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World History Unit 1
World History Unit 1
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What do most of the laws in Hammurabi's Codes indicate?
They had a social hierarchy
They were monotheistic
They were a patriarchal society
They were polytheistic
2
Mesopotamia is known as the
World's First Humans
World's First Religion
World's inventors of Pudding
World's First Civilization
3
Zhou Dynasty ruled China by declaring that they had a divine right to rule. This was known as the
The Divine Right of Kings
Manifest Destiny
Mandate of Heaven
Heaven's Right
4
The Land Between Two Rivers
Mesopotamia
Huang-He
Egypt
Indus
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The Silk Road was a direct route from Egypt to India
True
False
6
After a particularly bloody battle, Ashoka converted to
Hinduism
Christianity
Jainism
Buddhism
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Which of the following provides the best evidence of the extent of the migrations of Bantu peoples?
The similarities in language
Similar political structures
Similar religious beliefs
similar architecture
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Mesopotamia means
Land of Fertile Soil
Land of Many Gods
Land Under the Mountains
Land Between Two Rivers
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Polytheism is...
The belief in the sun god
The belief in one god
The belief in many gods
The belief in no gods
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What was a major advantage of the Chinese writing system?
developed from pictographs and could be read by other people
All readers needed to know was a small number of pictographs
all over China could read it, even if they spoke other languages
Chinese written language has changed very little since 200 BCE
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Which of the following provides the best evidence of the extent of the migrations of Bantu peoples?
Similar Languages
similar means of tranportation
Similar facial features
Similar religion
12
Mesopotamia is part of the:
Farmable Circle
Agricultural Croissant
Fertile Crescent
Silty Rectangle
13
In the Egyptian hierarchy, to whom is divinity assigned?
Artisans
Hammurabi
Pharaoh
Emperor
14
How did the Sumerians solve flooding problems?
Moved their cities to Mountainous regions
Intence prayer to the Mesopitamian rain god
Dug ditches to divert water
Built cities on stilts
15
Where was Ancient Egypt located?
Southern Asia
Northern Europe
Northern Africa
Eastern Africa
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Hieroglyphics : Egypt
Japanese: Huang He
Sanskrit:China
Yiddish:Hebrews
Cuneform: Mesopitamia
17
A patriarchal society traces lineage and inheritance through
Aunt
Mother
Father
Uncle
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1st major Mesoamerican culture
Chinese
Egyptians
Mesopotamians
Olmecs
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Why was the two-bladed plow so important to the Chinese people?
more advanced farming was needed to feed the large population
it allowed them to farm the Gobi Desert
allowed for the advancement of iron making
it allowed them to build the Great Wall
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Who gave the Zhou Dynasty the right to rule? According to the Zhou dynasty.
Luck
Patriarch
The People
Heaven
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the birth of agriculture
The Neolithic Revolution
The Industrial Revolution
The Enlightenment
The Ottoman Empire
22
Hindu belief include the following EXCEPT
Following your Dharma
the importance of Karma
The ability to change your caste in you own lifetime
reincarnation
23
Pyramids are
Temples
Royal Tombs
Warehouses
Cemeteries
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What major development occurred during the Neolithic Revolution?
Seditary agriculture
Fudalism
The Phalanx
Atomic Power
25
In the ancient world, network of trade routes connecting China and the Far East with the Middle East and Europe
The Orient Express
The Appian Way
The Silk Road
Hadrian's Wall
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Confucius believed that society should be organized around what category?
The golden rule
social classes
values
relationships
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Which of the following is NOT one of Ashoka's achievements
hospitals
roads
rest stops
public wells
28
The writing of Ancient Egypt was called
Hieroglyphics
Arabic
English
hirographics
29
The root of the word of type of government is God
Democracy
Communist
Theocracy
Oligarcy
30
Which of the following is
not
a belief of the ancient Hebrews?
The belief in one God
An afterlife where you are rewarded for your behavior.
The importance of moral behavior
belief in many Gods
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The only Monotheistic Religion to develop before the Egyptians worship of Amon-Ra was:
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
Sikhism
