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Unit 1: Five Traits, River Valley, and Mesoamerica
Unit 1: Five Traits, River Valley, and Mesoamerica
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1
Mesopotamia is found in this modern day country
Iran
India
Pakistan
Iraq
2
Which of the five traits of civilization could include the citadel, public bath & grid system?
Advanced Cities
Specialized Workers
Record Keeping
Complex Institutions
3
Which of the following is NOT part of the S-BAN societies of Mesopotamia:
Sumerians
Assyrians
Babylonians
Neanderthals
4
The Aztecs lived in an area that is now known as:
Mexico
Belize
Peru
Bolivia
5
What is the name of the land bridge through which early man came from Asia to N.America?
Pangea
Montezuma
Alaska
Beringia
6
Where did all life originate from?
South America
Asia
Africa
Polynesia
7
King of the Aztecs, killed by the Spanish
Montezuma
Montevideo
Pachacuti
Tupac Amaru
8
During this civilization, written characters evolved from pictographs to their modern form;
Incan Empire
Shang Dynasty
Mohenjo-Daro
Mesopotamia
9
Which Mesoamerican society is known to have had a school system?
Olmen
Maya
Aztec
Inca
10
Mesopotamia was organized into smaller regions with unique rulers, called:
ziggurats
Hammurabi's Code
Provinces
city-states
11
What happened to Mohenjo Daro?
Earthquakes and Fire
Tsunami
Plague
Floods and harsh environmental conditions
12
This is the belief in multiple gods, found in all ancient societies:
Theocracy
Polytheism
Monotheism
Hinduism
13
This is an ancient Incan form of accounting, using string and knots:
chan chan
mita
quipu
teechu
14
What is the Mesopotamian form of record keeping called?
Quipu
Cunieform
Allyu
Hieroglyphics
15
The ancient Mayan capital city was:
Tenochtitlan
Cuzco
Chan Chan
Tikal
16
Shang Dynasty philosophy that just rulers would be blessed by the heavens
Dynamic Propostion
Dynastic Cycle
Gift of the Nile
Mandate of Heaven
17
Which of the five traits of civilization includes the Incan
quipu
or the Shang silk paintings?
Advanced Cities
Specialized Workers
Record Keeping
Complex Institutions
18
What is NOT a working theory on how the pyraminds were built?
using a 25 foot crane
using a long, single ramp
using a twisting ramp around the pyramid
using a system of pulleys and machines
19
The cycle on which rulers come into and fall out of power is know as:
The Mandate of Heaven
The Dynastic Cycle
The Recycle
The Human Cycle
20
This windy and wet weather allowed the Indus River to flood and irrigate crops.
Mohenjo-Daro
Hurricane
Tornado
Monsoon
21
What were the Flower Wars?
False wars of the Aztecs to gain sacrifices
Incan wars over who would control the growth of flowers
Revolutions of the slaves kept in Incan society
Mayan wars against the Olmecs over control of Tikal
22
At the center of Indus Valley city were these fortified urban centers:
chinampas
ziggurats
great baths
citadels
23
What was the demise of the Incans and Aztecs?
Drought
Disease and Spanish Conquistadors
Too Much Sacrifice
Volcanic Eruption
24
What is the most likely reason for Mayan decline?
Human Sacrifice
Environmental Degredation
Plague
Spanish invaders
25
This was an ancient Egyptian form of paper:
papyrus
cunieform
hieroglyph
ziggurat
26
Hammurabi was the ruler of which Mesopotamian area?
Uruk
Babylon
Sumer
Ur
27
These pieces of turtle shell were used by the Shang to tell the future
tartle cards
orcale bones
shell soothsayers
ouija board
28
Mohenjo-Daro is found in this modern day country:
China
Iraq
Pakistan
Iran
29
What society did Pachacuti help unite after his father and brother abandoned their people?
Aztec
Incan
Guatemalan
Mayan
30
How do we know the people of the Indus Valley traded with Mesopotamia?
Ziggurats are present in Mohenjo Daro
Mesopotamian symbols are found on excavated items
the Mesopotamians descended from the Indus people
their records indicate they did
31
The ancient Indus Valley city of Mohenjo-Daro literally translates to this:
Village of the Dead
Mound of Mohenjo
City of the Skeletons
Mound of the Dead
32
A ziggurat is a:
Sumerian bathhouse
Mesopotamian prison
Mesopotamian center of religion and government
Egyptian tomb
33
This Mesoamerican society was known for the advent of an accurate calendar:
Maya
Inca
Olmec
Aztec
34
The ancient Aztec captial city was known as:
Cuzco
Tikal
Chan Chan
Tenochtitlan
35
All of the folowing are true of Incan society, EXCEPT FOR:
Incans had no written language
The Incan empire was Socialist
The Incan empire was 2,500 miles long
Due to their location, the Incans were seafaring people
36
Egyptian leaders were called ___________. They ruled this type of religious government _______.
Tarots, Ziggurat
Pharaohs, Theocracy
Tartos, Pyramid
Pharaohs, Democracy
37
The ancient Incan capital city was known as:
Cuzco
Chan Chan
Tikal
Tenochtitlan
38
The Maya lived in an area now known as:
Panama
Guatemala
Bolivia
Peru
39
These were man made floating terraces on which the Aztecs grew crops
chinampas
quipu
tostadas
conquistadors
40
Who was Tupac Amaru?
Aztec Missionary
Mayan Warrior
Mayan Priest
Incan Revolutionary
41
This is an Incan form of communal living - people working together to complete a task
teechu
quipu
mita
allyu
42
Which of the five traits of civilization includes government, religion, and the military?
Specialized Workers
Technology
Complex Institutions
Record Keeping
43
What is NOT true of Neanderthals?
they roamed around the world looking for food
they had larger brains than Cro-Magnons
the buried their dead
their skeletons were found in the Neander Valley of Germany
44
What is the name of the drug concoction the Aztecs used to control captives?
Quboda
Pulque
Ricin
Anthrax
45
This is the Incan philosophy that community work is a tribute to the gods
teechu
allyu
mita
quipu
46
Which of the five traits of civilization includes farmers, doctors, and pyramid builders?
Advanced Cities
Technology
Complex Institutions
Specialized Workers
47
Which of the five traits of civilization includes advancements like the wheel, pulley & ramp?
Record Keeping
Technology
Complex Institutions
Specialized Workers
48
What "revolution" is responsible for man settling down to start civilizations by planting food?
Hunter Gatherer Revolution
PanAsian Revolution
Agricultural Revolution
Food Revolution
49
What two rivers flank either side of Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
Shang and Gang
Tigris and Igris
Nile and Shang
50
What is a major difference between the Tigris and Euphrates and Nile Rivers?
The Nile does not deposit fertile silt for planting
The T & E flood regularly, the Nile does not
The Nile only floods once every 4 years
The Nile floods regularly, the T & E do not