Introduction to World Civilization

Yanıt Açıklaması: The greatest literatures of the early Greek period were the Homeric Epics, Iliad and Odyssey.

Yanıt Açıklaması: The mountainous topography in most of the peninsula did not lend itself to growing grains for bread, making wheat a major import. Grapes and olives, however, flourished on the slopes of the mountains, therefore wine and olive oil were plentiful and available for trade.

Yanıt Açıklaması: Choices A, B, C and E as well as dry farming of wheat and millet characterizes the Yellow River basin in the north; whereas irrigated rice agriculture predominates in the warmer and wetter basin of the Yangtze in the south. The correct answer is D.

Yanıt Açıklaması: In the west, the Himalayas with the peaks in snow and mountains of Tibet separated China from India. Correct answer is A.

Yanıt Açıklaması: The defeat of the old enemy Carthage brought Spain and northern Africa under Roman control. And, following the rule of the Emperor Augustus, additional provinces were subjected to the thumb of Rome.

Yanıt Açıklaması: the religion of ancient Greece is polytheistic.

Yanıt Açıklaması: A typical meal in ancient Greece almost always included bread, wine and olive oil.

Yanıt Açıklaması: During Hsia dynasty, the Chinese government or the emperor employed huge labor to work under four groups: military, farming, construction workers and textile laborers. Correct answer is D.

Yanıt Açıklaması: The Hellenic Civilization is a term which refers to that period of ancient Greek history between 507 BCE (the date of the first democracy in Athens) and 323 BCE (the death of Alexander the Great). This period is also defined as the age of Classical Greece and should not be confused with the Hellenistic Civilization which labels the period between the death of Alexander and Rome’s conquest of Greece (323 - 146 - 31 BCE). The correct answer is B.

Yanıt Açıklaması: Western Roman Empire vanished when the last emperor was forced by a Germanic leader, Odoacer, to abdicate in 476 CE. Rome fell.

Yanıt Açıklaması: There were six female gods, starting with Juno, who, based on the Etruscan belief, was a moon goddess and originally stood as a representation of women but evolved to become more like the Greek Hera, wife of Zeus. Joining her were Minerva (Athena to the Greeks), Venus (Aphrodite to the Greeks), Diana (Artemis), Vesta (Hestia to the Greeks), and Ceres (Demeter to the Greeks). Thus, the correct answer for Athena is choice A – Minerva.

Yanıt Açıklaması: Some scarifications (of young men and women and slaves) were practiced at temples. The ancient Chinese are known to have made sacrifices of young men and women to river deities (Hebo), and to have buried slaves alive with their owners upon death as part of a funeral service. This was especially prevalent during the Shang and Zhou Dynasties. Burnt offerings of animal flesh were common, and a kind of wine or beer made from millet was also considered acceptable. The correct answer is D.

Yanıt Açıklaması: The importance of the Senate for Roman history cannot be emphasized enough; look around Roman monuments that still survive and one will see stamped on them SPQR – Senatus Populusque Romanus (the Roman Senate and People).

Yanıt Açıklaması: Plato argued that ideas control the life.

Yanıt Açıklaması: In the 1st century CE, Buddhism (defined byBuddha Shakyamuni 563-483 BCE arrived in China via trade through the Silk Road. The correct answer is A.

Yanıt Açıklaması: Emperor Leo III was convinced that idol worship was sinful. In 726 CE, he implemented a policy which sought to abolish image worship.

Yanıt Açıklaması: Doğru seçenek C provinces under exarchs were called exarchates These armies and fleets were scattered over Italy and each one was placed under a general who was called the duce farmers were called upon to provide military service as soldiers in a theme Latifundia were huge estates owned by wealthy cultivators

Yanıt Açıklaması: As a result of the progeny of divine and human parentage, there were lesser creatures with shared attributes such as half man– half goat (satyrs), half-man half-horse (centaurs), tree nymphs and sea nymphs who often caused more disruption than fun. Sometimes the mixed breeds were particularly antagonistic towards the human side of their heritage, notably the Gorgons, whose snake-haired visage would turn any human who looked at them into stone. The correct answer is C.

Yanıt Açıklaması: Ldyian kingdom is not Hittite city. Right answer is "E".

Yanıt Açıklaması: Among their stupendous achievements is the fact that the ancient Sumerians developed the first form of writing; that clearly constitutes the greatest contribution of Mesopotamian Civilization