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Hammurabi's Law Code...
had much legislation about irrigation and canals
was very lenient
did not protect the consumer
was based on equality
2
This was the most powerful God in Egyptian society
Amon
Horus
Ra
Osiris
3
The Hebrew God was known as
Amon-Ra
Moses
Solomon
Yahweh
4
Hunting technology and primative art were 2 characteristics of what era of humans?
Archaic
Mesolithic
Neolithic
Paleolithic
5
The system of thought that centered on the need to find a balance between oposing forces is
Yin and Yang
Legalism.
Mozi.
Confucianism.
6
The cities of Mohenjo-daro and Harappa were striking because
there were no public buildings.
houses were made of wood.
the city was laid out on the grid plan.
there was no drainage or bathrooms in houses.
7
Shang civilization
was not at all urban
was fully nomadic
was almost fully urban
had a number of large urban settlements
8
The first epic poem in human history was
Atrahasis
Enuma Elish
Odyssey
The Epic of Gilgamesh
9
Daoism was based on the belief that
government could be made to work well for all.
an assertive and activist life is the best.
human beings were at the center of the cosmos.
the natural order of life is the immaterial & indescribable
10
Why were Mesopotamian Rivers important?
keept invaders out
irrigation of crops
fishing
transportation
11
The Zhou solution to ruling a huge territory was to
create a decentralized, feudal system.
create a highly centralized state.
eliminate the trend toward hereiditary fiefs.
destroy the power of the regional lords.
12
The Legalists are so name because of their
belief that every ruler should be under the rule of law.
belief in private serfdom.
rejection of strong government.
emphasis on the need for rigorous laws.
13
Zoroastrainism was adopted by
Darius, the Persian King
The early Hebrews
The Egyptians
the Assyrians
14
The early Chinese poetry in the
Book of Songs
, emphasizes
life at various social levels, including that of the farmers
the life of the warrior class and great rulers.
the positive contribution of women to political life.
vegetable, rather than human life.
15
Bronze, in Shang times, was
used in a purely functional, not decorative, manner.
very scarce and not often used.
most commonly used for military purposes.
more used for ritual than for war.
16
The Zoroastrian religion stressed which of the following?
The rejection of individual free will
The constant battle between evil and good.
The need to please all of the gods.
The impossibility of eternal life.
17
The Phoenicians are best known as
great militarists.
farmers
religious innovators
urban merchants and sea traders
18
Because of feudal war, the capital of the Zhou kings was moved to
Luoyang
Wei River Valley
Zhengzou
Mesopotamia
19
The two major rivers in China proper are
Yellow and Yangtze
Blue Nile and White Nile
Missouri adn Mississippi
Indus and Ganges.
20
The Rig Veda is
an epic poem of the Aryans.
collection of tribes
one of the Aryan gods.
the oldest of Hindu scriptures.
21
Monotheism
means
adherence to the Ten Commandments
worship of one god alone.
marriage within one's race
the worship of nature
22
The earliest known attempts to answer the question "how did it all begin" were undertaken by
the early myths
Akhentaten's monotheism
Egyptian religion
Hammurabi and his codes
23
In India, the untouchables were
foreigners
the "outcastes".
heretics
blanket term for lepers, criminals and other pariahs
24
In the Hindu religion, karma is the
concept of reincarnation
push to moral perfection.
sum of one's good and bad deeds.
state of moral perfection
25
In ancient Egypt, the god Osiris, was associated with
Isis
Amon-Ra
Aton
Akhenaten
26
The Persian king Cyrus the Great carried out a foreign policy based on
tolerance of other cultures
torture and submission to Persian traditions
universal acceptance of the Zoroastrian religion
maximum expansion of trade
27
Overall, it is believed that the Chinese writing system evolved in the Shang period
did little to promote education and scholarship
allowed for communication among a wide range of people.
made literacy available to virtually everyone.
was copied from Japanese
28
This civilization is credited with introducing iron into war and agriculture.
Sumerians
Egyptians
Hittites
Akkadians
29
Daoism was based on the belief that
government could be made to work well for all.
the natural order of life is the immaterial & indescribable
human beings were at the center of the cosmos.
an assertive and activist life is the best.
30
The Indo-European invaders of India, who established a new civilization, were
the Persians
the Mauryans
the Aryans
The Upanishads
31
As rulers of conquered territory and peoples, the Persians preffered to rely on
diplomacy
forced assimilation of Persian ways
brutal repression
local officals
32
The harappan civilization declined because
unknown internal problems.
Aryan overthrow
absence of large cities.
outside invasion.
33
Chines language developed as a system, which may be called
Shang
Taotie
Logographic
Phonetic
34
The Egyptian stories, including that of Anubis, the god of mummification were preserved in the
Book of the Dead
code of Hammurabi
ideogram
cuneiform
35
Between the Shang capital and the Ziang was a fronteir state called
Junzi.
Chu.
Xia dynasty
Zhou.
36
What drastically transformed human life?
development of systematic agriculture
religion replaced mythology
development of kings
discovery of bronze
37
The common people of Egypt
at the bottom of the social scale
were related to the Sumerians
had no rights
were segregated based on race
38
The early Indus civilization developed writing
connected to Sumerian but remains undeciphered today.
similar to cuneiform.
related to Chinese pictographs
that was phonetic in character
39
Iran's geographical position and topography explain its
absence of any urban culture.
failure to attract peoples migration from elsewhere.
role as the highway between East and West.
isolation from its neighbors.
40
This Egyptian ruler tried to create a monotheistic faith centered around the worship of Aton
Akhenaten
Menes
Hatshepsut
Tutenkamen
