Third Quarter Exam Review: Kush to China Geo

Question 1

Which of the following physical features protected India MOST from invading enemies?

Accepted Answer

Himalayas

Question 2

What region is called the "Land of the Yellow Earth" due to the limestone silt that covers it?

Accepted Answer

North China Plain

Question 3

Which of the following BEST describes the similarity between the Nile, Indus, & Ganges Rivers?

Accepted Answer

They carry silt that is good for farmland

Question 4

Which of the following games was believed to have orginated from ancient India?

Accepted Answer

chess

Question 5

What crop grew BEST in the Chang Jiang Basins?

Accepted Answer

rice

Question 6

Which of the following words BEST describes the plains along the Ganges and Indus Rivers?

Accepted Answer

Fertile

Question 7

The 25th line of Egyptian rulers, also known as the Black Pharaohs, are an example of what?

Accepted Answer

dynasty

Question 8

Where was the ancient city of Mohenjo-Daro located?

Accepted Answer

Indus River Valley

Question 9

What BEST supports the idea that people of Mohenjo-Daro had a uniform system of measurement?

Accepted Answer

scales, weights, & marked rods

Question 10

What region is also called the "Roof of the World" due to its high elevation?

Accepted Answer

Tibet-Qinghai Plateau

Question 11

Which of the following natural events can actually improve the soil in an area?

Accepted Answer

flood

Question 12

The mountain ranges located on southern part of the Indian peninsula are called what?

Accepted Answer

Eastern & Western Ghats

Question 13

What physical features prevented Inner China from being invaded from the NORTHWEST?

Accepted Answer

deserts

Question 14

Which of the following BEST explains why we know so little about the people of Mohenjo-Daro?

Accepted Answer

No one can decipher the language

Question 15

What written language did Kushites use following their seperation from Egypt?

Accepted Answer

Meroitic

Question 16

What is the term for the heavy seasonal rains that hit south Asia called?

Accepted Answer

monsoons

Question 17

Based on its relative size and location, which of the following terms BEST describes India?

Accepted Answer

subcontinent

Question 18

What Kushite ruler was famous for conquering Egypt?

Accepted Answer

Piye

Question 19

Which of the following explains why fewer people settled OUTER China?

Accepted Answer

Climate was too extreme

Question 20

What economic activity was most prevalent in the Tibet-Qinghai Plateau region?

Accepted Answer

herding yak

Question 21

What did archeaologists find that helped them learn about life in Moheno-Daro?

Accepted Answer

ruins

Question 22

Which of the following was NOT something that the Nile contributed to the ancient Kush?

Accepted Answer

barrier from invaders

Question 23

Which empire was famously kicked out of Kush by the kandake Queen Amanirenas?

Accepted Answer

Roman

Question 24

Which of these is NOT a theory that might explain what happened to the Harappan civilization?

Accepted Answer

Burned down in a fire

Question 25

What happened to Kushites following their conquest by Egyptian pharaohs?

Accepted Answer

Kushites adopted Egyptian ways of life

Question 26

Melting ice from the Himalayas & Hindu Kush supply all of the following water bodies EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

Nile River

Question 27

Which of the following told archeaologists that Mohenjo-Daro was carefully planned?

Accepted Answer

streets lined into city blocks

Question 28

Which of the following was a reflection of AFRICAN influence on Kushite culture?

Accepted Answer

Worshipping a lion-god

Question 29

Which of the following explains why Kush was also called Nubia?

Accepted Answer

gold deposits

Question 30

Which of the following cities was the only one to have a sewer system?

Accepted Answer

Mohenjo-Daro

Third Quarter Exam Review: Kush to China Geo

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Third Quarter Exam Review: Kush to China Geo

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