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1
The need to keep records led to the development of which of the following in Egypt?
Cuneiform
Hieroglyphics
Pharaohs
Pyramids
2
What evidence suggests that the Indus Valley cities had a well-organized government?
Writings on stone seals
Records left by kings
Statues of goddesses
Well planned cities
3
Which dynasty developed the feudal system in China?
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Zhou
Xia
Shang
4
What is a name meaning “land between the rivers"
Delta
Egypt
Harappa
Mesopotamia
5
Ancient people are called _____ because they believed in many gods.
Atheists
Monotheists
Burt Block
Polytheists
6
What was found in 1801 that allowed us to decipher hieroglyphics?
Egyptian pyramid at Giza
Papyrus
Great Egyptian Wall
Rosetta Stone
7
Who first human like creatures, walked upright, traced back to 4.4 million years ago
neanderthals
ninjas
hominids
Cro-Magnon
8
Most Egyptians were members of which of the following groups?
Nobles
Farmers
Merchants
Slaves
9
Which of the following is a true statement about the Indus Valley civilization?
It spread to other parts of Asia
It disappeared w/o a trace & was only found in 1922
It lasted for thousands and thousands of years
It thrived until modern times.
10
What is a political unit consisting of a city and its surrounding land?
Polytheism
City-state
The Death Star
Delta
11
What was a Sumerian writing system?
ziggurat
Cuneiform
papyrus
Codify
12
What is a large land mass that juts out from a continent?
Forest
Subcontinent
River valley
Delta
13
Which of the following aided cultural diffusion among ancient peoples?
trade
farming
poor leaders
new technology
14
Who united the Sumerian city states into the first Empire?
Sargon I
Hammurabi
Ramses II
King Menses
15
During what Kingdom was the Ancient Pyramids of Giza built?
Old Kingdom
Middle Kingdom
New Kingdom
Medium Kingdom
16
What are drawings that represent words called?
letters
domesticate
pictograms
scribes
17
What is a term that describes the rise and fall of dynasties?
Polytheism
Dynastic cycle
City-state
Mandate of heaven
18
What is triangular area of marshland formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of some rivers?
Delta
Subcontinent
River
Beach
19
Which of the following geographic features had the greatest influence on ancient Egypt?
The Nile River
The Red Sea
Mediterranean Sea
The Nubian Desert
20
What was one of two great cities of the Indus River Valley civilization?
Harappa
Mesopotamia
Egypt
Sumer
21
Where did the first cities emerge?
Along the Mediterranean coast
Along trade routes
In the Americas
In river valleys
22
What is the worship of many gods?
Buddhism
Polytheism
Monotheism
Animism
23
Which of the following is a neolithic advancement?
written language
first use of fire
ritual burials
creation of calendars
24
What allowed Chinese rulers to remain in power only as long as they were just and effective?
theocracy
oracle bones
dynastic cycle
mandate of heaven
25
Which of the following was first achieved by the Chinese?
Ironworking
Silk making
A writing system based on the alphabet
The horse-drawn chariot
26
Who Created a code to provide “justice” in Babylon?
Ramses II
Sargon I
King Menses
Hammurabi
27
Which of the following statements does NOT describe life in the Old Stone Age?
Paleolithic people lived in hunting & food-gathering groups
Paleolithic people made their own crops & stayed in place.
They were dependent on their environment for survival.
Paleolithic people go from place to place following animals.
28
Historians are like archaeologists in that they both study how people lived by examining
artifacts.
plants and animals.
regions.
longitude and latitude.
29
Who united Lower and Upper Egypt?
King Menses
King Tut
Ramses II
Codify
30
What is the taming of animals, in order to meet human wants or needs?
Domesticate
Social Exchange Theory
Nomads
The Death Star
31
People who specialized in jobs and became skilled craftworkers were known as...
artisans
priests
nobles
peasant farmers
32
What was used by Shang Kings to talk with their ancestors and predict the future?
Oracle bones
Glass Ball
Dynastic cycle
Snakes
33
Which of the following was a characteristic of the Old Stone Age/Paleolithic Period?
farming
organized government
toolmaking
written language
34
Process by which people become more proficient at earning a living by performing a single task?
the diffusion of culture
domestication
the specialization of labor
surplus agricultural production
35
The Code of Hammurabi was a major achievement for which of the following reasons?
It treated men and women as equals.
It was the first major collection of laws.
It rejected the principle of an “eye for an eye."
It ended capital punishment
36
Who are people who move from place to place following game animals and ripening fruits?
slaves
neolithic humans
scribes
nomads
37
A pyramid- shaped temple built by the Sumerians?
Pyramid
Cuneiform
Ziggurat
City-state
38
How did ancient Egyptians view their pharaohs?
As cruel rulers
As equals
As father figures
As gods
39
What is a government headed by religious leaders or a leader regarded as god?
Theocracy
City-state
Polytheism
Monotheism
40
Complex societies with advanced knowledge of farming, trade, government and art are
agricultural villages
civilizations
cultures
cooperatives
41
What is cultural diffusion?
Moving from one land to another
The use of culture to oppress others and push one's beliefs on others
Culture dying in a foriegn land
Spread of ideas, customs, and technology one people to another
42
The Mandate of Heaven is the idea behind which of the following?
The dynastic cycle
The feudal system
The Shang social order
Ancestor worship
43
China was more isolated from the rest of the world than other early civilizations because...
Chinese rulers forbade travel.
It's surrounded by mountains, jungles, deserts, and an ocean
No one wanted to trade with China
It is an island.
44
What part of the world did the first hominids come from?
Africa
Asia and Australia
Europe
North and South America
45
Who was the ruler who signed the first known peace treaty?
Ramses II
King Menses
Codify
King Tut
46
What is the earliest period of
human
history called?
post-history
prehistory
Paleolithic Age
Neolithic Age
47
Which of the following caused ancient civilizations to change?
nomadic herders
lack of traditions
poor leaders
contact with other people through trade, warfare & migration
48
Which was a key feature of early civilizations?
a system of exchanging goods for money
social equality
steelmaking
cities
49
The agricultural lifestyle led to the development of all of the following EXCEPT
rules of inheritance.
cooperative hunting groups.
land boundaries.
the calendar.
50
Chief Minister who supervised the business of government in Egypt.
General
Hammurabi
Sargon I
vizier
51
What is the term for the New Stone Age?
Neolithic Age
Paleolithic Age
Domesticate
Modern Age
52
How did the Sumerians differ from the Egyptians in the way they viewed an afterlife?
They believed they would be with their gods.
They saw life after death to be pleasant.
They saw life after death as horrible.
They believed they themselves would be gods.
53
Which of the following was another characteristic of the Paleolithic Age?
Organized Government
Hunting and Gathering
Farming Villages
Domestication of Animals
54
Bronze became a favored material for tools and weapons because...
was much less expensive than copper or tin
it could be given a sharp cutting edge an was easy to mold.
artisans found it difficult to shape liquid metals
flint supplies diminished during the Bronze Age
55
The Chinese system of writing was difficult to learn because it used...
Hundreds of letters.
A complex alphabet.
Numbers instead of letters
Thousands of characters
56
Where did the first cities emerge?
in river valleys
along trade routes
along the Mediterranean coast
in the Americas
57
The Egyptians believed in which of the following?
One god
Life after death
That God would lead them to the promised land
Ahriman and Ahura Mazda
58
What is the period of time before people invented writing systems?
prehistory
posthistory
Paleolithic Age
Neolithic Age
