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The Oxus Culture was a short-lived culture in Asia that lasted only 400 years from 2100 B.C.E. to 1700 B.C.E. It primarily covered the geographical area of central Asia, including which of the following present-day countries?

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  1. Turkmenistan

  2. Russia

  3. India

  4. Bangladesh

  5. Saudi Arabia

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Oxus culture was centered on the upper Amu Darya (Oxus River), which is located in present-day northern Afghanistan, eastern Turkmenistan, southern Uzbekistan and western Tajikistan.

Unlike nomadic societies, early civilizations were patriarchal. This shift occurred for all of the following reasons EXCEPT ______________________.

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  1. Women were often pregnant and too involved in child care to participate in other activities

  2. Plow-based agriculture required more manual labor

  3. Men were less important in the household, allowing them more time to participate in political and economic activities

  4. Many women became prostitutes and this led to a loss of respect and equality

  5. The growth and importance of professional armies

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
  •  Patriarchy is defined as a social system in which the father is the head of the family and men have authority over women and children.
  • The reason that society became more patriarchal was because women were the carriers and bearers of children. In the beginning, women were honored for this but it became a disadvantage later on. 
  • Also a very big portion of the Mesopotamian laws, such as the Hammurabic code, had many laws emphasizing limits and inferiority of the women. Because of this many women were looked down upon and treated as property and a way to keep the civilization going and pass on the family name.

The Earth comes into being by your hand as you made it. When you dawn, they live. When you set, they die; You yourself are lifetime, one lives by you.
The above statement by Egyptian ruler, Akhenaten, suggests a belief in _______________.

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  1. Polytheism

  2. Dualism

  3. Monotheism

  4. Hinduism

  5. Prayer

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Correct Option: A

Who among the following Propounded the theory of the "Survival of the Fittest"?

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  1. Charles Darwin

  2. Adolf Hitler

  3. Isaac Newton

  4. Herbert Spencer

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
Herbert Spencer first used the phrase – after reading Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" – in his Principles of Biology of 1864 in which he drew parallels between his economic theories and Darwin's biological, evolutionary ones, writing, "This survival of the fittest".


The development of political states in early civilizations was PRIMARILY motivated by which of the following?

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  1. The complexity of life in densely populated territories required some authority to regulate the community

  2. The upper class needed protection of their privileges

  3. Civilizations needed a strong centralized army to repel invaders

  4. Rulers needed to collect taxes to finance the military

  5. Large work forces were needed to work on public projects

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

  • Cities concentrated political, religious, and social institutions that were previously spread across many smaller, separate communities, which contributed to the development of states.
  • The political structures that states provided were an important factor in the rise of civilizations because they made it possible to mobilize large amounts of resources and labour and also tied larger communities together by connecting them under a common political system.

In early civilizations, which social class made up the vast majority of the population?

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  1. Free commoners

  2. Slaves

  3. Nobility

  4. Military

  5. Artisans

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Correct Option: A

Because the Indus script has not yet been deciphered, scholars differ in their interpretations of the features of early Indus cultures.
Which of the following statements is generally accepted by historians?

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  1. Most early Indus communities were matriarchal

  2. The Indus culture spanned a huge territory, over 1000 miles

  3. People in the Indus Valley shared wealth equally

  4. Later Indus religious practices have their roots in early Indus culture

  5. Indus Valley cities disappeared around 1900 B.C.E. due to conquest

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
  • Indus valley civilization which was the first known civilization in India is said to have flourished in the 25th century BC.
  • During this civilisation, historical evidence shows that the people worshipped natural forces and divine references were mostly feminine.
  • Nature was often called as mother. The mother goddess was the first worshipped diety for the people of civilisation.
  • The family was headed by mothers. Mothers had control over their children.
  • From these facts, we may conclude that the Indus community was basically matriarchial.

Mesopotamia differed from Egypt in that ____________________.

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  1. The population was more spread out

  2. It was a more urbanized society

  3. Its geography was an obstacle to invaders

  4. Most people had an optimistic view of the afterlife

  5. Had a more sustainable agricultural system

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

  • Egypt was built around a single river, so for much of its history was unified. It also had limited scope for expansion, though it did conquer into West Asia and further down the Nile.
  • Mesopotamia was a landscape between two rivers, each of which shifted its course. It was mostly a collection of city-states and hence the population was more spread out. Large states would expand well beyond Mesopotamia.

The writing on Oracle bones found in the Yellow River Valley revealed a belief in ____________________.

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  1. The ability to predict the future

  2. Reincarnation

  3. The power of ancestors in the afterlife

  4. The healing powers of the Yellow River

  5. Human sacrifice to the Gods

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The desire to know the future has been a constant in human history and the people of China during the Shang Dynasty were no different along these lines than people today. Fortune-telling during the Shang Dynasty was considered an important resource in making decisions, and these 'psychics' were consulted by everyone from the farmer to the king. These fortune-tellers were thought to be in touch with the spirit world of the ancestors who lived with the gods and knew the future. These spirits would communicate with the psychics through the oracle bones.

The Phoenicians are BEST remembered for their _____________.

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  1. Cloth dye techniques

  2. Tombs

  3. Extensive trade routes

  4. Alphabet

  5. Precious metals

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Phoenicia thrived as a maritime trader and manufacturing center from c. 1500-332 BCE and was highly regarded for their skill in ship-building, glass-making, the production of dyes, and an impressive level of skill in the manufacture of luxury and common goods.