PART 1

Directions (1-50): For each statement or question, write on the separate
answer sheet the number of the word or expression that, of those given,
best completes the statement or  answers the question.

1 During which period did the domestication of animals and growing
of crops first occur?

(1) Iron Age
(2) Old Stone Age
(3) Neolithic Revolution
(4) Scientific Revolution

Base your answer to question 2 on the statements below and on your knowledge of social studies.

• The fertile soil of river valleys allowed early civilizations to develop
and flourish.
• In the 1500s and 1600s, control of the Strait of Malacca determined
who traded in the Spice Islands.
• Because Japan is an island that is mostly mountainous, people live in
densely populated areas along the coast.

2 Which conclusion is best supported by these statements?

(1) Major urban centers are found only along rivers.
(2) The geography of a nation or region influences its development.
(3) Without mountains and rivers, people cannot develop a culture.
(4) The spread of new ideas is discouraged by trade and conquest.

3 Which statement about cultural diffusion in Asia is most accurate?'

(1) Byzantine traders brought the Justinian Code to China.
(2) Roman legions introduced Christianity to India.
(3) Indian monks brought Islam to the Middle East.
(4) Chinese ideas and practices spread into Korea and Japan.

4 Which statement about Greek civilization is an opinion rather than a fact?

(1) Boys in Sparta were trained to be soldiers.
(2) Athens had a better culture than that of Sparta.
(3) Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle were Greek philosophers.
(4) Many adults in Athens did not have the right to vote.

Base your answers to questions 5 and 6 on the diagram below and on
your knowledge of social studies.

5 Which concept is illustrated in the diagram?

(1) manorialism     (3) caste
(2) apartheid         (4) encomienda

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