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The early Indus civilization developed writing
similar to cuneiform.
connected to Sumerian but remains undeciphered today.
related to Chinese pictographs
that was phonetic in character
2
In India, the untouchables were
blanket term for lepers, criminals and other pariahs
the "outcastes".
heretics
foreigners
3
The earliest known attempts to answer the question "how did it all begin" were undertaken by
the early myths
Akhentaten's monotheism
Hammurabi and his codes
Egyptian religion
4
The harappan civilization declined because
Aryan overthrow
outside invasion.
unknown internal problems.
absence of large cities.
5
Daoism was based on the belief that
an assertive and activist life is the best.
human beings were at the center of the cosmos.
government could be made to work well for all.
the natural order of life is the immaterial & indescribable
6
Overall, it is believed that the Chinese writing system evolved in the Shang period
did little to promote education and scholarship
allowed for communication among a wide range of people.
was copied from Japanese
made literacy available to virtually everyone.
7
Hunting technology and primitive art were 2 characteristics of what era of humans?
Archaic
Mesolithic
Neolithic
Paleolithic
8
Because of feudal war, the capital of the Zhou kings was moved to
Zhengzou
Mesopotamia
Wei River Valley
Luoyang
9
The two major rivers in China proper are
Blue Nile and White Nile
Yellow and Yangtze
Indus and Ganges.
Missouri adn Mississippi
10
As rulers of conquered territory and peoples, the Persians preffered to rely on
local officals
brutal repression
diplomacy
forced assimilation of Persian ways
11
In the Hindu religion, karma is the
concept of reincarnation
sum of one's good and bad deeds.
state of moral perfection
push to moral perfection.
12
The Persian king Cyrus the Great carried out a foreign policy based on
universal acceptance of the Zoroastrian religion
tolerance of other cultures
maximum expansion of trade
torture and submission to Persian traditions
13
The Legalists are so name because of their
belief that every ruler should be under the rule of law.
emphasis on the need for rigorous laws.
rejection of strong government.
belief in private serfdom.
14
Monotheism
means
the worship of nature
adherence to the Ten Commandments
marriage within one's race
worship of one god alone.
15
Zoroastrainism was adopted by
The early Hebrews
Darius, the Persian King
the Assyrians
The Egyptians
16
This was the most powerful God in Egyptian society
Horus
Ra
Amon
Osiris
17
The Hebrew God was known as
Amon-Ra
Yahweh
Solomon
Moses
18
The Egyptian stories, including that of Anubis, the god of mummification were preserved in the
cuneiform
code of Hammurabi
ideogram
Book of the Dead
19
In ancient Egypt, the god Osiris, was associated with
Akhenaten
Aton
Isis
Amon-Ra
20
The Phoenicians are best known as
farmers
great militarists.
urban merchants and sea traders
religious innovators
21
The Zoroastrian religion stressed which of the following?
The need to please all of the gods.
The constant battle between evil and good.
The impossibility of eternal life.
The rejection of individual free will
22
Shang civilization
was fully nomadic
was not at all urban
had a number of large urban settlements
was almost fully urban
23
The Zhou solution to ruling a huge territory was to
destroy the power of the regional lords.
create a decentralized, feudal system.
eliminate the trend toward hereiditary fiefs.
create a highly centralized state.
24
The system of thought that centered on the need to find a balance between oposing forces is
Yin and Yang
Legalism.
Confucianism.
Mozi.
25
The cities of Mohenjo-daro and Harappa were striking because
the city was laid out on the grid plan.
houses were made of wood.
there was no drainage or bathrooms in houses.
there were no public buildings.
26
Chines language developed as a system, which may be called
Taotie
Logographic
Phonetic
Shang
27
Bronze, in Shang times, was
used in a purely functional, not decorative, manner.
more used for ritual than for war.
very scarce and not often used.
most commonly used for military purposes.
28
The common people of Egypt
were related to the Sumerians
at the bottom of the social scale
had no rights
were segregated based on race
29
Between the Shang capital and the Ziang was a fronteir state called
Xia dynasty
Chu.
Zhou.
Junzi.
30
Hammurabi's Law Code...
was based on equality
was very lenient
did not protect the consumer
had much legislation about irrigation and canals
31
This civilization is credited with introducing iron into war and agriculture.
Egyptians
Akkadians
Hittites
Sumerians
32
Why were Mesopotamian Rivers important?
fishing
transportation
keept invaders out
irrigation of crops
33
Iran's geographical position and topography explain its
role as the highway between East and West.
absence of any urban culture.
isolation from its neighbors.
failure to attract peoples migration from elsewhere.
34
The early Chinese poetry in the
Book of Songs
, emphasizes
the positive contribution of women to political life.
the life of the warrior class and great rulers.
vegetable, rather than human life.
life at various social levels, including that of the farmers
35
This Egyptian ruler tried to create a monotheistic faith centered around the worship of Aton
Tutenkamen
Akhenaten
Hatshepsut
Menes
36
The first epic poem in human history was
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Atrahasis
Odyssey
Enuma Elish
37
What drastically transformed human life?
development of systematic agriculture
development of kings
religion replaced mythology
discovery of bronze
38
The Indo-European invaders of India, who established a new civilization, were
The Upanishads
the Aryans
the Persians
the Mauryans
39
The Rig Veda is
an epic poem of the Aryans.
one of the Aryan gods.
the oldest of Hindu scriptures.
collection of tribes
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Daoism was based on the belief that
human beings were at the center of the cosmos.
government could be made to work well for all.
an assertive and activist life is the best.
the natural order of life is the immaterial & indescribable