PRCC WORLD CIV QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
When does history begin? - Answers-When writing begins
What are the three ages named after the materials tools were made from? - Answers-
Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age
Early humans gathered food by? - Answers-Foraging
The idea that people, animals, plants, natural occurrences and other parts of the
physical world have spirits. - Answers-animism
An organization in which a share of the population is able to coerce resources out of
everyone else in order to gain then maintain power. - Answers-the state
Many different gods and goddesses controlled the world, a religious idea later scholars
called? - Answers-polytheism
Sumerian form of writing; the term describes the wedge-shaped marks made by a
stylus. - Answers-cuneiform
Babylonian ruler who came up with a very extensive law code introduced about 1755
B.C.E. His code covered all aspects of daily life. - Answers-Hammurabi
No other single geographical factor had such a fundamental and profound impact on
Egyptian life, society, and history as what? - Answers-the Nile River
All-powerful god of the Hebrew people and the basis for the enduring religious traditions
of Judaism. - Answers-Yahweh
Which two empires, respectively, captured first the northern kingdom of Israel in 722
B.C.E. then the southern kingdom of Judah in 587 B.C.E.? - Answers-Assyria and
Babylonia
In 550 B.C.E. this king of Persia and one of the most remarkable statesmen of antiquity
conquered the Medes, secured the shores of the Mediterranean, and established
terminal ports that crossed Iran and Anatolia, thus consolidating the Persian Empire. He
later died on the battlefield in Iran. - Answers-Cyrus the Great
The period beginning about 1100 B.C.E. when iron became the most important material
for weapons and tools in some parts of the world. - Answers-Iron Age
This civilization was not found until 1921 when archaeologists found astonishing
evidence of a thriving and sophisticated Bronze Age urban culture dating to about
B.C.E. at Mohenjo-daro in what is now Pakistan. Thousands of additional sites have
been found in both India and Pakistan. - Answers-Harappan civilization
, Scholars believe the Harappan civilization declined after 2000 B.C.E. because of an
environmental crisis, economic depression or ? - Answers-diseases such as malaria.
The dominant people in north India after the decline of the Indus Valley civilization; they
spoke an early form of Sanskrit. - Answers-Aryans
The earliest collection of Indian hymns, ritual texts, and philosophical treatises, it is the
central source of information on early Aryans. - Answers-Rig Veda
"The priests, or ________, supported the growth of royal power in return for royal
confirmation of their own power and status. They also served as advisers to the kings.
In the face of this royal-priestly alliance, the old tribal assemblies of warriors withered
away. By the time Persian armies reached the Indus around 513 B.C.E., there were
sixteen major Aryan kingdoms in north India." - Answers-Brahmins
The Indian system of dividing society into hereditary groups whose members interacted
primarily within the group, and especially married within the group. - Answers-Caste
system
The Buddha's message that pain and suffering are inescapable parts of life; suffering
and anxiety are caused by human desires and attachments; people can understand and
triumph over these weaknesses; and this triumph is made possible by following a simple
code of conduct. - Answers-Four Noble Truths
Also called Shakyamuni ("sage of the Shakya tribe"), is best known as the Buddha
("enlightened one"). He was a contemporary of Mahavira and came from the same
warrior social class. He was born the son of a chief of one of the tribes in the Himalayan
foothills in what is now Nepal. At age twenty-nine, unsatisfied with his life of comfort and
troubled by the suffering he saw around him, he left home to become a wandering
ascetic. He traveled south to the kingdom of Magadha, where he studied with yoga
masters, but later took up extreme asceticism. According to tradition, while meditating
under a bo tree at Bodh Gaya, he reached enlightenment — that is, perfect insight into
the processes of the universe. - Answers-Siddhartha Gautama
Paleolithic Era was before 9000 B.C.E. and characterized by humans obtaining food
by? - Answers-hunting and gathering
Neolithic Era began in 9000 B.C.E. and characterized by humans obtaining food by? -
Answers-raising crops and animals
Homo sapiens are called thinking humans and are characterized by having bigger? -
Answers-brains
Differentiation of tasks by gender, age, training, status, or other social distinction. -
Answers-Division of Labor
When does history begin? - Answers-When writing begins
What are the three ages named after the materials tools were made from? - Answers-
Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age
Early humans gathered food by? - Answers-Foraging
The idea that people, animals, plants, natural occurrences and other parts of the
physical world have spirits. - Answers-animism
An organization in which a share of the population is able to coerce resources out of
everyone else in order to gain then maintain power. - Answers-the state
Many different gods and goddesses controlled the world, a religious idea later scholars
called? - Answers-polytheism
Sumerian form of writing; the term describes the wedge-shaped marks made by a
stylus. - Answers-cuneiform
Babylonian ruler who came up with a very extensive law code introduced about 1755
B.C.E. His code covered all aspects of daily life. - Answers-Hammurabi
No other single geographical factor had such a fundamental and profound impact on
Egyptian life, society, and history as what? - Answers-the Nile River
All-powerful god of the Hebrew people and the basis for the enduring religious traditions
of Judaism. - Answers-Yahweh
Which two empires, respectively, captured first the northern kingdom of Israel in 722
B.C.E. then the southern kingdom of Judah in 587 B.C.E.? - Answers-Assyria and
Babylonia
In 550 B.C.E. this king of Persia and one of the most remarkable statesmen of antiquity
conquered the Medes, secured the shores of the Mediterranean, and established
terminal ports that crossed Iran and Anatolia, thus consolidating the Persian Empire. He
later died on the battlefield in Iran. - Answers-Cyrus the Great
The period beginning about 1100 B.C.E. when iron became the most important material
for weapons and tools in some parts of the world. - Answers-Iron Age
This civilization was not found until 1921 when archaeologists found astonishing
evidence of a thriving and sophisticated Bronze Age urban culture dating to about
B.C.E. at Mohenjo-daro in what is now Pakistan. Thousands of additional sites have
been found in both India and Pakistan. - Answers-Harappan civilization
, Scholars believe the Harappan civilization declined after 2000 B.C.E. because of an
environmental crisis, economic depression or ? - Answers-diseases such as malaria.
The dominant people in north India after the decline of the Indus Valley civilization; they
spoke an early form of Sanskrit. - Answers-Aryans
The earliest collection of Indian hymns, ritual texts, and philosophical treatises, it is the
central source of information on early Aryans. - Answers-Rig Veda
"The priests, or ________, supported the growth of royal power in return for royal
confirmation of their own power and status. They also served as advisers to the kings.
In the face of this royal-priestly alliance, the old tribal assemblies of warriors withered
away. By the time Persian armies reached the Indus around 513 B.C.E., there were
sixteen major Aryan kingdoms in north India." - Answers-Brahmins
The Indian system of dividing society into hereditary groups whose members interacted
primarily within the group, and especially married within the group. - Answers-Caste
system
The Buddha's message that pain and suffering are inescapable parts of life; suffering
and anxiety are caused by human desires and attachments; people can understand and
triumph over these weaknesses; and this triumph is made possible by following a simple
code of conduct. - Answers-Four Noble Truths
Also called Shakyamuni ("sage of the Shakya tribe"), is best known as the Buddha
("enlightened one"). He was a contemporary of Mahavira and came from the same
warrior social class. He was born the son of a chief of one of the tribes in the Himalayan
foothills in what is now Nepal. At age twenty-nine, unsatisfied with his life of comfort and
troubled by the suffering he saw around him, he left home to become a wandering
ascetic. He traveled south to the kingdom of Magadha, where he studied with yoga
masters, but later took up extreme asceticism. According to tradition, while meditating
under a bo tree at Bodh Gaya, he reached enlightenment — that is, perfect insight into
the processes of the universe. - Answers-Siddhartha Gautama
Paleolithic Era was before 9000 B.C.E. and characterized by humans obtaining food
by? - Answers-hunting and gathering
Neolithic Era began in 9000 B.C.E. and characterized by humans obtaining food by? -
Answers-raising crops and animals
Homo sapiens are called thinking humans and are characterized by having bigger? -
Answers-brains
Differentiation of tasks by gender, age, training, status, or other social distinction. -
Answers-Division of Labor
