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1
Ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and the Indus Valley civilizations all had what geographic feature in common?
Steppes
Rivers
Mountains
Desert
2
In Plato's Republic, who should lead the ideal polis?
A highly trained philosopher/king
A weathly man with connections
An elite warrior
A merchant schooled in philosophy
3
Mesopotamia was located between which two rivers?
Yellow and Shang
Tigris and Euphrates
Nile and Amazon
Danube and Ganges
4
Socrates most famous student was
Diogenes
Plato
Aristotle
Alexander the Great
5
According to Aristotle, what makes a "good life?"
A life pursuing riches and possessions
A life devoid of desire and material wealth
A short life full of glorious deeds
A life of good actions that benefit you and society
6
Who said that "the unexamined life is not worth living?"
Socrates
Aristotle
Plato
Cicero
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According to this map, what geographical feature benefitted the people of Mesopotamia?
Being located between two major rivers
Having access to the Black Sea
Being near the Mediterranean Sea
Being close to the upper Nile in Egypt
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Why would the shaded region of this map be called the "fertile crescent" or "cradle of civilization?"
It is where Judaism was founded
This area was rich in petroleum used by ancient civizilations
Many human remains have been found here
Rivers provided valuable waters for agriculture to develop
9
What is the Socratic Method?
The method of measuring ingredients
Multiple choice questions
Learning from self questioning and encouraging critical thinking
A method to calculate the area of a triangle
10
What type of government did the city-state of Athens have?
Monarchy
Oligarchy
Democracy
Republic
11
How were the civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, and the Indus River connected?
Language
Education
Trade
Common money
12
Which ancient civilization lived along the ____ river?
China; Nile
Mesopotamia; Yellow
Egypt; Ganges
Egypt; Nile
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Because trade brought new civilizations into contact with each other
Painting and sculpture were developed
Rulers claimed that their power was based on divine appointment
The transfer of new technology often occurred
Early river valley civilizations developed independently
14
Which of the following is true of the caste system?
A person can earn their way into another group with enough good deeds
A person can change groups if they change jobs
A person is born into a group and cannot change groups
A person chooses what group they belong to
15
Aristotles work still provides the basis for this form of reasoning still in use today
Scientific Method
Theory of relativity
Nuclear chain theory
Pythagorean Theorem
16
What do all of these civilizations have in common?
They were all located by rivers
They all rejected agriculture
They all had democracy
They were all located in dense jungles
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Which of the following best characterizes the effect of trade between early civilizations?
They were isolated and did not trade with each other
It allowed the exchange of goods and ideas
They were able to trade for other goods, but rarely did so
It caused warfare, negatives effects outweighed the positives
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The ability to acquire food on a regular basis meant that humans
Could give up nomadic ways of life and begin to live in settled communities
Could use animals as pets
Could use fire to cook their food
Had less control over their environment
19
What was the common political unit in ancient Mesopotamia and Greece?
Bureaucracies
Large sprawling empires
small independent city-states
Confederations
20
Greece is an extremely mountainous peninsula, how did this affect the Greeks?
The seas were the main means of communication and travel
Little available farmland
All of the above
City-states were independent
21
This is an example of the ancient Egyptian writing system, what is it called?
Hieroglyphics
Cuneiform
Sanskrit
Wingdings
22
Why do historians believe that Indus River Valley people had centralized govt?
Their cities were planned on a grid system
They had a plumbing system
All of the above
They participated in trade with other ancient civilizations
23
What is a polis?
A Greek political unit consisting of a city and surrouding area
A Roman political region
An Egyptian governor
A Greek god
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How was flooding in the Nile River Valley different from the Indus River Valley?
All of the above
Nile floods left no silt or mud
Nile floods were far more destructive
Nile floods were gentle and predictable
