Social Studies 4-7

Question 1

In ancient Sumer each city-state had a ziggurat where people went to

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worship a special god or goddess

Question 2

archaeologists say that Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa might have been abandoned because of

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an earthquake

Question 3

Much of the water that floods the Indus river comes from

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snow in Himalayas

Question 4

Menes was known as the pharaoh who

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unified Egypt

Question 5

Egyptian farmers used irrigation to

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water their crops

Question 6

farming in Mesopotamia was made possible by

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two rivers

Question 7

In Egypt's old kindgom what did craft make for the Pharaohs

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clothes and food

Question 8

Shihuangdi helped to unify China by setting up a single system of

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writing

Question 9

During which period did rulers first apply Confucian ideas about fairness and learning?

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Han Dynasty

Question 10

the code of Hammurabi was a

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set of laws

Question 11

During the Shang Dynasty in ancient China, land was owned by the

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nobles

Question 12

Egypt's economy was based on

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farming

Question 13

in ancient China oracle bones were used by the Shang people to

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predict the future

Question 14

What factor made it especially difficult to farm in southern Mesopotamia?

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droughts and irregular floods

Question 15

What was the main form of agriculture on the steppes north of the Huang Valley?

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herding sheep and cattle

Question 16

Loess created problems for Huang Valley farmers because it

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clogged irrigation ditches

Question 17

the Israelites left Canaan and went to Egypt in order to

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find food

Question 18

In ancient Egypt most of the land and farms were owned by

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government officials

Question 19

Nineveh was important because it became the

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capital city of Babylonia

Question 20

In the ancient world fo the fertile cresent, the Israelites' reglion was different why

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only one god

Question 21

During the Han Dynasty in China, great schools of learning were created by

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Wudi

Question 22

The middle kingdom is best described as a time when Egypt

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increased contact with other cultures

Question 23

What clue makes historians think that Mohenjo-Daro had a strong government

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sewer system design

Question 24

the layout of the city and its advanced engineering, historians believed that Mohenjo-Daro had

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strong local government

Question 25

Why do historians know less about the Harappan civilization than of ancient Egyptian

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written records have not construct large building

Question 26

the ancient huts uncovered by archaeologists at Anyang were once used

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workshops

Question 27

the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama were basis of

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Buddhism

Question 28

Buddhism differs from Hinduism in that Buddhists believe

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most important goal is to reach peace by ending suffering

Question 29

Hieroglyphics helped Egyptian scribes keep records of

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taxes

Question 30

The ancient Egyptians filled the tombs of their pharaohs with treasures to

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take with them to the afterlife

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