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APWH Strayer Ch. 2 - quiz 1
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What was one purpose that writing served in the First Civilizations?
B) To keep track of whopaid their taxes to the state
A) To record the stories of ordinary commoners
C) To confine women to the home
D) To entertain and increasingly literate population
2
The rulers of the FirstCivilizations also drew their power from their roles as
D) scribes.
B) clan elders.
C) traders.
A) high priests.
3
Which of the followinghuman accomplishments emerged with the First Civilizations?
C) Writing
A) Agriculture
B) Village life
D) Art
4
Which ofthe followingis a example of away that the rulers in the 1st Civs displayedtheir power?
C) Constructing temples
A) Writing poetry
D) Engaging in farm work
B) Freeing slaves
5
Which of the following is usually considered a feature of“civilization”?
C) The use of deliberately set fires for human purposes
D) The domestication of plants and animals
B) States that use force to compel obedience from subjects
A) Absence of class and gender hierarchies
6
In which FirstCivilization were women recognized as legal equals to men?
B) Mesoamerica
A) Mesopotamia
C) Egypt
D) China
7
Which of the following 1st Civs is sometime referred to as the “mother civ” ofMesoamerica?
C) Norte Chico
B) Olmec
A) Mesopotamia
D) Aztec
8
Which of the followingis a feature found in some cities in the First Civilizations?
C) Sewage systems
D) Theaters
B) Large farms
A) Libraries
9
The rulers of whichFirst Civilization based their authority on the Mandate of Heaven?
B) China
D) Norte Chico
C) Olmec
A) Egypt
10
Which of the followingprovided the primary economic foundation for civilization?
D) Writing
C) Warfare
B) Agriculture
A) Slavery
11
Which of the following represents away that class distinctions weredisplayed in the First Civs?
C) Kinship relations
A) Naming practices
D) Women’s submission to men
B) Manner of a person’s burial
12
Which of the followingFirst Civilizations did not rely on grain-based agriculture?
B) Indus Valley
D) Egypt
C) China
A) Norte Chico
13
n the FirstCivilizations, slaves were drawn from which pool of people?
D) Prisoners of war
C) Female peasants
A) Artisans
B) Merchants
14
The territory of ancient Mesopotamia is presently occupied by which country?
A) Iran
D) India
C) Iraq
B) Afghanistan
15
Which of the followingwas the last of the First Civilizations to emerge?
A) Olmec
D) Indus Valley
B) China
C) Norte Chico
