Regents Exam 7

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Which letter on this map represents an archipelago?

	A
	B
	C
	D

2 Historians follow rules to help them analyze primary sources. Some of the rules they use are:

• Every piece of evidence and every source must be read or viewed skeptically and critically.
• Each piece of evidence and source must be cross-checked and compared with related sources and pieces of evidence.

-- Library of Congress

These rules are designed to help historians determine the

	reliability of document information
	popularity of a publication
	differences in belief systems
	laws of a civilization

3 Which type of economic system relies primarily on hunting, gathering, herding, and farming to maintain self-sufficiency?

	traditional
	capitalism
	command
	mixed

4 The creation of independent city-states in ancient Greece can be most directly attributed to the

	diverse ethnic groups in the region
	large number of different languages
	rugged mountainous terrain
	practice of oligarchy

5 Which term is most closely associated with Hellenism under Alexander the Great?

	cultural diffusion
	theocracy
	pacifism
	natural rights

6 Which river is most closely associated with Hinduism?

	Nile
	Tigris
	Yellow
	Ganges

7 Which individual developed an Asian philosophy associated with the five relationships, filial piety, and the Analects?

	Laozi (Lao Tzu)
	Confucius
	Han Wudi
	Siddhartha Gautama

8 In India, for which achievement is the Gupta Golden Age best known?

	adoption of the printing press
	invention of the iron foot stirrup
	use of gunpowder
	development of the concept of zero

9

Based on the information in this chart, what is a valid conclusion about Chinese society during the Tang and Song dynasties?

	Most peasants in China were literate.
	The majority of Chinese people were merchants.
	Some people living in China had opportunities for social mobility.
	The social status of most Chinese people was determined by religious practices.

10 Around the 14th century, why were the cities of Nanjing, Calicut, Mogadishu, and Venice significant?

	Major centers of trading activity flourished there.
	The first democracies emerged there.
	Islamic religious centers developed there.
	The Portuguese established colonies there.

11 Which geographic factor best explains China’s ability to influence the cultural development of Japan?

	tropical climate
	mountains
	location
	navigable rivers

12 Base your answer to question 12 on the passage below and on your knowledge of social studies.

… Trade along the Silk Road enriched China in many ways. The Chinese sent silk, herbal medicines, ceramics, and other local products westward by caravan, and received exotic things in return. From Persia (modern-day Iran) and the Middle East, they received new kinds of musical instruments, and musicians to play them, as well as gold and silver cups, bowls, and vases. From India they imported cotton cloth. From Byzantium (the eastern capital of the Roman Empire, today the city of Istanbul in Turkey) came glassware and jewelry. Chinese merchants also traded some of these imported goods eastward to Korea and Japan.… —Des Forges and Major, The Asian World: 600-1500

Based on this passage, the Silk Road made it possible for the Chinese to import cotton cloth from

	Persia
	Japan
	the Roman Empire
	India
	oil and coal
	gold and salt
	timber and fish
	sugar and ivory
	multiculturalism
	nationalism
	humanism
	monasticism
	decline in religious unity
	increased power of the Catholic pope
	reduction in religious wars
	increase in the sale of indulgences by the Catholic Church