World History Chapter 5

Which of the following has been put forward by scholars as a possible factor in the emergence of slavery within the First Civilizations?

A) Long periods of peace

B) The decline of patriarchy

C) The domestication of animals

D) Discrimination based on race

C) The domestication of animals

How was India's social structure different from that of China?

A) India had fewer distinct social groups.

B) Indian social groups were defined more rigidly.

C) Status in India was associated with literary learning.

D) Social distinctions in India were more fluid.

B) Indian social groups were defined more rigidly.

Which of the following was part of the reform program launched by Wang Mang following his seizure of the Chinese throne in 8 C.E.?

A) The creation of large private estates

B) State protection of the practice of slavery

C) Oversight of officials by landlords

D) Government loans to peasant families

D) Government loans to peasant families

Like the First Civilizations, societies of the second-wave era

A) lacked sharp class divisions.

B) were patriarchal in organization.

C) had a small slave population.

D) were based on written constitutions.

B) were patriarchal in organization.

China was unique in the ancient world in the extent to which

A) the state practice of slaveholding defined the society.

B) its social organization was shaped by the actions of the state.

C) the caste system defined its social structure.

D) women were allowed a role in public life.

B) its social organization was shaped by the actions of the state.

India and China during the classical era were similar in which of the following respects?

A) Birth had no place in determining the social status of most people.

B) Social prestige was attained primarily through service to the state.

C) It was easy for people to improve their social status through hard work.

D) Sharp distinctions and great inequalities characterized the social order.

D) Sharp distinctions and great inequalities characterized the social order

Which of the following describes a feature of the jati system in India?

A) Individual jatis were locked into an unchanging hierarchy in relation to other jatis.

B) An individual within a jati could switch to another jati by paying a fee.

C) A jati could raise its standing in relation to other jatis by acquiring land or wealth.

D) The jati system divided Indian society into the aristocracy and the commoners.

C) A jati could raise its standing in relation to other jatis by acquiring land or wealth.

During the classical era, slaves comprised more than one-third of the total population in

A) India.

B) China.

C) the Persian Empire.

D) the Greco-Roman world.

D) the Greco-Roman world.

The growth of democracy in classical Athens was accompanied by

A) the simultaneous growth of slavery on a massive scale.

B) the abolition of slavery.

C) harsh criticism from Greek intellectuals like Aristotle.

D) the association of slave status with race.

A) the simultaneous growth of slavery on a massive scale.

In which of the following ancient societies did women enjoy the fewest restrictions?

A) Han China

B) Athens

C) Sparta

D) Classical India

C) Sparta

Which of the following philosophical or religious traditions provided a unifying ideology for peasant rebellions in China?

A) Hinduism

B) Confucianism

C) Daoism

D) Legalism

C) Daoism

Which of the following describes women's status in the classical civilizations?

A) Upper-class women had a tendency to live less restricted lives than lower-class women.

B) Women in general experienced fewer restrictions compared to those living in pastoral societies.

C) Public life in general was a male domain, while women's roles took place mostly in domestic settings.

D) Women in general experienced fewer restrictions compared to those who lived in Neolithic agricultural village societies.

C) Public life in general was a male domain, while women's roles took place mostly in domestic settings.

In contrast to women in Athens, women in Sparta

A) were more strictly confined to the home.

B) married men close to their age.

C) participated in government.

D) were praised as having superior intelligence.

B) married men close to their age.

How did the centuries of political fragmentation and conflict following the fall of the Han Empire affect the lives of Chinese women?

A) Women found themselves more restricted than ever before.

B) Women were removed from positions as priests, nuns, and reclusive mediators.

C) The strict patriarchy supported by Confucianism was loosened.

D) Women were encouraged to be more assertive in their relationships with men.

C) The strict patriarchy supported by Confucianism was loosened.

Slaveholding was least widespread and least central to the economy of

A) Athens.

B) China.

C) Sparta.

D) imperial Rome.

B) China.

The world's first and longest lasting professional civil service emerged in

A) Persia.

B) Athens.

C) India.

D) China.

D) China.

Peasants were honored and merchants were looked down upon in the official ideology of

A) China.

B) India.

C) Sparta.

D) the Roman Empire.

A) China.

Which group was at the top of the caste system in India?

A) Scholar-gentry

B) Merchants

C) Brahmin

D) Peasants

C) Brahmin

The combination of natural disasters, high taxes and rents, and state demands for labor and military service often sparked peasant rebellions in

A) India.

B) China.

C) Sparta.

D) Athens.

B) China.

Membership in a jati was based on a person's

A) race.

B) age.

C) birthplace.

D) occupation.

D) occupation.

The inequalities of the caste system received support from

A) Hindu notions of karma, dharma, and rebirth.

B) Buddhist notions of nirvana and enlightenment.

C) Confucian notions of propriety and ritual.

D) Daoist notions of the supernatural and immortality.

A) Hindu notions of karma, dharma, and rebirth.

In India, the jati to which one belonged determined

A) the language one spoke.

B) the sect of Hinduism one practiced.

C) whom one could marry.

D) how much land one could own.

C) whom one could marry.

In India, the caste system encouraged loyalty to

A) the imperial state.

B) local communities.

C) female ancestors.

D) political officials.

B) local communities.

Which of the following was a major source of slaves in the Roman Empire?

A) Untouchables

B) Peasants

C) Soldiers

D) Prisoners of war

D) Prisoners of war

Although slaves in the Roman Empire performed all work, from the most prestigious to the most degrading, they were prohibited from

A) serving in the military.

B) practicing medicine.

C) working in government.

D) conducting business.

A) serving in the military.

Which of the following is an example of the "weapons of the weak" used by slaves to resist their enslavement?

A) Varna

B) Manumission

C) Sabotage

D) Obedience

C) Sabotage

In general, patriarchal systems that restricted women's lives were weakest

A) during long periods of peace and stability.

B) in the early years of a civilization's development.

C) in societies with sharp class distinctions.

D) in urban-based civilizations at the height of their power.

B) in the early years of a civilization's development.

Although the practice of patriarchy varied in the classical civilizations, they all

A) prohibited women of all classes from entering public spaces.

B) challenged the assumption that female inferiority was natural.

C) conceptualized women's essential nature in terms of ritual purity.

D) defined women's roles in reproductive and kinship terms.

D) defined women's roles in reproductive and kinship terms.

In what way were the Yellow Turban Rebellion in Han China and Spartacus's revolt in the Roman Empire similar?

A) Both were large-scale, violent reactions to oppressive conditions.

B) Both featured supernatural healings and collective trances.

C) Both succeeded in persuading the government to implement reforms.

D) Both saw women assuming leadership roles.

A) Both were large-scale, violent reactions to oppressive conditions.

The Appian Way between Capua and Rome was the path along which

A) runaway slaves traveled on their road to freedom.

B) helots traveled on their way to Sparta.

C) slaves defeated in the Spartacus's revolt were nailed to crosses.

D) prisoners of war were forced to march.

C) slaves defeated in the Spartacus's revolt were nailed to crosses.

The wall painting on the building known as the Villa of Mysteries in Source 5.5 shows women participating in a process of religious initiation associated with the cult of

Dionysus.

The details in the portrait of Terentius Neo and his wife in Source 5.1 suggest that

both the husband and wife were literate.

What does the domestic shrine called the lararia depicted in Source 5.4 suggest about Roman religious life in the first century C.E.?

Romans believed that guardian spirits provided protection within the home.