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1
Writing in ancient Mesopotamia was called____________________________.
Cave drawings
Sanskrit
Heiroglyphics
Cuneiform
2
Which of the following was NOT true regarding the Greek religion?
Did not create a major religion
It featured soap-opera-esque tragedies
Taught readers a higher spiritual lesson
Did not promote thinking on nature or ethics
3
How does Persia begin?
The Rise of Xerxes
The Fall of Darius I
The Rise of Cyrus the Great
The conquering of Greece
4
What school of thought became the Greek way of promoting ethics and rational thought?
Philosophy
Political Science
Political theory
Phylosophy
5
Which of these was NOT a disadvantage of the Agricultural Revolution?
War
Poverty
Food Surplus
Disease
6
Which of these statements is NOT true regarding the demise of Egypt?
Introduced outside conflict in the Old Kingdom
Introduced outside conflict in the Middle and New Kingdom
Wanted to expand beyond borders
Wanted to acquire gold and slaves
7
Which of the following was NOT true regarding life in Persia
Pony-mail Service
Swear allegiance to the King
You had to become Zoroastrian
You had to pay taxes (not high)
8
What is the Mandate of Heaven.
Emperor can only rule as long as the gods believe him worthy.
belief gods should rule
Emperor decides when he wants to leave the throne
A plan to overthrow the gods
9
Who wrote the original concept of Hell?
Akkadians
Sumerians
Summarians
Egyptians
10
What did the Athenians do to the Melians?
Killed the children and enslaved the women and men
They left them alone
Killed the men and enslaved the women and children
Killed the women and enslaved the men and children
11
Which of these was a disadvantage to the agricultural revolution?
Changed the Environment
More Food
Led to Writing
Rise of Religion
12
Last Dynasty of China
Shang
Yuan
Qing
Qin
13
Aristotle defended the institution of slavery as a means of maintaining culture and political virtue
False
True
14
Who is Narmer?
The Shortest Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt
The longest Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt
The First Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt
The Last Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt
15
What is the correct order of ruling for these dynasties?
Zhou -> Shang -> Han -> Qin.
Shang -> Zhou -> Qin -> Han.
Han -> Shang -> Qin -> Zhou.
Qin -> Zhou -> Shang -> Han.
16
What was the agricultural revolution?
the beginning of food mess production
the beginning of mass weapon production
The beginning of mass food production
The workers overthrew the shackles of their oppressors
17
What was the monotheistic religion practiced by the Persians?
Polytheism
Zoroastrianism
Christianity
Judaism
18
When did the last dynasty of China end?
1911 BCE
1911 CE
1917 CE
2020 BCE
19
Name a city that claimed to be the first of its kind in the world.
Jordan
Jericho
Nepal
Babylon
20
Prehistory is the time during the Paleolithic era.
False
True
21
Which of these was NOT something done by early hunter and gatherers?
Art
Storytelling
Farming
Music
22
What is this building?
Ziggurat
Pyramid
Palace
Coach T's Home Gym
23
Persians began clashing with Greeks because they were causing rebellions in Macedonia.
True
False
24
What is this building?
King Tut's Final Resting Place
Pyramid
Ziggurat
Palace
25
Human Sacrifices were typically associated with which Dynasty?
Qin
Shang
Tang
Zhou
26
The species to which all modern human beings belong.
Houma Sardines
Pearl River
Phylum Chordata
Homo Sapiens
27
Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of early civilizations?
Specialization of Labor
Human Rights
Surplus Production
Proximity to Rivers
28
The period of time before written records.
Pre-History
Pre-Hestory
Post-History
Pre-adolescent
29
Which Dynasty was responsible for the Great Wall?
Qin
Tang
Song
Sui
30
Which of these means the use of only two limbs to move?
bymassuation
bipedalism
unapedalism
tripedalism
31
Who takes over Greece after the Peloponnesian War leaves Greece weakened?
Persia
Thebes
Turkey
Macedon
32
Which civilization traded with the people of the Indus Valley (also the reason we know what we know about them).
China
Aliens
Egypt
Mesopotamia
33
Which Greek City-State had more rights for women than anywhere else in Greece?
Persia
Athens
Sparta
Macedon
34
Which one of these countries was NOT considered part of Ancient Mesopotamia?
Iraq
Iran
Syria
Turkey
35
Why do we know so little about the Indus Valley civilization?
It existed in an area largely ignored
Existed for only a few hundred years
This is a trick question, the Indus still exists
Written language has not been deciphered
36
According to the video (you were supposed to watch), who was the last true Persian ruler?
Darius III
Xerxes
Cyrus
Alexander the Great
37
According to the "Fall of Sparta" video, what led to the downfall of Sparta?
Sparta lost the Peloponnesian War
A earthquake hit Sparta, wiping most of it out of existence
Sparta lost in the Battle of Leuctra
They lost in the War of Greece
38
Why was writing so important in Mesopotamian society?
It led to taxes
It led to books
It led to cave paintings
It led to English class
39
What is a characteristic of the Indus Valley civilizations?
Cities were destroyed by invaders in horse-drawn chariots.
Cities were designed without thinking
Cities were always at war
Cities were planned with plumbing and sewage systems.
40
For roughly how many years did Egypt last as an empire?
2000
4000
3000
3500
41
Where did the agricultural revolution first start?
Mesopotamia
Egypt
China
No set location
42
According to the Video, "Fall of Persia" what was the revolt that led to the Persian Wars?
Workers Revolt
Corinthian Revolt
Spartan Revolt
Ionian Revolt
43
Term that meant "earning respect."
final countdown
final play
filial piety
integrity
44
The Zambezi and the Euphrates were the rivers that bordered the land of Mesopotamia.
True
False
45
Who wrote the original concept of Hell?
Akkadians
Sumerians
Egyptians
Chinese
46
Which of the following was NOT true of Persian culture?
They Believed in Freedom of Religion
They Practiced Slavery
They practiced Zoroastrianism
They were Monotheistic
47
True or False:
Aristotle did not believe that some people are just born slaves.
True
False
48
True or False:
Both men and women could achieve citizenship in Athens.
False
True
49
This philosopher argued that philosophers should rule over politics
Coach McIntyre
Aristotle
Plato
Socrates
50
Which of the following if true of the Indus River Valley?
Reliable rivers, predictable flooding
All
Most calories available per acre
It was eventually taken over by the Persians
51
What were the two major cities in the Indus Valley?
New Delhi and Harappa
Ur and Kush
Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro
Mohenjo-Daro and Cairo
52
Women in Sparta had fewer rights than women in Athens.
False
True
53
Which of these rivers was NOT prone to unpredictable, frequent flooding.
Nile
Yellow
Tigris
Euphrates
54
What was the main reason for the Pelponnesian War?
Gaining Persian Land
All are Correct
Morals and Ideals
Power and Resources
55
Which of these was NOT one of the ways that Alexander the Great potentially died.
Alcohol Poisoning
Chariot Accident
Assassination
Fever
56
Which of these was an advantage to bipedalism?
Creation of Fire
All
Cooking of Food
Projection of Power
57
what was confucianism
filial piety
ancestor reverence
a political leader who led an empire
a social and political philosophy of chinese decent
58
Name of the region that contained Mesopotamia.
Futile lords
fertile crescent
nile cressant
crescent fertule
59
Spartan boys started their training at what age?
Eight
Nine
Seven
Ten
60
Which of the following factors does NOT make Meso/Egypt civilizations as opposed to big cities.
shared equality between men and women
records and documentation
priests/government officials
organized manufacturing
61
What did everyone eat in the Summerian afterlife for all eternity?
Band
Samd
Sond
Sand
62
Aristotle believed that women were just "failed men."
True
False
63
Which of these could Spartan women NOT do?
Train for War
Train in Sports
Receive a formal Greek education
Practice Music
64
Who won the Peloponessian War?
Sparta
Thebes
Macedonia
Athens
65
Which of these was NOT a legitimate theory as to why the Indus Valley civilization disappeared?
Environment
Dinosaurs
Earthquake
Conquest
66
If you passed all of the trials, what was the Egyptian afterlife like?
Sad
You Ceased to Exist
Peaceful
Violent