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1
Holy teachings of ancient India are in the ___________________.
dharma
Vedas
nirvana
Brahmans
2
Which of the following people is not a famous philosopher?
Xerxes
Socrates
Aristotle
Plato
3
Which of these Sumerians was of the highest social class?
metalworker
scribe
priest
merchant
4
Which is true of ancient Olympics?
winners were treated as commoners
men and women competed
It caused city-state disputes
Athletes represented competing city-states
5
What important belief is shared by Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?
Belief in a water god
Belief in Jesus
Belief in a god of war
Belief in one god
6
A region of southern Mesopotamia, where one of the world's first civilizations arose?
Babylon
Canaan
Sumer
Nile Delta
7
What does the word migrated mean?
gathered
settled down
moved
starved
8
A _________ society includes people who guard their herds as the animals graze.
pastoral
irrigation
subsistence
bartering
9
Who wrote the
Iliad
and the
Odyssey?
Sophocles
Homer
Thucydides
Euclid
10
Which innovation began in India and spread to rest of the world?
alphabet
spinning silk
wheeled carts
0-9 number system
11
Who did Rome fight in the Punic Wars?
Carthage
Persia
Greece
Egypt
12
Which god or goddess was believed to be in control of thunderstorms?
Zeus
Hera
Poseidon
Ares
13
Han emperor noted for developing the civil service
Maurya
Shi Huangdi
Lao Bang
Wu Di
14
What happened to the Hebrews during the Babylonian Captivity?
Hebrews adopted the religion of the Babylonians
People of Judah were forced to live in Babylon
tribes of Israelites vanished
People rebuilt their destroyed Temple
15
Who was the founder of Judaism?
Abraham
Moses
Joseph
Noah
16
Which city-state had the earliest form of democracy?
Sparta
Athens
Corinthia
M
17
Which of the following religions does not trace their origins to ancient India?
Buddhism
Islam
Hinduism
Jainism
18
Where is the Olduvai Gorge where early hominids were discovered?
Eastern Asia
Eastern Africa
Eastern Rome
Eastern China
19
Who was not a member of the second triumvirate?
Lepidus
Julius Caesar
Octavian
Mark Antony
20
Why was the Rosetta Stone so important?
it was made of gold and precious gems
It led the way to an ancient tomb
it was key in the translation of hieroglyphic writings
It showed the skillful work of ancient artists
21
Where was the birthplace of agriculture?
Jerusalem
Meroe
Fertile Crescent
Giza
22
Which of these ideas is Confucian?
respect and obey elders
Ruler are to treat people harshly
Warfare is necessary
progress depends on change
23
Which god or goddess most likely appeared in a Greek myth about agriculture?
Demeter
Ares
Aphrodite
Poseidon
24
Who took the place of the king in the Roman Republic?
voting citizens in assembly
senators
two elected consuls
an appointed committee
25
Who compiled one of the first written codes of law?
Sargon the Great
Hammurabi
Hatshepsut
Ramses the Great
26
What was the acropolis
A court building
a temple
a market
a hilltop fort
27
Who destroyed the Jewish Temple in A.D. 70?
Herod the Great
Emperor Titus
the Christians
Emperor Caligula
28
Which pharaoh changed Egyptian religion to the belief in one god?
Amenhotep IV
King Tut
Ramses the Great
Moses
29
What made
Homo Habilis
different from earlier hominids?
The use of tools
the use of language
African origins
upright walking
30
A belief in the afterlife led to which practice?
hieroglyphs
mummification
polytheism
cremation
31
Who is credited with creating Buddhism?
Ashoka
Chandragupta II
Gandhi
Siddharta Gautama
32
What geographic feature makes India a subcontinent?
Indus River
Indian Ocean
Deccan Plateau
Himalayas
33
What would you expect to find in a society with social classes?
governments based on written laws
leaders born into their roles
men and women sharing leadership
leaders chosen by the people
34
What is the name of the first part of the Hebrew Bible?
Torah
Exodus
Genesis
Covenant
35
Who gained power as the republican form of government declined in Rome?
the assemblies
the plebeians
the tribunes
military generals
36
Which of the following Chinese dynasties was the earliest dynasty?
Qin
Zhou
Han
Shang
37
How did the Greek city-states respond to threat from Persia?
They surrendered
They conquered Persia
They fought a civil war
The joined together to defend Greece
38
The decline of the Zhou dynasty is known as what?
China's Sorrow
The Shang period
Warring States Period
China Civil War
39
Which of these Sumerian innovations helped early farmers increase their harvests?
a calendar
irrigation
the wheeled cart
ziggurats
40
What did Louis and Mary Leakey discover?
excavations of prehistoric sites
fossils of Homo Sapiens
prehistoric fossils
evidence of early hominids
41
Which of these regions was probably settled most recently by human beings?
northern Africa
South America
Australia
southwestern Asia
42
What are the people of India trying to escape?
cycle of reincarnation
cycle of dharma
cycle of imprisonment
cycle of karma
43
Where are the fertile plains of China?
eastern China
Gobi Desert
western China
Himalayas
44
What do the cave paintings of early
Homo Sapiens
reveal about these people?
their reasons for painting on cave walls
the social structure of their groups
The kinds of animals they hunted
the origins of writing
45
which best describes the cultural values of Sparta?
artistic and creative
tough and honorable
peace-loving and generous
open and democratic
46
Which of these are domesticated animals?
pigs
goats
wolves
cattle
47
Who brought Sanskrit literature to India?
the Harappans
The Sudras
The Vedas
The Aryans
48
The worship of many gods is known as what?
nontheism
polygod
polytheism
monotheism
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Where did people develop terrace farming?
in rocky soils
in hilly or mountainous regions
in heavily forested regions
along river floodplains
