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1
This dynasty was the longest running dynasty at 829 years?
Ming Dynasty
Shang Dynasty
Qing Dynasty
Zhou Dynasty
2
What do archaeologists believe is a possible reason Harappans may have abandoned their cities?
Earthquake
Floods and Drought
All of the above.
War
3
The most important element in early Chinese life was the?
Army
Local Warlords
Family
Central Government
4
Oracle bones were used by the Chinese to do what?
Make weapons.
Make toys for children.
Tell fortunes.
Bury in tombs.
5
Mesopotamia is located in the same geographic area as what modern country?
Iraq
Iran
Turkey
Egypt
6
The Egyptian’s used this to write on?
Rice Paper
Card-Stock
Kraft Paper
Papyrus
7
The 'Indian Subcontinent' is made up of what?
India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh
Upper, Lower, and Eastern Egypt
Egypt, China, and India
Tigris, Euphrates, and the Nile
8
All of the following are empires that developed in Ancient Mesopotamia except?
Sumer
Babylon
Persia
Rome
9
This was the Sun God in Ancient Egypt?
Anubis
Isis
Ra
Thoth
10
The economy, religion, and government of Ancient Egypt was controlled by this person?
The Queen
The Pharoah
The Priests
The King
11
An important accomplishment of the Chinese during the Han dynasty was the?
Invention of royal tombs.
Production of bronze tools.
Construction of the Great Wall
Invention of paper.
12
This river is a major river in China that floods unpredictably?
Mekong
Xi Jiang
Amur
Huang He
13
Hieroglyphics were first translated using the?
Rosetta Stone
Stars
Papyrus
Red Scrolls
14
The Nile River flows from?
North to South. (Lower to Upper Egypt)
West to East (Western to Eastern Egypt)
East to West (Eastern to Western Egypt)
South to North (Upper to Lower Egypt)
15
Which Greek historian remarked in the fifth century B.C., Egypt was the “gift of the Nile.”
Xenophon
Strabbo
Herodotus
Arrias
16
What form of government was first used by the Sumerians?
An empire with an emperor ruling the entire land.
A monarchy with a king who ruled a city-state.
They had no government
A king of the land with satraps governing different areas
17
What people put an end to the rule of the Assyrians and the Babylonians?
Greeks
Indians
Egyptians
Persians
18
This King unified Upper and Lower Egypt?
King Thutmose
The Scorpion King
King Namer
King Khufu
19
Between which two rivers was Mesopotamia located?
Indus and Ganges
Missouri and Ohio
Zagros and Taurus
Tigris and Euphrates
20
What people were the first to write down and record their system of law?
Babylonians
Sumerians
Akkadians
Egyptians
21
The first Chinese dynasty was the?
Yu Dynasty
Xia Dynasty
Yia Dynasty
Shi Dynasty
22
What word means the rich, fertile soil left behind when a river floods?
Sand
Mulch
Pumice
Silt
23
The correct order of city-states in Mesopotamia from the oldest to the most recent is?
Babylon, Sumer, Assyria
Ur, Babylon, Sumer
Sumer, Babylon, Assyria
Assyria, Babylon, Sumer
24
What religion began from the combining of the Harappan and Aryan cultures?
Judaism
Hinduism
Buddhism
Islam
25
What effect did surplus food have on the civilization in the Indus Valley?
Created more specialized jobs.
Everyone had to farm.
Less people had to work.
People had to travel constantly to look for food.