana as its principal food crop. Nothing, agriculture in Axum was typical of the region. Axum practiced digging-stick agriculture.

Axum practiced plow-based agriculture.

What characteristic distinguished the eastern woodland societies from their Chaco canyon counterparts? Chaco Canyon possessed sites dedicated to ceremonial activities. Cahokia was a much larger settlement. Chaco Canyon possessed larger structures in the form of pueblos. Cahokia relied on maize as its chief crop.

Cahokia was a much larger settlement.

Which of the following is true of Christianity in Africa during the second-wave era? It became the majority faith along the North African Mediterranean coast but did not spread to other regions of Africa. It took root in what is modern Ethiopia, but had little impact elsewhere. Christianity spread widely along the North African coast and gained a permanent hold in what is now Ethiopia and in West Africa. Christianity spread widely along the North African coast and gained a permanent hold in what is now Ethiopia.

Christianity spread widely along the North African coast and gained a permanent hold in what is now Ethiopia.

Which of the following statements best describes the civilization of the middle Niger River Valley? Cities formed in the region, but without corresponding state structures. A complex society formed, but without significant urbanization. A number of independent city-states developed, each ruled by a king. The peoples of the Niger Valley were gathered together over time into a single unified state.

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

Which of the following best describes civilizations in Africa and the Americas as compared to those in Eurasia during the second-wave era? Civilizations in Africa and the Americas were fewer in number but generally larger than their Eurasian counterparts. Civilizations in Africa and the Americas were fewer in number and generally smaller than their Eurasian counterparts. There were more civilizations in Africa and the Americas but they were generally smaller than their Eurasian counterparts. African civilizations were of similar size to Eurasian civilization, but those in the Americas were much smaller.

Civilizations in Africa and the Americas were fewer in number and generally smaller than their Eurasian counterparts.

Which of the following statements is true of ironworking in sub-Saharan Africa? Ironworking technology was widespread in sub-Saharan Africa, especially the Niger Valley civilization. The people of sub-Saharan Africa imported iron, but did not have the technology to work it for themselves. Some regions of sub-Saharan Africa knew how to work iron, but their production was on a very small scale. Iron technology was not known in sub-Saharan Africa until it was introduced after 1000 C.E. by Muslim traders.

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

Which of the following is true of Meroë civilization? Its population was concentrated along the Nile, much like Egypt to the north. Its agriculture was based on an elaborate irrigation system maintained by the state. It possessed an advanced ironworking industry. It traded regularly along the Nile with Egypt, but had little contact with regions to the east and west because of the Sahara desert.

It possessed an advanced ironworking industry.

Which of the following statements best describes the Chavín phenomenon that emerged in the Andes around 900 B.C.E.? It was an imperial system. It was a religious movement that did not include political control. It was a federation of Andean cities. It was a religious movement that was spread forcibly by conquest.

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

What drove long-distance trade in the Niger River Valley civilization in the first centuries C.E.? Demand caused by traders who regularly crossed the Sahara in camel caravans Port of Adulis on the coast Desire for the goods of Asia among the elite of the region Lack of critical local resources including iron ore

Lack of critical local resources including iron ore

How did the Wari and Tiwanaku link the colonies that comprised their states? Llama caravans Systems of paved roads Canals Donkey caravans

Llama caravans

Which of the following statements accurately describes the Mayan civilization? Mayan civilization developed over a long period in Mesoamerica. Mayan civilization only reached a limited area in what is now Guatemala. Mayan civilization remained rather simple, without significant urbanization. The Mayan people of the classical era were preliterate.

Mayan civilization developed over a long period in Mesoamerica.

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. Axum Nubia Niger River Civilization Meroë

Meroë

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. Nubia Axum Niger River Civilization Meroë

Meroë

What was a factor that led to diversity in Mesoamerican civilizations? Each people had a distinctive pantheon of Gods. Mesoamerica was full of microclimates that encouraged linguistic and ethnic diversity. They used very different calendars. Some civilizations traded whereas others remained isolated from other groups of people.

Mesoamerica was full of microclimates that encouraged linguistic and ethnic diversity.

In which region of Africa was society organized without any formal political specialists at all? Luba regions of Central Africa Modern-day Kenya Region around Lake Victoria Zimbabwe

Modern-day Kenya

Which of the following was a feature of the Wari state? Elaborately fitted stone walls and buildings Network of roads linking cities to the capital Common culture with the state of Tiwanaku Agriculture using the raised field system

Network of roads linking cities to the capital

Jenne-jeno was a major center of which civilization? Axum Niger Valley Benin Meroë

Niger Valley

Which of the following statements best describes the movement of Bantu-speaking peoples in sub-Saharan Africa? The Bantu-speaking peoples expanded by conquering new territories and establishing states. It involved the movement mostly of traders, who gradually had a cultural impact on the regions they reached. People moved gradually to new regions over many centuries. People moved over the period of about one century.

People moved gradually to new regions over many centuries.

What drove the rise in population along the middle stretches of the Niger River in West Africa in the five centuries after 500 B.C.E.? Prolonged dry period in the region Arrival of highly nutritious maize (corn) in the region Organization of a powerful state to defend the farmers of the region from Saharan pastoralist raiders Development of a vaccination for malaria

Prolonged dry period in the region

What did the thousands of residential apartment compounds for commoners in Teotihuacán include? Shrines Indoor plumbing and bathing areas Stables Defensive towers

Shrines

Where did the Bantu people originate? Forest regions of equatorial Africa Highlands of Ethiopia Southeastern Nigeria and the Cameroons East African coast

Southeastern Nigeria and the Cameroons

Which of the following best describes the history of Christianity in Axum? It spread to the region despite the opposition of local rulers whose repressive tactics led to some of the earliest martyrs in the Christian church. It became the dominant faith in the region until the arrival of Islam in the sixth century when it largely disappeared. The Christian church took root among the elite but was never adopted by the population as a whole. Supported by royal authority a Christian church took root in Axum and remained the majority faith in the region after the collapse of the state and the arrival of Islam.

Supported by royal authority a Christian church took root in Axum and remained the majority faith in the region after the collapse of the state and the arrival of Islam.

Which of the following statements best describes political relations between the Maya and Teotihuacán? The two civilizations had little if any contact with each other. The Maya ultimately conquered Teotihuacán. There is evidence of trade, but not of diplomatic relations between the two civilizations. Teotihuacán had a colony in the Mayan lands.

Teotihuacán had a colony in the Mayan lands.

Which of the following comparisons of the Maya and Teotihuacán is true? Teotihuacán's use of writing was comparatively limited when compared to the Maya. Teotihuacán could not rival the Mayan city of Tikal in size or population. Teotihuacán could not rival the monumental architecture of the Maya. Teotihuacán seems to have had a monarchy, while most Mayan city states were republics.

Teotihuacán's use of writing was comparatively limited when compared to the Maya.

Which of the following regions of the world possessed no pastoralist societies during the second-wave era? Eurasia Africa The Americas All regions of earth possessed pastoralist societies

The Americas

Which of the following statements best describes the sense of common African culture in premodern times? Islam provided a unifying cultural identity for Africa. Sub-Saharan Africa had a sense of common identity created by sharing a common Bantu language, but it did not include North Africa. East Africa had a sense of common identity, thanks to its common culture of Indian Ocean trade, but it did not include other parts of Africa. There was no common identity among the people of the continent as Africans.

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

Which of the following statements best describes the peoples who inhabited the eastern woodlands of what is now the United States? They were a gathering and hunting people. They were semi-sedentary, practicing light agriculture and building mounds that served as ritual centers. They formed a significant urban civilization. They practiced intensive agriculture, especially of corn and squash.

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.? Teotihuacán Timbuktu Tiwanaku Tikal

Tiwanaku