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HS150 World Civilizations I
Lesson 2 Exam
Question 1Which inhabited region of the world is the least
thoroughly explored even today?
Question options:
North America
Mesoamerica
South America
Africa
Question 2Who is credited with creating the concept called
the “Mandate of Heaven”?
Question options:
Wang Mang
Duke of Zhou
King Wu
Wu Di
Question 3The Long Count is based on a cycle of __________
solar years.
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5125
265
52
10
Question 4Which of these groups retained traits that
resembled the earliest Amerinds?
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Inuits
Cherokees
Adena
Creeks
Question 5Kongfuzi is more commonly known in the West as:
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Wang Mang.
Confucius.
Wu Di.
the First Emperor.
Question 6Which of these made the Bering land bridge
possible?
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Rising seas
Human migration
An ice age
A period of drought
Question 7Which of the following accurately describes the
first inhabitants of North America?
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They were farmers.
They were very warlike.
They were nomadic hunter-gatherers.
They were not of Asian descent.
Question 8In which area of society did the Teotihuacanos and
Maya differ greatly?
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Military
Government
Religion
Commerce
Question 9Who was the “feathered serpent”?
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Hernán Cortés
Quetzalcóatl
Tezcatlipoca
Kukulcán
Question 10What does Dao mean?
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Truth
The way
Piety
Ritual
Question 11Why are the remains of oracle bones so important for
Chinese history?
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They bear the first use of Chinese writing.
They demonstrate the origins of Daoism.
They record the arrival of Buddhism in China.
They provide information about the Xia dynasty.
Question 12Unlike cuneiform, writing in ancient China
developed:
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for trading purposes.
using pictographs.
in a religious context.
with the emergence of civilization.
Question 13Teotihuacán was distinguished from contemporary
Amerind cities by its:
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pyramids.
dependence on trade.
population.
focus on war.
Question 14Cahokia was part of what Amerind culture?
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Adena-Hopewell
Apache
Toltec
Mississippian
Question 15What unique Olmec artifacts were found at San
Lorenzo?
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Elaborate burial mounds
Sophisticated iron tools
Huge wheeled carts
Immense stone heads
Question 16Which of the following locations represents
Mesoamerica?
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Central and South America
Northern Mexico and southern North America
Southern Mexico and southern Central America
Mexico and northern Central America
Question 17During which dynasty did the “Era of Warring
States” occur?
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Xia
Shang
Zhou
Qin
Question 18Why is the term “Native Americans” rejected by
some historians and anthropologists?
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Because the term “Indian” was used first
Because the first people on the continent were actually
Europeans
Because the first people on the continent were actually
Africans
Because no human life was “native” to the Western Hemisphere
Question 19Which river is described as “China’s blessing”?
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Yellow River
Yangzi
Gobi
Huanghe
Question 20Why is more known about the Shang than the Xia
dynasty?
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The Shang is about a millennium earlier.
The Xia left no written records.
The Xia left no physical remains.
The Xia is known only from folklore, while the Shang far
better documented
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