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AP World History Quiz 1
AP World History Quiz 1
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A quiz to help study for AP World History, specially Section 1 (Prehistory-500 BCE)
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1
What was the purpose of early writing?
Laws
Poetry
History
Taxes
2
Which of the following empires were major opponents of the Egyptians?
The Sumerians
The Hebrews
The Hittites
The Assyrians
3
What does "Mesopotamia" mean?
Land of Milk and Honey
Wet Lands
Holy Land
Between the Rivers
4
Which major world religion was not founded, partially or wholly, before 500 BCE?
Hinduism
Zoroastrianism
Islam
Buddhism
5
What is animism?
Belief that all gods are one
Belief that all nature has spirits
Belief in one god
Belief in many gods
6
From whom do we get the first fully in-tact law codes?
Egypt's Seti I
Babylon's Hammurabi
China's Shang
Harappa's Daro the Great
7
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
The way of explaining reincarnation in pre-Buddhist China
The justification as to why kings rule in China
The origin of the rule of law in China
The way of explaining why Dynasties end and begin
8
Agriculture is:
The nature growth of plants
The using of plants as materials
The growing of plants for food
The raising of animals for food
9
Who was in charge of the religious duties in the Ancient Minoan civilization?
Women
Nobles
God-Kings
First Borns
10
Zoroastrian originates in what Ancient culture?
Babylon
Assyria
Persia
India
11
What kind of government did early pre-Qin Chinese Dynasties have?
God-King
Palace Civilization
Democracy
Priest-Kings
12
Which is NOT a reason for leaving Africa, according to the Out of Africa theory?
A Lack of Resources
Conflict from Overpopulation
Movement of Herds
Religious Persecution
13
How did early Americans get to the Americas?
Labradouran migrations
Aliens *birdhair*
Polynesian migration
Bering Strait migration
14
Which of the following could be the world's oldest city?
Ur
Harappa
Catalhuyuk
Jericho
15
What is the difference between history and prehistory?
What we as a Eurasian culture choose to believe as history
I plead the 5th
History is recorded, often via writing or oral traditions
Everything after 10,000 BCE is considered history
16
Which early American civilization used obsidian tools and made great pyramids?
The Maya
The Olmecs
The Toltecs
The Aztecs
17
Why do we know so little about the Harappans?
Their annihilation by the Vedic peoples
Racism, plain and simple
The destruction of their materials by later cultures
No translations to their written works
18
Which represents a typical Mesopotamian or Egyptian god?
Human Activities (trade, marriage, love~, war)
Creation
Animals and Plants
Nature (the sun, moon, rivers)
19
What was a reason for settling into cities?
Trade
Cultural Exchange
Religious Locations
Agriculture
20
What is notable about the Harappan civilization?
Its architecture
Its pottery
Its advanced technology
Its city planning and plumbing
21
Which is the first known written script?
Cuneiform
Hanyu
Harappan
Hieroglyphics
22
What is metallurgy?
Melting of metals for use by humans
The mining of metals
Belief in the power of metal
A type of music
23
What does Buddhism reject about Hinduism?
Castes
Reincarnation
Polytheism
Dharmachakra
24
What kind of structure does this image represent?
The Temple of Solomon
A Ziggurat
An Iranian Sky-Burial Mound
Palace at Mohenjo-Daro
25
What group migrated out of the steppes of Eurasia and into India, Iran, and Europe?
Aryans
Indo-Europeans
Mongols
Eurasians
26
Which group replaced the Harappans as the dominant Indian culture?
Iranian
Punjabi
Indus
Vedic
27
What determined where hunter-gatherers moved?
Movement of Herds
Competition from other Hunter-Gatherers
Scarcity of Nuts and Crops
Religious Ceremonies Tied to Locations and Times of Year
28
Which of the following is NOT an element of civilization?
Metallurgy
Writing
Social Hierarachy
Agriculture
29
What is notable about Judaism?
Its monotheism
Its prophecies
Its esoteric beliefs
Its age
30
Which set of dates could represent the Mediterranean Dark Age?
1300-900 BCE
900-500 BCE
1500-1200 BCE
1200-800 BCE
31
Which of the following crops was not domesticated by early man?
Onion
Rice
Corn
Potato
32
What does the crown of Egyptian Pharaohs represent?
Cultural Assimilation
Their status as Gods
The Mixing of North and South
Conquest
33
Where does slavery originate?
China
Egypt
Eurasia-Africa
No where; it's a human universal
34
What texts laid the groundwork for the foundation of Hinduism?
The Eddas
The Avestas
The Vanir
The Vedas
35
Which civilization was the precursor to the Ancient Greeks?
Thracian
Macedonian
Etruscan
Mycenaean
36
What did the Chinese first write on?
Bones
Clay Tablets
Rice Paper
Wood Blocks
37
The caste system puts which group on top?
Scholars
Soldiers
Priests
Kings
38
What is the purpose of pottery?
Material used to store food for later use
Vessels for holding gods and spirits
Vessels for art that can be moved
Materials used in early trade
39
The Phoenicians are known for which trade product?
Ships
Dyed Cloth
Written Texts
Slaves
40
What is the first known piece of fiction in world history?
The Odyssey
Gilgamesh
The Ramayana
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
