Multiple Choice Quiz

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1
Africa was called the "dark" continent,"
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2
The progressive desiccation of the African climate resulted in
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3
Where did the domesticated plants and technology associated with sedentary agriculture in Africa come from?
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4
Why were the lowlands of central and western Africa unable to support pastoralism?
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5
What was the primary form of metallurgy practiced in Africa?
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6
Which of the following statements concerning the original social and economic organization of the early Bantu is not correct?
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7
the thirteenth century C.E., the Bantu migration
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8
Which of the following kingdoms was converted to Christianity?
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9
What region exerted the greatest influence on the development of the kingdom of Axum?
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10
The growth of Ghana was based on
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11
Which of the following regions was converted to Islam?
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12
Which of the following was not a feature of Celtic social and economic organization?
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13
The Roman historian Tacitus wrote about which of the following cultures?
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14
After 200 C.E. some Germanic tribes
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15
How did the Slavs differ from the Germans?
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16
The transmission of Chinese culture to Japan was mediated by what people?
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17
5000 B.C.E.,
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18
Wet-rice agriculture, iron working, and wheel-turned pottery were introduced into Japan during what epoch?
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19
Prior to the fifth century C.E., Japan was
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20
In Japan Shinto was
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21
What was the significant cultural adaptation that permitted the formation of a more centralized Japanese government based on a true bureaucracy?
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22
After the fall of what dynasty did Buddhism spread into China?
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23
Under what Japanese dynasty was Buddhism accepted as the official state religion?
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24
What was the status of Shintoism after the official adoption of Buddhism?
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25
Which of the following cultural adaptations in Japan generally failed?
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26
Which of the following was the most hierarchic of the Polynesian societies?
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27
Who were the people who settled New Zealand?
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Note: answer choices in this exercise are randomized.

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