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1
What is a government headed by religious leaders or a leader regarded as god?
Monotheism
City-state
Polytheism
Theocracy
2
Which of the following geographic features had the greatest influence on ancient Egypt?
Mediterranean Sea
The Nile River
The Nubian Desert
The Red Sea
3
What allowed Chinese rulers to remain in power only as long as they were just and effective?
oracle bones
mandate of heaven
theocracy
dynastic cycle
4
What is triangular area of marshland formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of some rivers?
Subcontinent
Delta
River
Beach
5
What was used by Shang Kings to talk with their ancestors and predict the future?
Oracle bones
Snakes
Dynastic cycle
Glass Ball
6
What was a Sumerian writing system?
Codify
ziggurat
papyrus
Cuneiform
7
China was more isolated from the rest of the world than other early civilizations because...
It's surrounded by mountains, jungles, deserts, and an ocean
No one wanted to trade with China
It is an island.
Chinese rulers forbade travel.
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The Mandate of Heaven is the idea behind which of the following?
The dynastic cycle
The Shang social order
The feudal system
Ancestor worship
9
A pyramid- shaped temple built by the Sumerians?
Cuneiform
City-state
Ziggurat
Pyramid
10
Who Created a code to provide “justice” in Babylon?
Hammurabi
Ramses II
Sargon I
King Menses
11
What evidence suggests that the Indus Valley cities had a well-organized government?
Writings on stone seals
Statues of goddesses
Records left by kings
Well planned cities
12
What is a term that describes the rise and fall of dynasties?
Dynastic cycle
City-state
Mandate of heaven
Polytheism
13
Who united Lower and Upper Egypt?
King Menses
King Tut
Ramses II
Codify
14
The need to keep records led to the development of which of the following in Egypt?
Cuneiform
Pyramids
Hieroglyphics
Pharaohs
15
The Chinese system of writing was difficult to learn because it used...
Thousands of characters
A complex alphabet.
Numbers instead of letters
Hundreds of letters.
16
Which area is show with the letter A?
Shang Dynasty
South America
Indus River
North America
17
Who was the ruler who signed the first known peace treaty?
Ramses II
King Menses
Codify
King Tut
18
Which of the following is a true statement about the Indus Valley civilization?
It lasted for thousands and thousands of years
It spread to other parts of Asia
It thrived until modern times.
It disappeared w/o a trace & was only found in 1922
19
What is indicated by the letter E?
Continent of Africa
Continent of Asia
Continent of North America
20
Ancient people are called _____ because they believed in many gods.
Burt Block
Monotheists
Polytheists
Atheists
21
What is indicated by the letter J?
Huang He River
Amazon River
Mississippi River
22
What is indicated by the letter G?
Egypt
China
Mesopotamia
23
What ELSE can the letter I be?
Tigris River
Splash Mountain
Indus River
24
Where did the first cities emerge?
In the Americas
Along the Mediterranean coast
In river valleys
Along trade routes
25
The Code of Hammurabi was a major achievement for which of the following reasons?
It ended capital punishment
It treated men and women as equals.
It was the first major collection of laws.
It rejected the principle of an “eye for an eye."
26
What is indicated with the letter B?
Hindu Kush mountains
Early American societies
Site of the Nile River
Europe
27
During what Kingdom was the Ancient Pyramids of Giza built?
Middle Kingdom
Old Kingdom
Medium Kingdom
New Kingdom
28
What is indicated by the letter H?
Continent of Africa
Continent of South America
Continent of Asia
29
How did ancient Egyptians view their pharaohs?
As gods
As father figures
As cruel rulers
As equals
30
What was found in 1801 that allowed us to decipher hieroglyphics?
Papyrus
Great Egyptian Wall
Egyptian pyramid at Giza
Rosetta Stone
31
What was one of two great cities of the Indus River Valley civilization?
Harappa
Egypt
Mesopotamia
Sumer
32
What can the letter F also be?
Nile River
Delaware River
Indus River
33
Most Egyptians were members of which of the following groups?
Farmers
Nobles
Slaves
Merchants
34
What is indicated by the letter I?
Indus Valley
Mesopotamia
Guam
35
What is indicated by the letter D?
Australia
United States
Continent of Europe
36
Which of the following was first achieved by the Chinese?
Ironworking
A writing system based on the alphabet
Silk making
The horse-drawn chariot
37
What is a name meaning “land between the rivers"
Mesopotamia
Harappa
Delta
Egypt
38
What is a political unit consisting of a city and its surrounding land?
Delta
City-state
The Death Star
Polytheism
39
What can the letter G also be?
Euphrates River
Indus River
Nile River
40
How did the Sumerians differ from the Egyptians in the way they viewed an afterlife?
They believed they themselves would be gods.
They saw life after death as horrible.
They believed they would be with their gods.
They saw life after death to be pleasant.
41
What can the letter I also be?
Hindu Kush Mountains
Mt. St Helens
Sahara Desert
42
What is indicated by the letter F?
Indus Valley
Egypt
China
43
What is a large land mass that juts out from a continent?
Delta
Forest
River valley
Subcontinent
44
Who united the Sumerian city states into the first Empire?
Ramses II
King Menses
Hammurabi
Sargon I
45
What else can the letter J be?
Hapsburg Empire
Shang Dynasty
Gupta Dynasty
46
What is indicated by the letter C?
Australia
North America
Continent of South America
Africa
47
Which dynasty developed the feudal system in China?
Zhou
Xia
Shang
Obi-Wan Kenobi
48
The Egyptians believed in which of the following?
Life after death
That God would lead them to the promised land
Ahriman and Ahura Mazda
One god
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Chief Minister who supervised the business of government in Egypt.
General
Sargon I
vizier
Hammurabi
