Ap World History Unit 1 Exam
AP World History
Unit One Exam
1. Which of the following have scholars advanced as a possible explanation for the emergence of patriarchy in the First Civilizations?
(A) The emergence of women as the primary source of labor in more intensive animal-drawn plow-based agriculture
(B) The increased role of women outside the home
(C) The decline in birthrates that accompanied civilization
(D) The emergence of large-scale warfare with professionally led armies
(E) The frequent failure of women rulers to maintain peace
2. Which of the following constitutes historians’ usual definition of “civilization”?
(A) A human culture
(B) A community of humans living together with a sense of common ancestry
(C) A human society that includes cities and states
(D) A group of humans who recognize any form of social hierarchy
(E) A group of humans who practice agriculture
3. Which of the following First Civilizations relied on squash, beans, and guava but no grains as its primary crops?
(A) Mesopotamia
(B) Indus Valley
(C) China
(D) Egypt
(E) Norte Chico
4. The map below supports the assertion that
(A) everywhere agriculture developed independently a First Civilization also developed.
(B) all First Civilizations developed along major rivers.
(C) all First Civilizations were about the same size.
(D) First Civilizations emerged independently in widely scattered locations.
(E) First Civilizations were in regular contact with each other.
5. Kingship in the First Civilizations
(A) often depended on the belief that the office of king was divinely ordained.
(B) relied exclusively on physical force and coercion.
(C) often depended in part on the authority of a written constitution.
(D) often emerged with women as rulers, although everywhere they were rapidly replaced by men.
(E) originated and were sustained entirely by the consent of the population.
6. Which of the following provided the primary economic foundation for civilization?
(A)
Unit One Exam
1. Which of the following have scholars advanced as a possible explanation for the emergence of patriarchy in the First Civilizations?
(A) The emergence of women as the primary source of labor in more intensive animal-drawn plow-based agriculture
(B) The increased role of women outside the home
(C) The decline in birthrates that accompanied civilization
(D) The emergence of large-scale warfare with professionally led armies
(E) The frequent failure of women rulers to maintain peace
2. Which of the following constitutes historians’ usual definition of “civilization”?
(A) A human culture
(B) A community of humans living together with a sense of common ancestry
(C) A human society that includes cities and states
(D) A group of humans who recognize any form of social hierarchy
(E) A group of humans who practice agriculture
3. Which of the following First Civilizations relied on squash, beans, and guava but no grains as its primary crops?
(A) Mesopotamia
(B) Indus Valley
(C) China
(D) Egypt
(E) Norte Chico
4. The map below supports the assertion that
(A) everywhere agriculture developed independently a First Civilization also developed.
(B) all First Civilizations developed along major rivers.
(C) all First Civilizations were about the same size.
(D) First Civilizations emerged independently in widely scattered locations.
(E) First Civilizations were in regular contact with each other.
5. Kingship in the First Civilizations
(A) often depended on the belief that the office of king was divinely ordained.
(B) relied exclusively on physical force and coercion.
(C) often depended in part on the authority of a written constitution.
(D) often emerged with women as rulers, although everywhere they were rapidly replaced by men.
(E) originated and were sustained entirely by the consent of the population.
6. Which of the following provided the primary economic foundation for civilization?
(A)