How did Judeo-Christian teachings affect the development of ideas about law and government?

Blended values focusing on fair treatment of individuals and equality.

Why would part of Hinduism have such a great effect on India?

The religion called upon the cultures of diverse groups.

Read the Silk Road chart. How did traders along the Silk Road facilitate the spread of ideas between China and the West?

Chinese ideas and goods to the West and Western ideas and goods to China.

Why would Emperor Wudi most likely have grain reserves set up throughout the empire?

to control prices during supply and demand changes

How did the Zhou dynasty influence all later Chinese dynasties?

The first dynasty to promote the Mandate of Heaven to support their rule.

This ancient Egyptian hymn most likely refers to

the passage of a soul into the afterlife.

How did early governments support economic growth in river valley civilizations?

Farmers relied on public works projects to protect their farms and crops.

What is the most significant difference between cuneiform and the Phoenician alphabet?

Symbols in cuneiform /syllables, letters of Phoenician alphabet consonants

What factors tended to keep India united after the fall of the Mauyra empire?

ultural differences between the north and the south

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How did Judeo-Christian teachings affect the development of ideas about law and government?
Religious rituals to be part of government functions.
Monotheism required separate laws and governments for each group.
Blended values focusing on fair treatment of individuals and equality.
Blended teachings of individual as secondary to that of the community.
2
In ancient Egypt, the main duty of the vizier was to
mummify the bodies of the dead.
perform religious rituals to appease the gods
keep records of buying and selling.
oversee the bureaucracy.
3
Which region did God declare would one day belong to the Israelites as their "promised land?"
Cyprus
Egypt
Mesopotamia
Canaan
4
A farmer participates in a ritual dance. This is an example of which of the major features of a civilization?
job specialization
complex religions
public works
arts and architecture
5
Why would part of Hinduism have such a great effect on India?
The religion cultivated faith based on a single sacred text.
The religion developed a simplistic form of worship.
The religion generated support for art and science.
The religion called upon the cultures of diverse groups.
6
Read the Silk Road chart. How did traders along the Silk Road facilitate the spread of ideas between China and the West?
Chinese ideas and goods to the West in exchange for Western gold and ivory.
Chinese ideas and goods to the West and Western ideas and goods to China.
Chinese manufacturing secrets to West and Western manufacturing secrets to
Confucain scholars to the West and Buddhist theologians to China.
7
Egyptians pharaohs believed that their right to rule came from the
gods
aristocracy
people.
military
8
What is the name of a person specially trained to read, write, and keep records in ancient civilizations?
artisan
nomad
scribe
steppe
9
Why would Emperor Wudi most likely have grain reserves set up throughout the empire?
to control prices during supply and demand changes
to prevent theft by criminals
to eliminate problems with infestations
to heavily tax the merchants who sold nonperishable goods
10
Which geographic feature shown on this map was part of Lower Egypt but not of Upper Egypt?
the Nile
the delta
the Eastern Desert
the first cataract
11
How long after migratory people crossed the North American Land Bridge did the first Mesoamerican civilization arise?
16,000 years
18,000 years
19,000 years
16,500 years
12
Which feature of civilization provides the most important artifacts?
public works
organized government
art and architecture
writing
13
How did the Zhou dynasty influence all later Chinese dynasties?
The first dynasty to promote the Mandate of Heaven to support their rule.
They were the first dynasty to use Confucian scholars to run the empire.
They were the first dynasty to use warfare to control China.
Were the first dynasty to link the emperor with the supreme god, Shang Di
14
This ancient Egyptian hymn most likely refers to
the passage of a soul into the afterlife.
the return of Osiris from the dead.
the annual flooding of the Nile.
the crowning of a new pharaoh.
15
How did early governments support economic growth in river valley civilizations?
Traders relied on early governments to buy their goods.
Farmers relied on public works projects to protect their farms and crops.
Artisans relied on public building projects for their livelihoods.
Scribes urged early government to increase the need for written records.
16
What feature served as a highway linking the two regions?
the Western Desert
the Nile River
the Red Sea
The Eastern Desert
17
If people are polytheistic, it means they
are skilled artisans.
are members of the ruling class.
belief in many gods
practice animism.
18
Which document has its roots in Hammurabi’s Code?
the Bible
the Dead Sea Scrolls
the Constitution
English Bill of Rights
19
What is the most significant difference between cuneiform and the Phoenician alphabet?
Cuneiform on clay tablets, while the Phoenician alphabet on papyrus.
Cuneiform used picture writing, while the Phoenician alphabet used symbols
Cuneiform was so complex it could only be used by scribes,
Symbols in cuneiform /syllables, letters of Phoenician alphabet consonants
20
What factors tended to keep India united after the fall of the Mauyra empire?
religious differences between Buddhists in north and Hindus in the Deccan
natural disasters that destroyed major settlements
ultural differences between the north and the south
rivalries between Gupta princes

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