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| What were the main benefits of the rise of agriculture in the advancing of human civilization? |
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| It allowed humans to stay in one place and build settlements. |
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| Prehistoric cave paintings at Lascaux mostly show what? |
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| Large animals, such as reindeer and bison. |
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| What is the culture responsible for the creation of the Paleolithic art of Lascaux? |
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| The Paleolithic era refers to... |
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| The Old Stone Age, when early humans used crude stone tools and survived by hunting. |
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| Homo Erectus was the first hominid to... |
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| What were the distinguishing features of Neanderthals and their culture? |
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| Dwelling in caves in small bands, hunting, and using stone tools. |
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| The Neolithic Era refers to what? |
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| The New Stone Age, when early humans developed agriculture and began living in urban centers. |
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| Who were the skilled hunters who herded animals together, chased them off cliffs, and harvested their flesh? |
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| The Prehistoric Era is distinguished from the historic era by what? |
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| The invention of writing. |
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| The Ancient Greek word "historia", from which the english word history takes its root, means what? |
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| The Paleolithic Era is known as the Old Stone Age because... |
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| The tools used then were made out of stone and were very crude in nature. |
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| The Primate Order, which includes hominids, is characterized by the following: |
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| Flattened nails that allow for a grasping hand, stereoscopic vision accompanied by a diminished sense of smell, and development of the increasingly more complicated brain. |
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| New Stone Age of the Neolithic revolution occurred approximately when? |
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| one of the most important developments during the neolithic era was |
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| development of organized agriculture and urban centers |
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| the word civilization comes from |
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| Latin word "civilis" which means political of civic |
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| paleoanthropology involves all the following |
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| study of fossils which provide most crucial evidence, study of artifacts thins that are made or created, and a subdivision of paleontology |
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| the hominids differentiated from the pongidae, great apes, during: |
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| scholars speculate that the neanderthal man became extinct around 35,000 BCE due to |
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| disease or inability to adapt to warmer temperature |
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| the first civilizations emerged around |
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| homo habilis or "handy humans" became more sophisticated in their search for food because |
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| they were the earliest tool making hominid, their brains were almost 50% larger than the brains of the australopithecines, they had the ability to walk upright |
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| scholars have established that the paleolithic people lived in the grounds of |
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| the oldest neolithic farming villages appeared |
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| men and women enjoyed relative equality in the paleolithic bands and were equally allowed to participate in the governance because |
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| both men and women participated in gathering food |
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| systematic agriculture developed independently in different areas of the world between 80,000 BCE & 50,000 BCE |
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| During the Mesolithic age, a gradual transition from a food gathering and hunting society to what, took place? |
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| A food producing economy combined with domestication of animals. |
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| enabled linguists to decipher cuneiform |
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| a temple and the center of most Mesopotamian city states |
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| The flood in the epic of Gilgamesh was sent by the gods because |
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| humans were making too much noise and annoyed the gods |
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| Zoroastrianism proposed that there was |
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| good and evil were in conflict, and that humans would be judged by their deeds |
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| A likely reason for the pessimism and relative difficulty of life in Mesopotamia was that |
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| resources were scarce, and competition between city-states meant frequent warfare |
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| The legendary historical figure Gilgamesh was king of |
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| The Mesopotamian king who suffered from a debilitating mental illness called lycanthropy was |
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| The double crown of Egypt symbolized |
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| a collection of rabbinical writings and legal judgments |
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| a collection of poems about proper behavior and the afterlife |
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| Because Osiris had conquered death, Egyptian pharaohs were revered as |
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| lords of the underworld who will live forever through reincarnation |
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| Which pharaoh conquered the Hittites and built hypostyle hall in karmak and the temple at Abu Simbel |
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| In Egyptian religious beliefs, the ka was |
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| The Babylonian capitivity of the Jews was ended by |
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| Cyrus the Greats defeat of the Bablonians |
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| The term Yahweh refers to |
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| a word for the Hebrew deity which has as a root word, the Hebrew verb for "existence" |
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| The word "Hebrew" Is possibly derived from the word "abiru" which means: |
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| Hatshepsut claimed that she was not merely the daughter of the pharaoh thutmose 1, but also |
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| the divine daughter of amon, who predestined her for the crown |
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| The rosetta stone was instrumental in allowing scholars to |
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| translate Egyptian hieroglyphics |
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| Why did the nile ricer valley have relatively few invaders during the time of the ancient eyptians |
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| the natural geographic barriers, such as the sahara, kept invaders out. |
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| Which of the following did moses bring down from mt. Sinai |
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| The wailing wall or western wall is the only remnant of |
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| the second temple built after the return from the Babylonian captivity |
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| The temple of abu simbel was relocated at one point because: |
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| the aswan dam was being built |
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| The temple of Solomon was built specifically to house: |
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| During the amarna revolution, Akhenaton wanted his people to worship aton, who was represented by |
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| the hindu term for reincarnation |
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| term for duty or right conduct |
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| The content of the easliest veda provided the |
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| hymns for tribal Aryan religious ceremonies |
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| what does the name Buddha mean |
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| All of the following are noble truths of Buddhism |
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| life is filled with pain and suffering, salvation can be attained through following the middle path, suffering will end when one is freed from the chain of existence and achieve nirvana |
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| The ancient Indian who founded Buddhism was |
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| The Indian priestly caste was known as the |
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| the hindu term for the individual self or soul |
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| The Indian term that refers to the effect of ones actions in life is |
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| The religion that emerged from the polytheism of early Aryan traditions was: |
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| the hindu term for the end of the cycle of life |
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| According to legalism, all the following are true |
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| harsh punishments are necessary to maintain order, emperors should encourage good servants to serve the state but should firmly insist on complete obedience, and the emperors word is law. |
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| Which statement from a taosit |
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| an official can manage affairs witout doing anything, and he conveys his instructions without the use of speech |
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| Important concepts in Confucian teachings: |
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| benevolence, the notion of virtue as a polestar, and filial piety |
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| The prehistoric mythological period in china is called: |
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| period of the heavenly emperors |
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| series of long and short lines which conveys the structure and meaning of the universe |
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| Han fei was known for his writings on: |
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| The Shang Dynasty was overthrown by a slave revolt led by the: |
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| a system of gov where ability and inner virtue determined ones advancement |
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| Which statement was said by a legalist: |
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| unless some sory of external force is persent, people will not obey the law |
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| Which statement was said by a Confucian: |
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| do not worry becase you have no official position. Worry about your qualififcations |
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| The concepts of the mandate of heaven imples |
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| the divinity of the emperor |
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| The work for which Lao Tzu was famous was the |
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| virtue is acquitted rather that inborn, and the most virtuous person is one who resqects the wisdom of the past |
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| According to the Chinese creation myth, the first cosmic man, who emerged from a giant egg was |
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