World Civilizations Online Chapter 4 -- Multiple Choice Quiz

Multiple Choice Quiz

Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.

1		Despite holding the majority of the world's population, civilizations actually inhabited Need a hint?

2		Sedentary agriculture is common to the Need a hint?

3		Nomads were found in the following region: Need a hint?

4		Slash-and-burn cultivation is usually associated with what type of ecology? Need a hint?

5		Large herds of domesticated animals as the main source of sustenance are normally associated with Need a hint?

6		Which of the following lists correctly gives the order of types of ecological adaptation from largest to smallest in terms of their ability to sustain a population? Need a hint?

7		what time was pastoral nomadism widely distributed? Need a hint?

8		Which of the following groups had the greatest impact on civilizations? Need a hint?

9		Which of the following groups was not associated with horse nomadism? Need a hint?

10		With what region of the world are the horse nomads primarily associated? Need a hint?

11		what time did pastoral nomadism become widespread in the Americas? Need a hint?

12		Disease, extremes of temperature, and lack of grasses during dry seasons were all reasons for annual Need a hint?

13		The hunting and gathering groups that commonly disrupted civilizations in the Americas were called Need a hint?

14		What was the basis for social organization in most nomadic societies? Need a hint?

15		How does the social organization of nomadic society help to explain the failure of nomadic societies to create civilizations? Need a hint?

16		Which of the following was not typical of pastoral nomadic households? Need a hint?

17		Which of the following is not a form of social stratification in many pastoral nomadic societies? Need a hint?

18		A depiction of an animal venerated as a mythic ancestor and protector was called a Need a hint?

19		Pastoral nomads' interaction with civilizations was primarily Need a hint?

20		The silk routes were Need a hint?

21		Who was the Muslim historian who suggested that pastoral nomadic dynasties could rule civilizations for three generations before becoming too weak to govern? Need a hint?

22		When conquering civilizations, dynasties established by nomadic societies often Need a hint?

23		Why were pastoral nomadic societies unable to establish durable civilizations of their own? Need a hint?

Note: answer choices in this exercise are randomized.