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Name: _______________________________________________ Date: __________
Answer the following question(s) on the back of this paper or on a separate sheet of paper.
1. What was Hammurabi's Code, and why was it unusual at the time it was established?
2. Compare and contrast what artifacts from the Indus Valley have told archaeologists about that civilization
with what similar types of artifacts would reveal about our civilization.
3. How did the practical needs of the ancient Egyptians tie in to their development of sophisticated scientific
and mathematical concepts?
4. How do you think the caste system that developed in India compares to the class system that exists in the
United States today?
5. What is the logic of the Jainist monks' belief that it is wrong to harm even an insect?
6. What was new about the writing system developed by the Phoenicians, and why was this important to the
growth of knowledge and spread of ideas?
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7. Why do you think Egypt was such a dominant power during the time of the New Kingdom, and why did it
decline?
8. How was ancient Greek civilization and culture affected by geography? Be sure to consider the sea, the
land, and the climate.
9. What were a few ways in which Sparta and Athens were similar and how were they different?
10. Why is the Age of Pericles considered a golden age in the history of Greece?
11. What do you think is the most significant difference between the Roman republic and that of the United
States today? Explain why this is an important difference.
12. Why were the Romans so often unable to peacefully transfer power from one emperor to the next, and
what kinds of problems did this cause?
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13. Why did issues involving what was or was not heresy become a problem for the Christian Church in the
first centuries
A.D.?
14. Why was it unusual at the time for an emperor to encourage religious toleration as Asoka did? Why did he
do it? Explain your answers.
15. What role did the Silk Roads and trading in general play in the spread of ideas and culture to and from
India?
16. How did the custom of dividing land among one's heirs help the rich?
17. What are some of the ways in which early West African peoples were alike?
18. What were the causes and the effects of the migrations of Bantu-speaking peoples?
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19. How do you account for the rise and fall of Aksum?
20. What were the main effects that the development of agriculture had on the ancient peoples of the
Americas?
21. Judging from what you know about Olmec civilization, what was important to the Olmec people? Explain.
22. What were some of the problems posed by geography that the ancient peoples of the Andes faced?
23. Why do you suppose Muhammad's teachings and the subsequent establishment of Islam were as
successful as they were?
24. What characteristics of trade within the Muslim Empire made it so successful?
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25. What do you think was the most interesting or valuable contribution of the scholars and scientists of the
Muslim world during the time covered by this section? Explain.
26. Identify two words or phrases you would use to describe Byzantine culture and explain your choices.
27. How did Kiev and Moscow each come to dominate Russia at different points in history?
28. How did the Seljuks build their empire, and what led to its fall?
29. In what ways did the Tang and Song dynasties change Chinese society?
30. How do you account for the success of the Mongols as empire builders?
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31. How did Kublai Khan both strengthen and weaken the khanate in China?
32. How was early Japan affected by contact with Koreans and Chinese?
33. In a paragraph or two, discuss how India and China influenced early Southeast Asian and Korean
kingdoms.
34. How did the role of the Church develop and change during the early Middle Ages?
35. What was the cause and effect relationship between the breakdown of the strong central government of
the Roman Empire and the development of feudalism?
36. What inconsistencies do you find in the way a noblewoman was regarded and treated in medieval society
and in the requirements that were made of her?
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37. Why do you suppose there was such conflict between kings or emperors and the pope during this period
of history?
38. In a paragraph or two, discuss the causes and effects of the Crusades.
39. Identify at least three ways in which medieval Europe was affected by improved agricultural practices.
Why did improved farming techniques have these effects?
40. What important steps toward democracy were taken by England and France between the 800s and the
1200s?
41. What were the main causes and effects of the Hundred Years' War?
42. What are some of the customs and practices that many early peoples of North America had in common?
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43. What are some of the reasons that we consider the early Maya a highly complex civilization?
44. How did the Aztecs go from being a poor, nomadic people to being wealthy empire builders?
45. How did the Incan system of government help to unify and strengthen the empire?
46. What do you think were the major causes of the European Renaissance? Explain your answer.
47. What was one important and lasting result of the invention of the printing press? Explain why it came
about.
48. Why do you think some of the German princes supported the pope while others supported Luther's
ideas?
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49. Although Calvinism was severely restrictive, many people admired the way of life in Geneva, where it
controlled the society. Why do you think this was so?
50. Compare the ghazi with the janissary, and the role that each played in the Ottoman Empire. Which was
part of the devshirme system?
51. What did Shah Abbas do to bring on a golden age for the Safavid Empire?
52. Why is the reign of Akbar considered a golden age of the Mughal Empire?
53. What inspired Europeans to begin exploring foreign lands in the 1400s? What made it possible for them
to begin these explorations?
54. What were the main aspects of everyday life under China's Ming and Qing dynasties? Be sure to note
some of the changes that affected the Chinese people during this period.
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55. What was the "closed country policy," and how did it affect Japan?
56. Do you think the native peoples of the Americas could have successfully defended their civilizations if
they had been more suspicious of the first Spanish to arrive? Explain.
57. What were the chief reasons that the French, English, and Dutch each were interested in North America
during this time. How did the occupations and activities of the French, English, and Dutch compare?
58. What were some of the ways in which the Atlantic slave trade affected African and American societies
from the 1400s to the 1800s?
59. What was mercantilism? How and why did it encourage European colonization of the Americas?
60. What is an absolute monarch? How was absolutism encouraged by the belief in the divine right of
monarchs and the upheavals of the times?
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