Unit 2 Quiz

Question 1

The Indus river valley civilizations relied on the _______ and _______ rivers for their survival.

Accepted Answer

Ganges and Indus

Question 2

A _________ is the area where a river branches out and feeds into a larger body of water. Very fertile soil can be found

Accepted Answer

Delta

Question 3

Which of the following is considered to be one of the oldest written record of laws?

Accepted Answer

Hammurabi&#x27;s Code

Question 4

The 10% of China's usable farmland is known as what?

Accepted Answer

The North China Plain

Question 5

This young Pharaoh reversed the unpopular and radical religious changed instituded by Akenaten

Accepted Answer

Tutenkhamun

Question 6

The Egyptians relied heavily on this river for the irrigation of their crops. The called it the "Gift of the ________"

Accepted Answer

Nile

Question 7

This Egyptian Pharaoh tried to bring monotheism to Egypt during his reign.

Accepted Answer

Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV)

Question 8

The land between the Tigris and Euphrates river is also known as __________

Accepted Answer

The Fertile Crescent

Question 9

In Sumerian society, which of the following classes had the most power?

Accepted Answer

priests

Question 10

The pattern of rise and fall of leaders in Ancient China is known as what?

Accepted Answer

Dynastic Cycle

Question 11

The earliest forms of paper made by the Egyptians were made of _________

Accepted Answer

Papyrus

Question 12

Which of the following statements best describes Chinese writing?

Accepted Answer

thousands of symbols, each representing an idea

Question 13

This group claimed the Shang lost the Mandate of Heaven, and replaced their dynasty

Accepted Answer

Zhou

Question 14

This family/people is credited by historians as being the first dynasty to leave written records in China.

Accepted Answer

Shang Dynasty

Question 15

A scribe is one of the professional record keepers in early civilizations

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

Which of the following river systems did the people of Ancient China rely on?

Accepted Answer

Huang He and the Yangtze

Question 17

What characteristics sets Indus cities like Mohenjo Daro apart from cities in Mesopotamia?

Accepted Answer

Mohenjo Daro showed significant evidence of city-planning in its design

Question 18

This Sumerian leader is credited with creating the first empire in the Ancient world.

Accepted Answer

Sargon

Question 19

The Old Stone Age is also known as the...

Accepted Answer

Paleolithic Age

Question 20

Which ancient group of people developed the wiring system known as hieroglyphics?

Accepted Answer

Egyptians

Question 21

People of the Shang dynasty used these to help ask them of advice from the gods

Accepted Answer

oracle bones

Question 22

Which of the following was an improvement brought to society by the Zhou dynasty?

Accepted Answer

blast furnaces that could cast iron, creation of coined money, roads and canals were created to stimulate trade

Question 23

A(n) ______ is a political unit where different peoples or countries are controlled by a single ruler.

Accepted Answer

empire

Question 24

The leading civilization of the Indus River valley is the ________?

Accepted Answer

Harappan Civ.

Question 25

How did humans change after the Neolithic Revolution?

Accepted Answer

they were able to create a surplus of food

Question 26

This man discovered one of the only unbothered Egyptian burial tomb in modern history.

Accepted Answer

Howard Carter

Question 27

The people of Sumer created these, in order to control the flooding and create irrigation systems

Accepted Answer

levee

Question 28

Cultural Diffusion is the spreading of ideas or products from one culture to the next.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 29

Why did Hammurabi create a codified set of laws for his empire?

Accepted Answer

so it would be easier to rule over people having a wirrten, uniform law set

Question 30

Which of the following was a disadvantage for the settlers of Mesopotamia?

Accepted Answer

lack of natural defense from invaders

Question 31

A ziggurat is a temple, which literally translates to "mountain of god"

Accepted Answer

True

Question 32

A ____________ was a king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political and military leader.

Accepted Answer

Pharaoh

Question 33

Which of the following is true of Sumerian city-states

Accepted Answer

Each Sumerian city-state was independent from others

Question 34

The system of writing developed by the Egyptians is known as?

Accepted Answer

Hieroglyphics

Question 35

Which statement accurately describes human life during the Paleolithic Age?

Accepted Answer

Humans lived in small clans of nomadic hunter-gatherers.

Question 36

Narmer a.k.a Menes, is responsible for what major event in Egyptian history?

Accepted Answer

the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt

Question 37

The Southern Region of the united Egyptian kingdom is referred to as what?

Accepted Answer

Upper Egypt

Question 38

Cuneiform and Heiroglyphics were created using this tool

Accepted Answer

stuylus

Question 39

Which of the following best describes the religious beliefs of the people of the Shang dynasty?

Accepted Answer

They were animists, believing objects, places, animals, have spirits

Question 40

Egyptian rule is typically measured though...

Accepted Answer

dynasties

Question 41

The Egyptians practiced a religious custom that involved preserving the body&#x27;s of noboility for the afterlife knon as...

Accepted Answer

mummification

Question 42

This group of people defeated Sargon and the Akkadians to form a new Empire in Mesopotamia

Accepted Answer

Babylonians

Question 43

Historians do not know much about the Indus River Valley civilizations because they do not understand their writings

Accepted Answer

True

Question 44

Which of the following was a challenge for the people of the Indus River Valley?

Accepted Answer

uncontrollable and damaging floods

Question 45

The Neolithic Age is translated to "The Old Stone Age"

Accepted Answer

False

Question 46

Monotheism is the belief in many gods.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 47

Mesopotamia can be found between which two major river systems?

Accepted Answer

Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

Question 48

The Egyptians relied on the seasonal ____________ of the Nile in order to produce their crops.

Accepted Answer

inundation

Question 49

Chinese rulers use this to justify their rule, or to bring about the end of a current ruler.

Accepted Answer

Mandate of Heaven

Question 50

What statement best characterizes the role of Pharaohs during the Old Kingdom?

Accepted Answer

They were considered gods, and ruled with absolute power

Question 51

Cuneiform was a complex system of irrigation developed by the Egyptians?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 52

Why is Sumer considered to be one of the world's first Civilizations?

Accepted Answer

Because the area contained cities with advanced technologies

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