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| [01] Lesson 1 Exam |
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A rise in literacy rates across Europe following the Renaissance can be reasonably attributed to an invention by
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| a) Archimedes. | |||
| b) Ptolemy. | |||
| c) Leonardo da Vinci. | |||
| d) Johannes Gutenberg. | |||
| Question 2 | 5 / 5 points | ||
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Concepts of gene therapy, nanotechnology, 3D printing, and bioengineering were under development beginning in the
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| a) 1960s. | |||
| b) 1970s. | |||
| c) 1980s. | |||
| d) 1990s. | |||
| Question 3 | 5 / 5 points | ||
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The monsoon weather pattern affecting the _______ Ocean enabled trade over a wide area from Africa to southeast Asia.
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| a) Indian | |||
| b) Atlantic | |||
| c) Pacific | |||
| d) Antarctic | |||
| Question 4 | 5 / 5 points | ||
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Which of these was not an innovation of Henry Ford?
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| a) Moving assembly line | |||
| b) Large production plant | |||
| c) Standardization of parts | |||
| d) Lowered employee wages | |||
| Question 5 | 5 / 5 points | ||
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The appearance of writing around 3500 BCE appears to have been accompanied by the advent of
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| a) animal domestication. | |||
| b) agriculture. | |||
| c) iron smelting. | |||
| d) horticulture. | |||
| Question 6 | 5 / 5 points | ||
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The Library at _______ contained the world’s largest archive of human knowledge in ancient times.
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| a) Athens | |||
| b) Cairo | |||
| c) Alexandria | |||
| d) Rome | |||
| Question 7 | 5 / 5 points | ||
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Which event directly marked the end of the Roman Republic and the advent of the Roman Empire?
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| a) The death of Cleopatra | |||
| b) The Greek defeat in the naval battle at Actium | |||
| c) The fall of the Turkish Empire | |||
| d) Octavian’s ascent to power as Augustus Caesar | |||
| Question 8 | 5 / 5 points | ||
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Which element of nonmaterial culture refers to preferred and expected behaviors?
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| a) Values | |||
| b) Symbols | |||
| c) Norms | |||
| d) Language | |||
| Question 9 | 5 / 5 points | ||
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The Turing test was designed to test a(n)
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| a) foreign power’s chances of winning a war. | |||
| b) atomic bomb for energy output. | |||
| c) computer’s capacity to calculate mathematical sums. | |||
| d) machine’s ability to exhibit human-level intelligence. | |||
| Question 10 | 5 / 5 points | ||
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Dating from about 662 to 750 CE, _______ culture was called the first universal civilization because it allowed for trade over a broad area, thus encouraging an exchange of new ideas for innovations in technology and the sciences.
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| a) Western | |||
| b) Arabic | |||
| c) Greek | |||
| d) Chinese | |||
| Question 11 | 5 / 5 points | ||
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All of the following were invented in China while the West was a cultural backwater, except
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| a) gunpowder. | |||
| b) early steam engines. | |||
| c) paper. | |||
| d) the compass. | |||
| Question 12 | 5 / 5 points | ||
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Which of these is true of the ancient cultures of the Americas?
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| a) The Mayans and Aztecs made notable advances in astronomy and mathematics. | |||
| b) The Aztecs and Mayans learned to read and write under Spanish rule. | |||
| c) The Aztecs and Mayans had no concept of the wheel. | |||
| d) The Incas built many miles of paved roads across their empire. | |||
| Question 13 | 5 / 5 points | ||
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You’re a resident of Italy during the Renaissance. You believe in critical thinking as key to progress and human freedom. What is your philosophy called?
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| a) Rationalism | |||
| b) Secularism | |||
| c) Humanism | |||
| d) Platonism | |||
| Question 14 | 5 / 5 points | ||
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In painting, chiaroscuro is a technique in which
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| a) backgrounds become separate from foregrounds. | |||
| b) objects on canvas look three-dimensional. | |||
| c) linear perspectives become distorted. | |||
| d) primary colors are exclusively used. | |||
| Question 15 | 5 / 5 points | ||
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The greatest expansion of the Roman Empire occurred during the _______ Age.
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| a) Neolithic | |||
| b) Late Bronze | |||
| c) Early Bronze | |||
| d) Iron | |||
| Question 16 | 5 / 5 points | ||
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Before the invention of the loom in 1785, textile manufacturing was
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| a) regulated under the guild system. | |||
| b) performed by children working in factories. | |||
| c) produced in rural cottages under a putting-out system. | |||
| d) conducted by British colonists overseas. | |||
| Question 17 | 5 / 5 points | ||
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Our species, Homo sapiens sapiens, appeared on the planet around _______ years BCE.
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| a) 40,000 | |||
| b) 1 million | |||
| c) 1.5 million | |||
| d) 200,000 | |||
| Question 18 | 5 / 5 points | ||
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John Harrison, a Yorkshire carpenter, helped solve the longitude problem with the invention of the
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| a) marine compass. | |||
| b) marine chronometer. | |||
| c) astrolabe. | |||
| d) global positioning system. | |||
| Question 19 | 5 / 5 points | ||
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Artifacts are to material culture as _______ are to nonmaterial culture.
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| a) horses | |||
| b) beliefs | |||
| c) crossbows | |||
| d) statues | |||
| Question 20 | 5 / 5 points | ||
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Which statement is true regarding the European medieval period?
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| a) Traditional technology was favored, so no innovation occurred in the Middle Ages. | |
| b) New technological advances were imported over trade routes from China. | |
| c) Traditional technology was favored but innovations like vertical windmills and clockworks were developed. | |
| d) Technological advances were considered ungodly and unnatural. |
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