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1
How did ancient Egyptians view their pharaohs?
As father figures
As equals
As cruel rulers
As gods
2
A pyramid- shaped temple built by the Sumerians?
Ziggurat
City-state
Cuneiform
Pyramid
3
The Mandate of Heaven is the idea behind which of the following?
Ancestor worship
The Shang social order
The dynastic cycle
The feudal system
4
Most Egyptians were members of which of the following groups?
Slaves
Farmers
Nobles
Merchants
5
The need to keep records led to the development of which of the following in Egypt?
Pharaohs
Cuneiform
Pyramids
Hieroglyphics
6
What is a large land mass that juts out from a continent?
River valley
Delta
Forest
Subcontinent
7
What was one of two great cities of the Indus River Valley civilization?
Harappa
Egypt
Mesopotamia
Sumer
8
Which dynasty developed the feudal system in China?
Zhou
Xia
Shang
Obi-Wan Kenobi
9
Who united the Sumerian city states into the first Empire?
Ramses II
Sargon I
King Menses
Hammurabi
10
Which of the following geographic features had the greatest influence on ancient Egypt?
The Nubian Desert
The Nile River
The Red Sea
Mediterranean Sea
11
What was a Sumerian writing system?
ziggurat
Cuneiform
papyrus
Codify
12
Who Created a code to provide “justice” in Babylon?
King Menses
Sargon I
Hammurabi
Ramses II
13
What was found in 1801 that allowed us to decipher hieroglyphics?
Papyrus
Great Egyptian Wall
Rosetta Stone
Egyptian pyramid at Giza
14
Who united Lower and Upper Egypt?
Ramses II
King Tut
Codify
King Menses
15
What evidence suggests that the Indus Valley cities had a well-organized government?
Well planned cities
Writings on stone seals
Statues of goddesses
Records left by kings
16
The Egyptians believed in which of the following?
Life after death
Ahriman and Ahura Mazda
That God would lead them to the promised land
One god
17
What is a term that describes the rise and fall of dynasties?
Polytheism
Dynastic cycle
City-state
Mandate of heaven
18
How did the Sumerians differ from the Egyptians in the way they viewed an afterlife?
They believed they would be with their gods.
They believed they themselves would be gods.
They saw life after death as horrible.
They saw life after death to be pleasant.
19
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
It is an island.
Chinese rulers forbade travel.
No one wanted to trade with China
20
Ancient people are called _____ because they believed in many gods.
Polytheists
Atheists
Monotheists
Burt Block
21
During what Kingdom was the Ancient Pyramids of Giza built?
Medium Kingdom
Old Kingdom
New Kingdom
Middle Kingdom
22
What allowed Chinese rulers to remain in power only as long as they were just and effective?
oracle bones
dynastic cycle
theocracy
mandate of heaven
23
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."
24
Chief Minister who supervised the business of government in Egypt.
Hammurabi
vizier
Sargon I
General
25
What was used by Shang Kings to talk with their ancestors and predict the future?
Snakes
Glass Ball
Dynastic cycle
Oracle bones
26
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.
27
What is a political unit consisting of a city and its surrounding land?
The Death Star
Delta
Polytheism
City-state
28
What is triangular area of marshland formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of some rivers?
Delta
Subcontinent
River
Beach
29
Who was the ruler who signed the first known peace treaty?
Ramses II
King Menses
King Tut
Codify
30
Where did the first cities emerge?
In the Americas
Along trade routes
Along the Mediterranean coast
In river valleys
31
Which of the following was first achieved by the Chinese?
A writing system based on the alphabet
Ironworking
The horse-drawn chariot
Silk making
32
What is a government headed by religious leaders or a leader regarded as god?
Monotheism
City-state
Polytheism
Theocracy
33
What is a name meaning “land between the rivers"
Delta
Mesopotamia
Egypt
Harappa
34
Which of the following is a true statement about the Indus Valley civilization?
It spread to other parts of Asia
It lasted for thousands and thousands of years
It thrived until modern times.
It disappeared w/o a trace & was only found in 1922
