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Use the following to answer questions: Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section. Terms -City in southern Nubia that was the center of Nubian civilization between 300 B·C·E·. and 100 C·E·.


A) Meroë
B) Piye
C) Axum
D) Niger Valley civilization
E) Maya civilization
F) Teotihuacán
G) Chavín
H) Moche
I) Wari and Tiwanaku
J) Bantu expansion
K) Chaco Phenomenon
L) Mound Builders
M) Cahokia
N) Pohnpei
O) Tonga
P) mana and tapu
Q) Yap

R) C) and M)
S) C) and O)

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What were the key features of religious life in Pacific Oceania?

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Which of the following benefited the most from the coastal trade routes shown in Map 6.1 in the textbook?


A) Nubia
B) Axum
C) Marrakesh
D) San

E) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

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Which of the following was an advantage that Bantu-speaking farmers had in their encounters with gathering and hunting groups?


A) Horse-drawn chariots
B) Yam-based agriculture
C) Gunpowder formula
D) Ironworking technology

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Comparative Analysis: Compare the development of Axum and Meroë in northeastern Africa with the development of the Maya and Teotihuacán in Mesoamerica.

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Use the following to answer questions: Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section. Terms -Two concepts found in Oceania's religious life. One was a spiritual energy or power that was associated especially with chiefs and was demonstrated by remarkable actions or great success. The other was the ritual restrictions or prohibitions practiced in order to maintain the purity of the spiritual energy or power.


A) Meroë
B) Piye
C) Axum
D) Niger Valley civilization
E) Maya civilization
F) Teotihuacán
G) Chavín
H) Moche
I) Wari and Tiwanaku
J) Bantu expansion
K) Chaco Phenomenon
L) Mound Builders
M) Cahokia
N) Pohnpei
O) Tonga
P) mana and tapu
Q) Yap

R) J) and O)
S) A) and E)

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Use the following to answer questions: Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section. Terms -A major civilization of Mesoamerica; flourished from 250 to 900 C·E·.


A) Meroë
B) Piye
C) Axum
D) Niger Valley civilization
E) Maya civilization
F) Teotihuacán
G) Chavín
H) Moche
I) Wari and Tiwanaku
J) Bantu expansion
K) Chaco Phenomenon
L) Mound Builders
M) Cahokia
N) Pohnpei
O) Tonga
P) mana and tapu
Q) Yap

R) None of the above
S) C) and N)

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What are the major ways in which contact with Eurasia influenced the development of African civilizations?

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According to one historian, "the greatest maritime expansion known to history" occurred in


A) the Caribbean.
B) the Mediterranean.
C) Pacific Oceania.
D) Mesoamerica.

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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What language was spoken by the groups of people who had spread throughout most of southern and eastern Africa by the classical era?


A) Bantu
B) Hebrew
C) Latin
D) Greek

E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

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The culture of Meroë showed a shift away from the influence of


A) Egypt.
B) Greece.
C) China.
D) India.

E) C) and D)
F) A) and C)

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Personal Reflection: The civilizations and cultures covered in Chapter 6 of the textbook are often left out of public school education. Which of these cultures was the most surprising to you, and why?

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Outside the Mesoamerican and Andean regions, most people living in the Americas in the pre-Columbian era


A) obtained their food supply by gathering and hunting.
B) practiced an intensive form of agriculture.
C) lived in densely populated urban centers.
D) engaged in long-distance trade with one another.

E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

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Which of the following explains why the island societies of Pacific Oceania constitute a single cultural region despite the vast distances separating them?


A) Their worship of the same pantheon of gods
B) Their common origin in Island Southeast Asia
C) Their practice of corn-based agriculture
D) Their mastery of ironworking technology

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Use the following to answer questions: Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section. Terms -Second-wave era kingdom of East Africa, in present-day Eritrea and northern Ethiopia; flourished from 100 to 600 C·E·.


A) Meroë
B) Piye
C) Axum
D) Niger Valley civilization
E) Maya civilization
F) Teotihuacán
G) Chavín
H) Moche
I) Wari and Tiwanaku
J) Bantu expansion
K) Chaco Phenomenon
L) Mound Builders
M) Cahokia
N) Pohnpei
O) Tonga
P) mana and tapu
Q) Yap

R) B) and M)
S) E) and O)

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Which of the following has been identified as a factor contributing to the collapse of the Maya civilization in the ninth century C·E·.?


A) Foreign invasion
B) Volcanic eruption
C) Long-term drought
D) Widespread rebellions

E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

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Although Bantu Africa, the Ancestral Pueblo, and the Mound Builders are usually not regarded as civilizations, what features did they exhibit that suggest the existence of complex societies?

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Use the following to answer questions: Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section. Terms -An important regional civilization of Peru that was governed by warrior-priests; flourished from around 100 to 800 C·E·.


A) Meroë
B) Piye
C) Axum
D) Niger Valley civilization
E) Maya civilization
F) Teotihuacán
G) Chavín
H) Moche
I) Wari and Tiwanaku
J) Bantu expansion
K) Chaco Phenomenon
L) Mound Builders
M) Cahokia
N) Pohnpei
O) Tonga
P) mana and tapu
Q) Yap

R) C) and M)
S) L) and O)

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What were the fundamental differences between the development of civilizations in the Americas and the development of civilizations elsewhere?

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