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That #1 Spot in World History
That #1 Spot in World History
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Egyptians formed the first peace treaty ever known with this iron-skilled civilization*
Greeks
Nubians
Hyskos
Hittites
2
The inconsistent and unequal aspects of the Hindu caste system were reinforced through
Buddhist notions of nirvana
Hindu notions of karma, dharma, and rebirth.
Daoist notions of immortality
Confucian notions of property
3
Sparta was quite a contrast to to Athens due to its
many colleges and universities
system of barter
arts and crafts
militaristic state
4
If archaeologists wanted to see how slavery was first adapted by ancient civilizations, then*
the amount of rainfall produced in China
they'd study the effects of racism
the amount of kings and queens in Greece
the domestication of animals like cows and pigs
5
Ancient Chinese dynasty, the Zhous, believed rulers were repalced by
The Mandate of Heaven
Great storms and earthquakes
6
One major difference between Buddhists and Hindus was:
There were no major differences
One could murder; one could not
Enlightenment through meditation
Monotheism vs. no god
7
Siddhartha Gautama was also known as
Brahman
Buddha
Vishnu
Felix
8
Asoka developed these for his laws to be written on:
ivory pillars
colorful frescoes
wooden totem poles
golden tablets
9
The Maurya emperor who converted to Buddhism and vowed to rule by moral example was
Chandragupta
Gobi
Asoka
Hammurabi
10
The perfect balance of universal harmony and order was best displayed by the Greek's
chief god Zeus
military rule
construction of the Parthenon
love for drinking wine
11
The Hyskos invaded Egypt in the turbulent
New Kingdom
Old Kingdom
Middle Kingdom
1990's
12
Plato wrote the following based on the rule of a philosopher-king
The Republic
The Odyssey
The Legend of the Minotaur
The Iliad
13
"All life is full of suffering, pain, and sorrow" is one of the
Seven Noble Truths
Eight Noble Truths
Four Noble Truths
Great Lies of the gods
14
Alexander the Great's Father was
Philip II
Nebuchadnezzar
Hercules
Ivan the Terrible
15
The purpose of a ziggurat was to
make the gods happy
punish criminals in public
expand trade
bury the common people
16
The Great Wall of China protected citizens from
earthquakes
Invaders from the west such as Aryans
Storms
Invaders from the North such as Mongols
17
The Hyskos were the first Egyptian invaders who used:
Chariots
Swords
Guns
Potatoes
18
This ancient civilization was the first to use numbers
Sumerians
Egyptians
Indians
Romans
19
Daoism is an extremely strong belief in
Royalty
Nature
Wealth
gardening
20
The Sumerians had a very grim perspective of
pyschology
the afterlife
Themselves
life before death
21
Zoroaster of Persia was the first ruler to come up with the concepts of:
hunting and gathering
decimals and equations
heaven and hell and an afterlife
animal sacrifice
22
The frescoes at Knossos taught us a lot about The
Persians
Spartans
Minoans
Macedonians
23
This ruler had an empire that stretched from Greece to India
Philip II
Asoka
Ivan the Terrible
Alexander the Great
24
Which of the following happened under the Gupta dynasty
Monotheism
the creation of bronze
the alphabet
the decimal system
25
The Deccan Plateau of India is typically too arid to
grow crops and farm
live
drive chariots
eat and drink well
26
Hammurabi's Code was the first
Law to be used against kings
Set of ten commandments
Set of punishment ever
set of written laws
27
The first female Egyptian pharaoh and heavy trader was:
Zoroaster
Hatsheput
Asoka
Osiris
28
The major difference in India vs. China was
the rule of force
the climate
the Caste system
architecture
29
Merchants and the poor often supported Athenian tyrants because*
they secretly wanted to overthrow them
Zeus and Hera commanded it
they often imposed reforms to help these groups.
tyrants promised them they could become full citizens
30
The concept of iron-working was developed by the
Hittites
Assyrians
Sumerians
Minoans
31
Which of the following had an important influence on the Chinese imperial state and people?
Republicanism
Buddhism
Legalism
Democracy
32
Most people in ancient Egypt were
pharaohs
nobility
slaves
farmers
33
Nebuchadnezzar is famous for building
The Minoan frescoes
The Great Wall of China
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
The pyramids at Giza
34
Migration in and out of China was hindered by the
Himalayan Mountains
The Pyramids
Gobi Desert
Pacific Ocean
35
A Greek city-state's Acropolis
the main school where students learned about government.
the marketplace where citizens debated issues.
the location of temples dedicated to different gods/godesses
place of sport and music
36
Sparta fought Athens in the
Wars of the gods
Peloponesian Wars
Hellenistic Wars
War of Mt Olympus
37
Mesopotamia means
"Valley of Death"
"Between the Rivers"
"Between the Moons"
"Fertile Crescent"
38
This philosopher taught Alexander the Great
Homer
Plato
Socrates
Aristotle
39
The Sumerian's first and most famous epic poem is known as
The Fields of Nephilim
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Gilligan's Island
The Mahabharata
40
Ancient Aryans believed that one's status of wealth could be measured in *
silver arrows
how much food one owned
how tall the men were
the amount of cows/bulls owned
41
The "god of the Nile" was
Seth
Osiris
Isis
Zeus
42
In order for a group of people to be a "civilization" and contain a hierarchy ...
States must use force to compel obedience from subjects
States must have fishing villages
States must have a barter system
States must burn surrounding villages and city-states
43
Qin Shihuangdi was the first to uniformly develop this in China
a system of standard weights and measures
a system of barter economy
a system of business
a system of slavery
44
Egypt's Old Kingdom is most notorious for:
worshiping many goddeses
developing the decimal system
the construction of the Great Wall
the building of the Great Pyramids
45
The form of writing composed of wedge-shaped marks on clay tablets is known as
Frescoes
Heiroglyphics
Cuneiform
Papyrus
46
a great technological achievement during the Han golden age was
the axe
the Delian League
the computer
paper
47
The form of writing in which symbols or pictures represent concepts or sounds was
Phonics
Cuneiform
Hieroglyphics
Rosetta Stone
48
Archeologists believed that the ancient Indus Valley area peoples
did not worship any gods
were great warriors
lived in carefully planned cities/villages.
started the Silkk Road of trade
49
A vizier was an assistant to a(n)
Farmer
university teacher
pharaoh
god
50
The chief Aryan deity was known as
Raman
Jesus
Atman
Indra
51
Emperor Wudi opened up The (trade purposes)
Silk Road
Caves of Nepal
Great Wall of China
The coffins of the dead
52
In Hinduism, the moral duties of an individual are referred to as
Karma
Shiva
Atman
Dharma
53
The civil section of Hammurabi's code would best describe penalties for:
divorce
murder
robbery
54
Persia and Darius II took Persia from a barter economy to a
traditional economy
money economy