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Ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, and India
Ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, and India
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1
What was the significance of the Ziggurat?
Temples built for the gods
An area for trade in the center of the city
Buildings constructed for government purposes
Home for the most wealthy
2
Which of the following was exchanged along the Silk Road trading route?
Disease
Technology
Religious Ideas
All of the Above
3
What was the most important contribution by the Phoenician people?
The Alphabet
Hieroglyphics
Cuneiform
Pictograms
4
The Egyptians were the first to develop...
writing system
plows
irrigation canals
365 day calendar
5
Which of the following rivers are part of Mesopotamia?
Tigris
Rhine
Nile
Amazon
6
Sumerians, Phoenicians, and Egyptians worshiped many gods. This is referred to as...
Monotheism
Hinduism
Judism
Polytheism
7
Which monotheistic culture developed in the Middle East and has the 10 Commandments as law?
Islam
Hinduism
Judaism
Sumerian
8
Who created the first recorded system of law in human history?
Sargon
Hammurabi
King Tut
Cyrus
9
What emperor, that led by Buddhist non-violent teachings, brought an end to the Maurya Empire?
Gupta
Ashoka
Shivaji
Maharana
10
What Mesoamerican culture was known for these statues?
Olmecs
Egyptians
Aztecs
Sumerians
11
Which is not a period of Egyptian history?
New Kingdom
Old Kingdom
Middle Kingdom
Babylonian Kingdom
12
The first civilization that developed in Mesopotamia was...
Uruk
Sumer
Babylon
Ur
13
What religion was founded by Siddhartha Gautama as he searched to end suffering in life?
Hinduism
Islam
Buddhism
Confucianism
14
What discovery allowed us to read hieroglyphics?
Cuneiform Tablets
King Solomon's Temple
King Tut's Tomb
The Rosetta Stone
15
Which of the following is NOT one of the Four Noble Truths?
Suffering can end
Suffering leads to death
Selfish desire is the cause of suffering
Life is suffering
16
What does the word "Bantu" mean?
The civilization
The people
The greatest
The founders
17
The pyramids were built during which Egyptian period?
Roman Kingdom
Old Kingdom
Middle Kingdom
New Kingdom
18
What was the first major empire to be established in the Indus River Valley?
Maurya
Gupta
None of the Above
Sunni
19
Most of the Mesopotamian inventions were centered around improving...?
Hammurabi's Code
Farm Production
Trade
Trade with Great Britain
20
Which Chinese dynasty was known for establishing a feudalistic society?
Xia
Zhou
Ming
Qin
21
Which of the following was the first female Pharaoh of Egypt?
Hatshepsut
Tutankhamun
Ramses II
Akhenaton
22
Which "way of life" has 5 codes of relationships between people and people and the government?
Buddhism
Islam
Confucianism
Hinduism
23
What did you need to follow to end suffering according to Buddhism?
The Noble Eightfold Path
The Right Path
The Way
The Honorable Sevenfold Way
24
Which is not an Egyptian god?
Anubis
Isis
Osiris
Agamemnon
25
In the Buddhist religion, what is it called when you reach a place of no more suffering?
Heaven
Nirvana
Purgatory
Death
26
What was the Mandate of Heaven?
Told religious leaders how to spread religion
None of the Above
Said all kings and rulers should obey the 10 Commandments
Order that royal authority came from Heaven
27
Why did civilizations begin to develop in the Fertile Crescent?
Hunting
Smarter People
Farming
Trade
28
Ancient Egypt was located on what major river?
Amazon
Tigris
Euphrates
Nile
29
Which Chinese dynasty was known for building the Great Wall?
Ming
Xia
Zhou
Qin