Expert Answer :Short mulitple choice history assignment

Solved by a verified expert :Question 1Which one of these was NOT a famous heroic female?Candace (Kush)Ariel (Palestine)Joan of Arc (France)Mulan (China)2 points Question 2The Maya and the early tribes of Africa were matrilineal, a term meaning?Societies where females were in chargeNations without marriage lawsFamilies that traced descent through the mother’s sideCultures with art that featured facial structures2 points Question 3The precursor societies to the Maya and the Inca were?Olmecs and ChavinToltecs and AmazoniansAztec and ToltecsThey had no precursors2 points Question 4Timbuktu was…?A center of learning and knowledge in AfricaA center of trade and Islamic cultureCapitol of the Malian EmpireAll of these2 points Question 5The Inca used a complex writing system based on…?Beautiful calligraphyIntricately knotted ropesHieroglyphicsPictures2 points Question 6The Olmec civilization fell due to…?Outside invasionAssimilation into the MayaNatural disastersDisease2 points Question 7The growth of sub-Saharan African empires was made possible by…?The camel to facilitate long-distance tradeLeft over Roman roadsRivers that went through the desert bringing goodsShips moving down the Atlantic coast2 points Question 8The native religions of civilizations in both America and Africa were…?Alike in that they all featured human sacrificeMore philosophical traditions than religionsBelieved in a single all-powerful godPolytheistic – many gods over natural forces2 points Question 9Calendars and history was viewed by early Americans as…?A wheel without fixed beginning where events happened at multiple or different pointsA line with a fixed beginning and a definite end of the worldA cycle of endless renewal of both time and peopleImportant only for the farming of corn and religious rituals2 points Question 10What was a major characteristic of surviving Olmec art?It was the first abstract artA focus on the human faceIt glorified cornIt was the first to not depict the gods2 points Question 11What was a major difference between African societies and those of the west, the east, and the Americas?A – Society was much more strict in Africa than elsewhereB – Women held relatively more power in African societies than in othersC – There was not such a wide gulf between the rulers and the ruledBoth B and C2 points Question 12What was “Great Zimbabwe”?A large confederation of nations fighting off the rule of outsidersA stone-based culture of Bantu speakers that moved through southern and central AfricaA primitive society of hunter/gatherers not aligned with other groupsA form of artistic expression unique to Africa2 points Question 13How did the Greeks influence east African societies?By bringing trade, language, and eventually Christianity to areas under Axumite controlBy introducing philosophy to primitive African tribesBy creating city-state systems that persisted in Africa until modern timesBy making the Greek the main language of modern day east Africa2 points Question 14How were the Spanish able to conquer the Americas so quickly?There was no time for American cultures to adapt to disease, technology, and government in the face of more advanced EuropeansThe foolishness of American political and military leadersThe American civilizations lacked a truly military cultureThe American civilizations were all already in decline2 points Question 15What about the Mayan civilization helped it to fall to the Europeans?They were essentially pacifists who refused to fight off invasionsThe society was weakened by human sacrificeEnvironmental problems reduced populations and power prior to Spanish arrivalThe Aztecs had already conquered large swaths of Mayan territory