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APWH - Unit 1 Review
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A quiz to help study for AP World History, specially Era 1 (Prehistory-600 BCE)
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1
Which of the following is most evident on this "war" side of the Standard of Ur?
a mostly classless society
The development of metallurgy and agriculture in Mesopotamia
Divine power of the God-King
the glorification of warfare
2
Which is least likely to be cited as a motivating factor behind the "Out of Africa" theory?
Religious Persecution
Conflict from Overpopulation
Movement of Herds
Scarcity of Resources
3
Which of the following crops was not domesticated by early civilizations?
Rice
Cotton
Potato
Corn
4
What did the Chinese first write on?
Clay Tablets
Rice Paper
Wood Blocks
Bones and Turtle Shells
5
What is notable about Judaism?
Its polytheism
Its esoteric beliefs
Its support for missionary expeditions
Its monotheism
6
What was a reason for settling into cities?
Cultural Exchange
Religious Locations
Trade
Agriculture
7
Which early American civilization used obsidian tools and made great pyramids?
The Toltecs
The Inca
Norte Chico
The Olmecs
8
Zoroastrian originates in what Ancient culture?
India
Persia
Assyria
Babylon
9
Which represents a typical Mesopotamian or Egyptian god?
Nature (the sun, moon, rivers)
Human Activities (trade, marriage, love~, war)
Creation
Animals and Plants
10
Which major world religion was not founded, partially or wholly, before 500 BCE?
Hinduism
Buddhism
Zoroastrianism
Islam
11
The caste system puts which group on top?
Priests
Soldiers
Scholars
Kings
12
The Phoenicians are best known for which of the following trade products?
Dyed Cloth
Ships
Written Texts
Slaves
13
What is notable about the Harappan civilization?
Its architecture
Its pottery
Its advanced technology
Its city planning and plumbing
14
Which group replaced the Harappans as the dominant Indian culture?
Vedic
Iranian
Indus
Punjabi
15
What kind of structure does this image represent?
Egyptian Pyramid
The Temple of Solomon
Palace at Mohenjo-Daro
A Ziggurat
16
What is the earliest known piece of literature in world history?
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Epic of Gilgamesh
The Ramayana
The Odyssey
17
What does the crown of Egyptian Pharaohs represent?
The Mixing of North and South
Cultural Assimilation
Their status as Gods
Conquest
18
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
The way of explaining reincarnation in pre-Buddhist China
The way of explaining why Dynasties end and begin
The justification as to why kings rule in China
The origin of the rule of law in China
19
What determined where hunter-gatherers moved?
Scarcity of Nuts and Crops
Competition from other Hunter-Gatherers
Religious Ceremonies Tied to Locations and Times of Year
Movement of Herds
20
What is the purpose of pottery?
Materials used in early trade
Vessels for art that can be moved
Vessels for holding gods and spirits
Material used to store food for later use
21
From whom do we get the earliest fully intact code of law?
Babylon's Hammurabi
Harappa's Daro the Great
China's Shang
Egypt's Seti I
22
What was the purpose of most early forms of writing?
Taxation
Laws
History
Poetry
23
Why do we know so little about the Indus Valley civilization?
No translations to their written works
The destruction of their materials by later cultures
Racism, plain and simple
Their annihilation by the Vedic peoples
24
Which of the following is NOT generally considered an essential element of civilization?
Agriculture
Social Stratification
Metallurgy
Writing or recordkeeping
25
Which was the earliest known written script?
Hieroglyphics
Harappan
Phoenician Alphabet
Cuneiform
26
Who migrated out of the steppes of Eurasia around 2000 BCE and into India, Iran, and Europe?
Huns
Indo-Europeans
Aryans
Mongols
27
What is the difference between history and prehistory?
I plead the 5th
Everything after 10,000 BCE is considered history
What we as a Eurasian culture choose to believe as history
History is recorded, often via writing or oral traditions
28
Which of the following could be the world's earliest city?
Uruk
Catalhuyuk
Harappa
Jericho
29
What is animism?
Belief in only one god
Belief in many spirits of nature
Belief in many all-powerful gods
Belief that all gods are one
30
What texts laid the groundwork for the foundation of Hinduism?
The Torah
The Old Testament
The Vedas
The Analects
31
Where does slavery originate?
Persia
Africa
China
Nowhere; developed independently all over the world
32
Which of the following empires were major military opponents of the Egyptians?
The Sumerians
The Hebrews
The Hittites
The Assyrians
33
Extra Credit: Name Mr. Meier's daughters from oldest to youngest :)
Lydia, Emily, Anna, Juliet, Clara
Lydia, Anna, Emily, Juliet, Clara
Anna, Lydia, Juliet, Emily, Clara
Juliet, Anna, Emily, Lydia, Clara
34
What does "Mesopotamia" mean?
MIddle Kingdom
Land of Milk and Honey
Holy Land
Between the Rivers
35
What is metallurgy?
Belief in the power of metal
Melting of metals for use by humans
The music of Atlantis
The mining of metals
