McGraw-Hill's 500 World history questions

255 Pages·2012·1.135 MB·English

by  Sterngass, Jon

McGraw-Hill’s
500
World History
Questions
Volume 1: Prehistory to 1500
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McGraw-Hill’s
500
World History
Questions
Volume 1: Prehistory to 1500
Ace Your College Exams
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CONTENTS
Introduction vii
Chapter 1 Prehistory and the Neolithic Revolution 1
Questions 1–25
Chapter 2 Egypt and Mesopotamia 7
Questions 26–60
Chapter 3 Persia and Greece 15
Questions 61–110
Chapter 4 The Hellenistic World 25
Questions 111–145
Chapter 5 The Roman Republic and Empire 33
Questions 146–195
Chapter 6 China: Hsia to Han 45
Questions 196–225
Chapter 7 India Through the Gupta Empire 53
Questions 226–250
Chapter 8 Byzantium 59
Questions 251–280
Chapter 9 Islam 67
Questions 281–320
Chapter 10 Sub-Saharan Africa 77
Questions 321–345
Chapter 11 European Middle Ages 83
Questions 346–395
Chapter 12 The Mongols 95
Questions 396–420
Chapter 13 Tang/Song China and Southeastern Asia 101
Questions 421–445
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Chapter 14 The Americas 107
Questions 446–470
Chapter 15 Japan 113
Questions 471–500
Answers 119
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CHAPTER
Prehistory and the
Neolithic Revolution
1. Paleolithic humans
(A) domesticated animals
(B) discovered agriculture
(C) organized themselves based on a well-defined social hierarchy
(D) formed exclusively matriarchal societies
(E) relied on foraging
2. In which of the following regions did native peoples NOT develop
agriculture?
(A) southern Asia
(B) southwestern Asia
(C) Australia
(D) northern Africa
(E) Andean highlands
3. All of the following are means of determining the approximate dates
of human cultures in the Mesolithic and Neolithic eras EXCEPT
(A) stratigraphy
(B) cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation
(C) paleontology
(D) paleobotany
(E) typology
4. It is believed that women in early Neolithic society
(A) usually accompanied men on hunting expeditions
(B) usually led the clan
(C) were expected to devote themselves solely to child care
(D) experienced a rigid sexual division of labor
(E) were probably the first farmers
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