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