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AP World Strayer Chapter 2
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1
Which early civilization had a sophisticated civilization without a political hierarchy
China
Indus Valley
Egypt
Sumer
2
Maize failed to spread rapidly from Mesoamerica because
lack of contact between Mesoamerica & further north
of the failure of cultivators to domesticate the crop
sorghum was available as an alternative crop
of the north/south orientation of the Americas
3
Which of the following statements is true about ancient Mesopotamia?
agriculture was based on predictable annual rise of rivers
Its people believed in a happy afterlife.
It was much more vulnerable to invasion than Egypt.
Its people had a cheerful, hopeful outlook on the world.
4
Which civilization produced the world’s earliest written language?
Egyptian
Sumerian
Indus Valley
Norte Chico
5
What modern state occupies the territory that was once Sumer?
Iran
Pakistan
Iraq
Ethiopia
6
Which of the means of authority was available to First Civilizations that wasn't for chiefdoms
Gifts
Persuasion
Violence
Prestige
7
The earliest chiefdoms appear to have emerged in
western Africa
the Tigris-Euphrates river valley
Polynesia
North America
8
Kings in which early state were known as “Son of Heaven”?
Egypt
Nubia
China
Sumer
9
Which of the following is true of the emergence of civilizations on earth?
Civilization developed in Mesopotamia & spread by diffusion
Civilization developed independently in 7 locations
All human cultures are civilized
Civilization developed independently in two places & spread
10
Which early civilization invented alphabetic writing, developing it from Sumerian cuneiform?
The Phoenicians
The Nubians
The Akkadians
The Romans
11
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
Chinese ideology that monarch has divine favor with heaven
Mesopotamian belief that monarch has divine favor
Indian belief that the gods created humans into castes
An Egyptian belief that the ruler was the son of a god
12
The llama was first domesticated in
China
the Andes
Mesoamerica
the eastern woodlands of North America
13
Which of the following civilizations developed earliest?
Indus Valley
Olmec
Chinese
Norte Chico
14
The Agricultural Revolution failed to spread far beyond the core of
Mesoamerica
Southwestern Asia
New Guinea
China
15
Which of the following ruled Mesopotamia at some point in ancient history?
Babylonians
Egyptians
Scythians
Israelites
16
Early collection of laws were punishment for crimes based on social rank of offender & victim
The Seventeen-Article Constitution
Deuteronomy
The Code of Hammurabi
The Laws of Manu
17
Which of the following statements is true of long-distance trade in both Egypt and Mesopotamia?
It dealt mostly in luxury goods for the elite.
It was almost completely local,trading within 50 miles away.
They traded exclusively with each other.
It dealt primarily in staple foods like grain.
18
was a large mammal that was domesticated in the Western Hemisphere.
pig
alpaca
goat
sheep
19
Which class made up a large majority of the population in all of the First Civilizations?
Priests
Slaves
Free commoners
Artisans
20
The Mesopotamian epic hero who went on a quest for eternal life was
Gilgamesh.
Enheduanna.
Enkidu
Sargon
21
a crop first domesticated in Mesoamerica.
Rice
Maize
Wheat
Sorghum
22
Where did people domesticate crops but not animals.
Saharan and sub-Saharan Africa
the eastern woodlands of North America
the Andes region
China
23
Which of the First Civilizations provided the most opportunities to women?
Egypt
Mesopotamia
China
Norte Chico
24
Teosinte
was the wild predecessor of
barley
millet
maize
wheat
25
The largest of the mound-building chiefdoms in North America was known as ________________.
Çatalhüyük
the Mississippi
Igbo
Cahokia
26
Which people first domesticated the horse?
The Babylonians
The Phoenicians
The Indo-Europeans
The Egyptians
27
What is the “Old Kingdom”?
The period of Egyptian history between 2663 and 2195 B.C.E.
The first civilization in Babylon
a. The earliest Sumerian state, based on the city of Ur
The Shang dynasty in China
28
What is a ziggurat?
a stepped pyramid topped with a temple
The tomb of an Egyptian king
a great carved-stone head
a ceremonial bath
29
Which of the following was a city of the Indus Valley civilization?
Harappa
Teotihuacán.
Uruk
Babylon
30
Which First Civilization was the “gift of the Nile”?
Mesopotamia
Indus Valley
Egypt
31
Early civilization of the Americas made a number of contributions to Mesoamerican civilizations
Olmec
Norte Chico
Maya
Veracruz
32
Which of the following is necessary for a society to be defined as a “civilization”
Cities
Defensive walls
Grain-based farming
A written language
33
The early agricultural village of Çatalhüyük
was built around a grid street plan
possessed numerous specialized crafts
was led by hereditary rulers and priests
all of the answers
34
No pastoral societies formed in
eastern Africa
Central Asia
the Arabian Peninsula
South America
35
Which was the latest of the seven First Civilizations?
Central Asian
Sumer
Indus Valley
Olmec
36
Which of the following statements is true of literacy in the First Civilizations?
It gave enormous prestige to those who could read and write.
It spread rapidly to most of the population.
It developed in only two of the First Civilizations.
It was used only to keep records, not to produce literature.
37
While still living as gatherers and hunters, native Australians developed
Mesoamerica
China
the Fertile Crescent in Southwest Asia
the eastern Sudan
38
The three earliest civilizations, all developing between 3500-3000 B.C.E., were Sumer, Egypt,
Indus Valley
Olmec
China
Norte Chico
39
Which one as an important factor in the collapse of the Indus Valley civilization?
Foreign invasion and conquest
Civil war
Salinization caused by repeated irrigation
Epidemic disease
40
an early Paleolithic settlement located in China.
Jericho
Çatalhüyük
Banpo
Cahokia
