Early Civilizations Quiz

Question 1

Due to its physical geography, what early civilization was isolated from the rest of the world?

Accepted Answer

China

Question 2

_______ societies developed in locations that had insufficient agriculture.

Accepted Answer

Pastoral

Question 3

What evidence shows that early peoples believed in an afterlife?

Accepted Answer

Buried their dead with personal objects

Question 4

What is the basis for the English alphabet?

Accepted Answer

Phoenician alphabet

Question 5

These laws are central to Judaism:

Accepted Answer

10 Commandments

Question 6

What structure was built by the Mesopotamians?

Accepted Answer

Ziggurat

Question 7

What system, created by the Aryans, created a social hierarchy?

Accepted Answer

Caste

Question 8

On which continent did the 4 earliest civilizations originate?

Accepted Answer

Asia

Question 9

The Fertile Crescent was the land located between these two bodies of water:

Accepted Answer

Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

Question 10

Zoroastrianism influenced which of the following religions:

Accepted Answer

Christianity

Question 11

What early civilization was known for treating their captives harshly?

Accepted Answer

Assyrians

Question 12

The shift from hunting and gathering to farming is known as the _____________.

Accepted Answer

Neolithic Revolution

Question 13

Which empire allowed their conquered peoples to keep their religion and culture?

Accepted Answer

Persians

Question 14

What is monotheism?

Accepted Answer

Belief in one God

Question 15

What is the classification for human being?

Accepted Answer

Homo Sapiens Sapiens

Question 16

What natural disaster helped water crops?

Accepted Answer

Monsoons

Question 17

Which geographic feature made it easier for nomads to start a permanent civilization?

Accepted Answer

Rivers

Question 18

Darius created an army called:

Accepted Answer

Immortals

Question 19

Pharaohs were seen as ________ in human form.

Accepted Answer

Gods

Question 20

People who followed animal migrations and vegetation cycles were called:

Accepted Answer

Nomads

Question 21

The Torah is the holy book for what religion

Accepted Answer

Judaism

Question 22

Aryabhata was one of the first scientists to use _______.

Accepted Answer

Algebra

Question 23

The rise and fall of dynasties in China was based on:

Accepted Answer

Mandate of Heaven

Question 24

The idea of "eye for an eye" comes from who's code of law:

Accepted Answer

Hammurabi

Question 25

Historians divided Egyptian history into these 3 major periods:

Accepted Answer

Old, Middle, New

Question 26

What was the first system of writing, created by the Sumerians?

Accepted Answer

Cuneiform

Question 27

The Chinese were known for developing this international trade?

Accepted Answer

Silk

Question 28

Cyrus the Great established this empire in the 6th century B.C.

Accepted Answer

Persian

Early Civilizations Quiz

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