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APWH Strayer Ch. 2 - quiz 1
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Which of the following 1st Civ. is sometime referred to as the “mother civ” of Mesoamerica?
A) Mesopotamia
C) Norte Chico
D) Aztec
B) Olmec
2
Which of the following is usually considered a feature of “civilization”?
A) Absence of class and gender hierarchies
D) The domestication of plants and animals
B) States that use force to compel obedience from subjects
C) The use of deliberately set fires for human purposes
3
Which of the following First Civilizations did not rely on grain-based agriculture?
D) Egypt
C) China
A) Norte Chico
B) Indus Valley
4
In the First Civilizations, slaves were drawn from which pool of people?
D) Prisoners of war
C) Female peasants
B) Merchants
A) Artisans
5
Which of the following is a feature found in some cities in the First Civilizations?
C) Sewage systems
A) Libraries
B) Large farms
D) Theaters
6
Which of the following is an example of a way that rulers in the 1st Civ showed their power?
A) Writing poetry
C) Constructing temples
B) Freeing slaves
D) Engaging in farm work
7
What was one purpose that writing served in the First Civilizations?
D) To entertain and increasingly literate population
C) To confine women to the home
A) To record the stories of ordinary commoners
B) To keep track of whopaid their taxes to the state
8
The territory of ancient Mesopotamia is presently occupied by which country?
C) Iraq
A) Iran
B) Afghanistan
D) India
9
Which of the following was the last of the First Civilizations to emerge?
D) Indus Valley
A) Olmec
B) China
C) Norte Chico
10
Which of the following human accomplishments emerged with the First Civilizations?
A) Agriculture
C) Writing
D) Art
B) Village life
11
The rulers of which First Civilization based their authority on the Mandate of Heaven?
B) China
C) Olmec
A) Egypt
D) Norte Chico
12
Which of the following represents a way that class distinctions were displayed in First Civs?
D) Women’s submission to men
A) Naming practices
B) Manner of a person’s burial
C) Kinship relations
13
The rulers of the First Civilizations also drew their power from their roles as
C) traders.
D) scribes.
B) clan elders.
A) high priests.
14
In which First Civilization were women recognized as legal equals to men?
D) China
C) Egypt
A) Mesopotamia
B) Mesoamerica
15
Which of the following provided the primary economic foundation for civilization?
A) Slavery
D) Writing
C) Warfare
B) Agriculture
