World History AP #6

The development of agriculture caused what important changes? A) Moved humans toward more elaborate social and cultural patterns and increased population B) Communities focused themselves more on religion and began to question the existence of a creator C) Hunter/gatherer societies were constantly preying on the early farmers and cast them out of their society D) People engorged themselves and grew obese without the ability to move

A) Moved humans toward more elaborate social and cultural patterns and increased population

Which of the following societies successfully resisted foreign penetration and domination from 1650 to 1850? A) The Japanese B) The Indians C) The South Africans D) The Latin Americans E) The Chinese

A) The Japanese

One way in which the Maya, the Songhai, and the Gupta cultures were similar is that they A) Mounted military attacks on several newly established European colonies in the Americas B) Developed great civilizations without major influence from Western Europe C) Emerged as a result of nationalist movements of the twentieth century D) Thrived due to a prosperous trade economy with Portugal and other European nations E) Became dependent on slave trade in order to maintain enough laborers to tend to their profitable sugar can crop

B) Developed great civilizations without major influence from Western Europe

Most agricultural laborers in the Ottoman Empire were A) Slaves B) Free peasants C) Serfs D) Sharecroppers E) Indentured servants

B) Free peasants

What are some of the characteristics of the human species before the advent of civilization? A) Agricultural communities based on equality for all B) Hunter/gatherer societies that spread to various geographical settings C) Lived in tight knit communities that warred constantly with each other D) Advanced speech and the beginnings of trade between peoples

B) Hunter/gatherer societies that spread to various geographical settings

The Paleolithic Age refers to A) The age of agriculture; farmers are beginning to dominate B) Making of simple stone tools; before development of homo sapiens sapiens C) The dawn of civilization D) Right up until the first river valleys emerged

B) Making of simple stone tools; before development of homo sapiens sapiens

In the three centuries after Columbus' voyages, most of the people who came to the Western Hemisphere originated in which of the following regions? A) Southern Europe B) Northern Europe C) Western Africa D) Eastern Africa E) East Asia

C) Western Africa

Why did the original inhabitants of Australia not develop agriculture? A) Disease B) Disinterest C) Poverty D) Isolation

D) Isolation

Which of the following provides the most accurate description of the Columbian Exchange? A) European food to the Western Hemisphere; Western Hemisphere diseases to Europe; African population to Europe B) African livestock to the Western Hemisphere; European technology to Africa; Western Hemisphere food to Europe. C) Western Hemisphere technology to Africa; African food to Europ; European population to the New World D) European technology to Africa; Western Hemisphere population to Africa; African food to the Western Hemisphere E) African population to the Western Hemisphere; Western Hemisphere food to Europe and Africa; African and European diseases to the Western Hemisphere

E) African population to the Western Hemisphere; Western Hemisphere food to Europe and Africa; African and European diseases to the Western Hemisphere

Which of the following countries or regions led the world in the production of cotton cloth in 1700? A) China B) Egypt C) West Africa D) England E) India

E) India