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A quiz to help study for AP World History, specially Section 1 (Prehistory-500 BCE)
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1
What is notable about the Harappan civilization?
Its advanced technology
Its city planning and plumbing
Its architecture
Its pottery
2
What was the purpose of early writing?
Taxes
Poetry
History
Laws
3
Why do we know so little about the Harappans?
Their annihilation by the Vedic peoples
The destruction of their materials by later cultures
No translations to their written works
Racism, plain and simple
4
Which group replaced the Harappans as the dominant Indian culture?
Indus
Punjabi
Vedic
Iranian
5
Where does slavery originate?
China
Egypt
No where; it's a human universal
Eurasia-Africa
6
What does the crown of Egyptian Pharaohs represent?
Their status as Gods
The Mixing of North and South
Cultural Assimilation
Conquest
7
How did early Americans get to the Americas?
Aliens *birdhair*
Polynesian migration
Bering Strait migration
Labradouran migrations
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Which of the following crops was not domesticated by early man?
Corn
Potato
Rice
Onion
9
Which of the following could be the world's oldest city?
Catalhuyuk
Ur
Harappa
Jericho
10
Who was in charge of the religious duties in the Ancient Minoan civilization?
Nobles
Women
First Borns
God-Kings
11
What is metallurgy?
Belief in the power of metal
The mining of metals
Melting of metals for use by humans
A type of music
12
Which major world religion was not founded, partially or wholly, before 500 BCE?
Buddhism
Hinduism
Zoroastrianism
Islam
13
What was a reason for settling into cities?
Trade
Agriculture
Religious Locations
Cultural Exchange
14
What kind of structure does this image represent?
The Temple of Solomon
An Iranian Sky-Burial Mound
A Ziggurat
Palace at Mohenjo-Daro
15
Which of the following is NOT an element of civilization?
Metallurgy
Writing
Agriculture
Social Hierarachy
16
Which is NOT a reason for leaving Africa, according to the Out of Africa theory?
A Lack of Resources
Conflict from Overpopulation
Religious Persecution
Movement of Herds
17
How did early Americans get to the Americas?
Polynesian migration
Aliens *birdhair*
Labradouran migrations
Bering Strait migration
18
Which early American civilization used obsidian tools and made great pyramids?
The Olmecs
The Maya
The Toltecs
The Aztecs
19
What is animism?
Belief that all nature has spirits
Belief that all gods are one
Belief in one god
Belief in many gods
20
Which is the first known written script?
Harappan
Hanyu
Cuneiform
Hieroglyphics
21
What group migrated out of the steppes of Eurasia and into India, Iran, and Europe?
Aryans
Indo-Europeans
Eurasians
Mongols
22
What kind of government did early pre-Qin Chinese Dynasties have?
Priest-Kings
Palace Civilization
Democracy
God-King
23
What is the purpose of pottery?
Materials used in early trade
Material used to store food for later use
Vessels for holding gods and spirits
Vessels for art that can be moved
24
The Phoenicians are known for which trade product?
Ships
Written Texts
Dyed Cloth
Slaves
25
What texts laid the groundwork for the foundation of Hinduism?
The Vanir
The Vedas
The Avestas
The Eddas
26
What is the first known piece of fiction in world history?
The Ramayana
The Odyssey
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Gilgamesh
27
What determined where hunter-gatherers moved?
Movement of Herds
Competition from other Hunter-Gatherers
Scarcity of Nuts and Crops
Religious Ceremonies Tied to Locations and Times of Year
28
Which set of dates could represent the Mediterranean Dark Age?
1200-800 BCE
1500-1200 BCE
900-500 BCE
1300-900 BCE
29
Which of the following empires were major opponents of the Egyptians?
The Hittites
The Assyrians
The Hebrews
The Sumerians
30
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
The origin of the rule of law in China
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
31
What is the difference between history and prehistory?
Everything after 10,000 BCE is considered history
History is recorded, often via writing or oral traditions
I plead the 5th
What we as a Eurasian culture choose to believe as history
32
Zoroastrian originates in what Ancient culture?
Persia
Babylon
India
Assyria
33
What does Buddhism reject about Hinduism?
Reincarnation
Dharmachakra
Castes
Polytheism
34
What is notable about Judaism?
Its prophecies
Its age
Its monotheism
Its esoteric beliefs
35
The caste system puts which group on top?
Kings
Priests
Scholars
Soldiers
36
What did the Chinese first write on?
Rice Paper
Bones
Clay Tablets
Wood Blocks
37
From whom do we get the first fully in-tact law codes?
China's Shang
Egypt's Seti I
Babylon's Hammurabi
Harappa's Daro the Great
38
Which represents a typical Mesopotamian or Egyptian god?
Creation
Human Activities (trade, marriage, love~, war)
Nature (the sun, moon, rivers)
Animals and Plants
39
What does "Mesopotamia" mean?
Land of Milk and Honey
Holy Land
Wet Lands
Between the Rivers
40
Which civilization was the precursor to the Ancient Greeks?
Mycenaean
Thracian
Etruscan
Macedonian
