ashworth college HS150 Online Exams 4 latest 2016 Feb.

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100.0 Points

Question 1 of 20
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The great river that dominates the western region of Africa,
the so called “hump of Africa,” is the:
A. Nile.
B. Niger.
C. Congo.
D. Zaire.

Question 2 of 20
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Karl Mauch found the ruins of:
A. Katmandu.
B. Pietermar Teburg.

C. Great Zimbabwe.
D. Kilwa.

Question 3 of 20
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The ancient civilization that was located in the highlands
of what is known today as Ethiopia was:
A. Yoruba.
B. Kush.
C. Sahara.
D. Axum.

Question 4 of 20
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The people of North Africa, who served as trade
intermediaries for the great trans Saharan commerce, were the:
A. Kurds.
B. Phoenicians.
C. Carthaginians.
D. Berbers.

Question 5 of 20
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Malayan traders and settlers:
A. brought oranges
and rayon to East Asia.
B. may have
introduced yams and bananas to Africa.
C. were the first
Khoisan speakers in southern Africa.
D. composed just
under half of the population of Zanj.

Question 6 of 20
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In southern Africa:
A. an integration of
Khoisan and Bantu speaking peoples took place.
B. the people of the
area were generally darker and taller than the migrants from the north.
C. the culture of
the Khoisan speaking society came to dominate the area.
D. Islam became
dominant in the 700s.

Question 7 of 20
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Which of the following is a correct statement about Swahili?
A. It was a culture
reflecting a mixture of Indian and African influences.
B. As a language, it
employed Bantu grammar and Arabic linguistic terms.
C. The term derives
from the Arab word for “jungle.”
D. It was
exclusively a written language.

Question 8 of 20
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The local chieftain of a Mali farming village was called a:
A. mansa.
B. nkisi.
C. bantu.
D. saba.

Question 9 of 20
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The San:
A. was the largest
tribal grouping in West Africa.
B. kept the Bantu
out of their lands for eight centuries by using a guerrilla war strategy.
C. created the
largest city in southern Africa in the eleventh century.
D. linguistically
were related to the Khoi, distinguished by the use of “clicking” sounds.

Question 10 of 20
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Before Islam developed in Africa:
A. most of the
continent, aside from Egypt and Axum, did not have organized religions.
B. many religions
believed that human life had two stages, one earthly and the other “external.”
C. the Ashanti
worshiped a supreme god, Siva.
D. all Africans were
agnostics.

Question 11 of 20
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The Kushan peoples:
A. were, originally,
inhabitants of Mesopotamia.
B. had been herder
nomads until they moved into the Irrawaddy Valley.
C. were of Indo
European background, driven out of Central Asia by the Xiongnu.
D. settled in Sri
Lanka.

Question 12 of 20
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The capital of the Gupta Dynasty under Chandragupta I was
at:
A. Pataliputra.
B. Bactria.
C. Chang’an.
D. Bombay.

Question 13 of 20
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Which of the following was NOT a factor in the decline of
Buddhism in India?
A. Hinduism’s
increasing appeal
B. Buddhism’s
reinforcement of the Indian caste system
C. Hinduism’s
increasing religious ardor
D. The growing
attractiveness of bhakti to the Indian masses

Question 14 of 20
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In India, Muslims:
A. destroyed the
caste system.
B. converted many
lower caste Hindus to Islam.
C. gave up the
tradition of purdah which they practiced elsewhere.
D. converted to
Buddhism in large numbers between 800 and 930 C.E.

Question 15 of 20
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The group which dominated banking and the textile industry,
and the group which dominated trade and manufacturing, respectively, were the:
A. Parsis and Jains.

B. Jains and Sikhs.
C. Muslims and
Christians.
D. Kutch and
Mahayana Buddhists.

Question 16 of 20
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Which of the following is NOT true about the caves of
Ajanta?
A. They served only
as shrines that were nothing more than holes in the cliffs.
B. They contain
elaborate wall paintings relating to Buddha and his incarnations.
C. They are great
sources of historical knowledge of fifth century India.
D. They are examples
of some of India’s greatest artistic achievements.

Question 17 of 20
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Which of the following statements is NOT true about ancient
Indian music?
A. It was derived
from Vedic chants.
B. It had no
spiritual connection at all.
C. It emphasized the
performer’s creativity.
D. Classical Indian
music is based on a scale called a raga.

Question 18 of 20
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The Burmese and Thai originally came from, respectively:
A. Manchuria and
Taiwan.
B. Tibetan highlands
and southwestern China.
C. Sinkiang and
Nepal.
D. South India and
Honshu.

Question 19 of 20
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Two major trading states on the Southeast Asian archipelago
were:
A. Chosen and
Payoni.
B. Srivijaya and
Majapahit.
C. Cola and Hainan.
D. Colombo and
Mombai.

Question 20 of 20
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The most famous example of the Buddhist architecture that
employed a massive empty stupa with sculpted terraces is the temple on Java at:
A. Kuala Lumpur.
B. Borobudur.
C. Mount Meru.
D. Rangoon.