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Chapter 6 Quiz
Chiefdoms and Early States in Africa and the Americas, 600 BCE–600 CE 148
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A stone carving found in Oaxaca, Mexico, contains a 260-day divinatory calendar which has been carbon dated to about:
5000 BCE
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600 BCE
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1200 BCE
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100 BCE
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Which of these was
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Hijra
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Gregorian
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Smriti
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Borana
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Which of these was
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Overpopulation
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Spread of villages
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Patterns of agricultural development
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Emergence of chiefdoms
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An agricultural town of up to 1,000 inhabitants, in which people know each other, requiring a person of authority to keep order, is called a:
kingdom
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village
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city
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chiefdom
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The earliest evidence of Africans shifting from foraging to agriculture comes from the area:
around Aswan
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around Memphis
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around Khartoum
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around the Nile River Delta
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At its height, from the sixth through fourth centuries BCE, the city of Meroë encompassed:
20,000 inhabitants.
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50,000 inhabitants.
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100,000 inhabitants
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500,000 inhabitants.
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Which of the following was a characteristic trait of the Kingdom of Meroë?
It was largely centralized around a recognized king
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Provincial towns upstream and downstream along the Nile had no form of self-rule.
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The difference in power between the kings and the chiefs was defined by the royal control over trade
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The flood plain to the south of the capital was not at all suitable for agriculture.
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Although the Kingdom of Meroë had their own native deities, like Apedemek, their main temple was dedicated to worshiping _____________ deities.
Greek
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Egyptian
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Mesopotamian
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Indian
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The preeminence of the Kingdom of Aksum after the decline of Meroë was a result of:
a changing climate.
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religious freedom.
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declining population.
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agricultural and commercial wealth
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King Ezana:
Adopted the worship of Egyptian gods in 333 CE.
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Developed trade relations with Persia.
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Adopted Christianity in 333 CE.
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Developed an iron-based coinage system.
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The three ecological zones of West Africa are the:
steppe, savanna, and rain forest.
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tundra, steppe, and savanna.
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rain forest, tundra, and desert.
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tundra, savanna, and rain forest.
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Which of the following was
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an agricultural staple among Maya villagers?
Corn
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Squash
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Barley
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Beans
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One of the two most powerful Mayan city-states that arose between 600 BCE and 600 CE was:
Machu Picchu
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Teotihuacán
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Cuzco
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Tikal
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Polytheism began to develop on top of traditional spirituality in the Americas after around:
600 BCE.
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550 CE.
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2500 BCE.
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100 CE.
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The Mayan Long Count Calendar:
was a 260-day divinatory calendar.
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counted the number of days elapsed since the mythical origin of the universe.
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was based on the solar year of 365 days
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reset every 52 years.
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Mayan males were in charge of growing corn in fields which were cut into the rain forest through ________ techniques.
hydroponic cultivation
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cross-pollination
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organic farming
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slash-and-burn
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Mayan commoners represented the labor force whose __________ supported the ruling dynastic families as well as the craftspeople in the cities.
mandatory labor
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taxes
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mined precious metals
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military service
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Mayan writing is both a(n) ______ as well as a(n) _______ script.
phonetic, alphabetic
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glyphic, syllabic
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syllabically coded, segmentally coded
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logographic, phonographic
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Mayan script consisted of some:
1000 images.
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500 images.
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800 images
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200 images.
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The Mayan ball game fits into the larger pattern of agrarian-urban society:
with a scientific-industrial society and its secular practices.
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that developed decentralized political power.
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with its chiefdoms and kingdoms whose polytheism required elaborate rituals and sacrifical practices
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that develops elaborate participatory games to keep the agririan population entertained.
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The rulers of Teotihuacán began spectacular building projects on a scale unprecedented in Mesoamerica in the:
second century BCE.
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first century BCE.
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third century CE.
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first century CE.
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The population of Teotihuacán by around 300 CE was as many as:
50,000 people.
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500,000 people.
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15,000 people.
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100,000 people.
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The Moche Valley was the location of the two largest ceremonial centers in the Andes:
The Temple Pyramids of Sky and Water
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The Temple Pyramids of the Living and the Dead
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The Temple Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon
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The Temple Pyramids of the Heaven and the Earth
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The map above indicates the areas of Bantu migration in Africa. What was a lasting impact of these migrations on the foraging people in the region?
They all became with villagers or cattle nomads.
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They all migrated to the north causing the collapse of Aksum.
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They were all forced to move into Kalahari Desert.
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They became involved in the long-distance ivory trade.
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The above map shows major sites of Mayan civilization. Which site contains the earliest temple pyramids on ceremonial platforms?
El Miradór
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Tikal
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Nakbé
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Copán
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The Mayan glyphs pictured below are structurally similar to what other writing systems?
Sumerian cuneiform
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Chinese characters
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Egyptian hieroglyphics
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None of the above
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