Which of the following would not be considered an artisan?

The priest who conducts religious services

Which of the following is not one of Buddha’s Four Noble Truth’s?

To attain nirvana, one must endure lifelong suffering

The Aryans that migrated to the Indus Valley brought the Vedas with them. What is the Vedas?

Collection of magic spells, prayers and instructions

All of the following is correct about Ardi except?

Ardi proved that humans evolved from Apes

What did early China’s geographical barriers cause?

a. A lack of trade with other civilizations and a need for self-sufficiency

Which of the following is not an artifact?

A bone from an ancient hominid.

Which of the following best describes how papyrus is made?

Splitting reeds and compressing them together with water.

All except which item below, were features of Harrapan city planning?

Ziggurat in the center of the city

Which of the following is not one of the five characteristics of a civilization?

An advanced economy that uses the gold standard

The Mahabharata is an ancient epic poem that revolves around what event?

The story of how the Aryans worked to control Indian lands

Phoenicians were known for all the below except?

Working with iron smelting technologies

Which of the following best describes what Knossos is?

the ancient Minoan capital city discovered by archaeologists

What does the domestication mean?

The taming of animals for work and food.

1. What was life like in Ur?

The people of Ur lived in well-defined social classes

What was the Neolithic Revolution?

The shift from food gathering to food producing culture.

Moksha can best be described as

Development of perfect understandings of all things

Some of the accomplishments of Sumerian Science & Technology were

First to use bronze and had a complex system of writing—cuneiform

A primate family that includes humans and their ancestors

The core belief of Jainism is that

All living things have a soul and should not be killed

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1
Minos was the king of the Minoans. Legends claim that he what creature in a labyrinth?
A minotaur
A centaur
a hydra
a satyr
2
Which of the following would not be considered an artisan?
A potter that creates vases for carrying water.
An ironworker that makes swords
A person who makes sandals
The priest who conducts religious services
3
Which of the following is not one of Buddha’s Four Noble Truth’s?
To end all desires is to end all suffering
Life is filled with suffering and sorrow
Selfish desires are the cause of suffering
To attain nirvana, one must endure lifelong suffering
4
The Aryans that migrated to the Indus Valley brought the Vedas with them. What is the Vedas?
chants by priests during religious ceremonies
A collection of paintings depicting Aryan migration
Collection of magic spells, prayers and instructions
A collection of hieroglyphics about the Aryans migration
5
All of the following is correct about Ardi except?
Ardi was discovered by Yohannes HaileSelassie in 2001
Ardi predates Lucy and walked upright
Ardi's bones are approximately 4.4 million years old.
Ardi proved that humans evolved from Apes
6
In Hinduism, the soul’s good or bad deeds follows it in reincarnation. This is
Karma
Moksha
A state of perfect understanding of all things
The caste system
7
Which society used iron-smelting technologies first?
a. The Hittites in Anatolia.
a. China, along the Huang He and Yangtze Rivers
a. Among the Harrapans in India
a. The Mesopotamians in the Fertile Crescent
8
What did early China’s geographical barriers cause?
a. A desire to be open with other civilizations
a. A sense of inferiority to other civilizations
a. A peaceful society where conflict was rare
a. A lack of trade with other civilizations and a need for self-sufficiency
9
Which of the following is not an artifact?
A fragment of an ancient clay tablet.
A bone from an ancient hominid.
The tip of an ancient spear.
A necklace with semi-precious stones.
10
Which of the following best describes how papyrus is made?
Paintings on walls that utilize images to tell a story.
Splitting reeds and compressing them together with water.
Layers of heavy linen that are woven together,
Boiling wood shavings and melding them together.
11
All except which item below, were features of Harrapan city planning?
Ziggurat in the center of the city
City built on mud-brick platform to protect against flood waters
Streets in grid system are 30 feet wide
Lanes separate rows of houses (which featured bathrooms)
12
Which of the following is not one of the five characteristics of a civilization?
An advanced economy that uses the gold standard
An advanced city with basic necessities for citizens
Complex institutions
Advanced technology that makes tasks easier
13
The Mahabharata is an ancient epic poem that revolves around what event?
The attempt of the Hittites to conquer the Indus Valley
The attempt of the Aryan kings to conquer the Hittites
The struggle between the Hinduism and Buddhism
The story of how the Aryans worked to control Indian lands
14
Phoenicians were known for all the below except?
The invention of the keel in ship construction
Working with iron smelting technologies
Originating what became the modern alphabet
The deep purple-reddish dye they produced from snails
15
Which of the following best describes what Knossos is?
a fishing village built by the Phoenicians
the ancient Minoan capital city discovered by archaeologists
An ancient city discovered in the Himalaya mountains
an ancient village discovered near the pyramids of Egypt
16
What does the domestication mean?
The genetic alteration of plants for food.
The taming of animals for work and food.
Improved farming tools from advanced ironworks.
The development of new farming techniques.
17
1. What was life like in Ur?
The people of Ur lived in well-defined social classes
People expressed their belief by painting images in caves
The citizens of Ur pioneered the Neolithic Revolution
a. People lived a nomadic lifestyle
18
What was the Neolithic Revolution?
The shift from food gathering to food producing culture.
The period when early hominids began to walk upright.
The era when civilizations took control of the Nile
When Homo Habilis began to use tools
19
The word Mesopotamia comes from the ancient Greek, what does Mesopotamia mean?
Between two rivers
Next to the ocean
Between two mountains.
To be in the forests.
20
Moksha can best be described as
Development of perfect understandings of all things
Belief that all living things have souls
Chanting of ancient hymns by the Hindu priests
Dialogue between the teacher and their student
21
Some of the accomplishments of Sumerian Science & Technology were
Their practice of medicine was famous in the ancient world
Used coins to make trade easier
Developed an advanced system of indoor plumbing
First to use bronze and had a complex system of writing—cuneiform
22
What is a hominid?
The name given to specialized scribes in villages
Technology used to transport goods
A tool used by Cro-Magnon Man
A primate family that includes humans and their ancestors
23
The core belief of Jainism is that
there is only a collective soul shared by all living things
People who live a religious life will achieve nirvana
All living things have a soul and should not be killed
the soul dies when the body dies and there is no after life

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