BYU Hist 201 Exam 2 Prep Questions
All Answered Correct 2025-2026
Updated.
Akkadian Empire - Answer Which empire was founded first?
Cuneiform - Answer The Code of Hammurabi was written with:
in irrigated fields between the Tigris and Euphrates River - Answer Where did Mesopotamian
farmers grow their crops?
Stone seals with pictures and characters - Answer What written (but indecipherable) sources
did Harappan societies leave behind?
They relied on running water to keep their large cities sanitary
They relied on the rivers to water the crops that sustained the cities
They relied on the rivers to trade - Answer How would a change in the path of the Saraswati
and Indus River contribute to the collapse of Harappan society?
Harappan societies included at least some elite families with private compounds - Answer A
close examination of the architecture in Mohenjodaro suggests that
Buddhism - Answer Asoka relied on monks of which religion to help him manage the
Mauryan Empire?
Brahmin (priests)
Kshatriya (Warriors)
Vaisya (Merchants)
Sudra (Servants and laborers) - Answer Place the following castes in order of social status
(from the perspective of Brahmin priests).
Jainism - Answer Which of the following South Asian religion emphasized that its most
devout followers must reject caste, wealth and all forms of violence (including eating meat and
squashing bugs).
, Heterarchy
Jenne-Jeno
Hierarchy
Egypt - Answer Match the following societies with the terms that best represent their
political and social structures.
The extreme variation of the river's height from year to year - Answer Which ecological
features of the Inland Niger Delta motivated residents of Jenne-Jeno who followed different
lifeways to cooperate rather than compete with one another?
It had no administrate center or palace complex - Answer What was the most obvious
difference between urbanization in the Inland Niger Delta and other complex societies?
Alexander the Great - Answer Who promoted Greek philosophy and culture in Asia after
conquering Persia:
True - Answer True or False: The Achaemenid Empire began as a military empire in a
mountainous region without access to productive riverine farmlands.
Metal coins - Answer As a market economy, Greece innovated what technology to make
transactions more efficient?
Humanist - Answer A historicist approach to religion is best described as
Egyptians - Answer Which complex society ascribed evil to the "evil eye"?
Shang
Zhou
Qin
Han - Answer Sequence the Chinese Dynasties before 200 CE in order
Daoism - Answer Which Chinese philosophy encouraged its followers to disengage from
politics and draw inspiration from the natural world?
Scholars who passed an exam based on the teachings of Confucius - Answer Who did the
Han dynasty appoint when they eliminated "tributary kings"?
All Answered Correct 2025-2026
Updated.
Akkadian Empire - Answer Which empire was founded first?
Cuneiform - Answer The Code of Hammurabi was written with:
in irrigated fields between the Tigris and Euphrates River - Answer Where did Mesopotamian
farmers grow their crops?
Stone seals with pictures and characters - Answer What written (but indecipherable) sources
did Harappan societies leave behind?
They relied on running water to keep their large cities sanitary
They relied on the rivers to water the crops that sustained the cities
They relied on the rivers to trade - Answer How would a change in the path of the Saraswati
and Indus River contribute to the collapse of Harappan society?
Harappan societies included at least some elite families with private compounds - Answer A
close examination of the architecture in Mohenjodaro suggests that
Buddhism - Answer Asoka relied on monks of which religion to help him manage the
Mauryan Empire?
Brahmin (priests)
Kshatriya (Warriors)
Vaisya (Merchants)
Sudra (Servants and laborers) - Answer Place the following castes in order of social status
(from the perspective of Brahmin priests).
Jainism - Answer Which of the following South Asian religion emphasized that its most
devout followers must reject caste, wealth and all forms of violence (including eating meat and
squashing bugs).
, Heterarchy
Jenne-Jeno
Hierarchy
Egypt - Answer Match the following societies with the terms that best represent their
political and social structures.
The extreme variation of the river's height from year to year - Answer Which ecological
features of the Inland Niger Delta motivated residents of Jenne-Jeno who followed different
lifeways to cooperate rather than compete with one another?
It had no administrate center or palace complex - Answer What was the most obvious
difference between urbanization in the Inland Niger Delta and other complex societies?
Alexander the Great - Answer Who promoted Greek philosophy and culture in Asia after
conquering Persia:
True - Answer True or False: The Achaemenid Empire began as a military empire in a
mountainous region without access to productive riverine farmlands.
Metal coins - Answer As a market economy, Greece innovated what technology to make
transactions more efficient?
Humanist - Answer A historicist approach to religion is best described as
Egyptians - Answer Which complex society ascribed evil to the "evil eye"?
Shang
Zhou
Qin
Han - Answer Sequence the Chinese Dynasties before 200 CE in order
Daoism - Answer Which Chinese philosophy encouraged its followers to disengage from
politics and draw inspiration from the natural world?
Scholars who passed an exam based on the teachings of Confucius - Answer Who did the
Han dynasty appoint when they eliminated "tributary kings"?
