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

Symbols in cuneiform /syllables, letters of Phoenician alphabet consonants

How did the Zhou dynasty influence all later Chinese dynasties?

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

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.

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

ultural differences between the north and the south

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

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

This ancient Egyptian hymn most likely refers to

the passage of a soul into the afterlife.

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

The religion called upon the cultures of diverse groups.

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

to control prices during supply and demand changes

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

Blended values focusing on fair treatment of individuals and equality.

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1
How long after migratory people crossed the North American Land Bridge did the first Mesoamerican civilization arise?
18,000 years
16,500 years
16,000 years
19,000 years
2
Which feature of civilization provides the most important artifacts?
writing
art and architecture
public works
organized government
3
Which geographic feature shown on this map was part of Lower Egypt but not of Upper Egypt?
the delta
the Nile
the first cataract
the Eastern Desert
4
What is the most significant difference between cuneiform and the Phoenician alphabet?
Cuneiform on clay tablets, while the Phoenician alphabet on papyrus.
Symbols in cuneiform /syllables, letters of Phoenician alphabet consonants
Cuneiform used picture writing, while the Phoenician alphabet used symbols
Cuneiform was so complex it could only be used by scribes,
5
How did the Zhou dynasty influence all later Chinese dynasties?
Were the first dynasty to link the emperor with the supreme god, Shang Di
The first dynasty to promote the Mandate of Heaven to support their rule.
They were the first dynasty to use warfare to control China.
They were the first dynasty to use Confucian scholars to run the empire.
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 and Western ideas and goods to China.
Chinese manufacturing secrets to West and Western manufacturing secrets to
Chinese ideas and goods to the West in exchange for Western gold and ivory.
Confucain scholars to the West and Buddhist theologians to China.
7
Which region did God declare would one day belong to the Israelites as their "promised land?"
Mesopotamia
Cyprus
Canaan
Egypt
8
In ancient Egypt, the main duty of the vizier was to
oversee the bureaucracy.
keep records of buying and selling.
mummify the bodies of the dead.
perform religious rituals to appease the gods
9
What is the name of a person specially trained to read, write, and keep records in ancient civilizations?
scribe
artisan
steppe
nomad
10
If people are polytheistic, it means they
are skilled artisans.
belief in many gods
practice animism.
are members of the ruling class.
11
Which document has its roots in Hammurabi’s Code?
the Constitution
the Dead Sea Scrolls
the Bible
English Bill of Rights
12
What factors tended to keep India united after the fall of the Mauyra empire?
rivalries between Gupta princes
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
13
How did early governments support economic growth in river valley civilizations?
Artisans relied on public building projects for their livelihoods.
Scribes urged early government to increase the need for written records.
Traders relied on early governments to buy their goods.
Farmers relied on public works projects to protect their farms and crops.
14
A farmer participates in a ritual dance. This is an example of which of the major features of a civilization?
job specialization
public works
arts and architecture
complex religions
15
This ancient Egyptian hymn most likely refers to
the crowning of a new pharaoh.
the annual flooding of the Nile.
the passage of a soul into the afterlife.
the return of Osiris from the dead.
16
What feature served as a highway linking the two regions?
the Red Sea
the Western Desert
the Nile River
The Eastern Desert
17
Egyptians pharaohs believed that their right to rule came from the
military
gods
aristocracy
people.
18
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.
19
Why would Emperor Wudi most likely have grain reserves set up throughout the empire?
to prevent theft by criminals
to heavily tax the merchants who sold nonperishable goods
to control prices during supply and demand changes
to eliminate problems with infestations
20
How did Judeo-Christian teachings affect the development of ideas about law and government?
Monotheism required separate laws and governments for each group.
Blended teachings of individual as secondary to that of the community.
Religious rituals to be part of government functions.
Blended values focusing on fair treatment of individuals and equality.

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