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17.The polis is most closely associated with which of the following societies/civilizations?
18.All of the following are accurate comparisons of Athens and Sparta EXCEPT:
(A) Sparta demanded more subordination of its male citizens to the demands of the
state.
(B) The Athenians emphasized the importance of poetry, art, and philosophy; the
Spartans did not.
(C) Spartan women did not have as many freedoms as did Athenian women.
(D) The Spartans placed the military at the center of their society; Athens generally
did not.
(E) Both Sparta and Athens dominated the countryside around them and were two of
the largest city states.
19. All of the following are important principles of Greek culture that had wide influence on
later civilizations EXCEPT:
21.Which of the following is the most probable reason for the migrations shown on the
map?
22.All of the following are accurate descriptions of trade along the Silk Road before 600
C.E. EXCEPT:
(A) The Chinese traded silk, pottery, and paper for horses, alfalfa, and a variety of
crops.
(B) The Silk Route linked China to the Mediterranean world via Central Asia, Persia
and Mesopotamia.
(C) Silk Road trade did not significantly affect the lifestyles of Turkic nomads, the
dominant pastoralist group in Central Asia.
(D) The breeding of hybrid camels developed along with the burgeoning Silk Road
trade.
(E) Trade along the Silk Road network was stimulated by Roman demands for
luxury goods such as silk.
(A) stirrups
(B) camel saddles
(C) wheeled chariots
(D) horse collars
(E) iron plows
24.Which of the following most helps to explain why the collapse of political institutions
was more devastating to the Roman civilization than to Han China or Gupta India?
25.Which sailing technology allowed the sailors on the Indian Ocean to travel long
distances by taking advantage of monsoon winds?
(A) the square sail
(B) the wooden rudder
(C) the lateen sail
(D) the caravel
(E) lightweight masts
26.Which of the following was one of the most valuable commodities added to established
trading systems by the trans-Saharan trade?
(A) manufactured goods
(B) copper
(C) pottery
(D) salt
(E) spices
27.Why did the majority of the Chinese population during the Han dynasty live in eastern
China?
(A) They wanted access to sea trade and its accompanying wealth.
(B) The best farmland was concentrated along rivers in eastern China.
(C) They were more isolated from invasion from nomad peoples there.
(D) The best Buddhist centers were in eastern China.
(E) The Tibetans held control in the west, and they did not welcome Chinese
settlement in their area.
28.The people who transported goods across the Sahara and dominated trade across the
desert for centuries were the
(A) Berbers
(B) Bedouins
(C) Malays
(D) Ghanans
(E) Bantu
33 Which of the following is a significant difference between early Christianity and early
Judaism?