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HighFour World History Category C: Grades 9-­‐10 Round 7 Wednesday, March 16, 2016 The use of calculator is not required. Question #1 Question #2 Question #3 Question #4 Question #5 Paleolithic peoples did more than just survive. The cave paintings of large animals found in southwestern France and northern Spain bear witness to the cultural activity of Paleolithic peoples. What was the cave in Southern France that was named after its discoverer in 1944 which contains more than three hundred paintings of lions, oxen, owls, bears and other animals? For administrative purposes, empires in Darius’ times had been divided into approximately twenty satrapies or provinces. The ones who rule these satrapies are called what? What people or civilization, like their contemporaries in Mesopotamia, developed a writing system to record their spoken language which unfortunately has not yet been deciphered? Their most extant examples of Harappan writing are found on fired clay seals depicting human figures and animals. As in other Indo-­‐European societies, each of the various Aryan tribes was led by a chieftain, called a ‘raja’, who was assisted by a council of leaders composed of other leading members of the community. What is the name of the warrior class where rajas were normally a member of? The shift from hunting and gathering to food producing was not as sudden as was once believed, however. What is the other historical term also referred to as the “Middle Stone Age” ( c. 10,000-­‐7000 B.C.E.) where it saw a gradual transition from a food-­‐gathering and hunting economy to a food-­‐
producing one and witnessed a gradual domestication of animals as well? HighFour World History Category C: Grades 9-­‐10 Round 7 Wednesday, March 16, 2016 The use of calculator is not required. Question #6 Question #7 Question #8 Question #9 Question #10 For the sake of the preservation of the entire creation, the Exceedingly Resplendent One (the Creator of the Universe) assigned separate duties to the classes which had sprung from his mouth, arms, thighs and feet. What do you call the set of behavioral norms that, according to tradition, were prescribed by India’s mythical founding ruler, Manu? In China, as in other great river valley societies, the birth of civilization was accompanied by the emergence of an organized effort to comprehend the nature of the cosmos and the role of human beings within it. In relation to such, what was the earliest ideas wherein the universe was divided into two primary forces of good and evil, light and dark, male and female? During the Neolithic times, the growing of crops on a regular basis gave rise to relatively permanent settlements, which historians refer to as Neolithic farming villages or towns. What was once considered as a larger community located in modern Turkey where its walls enclosed 32 acres, and its population probably reached six thousand inhabitants during its high point from 6700 to 5700 B.C.E.? Who were known as the creators of the first Mesopotamian civilization? They are the people whose origins remain unclear. By 3000 B.C.E., they had established a number of independent cities in southern Mesopotamia, including Eridu, Ur, Uruk, Umma and Lagash. What was referred to as a collection of sayings supposedly uttered by the ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius and drawn up after his death by his disciples? Such was considered to be a primary source for the Master’s ideas and thought. HighFour World History Category C: Grades 9-­‐10 Round 7 Wednesday, March 16, 2016 The use of calculator is not required. Question #11 Question #12 Question #13 Question #14 Question #15 The Mesopotamians discerned cosmic rhythms in the universe and accepted its order but perceived that it was not completely safe because of the presence of willful, powerful cosmic powers that they identified with gods and goddesses. Their religion was in the form of polytheism. How many were the most important deities of the Mesopotamians? A school of thought became quite popular during the “hundred schools” era in ancient China. Taking issue with the view of Mencius and other disciples of Confucius that human nature was essentially good, believers of this thought argued that human beings were by nature evil and would follow the correct path only if coerced by harsh laws and stiff punishments. What is this school of thought called? Discoveries at archaeological sites indicate that ancient China was a society rich in cultural achievement. What do you call the food containers used initially in royal ceremonial rites during the Shang Dynasty? Kingship was a divine institution in ancient Egypt and formed part of a universal cosmic scheme. In obeying their king, subjects helped maintain the cosmic order. What is the most common title of Egyptian kings which originally means “great house’ or “palace”? Greek topography helped determine the major territories into which Greece was ultimately divided. What do you call the virtual island attached by a tiny isthmus to the mainland located by the South of the Gulf of Corinth during the time of early Greece? HighFour World History Category C: Grades 9-­‐10 Round 7 Wednesday, March 16, 2016 The use of calculator is not required. Question #16 Question #17 Question #18 Question #19 Question #20 History as we know it, as the systematic analysis of past events, was introduced to the Western world by the Greeks. What did Herodotus write which is commonly regarded as the first real history in Western civilization? Although Egyptian kings possessed absolute power, they were supposed to rule not arbitrarily but according to set principles. What do you call their chief principle where it stated a spiritual precept that conveyed the ideas of truth and justice and especially right order and harmony? The first Greek dramas were tragedies, plays based on the suffering of a hero and usually ending in disaster. Who was the third outstanding Athenian tragedian (c. 485-­‐406 B.C.E.) who moved beyond his predecessors by creating more realistic characters and who became controversial because he questioned traditional moral and religious values? In the eleventh century, the Abbasid caliphate faced yet another serious threat in the form of the ________, nomadic people from Central Asia who had converted to Islam and flourished as military mercenaries for the Abbasid caliphate. The Assyrians were a Semitic-­‐speaking people who exploited the use of iron weapons, first developed by Hittites, to establish an empire that by 700 B.C.E. included Mesopotamia, parts of the Iranian plateau, sections of Asia Minor, Syria, Canaan, and Egypt down to Thebes. Who was considered as the strongest Assyrian ruler?