World History - Unit 1 early river valley civilizations

Question 1

What building was the center of Mesopotamian life and why was it important?

Accepted Answer

Ziggurat / center of city life

Question 2

In an agricultural community, what is wealth based on?

Accepted Answer

Land

Question 3

What was the trade route which promoted cultural diffusion, especially the Chinese culture?

Accepted Answer

Silk Road

Question 4

What natural occurrence did river valley civilizations rely on?

Accepted Answer

Floods

Question 5

Which group of people wrote the Vedas?

Accepted Answer

Aryans

Question 6

Which civilization/culture rose and fell in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia?

Accepted Answer

Babylonian civilization

Question 7

Why are cities important?

Accepted Answer

centers of trade

Question 8

During which Indian period was the Battle of Kalinga?

Accepted Answer

Maurya India

Question 9

How were ziggurats different from pyramids?

Accepted Answer

ziggurat was religious and for storage, pyramids were tombs

Question 10

What lifestyle did people have prior to the Agricultural Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Hunters and Gatherers

Question 11

Which BEST states the significance of Hammurabi's Code?

Accepted Answer

1st set of written law codes

Question 12

A system of society or government in which the father or eldest male is head of the family and descent is patrilineal.

Accepted Answer

Patriarchy

Question 13

Which Chinese dynasty is MOST CLOSELY associated with the Dynastic Cycle?

Accepted Answer

Zhou dynasty, because they used it to explain their takover of Shang

Question 14

What even caused Asoka to convert to Buddhism?

Accepted Answer

Battle of Kalinga

Question 15

What was the first writing system?

Accepted Answer

Cuneiform

Question 16

Which Chinese dynasty was in control during the Golden Age of China?

Accepted Answer

Han

Question 17

Which term would means that women were the dominant gender both in government and society?

Accepted Answer

Matriarchy

Question 18

Which of the following is a monotheistic group of people?

Accepted Answer

Hebrews

Question 19

Who was the ruler of in the Indus Valley at the Battle of Kalinga?

Accepted Answer

Asoka Maurya

Question 20

Which Chinese dynasty staffed gov. positions based on MERIT(your ability, not your birth)?

Accepted Answer

Han Dynasty

Question 21

Who was Siddhartha Gautama?

Accepted Answer

Buddha

Question 22

Why did Shi Huangdi have the Great Wall built?

Accepted Answer

keep out foreign invaders

Question 23

What covenant is between God and the Hebrew people?

Accepted Answer

God will protect them if they follow the Ten Commandments

Question 24

What are the key beliefs of Buddhism?

Accepted Answer

Four Noble Truths

Question 25

What do scientist believe was the most likely cause of the Neolithic Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Warmer Weather

Question 26

Which is the sacred text of Hinduism?

Accepted Answer

Vedas

Question 27

What BEST describes the caste system?

Accepted Answer

you are born into a caste and must stay in it

Question 28

Why are complex institutions important?

Accepted Answer

offers order and organization

Question 29

What is the system of giving land to powerful nobles in return for loyalty, military service, and taxes called?

Accepted Answer

Feudalism

Question 30

How did Chandragupta hold the first Indian empire together?

Accepted Answer

set up a bureaucratic government throughout the empire and enforced w/ army

Question 31

Which of the following is a concept of Zoroasterism which contributed to monotheism?

Accepted Answer

earth is a battleground between good and evil

Question 32

What is a TRUE statement of Eyptian pharoahs?

Accepted Answer

they were political and religious leaders

Question 33

What economic route was this and what did it do?

Accepted Answer

Silk Road, Connected China to the rest of the world

Question 34

What is the Chinese belief that a ruler has the gods approval?

Accepted Answer

Mandate of Heaven

Question 35

What weather occurrence dominates India and the Indus Valley?

Accepted Answer

Monsoons

Question 36

What is the name of the first 5 books of the Old Testament?

Accepted Answer

Torah

Question 37

Confucianism is based on:

Accepted Answer

Family and Education and 5 key relationships

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