Pre-AP WH & Geo Unit 2 - The Ancient Period

Question 1

The ability to acquire food on a regular basis meant that humans

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could give up nomadic ways of life and begin living in settled communities.

Question 2

Which of the following did the Sumerians invent?

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the sundial

Question 3

What were the basic political units of Sumerian civilization?

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city-states

Question 4

While the Hyksos attacked the Egyptians from horse-drawn chariots, the Egyptian soldiers were limited to

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donkey carts.

Question 5

The golden age of Indian culture occurred under the

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Gupta Empire.

Question 6

Which of the following contributed to the efficient system of communication that was crucial to the Persian Empire?

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well-maintained roads equipped with food, shelter, and horses for traveling

Question 7

Why did so many different communities with independent ways of life develop in ancient Greece?

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Mountains in the territory isolated people from one another.

Question 8

Which empire traded with China, Southeast Asia, and the Mediterranean?

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the Gupta Empire

Question 9

Why did large numbers of Greeks establish colonies in distant lands between 750 B.C. and 550 B.C.?

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Their lands became overpopulated and they were seeking fertile farmland.

Question 10

Why did the Athenians stay within their walled city during the Peloponnesian Wars?

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they knew they weren't strong enough to defeat the Spartans in battle

Question 11

In Hammurabi’s code, punishments generally followed the principle of retaliation, or the idea that one must

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give an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.

Question 12

Who were the first hominids to learn to make fires deliberately?

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Homo sapiens

Question 13

Herodotus wrote what is considered to be the first

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real history in Western civilization.

Question 14

Scholars continue to debate whether Homer’s account of _____ is based on historical fact.

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the sacking of Troy by Mycenaeans under the leadership of King Agamemnon

Question 15

Religion and political power were closely linked in early Indian civilization, as is indicated by the complexes at

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Harappa

Question 16

Most of the people in the Mesoamerican city of Teotihuacán were

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farmers.

Question 17

A person’s caste was difficult to escape because it was based on

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beliefs about religious purity.

Question 18

The Assyrians had the first large armies who carried weapons made of

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iron.

Question 19

The Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, and Sudras were four divisions of ancient Indian society known as _______.

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varnas

Question 20

Which leader of the Persian empire expanded it into the largest empire the world had yet seen?

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Darius

Question 21

Unlike other religions of the time, political leaders in Israel

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could not claim they alone knew the will of God.

Question 22

Egyptian society, with the god-king at the top, was organized like

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a pyramid.

Question 23

The Code of Hammurabi paints a portrait of a society in which

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almost anything that can go wrong is addressed by one law or another

Question 24

Hieratic script, a simplified version of Egyptian hieroglyphic writing, was used

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for business transactions, record keeping, general daily life.

Question 25

According to legend, how did the people in Athens find out what had happened at the battle of Marathon?

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A man named Pheidipiddes ran all the way from the battlefield to Athens.

Question 26

The government of Sparta was an oligarchy, which means that it was

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ruled by a small number of people.

Question 27

Cyrus the Great showed such wisdom and compassion when he conquered Babylon that

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everyone accepted him as ruler.

Question 28

At its height, Alexander’s empire extended as far east as __________.

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Pakistan

Question 29

How did people in the Fertile Crescent adapt to their environment?

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by using irrigation and drainage

Question 30

The Chinese had developed a simple script with a form that was mainly pictographic and ideographic by the time of the

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Shang dynasty.

Question 31

A distinct feature of the Kushan Empire was the development of ____________.

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a calendar

Question 32

The inhabitants of what are now Mexico and Central America were

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Mesoamericans

Question 33

A main characteristic of civilizations is

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art.

Question 34

It was believed that the king was the link between Heaven and Earth during the

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Zhou dynasty.

Question 35

Because trade brought new civilizations into contact with one another,

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the transfer of new technology often occurred.

Question 36

Who was Siddhārtha Gautama?

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founder of Buddhism

Question 37

Who believed that the physical surroundings of humans—the material world—were simply illusions?

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Siddhārtha Gautama

Question 38

Ancient Indians excelled in the science of ________.

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astronomy

Question 39

Who said that “the unexamined life is not worth living”?

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Socrates

Question 40

Hammurabi is remembered for

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establishing a collection of laws for Mesopotamian society.

Question 41

Anthropology is the study of

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human life and culture.

Question 42

What was the result of Alexander the Great’s conquests?

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Greek language and culture spread throughout Southeast Asia.

Question 43

Why did the Egyptians resist Akhenaten’s religious reforms?

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They accepted many gods, and did not like the idea of only having one god.

Question 44

A civilization in the Eastern Mediterranean that built structures similar to the labyrinth of King Minos was the

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Minoan civilization.

Question 45

A basic principle of Chinese government, which allows a revolution to overthrow and replace a corrupt ruler, is called

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the Mandate of Heaven.

Question 46

The “ten lost tribes” were

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scattered Israelite tribes.

Question 47

A common belief shared by Hindus and Buddhists is that

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humans can merge with a single universal force.

Question 48

Buddhists believe that it is possible to reach enlightenment by

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following the Middle Path, known as the Eightfold Path.

Question 49

The first empire in world history was the ____________ empire.

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Akkadian

Question 50

Where do scientists believe that Homo sapiens sapiens first appeared between 150,000 and 200,000 years ago?

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Africa

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