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#The Beginnings of Civilization
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1
Who was the Chaldean king who restored Babylon to glory?
Chandra Gupta I
Nebuchadnezzar II
Hammurabi
Sargon
2
What term refers to a skilled worker?
priest
artisan
line member
plebe
3
Which Mesoamerican civilization pre-dated the Maya?
Anasazi
Chavin
Aztec
Olmec
4
It was believed that the king was the link between Heaven and Earth during the
Zhou Dynasty
Qin Dynasty
Shang Dynasty
Xia Dynasty
5
The change that led to all other changes in the Neolithic Revolution was the
movement towards eating meat
change in the method of obtaining food
discovery of new technology
development of social structures
6
Anthropology is the study of?
ancient texts
tools and weapons
human life and culture
underground insects
7
When humans first settled in villages, the ______ became more complex.
farming
families
cultures
road systems
8
The ability to acquire food on a regular basis meant that humans?
had less control over their environment
could use animals as pets
could give up nomadic ways and begin to live in communities
could use fire to cook their food
9
A large political unit, usually with a single leader, that controls many territories is a what?
aristocracy
country
Republic
empire
10
Religion and political power were closely linked by the citadel, or fortress, at
Calcutta
Harappa
Monte Alban
the Deccan Plateau
11
What is the longest river in the world?
Mississippi
Indus
Amazon
Nile
12
The inhabitants of what are now Mexico and Central America were?
priests
Sumerians
Mesoamericans
Neanderthals
13
While the Hyksos attacked the Egyptians from horse-drawn chariots, the Egyptian soldiers used
slingshots
throwing stones
running away
donkey carts
14
Which group of hominids spread out over the globe?
homo erectus
Australopithecus
homo sapiens sapiens
homo sapiens
15
A main characteristic of civilizations is?
art
use of tools
use of fire
the family
16
The Neolithic Revolution was followed by the what?
Paleolithic Age
Mesolithic Age
Bronze Age
Ice Age
17
The first empire in world history was?
Egypt
Sumeria
Akkadia
Babylon
18
Egyptian society, with the god-king at the top, was organized like a what?
pyramid
the Nile River
hieroglyphic script
Upper and Lower Egypt
19
What do we call the ruler of a province in the Persian Empire?
satrap
provincial
pontius
governor
20
The empire that Sargon established was continued by his grandson ____
Hammurabi
Ramses II
Naram-Sin
Cambyses
21
Which of the following is a city in Mesopotamia?
Uruk
Tyre
Jerusalem
Thebes
22
The arch of rich soil between the Med. Sea and the Persian Gulf is the what?
Olduvai Gorge
zigurrat
Fertile Crescent
Mississippi River Valley
23
Which of the following is a study of past societies by studying what people left behind?
archeology
history
fossil analysis
radiocarbon dating
24
What do we call the Sumerian writing system?
sanskrit
phoenecian
cunieform
hieroglyphics
25
Which of the following did the Sumerians invent?
the sundial
calculus
the umbrella
irrigation
26
What empire was ruled by Cyrus the Great?
Akkadia
Egypt
Assyria
Persia
27
Who was the pharaoh who later changed his name to Akhenaten?
Thutmose II
Menes
Amenhotep IV
Claudius
28
The Neolithic Revolution was the shift from hunting and gathering to
information systems
cooperative groupings
socialism
systematic agriculture
29
What do we call the upper class of land owners in the Shang Dynasty?
aristocracy
bureaucrats
democracy
pharaohs
30
Where was the site of the discovery of an 1.8 million year old hominid?
Teotihuacan
Olduvai Gorge
Babylon
Ur
31
Why did the Egyptians resist Akhenaten’s religious reforms?
They wanted to worship a single god, but not Aten
They wanted Akhenaten to pay them to convert to his religion
did not like the idea of worshiping only one god
They thought Aten was a false god
32
Which of the following is the most complete definition of a civilization?
any social structure based on economic power
the gathering of human groups in farms and villages
any culture that uses written records and practice religion
a complex culture in which humans share elements in common
33
Paleolithic peoples who migrated from the tropics into colder regions began to use
weapons
fire
horses
tools
34
The “ten lost tribes” were
ten ancient cities
the Sea Peoples
Egyptian traders
scattered Israelite tribes
35
What is the name of the Neolithic farming village in modern-day Turkey?
Ur
Catalhuyuk
Sumer
Jerusalem
36
The first civilizations developed in what?
deserts
river valleys
mountain ranges
jungles
37
Cyrus the Great showed such wisdom and compassion when he conquered Babylon that
everyone accepted him as ruler
even the rulers of unconquered states offered to join him
his subjects ridiculed him as too weak to rule
he was worshipped as a god
38
What geographic feature isolated China from India?
Gobi Desert
Himalaya Mountains
Pyrenees Mountains
Rocky Mountains
39
How did people in the Fertile Crescent adapt to their environment?
by sifting through the silt
by using irrigation and drainage
by abandoning the river valleys when necessary
by hunting and gathering
40
A city that appeared around 2500 B.C. in the Supe River valley of Peru, was
Caral
Monte Alban
Teotihuacan
Harappa
41
Unlike other religions of the time, political leaders in Israel
were the sole authority on religious matters
could not claim they alone knew the will of God
were required to burn the sacred texts after they read them
were believed to be directly descended from God
42
By 30,000 BC, Neanderthals were replaced by
homo sapiens sapiens
Homo sapiens
homo habilis
homo erectus
43
Which leader of the Persian empire expanded it into the largest empire the world had yet seen?
Nebuchadnezzar II
Darius
Cambyses
Cyrus
44
What was the cradle of Indian civilization due to its moderate climate?
Indus River Valley
Euphrates River Valley
Hindu Kush Mountains
Deccan Plateau
45
Because trade brought new civilizations into contact with one another,
early river valley civilizations developed independently
painting and sculpture were developed
the transfer of new technology often occurred
rulers claimed that their power was based on divine approval
46
A king or queen could be referred to as a what?
monarch
president
leader
prime minister
47
Hammurabi is remembered for
establishing a collection of laws for Mesopotamian society
overthrowing the Akkadian empire
cutting off his son’s hand because his son hit him
teaching the Mesopotamians to forge iron
48
What was the name of the Kush when they were still part of Egypt?
Persia
Axum
Nubia
Crete
49
Which river of India gave rise to mass cultivation and farm production?
Ganges
Tigris
Nile
Yellow
50
What group of nomads settled in northern India?
Aryans
Semitics
Egyptians
Dravidians
51
Who were the invaders who attacked Egypt during its final years?
Pheonicians
Nubians
Sea Peoples
Minoans
52
Which ancient empire used terror as an instrument of war?
Assyria
nomads
Kush
Egypt
53
Which of the following contributed to the system of communication crucial the Persian Empire?
well-maintained roads and way stations
trained dogs that carried messages to and from the king
the elite foot soldiers and cavalry known as the Immortals
the imposition of a single language throughout the empire
54
A reliable source of meat, milk, and wool resulted from what?
systematic agriculture
domestication of animals
manufacturing
hunting and gathering
55
Early urban civilizations all developed religions primarily
to explain the forces of nature and their roles in the world
to preserve stories of nature or of gods and goddesses
to keep accurate records
to make laws and regulate lives
56
What were the basic political units of Sumerian civilization?
cunieform
ziggurats
monarchs
city-states
57
Hieratic script, a simplified version of Egyptian hieroglyphic writing, was used for?
by the blind, as a type of braille
only by the nobles, as a way of communicating with the gods
by peasants who were too uneducated to read hieroglyphs
for business transactions, record keeping, and daily life
58
What brought new civilizations in contact with one another?
trade
agriculture
fishing
schools
59
The use of metal tools marked the end of the Neolithic Age and a what?
movement away from agriculture
new level of human control over the environment and resource
beginning of the Metal Age
complete abandonment of other tools
60
A civilization in the Eastern Mediterranean that built the labyrinth of King Minos was the
Pheonicians
Egyptians
Israelites
Minoans
61
What was the center of Zapotec civilization?
Caral
Teotihuacan
Monte Alban
Tical
62
Who were the first hominids to learn to make fires deliberately?
Homo sapiens sapiens
Homo habilis
Homo sapiens
Australopithecus
63
What was the key to China's social system?
male supremacy
female supremacy
Daoism
yin and yang
64
The Assyrians had the first large armies who carried weapons made of
wood
stone
bronze
iron
65
What do we call an object made by humans that sheds light on the past?
artisan
president
artifact
monarch
66
The best way to describe Paleolithic people and their way of life is by calling them
nomads
artifacts
prehistoric
hominids
67
A massive stepped tower in Sumeria is a what?
pyramid
ziggurat
monarch
cunieform
68
In what period was the Great Pyramid of Giza constructed?
New Kingdom
Middle Kingdom
Hyksos period
Old Kingdom
69
Which leader was said to have established the world's first empire?
Hammurabi
Thutmose III
Sargon
Ur
70
What d we call the period of time before writing was developed?
prehistory
homo sapiens sapiens
Uruk
Neolithic Era
71
Most of the people in the Mesoamerican city of Teotihuacán were
skilled artisans
priests
farmers
members of the ruling class
72
In Hammurabi’s code, punishments generally followed the principle of retaliation, or
add insult to injury
give an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
pay money to atone for wrongdoing
give one’s firstborn son to one’s victim
73
Where do scientists believe Homo Sapiens first appeared?
Asia
Africa
Europe
North America
74
The Chinese had developed a simple script that was mainly pictographic and ideographic by the
Shang Dynasty
Xia dynasty
Zhou Dynasty
Qin Dynasty
75
Which city in Kush, became a major iron-working center?
Teotihuacan
Meroe
Jerusalem
Caral