Updated Multiple Choice Test Questions Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. A Hunting Scene (Oz Outback Internet Services, Queensland, Australia) ____ 1. What can historians discern from the painting of the Outback hunters shown above? a. Economic structures in the Outback relied on self-sufficient kinship groups. b. Aboriginal hunters of the Outback developed tools to adapt to the tundra. c. The hunters of the Outback developed spears and spear throwing devices to either replace or supplement the boomerang. d. Hunters are shown during the Dreamtime which represents complex religious beliefs. ____ 2. Referring to the map above, which of the following arguments would Jared Diamond, author of Guns, Germs, and Steel, most likely support a. The development of agriculture was mainly dependent on the availability of food and domesticable animals in the area b. The development of the concept of private property encouraged agriculture and the domestication of animals in an specified geographical area. c. The development of agriculture was mainly dependent of the use of metal tools and women’s experimentation with planting seeds in diverse geographic locations. d. The development of agriculture was an evolutionary adaptation of plants and humans which led to domestication of animals in an area. CAVE-PAINTING 2ND-1ST MILL.BCE Cattle gathered next to a group of huts represented by white ovals. Behind a line of calves tethered to a rope are a group of women and children working. Fresco from Tassili N'Ajjer. Henri Lhote Collection Musee de l'Homme, Paris, France ____ 3. What might the above suggest about the division of labor in pastoral nomadic societies in Tassili-n-Ajjer, Africa? a. Men were primarily responsible for herding and caring for cattle in Algeria b. African societies were rigidly stratified socially c. African societies were materiarchal in nature. d. Women and children played a role in herding and caring for cattle in Algeria. ____ 4. The early Aegean cultural hearth differed from earlier hearths in that it a. relied on economic exchanges and wealth b. controlled the trade on the Aegean Sea and did not rely on a river valley location c. was characterized by an early version of cosmoplitianism d. was warlike and aggressive compared to other civilizations “What is recorded in the Buddhist scriptures is analogous to the teachings contained in the scripture of Laozi [the founder of Daoism] in China, and it is actually believed that Laozi, after having gone to India, instructed the barbarians and became the Buddha.” Yu Huan, Chinese historian, circa 250 C.E. ____ 5. In the fictionalized account of the origins of Buddhism outlined in the passage above, Yu Huan’s likely purpose was to a. make it easier for his Buddhists readers to convert to Daoism b. hint at the existence o f an alternate set of Buddhist scriptures that were different from the officially accepted ones c. demonstrate the extent of missionary and trade links between China and India. d. assert the superiority of Chinese culture over non-Chinese cultures. “Americans . who live within the Spanish system occupy a position in society as mere consumers. Yet even this status is surrounded with galling restrictions, such as being forbidden to grow European crops, or to store products that are royal monopolies, or to establish factories of a type the Peninsula itself does not possess. To this, add the exclusive trading privileges, even in articles of prime necessity . in short, do you wish to know what our future held?—simply the cultivation of the fields of indigo, grain, coffee, sugarcane, cacao, and cotton; cattle raising on the broad plains; hunting wild game in the jungles; digging in the earth to mine its gold. ”Simón Bolívar, “Jamaica Letter,” 1815 ____ 6. Which of the following groups was Bolívar most trying to influence with this letter? a. Mulatto shopkeepers b. Plantation slaves c. Amerindian miners d. Creole elites ____ 7. Bolivar was describing the effects of which of the following economic policies? a. Feudalism b. Mercantilism c. Socialism d. Capitalism The Xiongnu had defeated the king of the Yuezhi people and had made his skull into a drinking vessel. As a result the Yuezhi . bore a constant grudge against the Xiongnu, though as yet they had been unable to find anyone to join them in an attack on their enemy. When the emperor [Wudi] heard this, he decided to try to send an envoy to establish relations with the Yuezhi. SIMA QIAN, Records of the Grand Historian ____ 8. According to historian Sima Qian and what you know about the Han, which of the following was NOT a form of diplomacy employed by the Han toward the Xiongnu? a. paying the Xiongnu tribute b. resettling the Xiongnu border area with Chinese soldiers c. creating alliances with the enemies of the Xiongnu d. creating confederacies and recruiting Xiongnu into the ever expanding bureaucracy “Refrain from exalting [praising] the worthy, So that the people will not scheme and contend; Refrain from prizing rare possessions, So that the people will not steal; Refrain from displaying objects of desire, So that the people’s hearts will not be disturbed. Therefore a sage [wise one] rules his people thus: He empties their minds, And fills their bellies; He weakens their ambitions, And strengthens their bones. He strives always to keep the people innocent of knowledge and desires, and to keep the knowing ones from meddling.” —From the Dao De Jing by Lao Zi ____ 9. According to the Dao De Jing, a wise ruler governs well by a. displaying power and wealth. b. promoting education. c. holding up some people as most worthy. d. feeding and supporting the people “Behave when away from home as though you were in the presence of an important guest. Deal with the common people as though you were officiating [presiding] at an important sacrifice. Do not do to others what you would not want others to do to you, then there will be no dissatisfaction either in the state or at home. Lead the people by laws and regulate them by penalties, and the people will try to keep out of jail, but will have no sense of shame. Lead the people by virtue and restrain them by the rules of decorum [social expectations], and the people will have a sense of shame, and moreover will become good.” —From the Analects of Confucius ____ 10. How does Confucius say rulers should treat common people? a. with harsh but just punishments and occasional rewards b. with the same respect they would show at an important ceremony c. with the same distrust and fear they feel toward rivals d. with disinterest “. rewards should be rich and certain so that the people will be attracted by them; punishments should be severe and definite so that the people will fear them; and laws should be uniform and steadfast so that the people will be familiar with them. Consequently, the sovereign [ruler] should show no wavering in bestowing reward and grant no pardon in administering punishments, and he should add honor to rewards and disgrace to punishments—when this is done, then both the worthy and the unworthy will want to exert themselves. .” —From the writings of Hanfeizi ____ 11. Which words best describe Hanfeizi’s approach to governance? a. kind, compassionate, and fair b. decent, modest, and unassuming c. direct, strict, and unwavering d. sly, methodical, and devious (British Museum/The Art Archive) ____ 12. In the above painting, Confucius is presenting a baby Buddha to the Daoist teacher Laozi. This is an example of which of the following? a. The spread of Buddhism from China to Japan. b. The coexistences of various belief systems in China. c. The diminished importance of Daoism in China d. The rejection of Buddhism by the Tang emperor ____ 13. The picture above depicts which of the following regarding Shi Huangdi a. Shi Huangdi’s use of force against Legalists in securing his power b. Shi Huangdi’s use of force against Confucians in securing his power c. Shi Huangdi use of force against the foreign influcence of Buddhism d. Shi Huandi’s use of force in his quest to gain immortality. ____ 14. The photograph above of a mosque (first erected in the fourteenth century) in the modern-day West African country of Mali best exemplifies which of the following historical processes? a. Imposition of religion through military conquest b. Spread of religion along trade routes c. Abandonment of indigenous cultural styles in the face of colonization d. Conflict between local and universalizing religions ____ 15. The map above indicates that a. Mali was a major source and hub of the gold trade b. Europeans had begun to make inroads in West Africa c. Mali remained isolated from Europe and the Middle East d. Atlantic ports were crucial for the transportation of salt and gold ____ 16. The map above shows the boundaries of a. Charlemagne’s kingdom b. Il-Khan c. Jagadai d. the Byzantine Empire “His Majesty’s Government view with favor the establishment in Palestine of a naitonal home for the Jewish people and will use their best endeavors to facilitate the achievement of the object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine” ____ 17. The Balfour Declaration quoted above was a statement that was inspired primarily by Britain’s need to a. contain instability caused by Zionist protests b. win World War I c. combat Arab unrest in the Middle East d.