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AP World History Review Period 1
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A quiz to help study for AP World History, specially Section 1 (Prehistory-500 BCE)
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1
What does "Mesopotamia" mean?
Wet Lands
Holy Land
Land of Milk and Honey
Between the Rivers
2
Why do we know so little about the Harappans?
Their annihilation by the Vedic peoples
The destruction of their materials by later cultures
No translations to their written works
Racism, plain and simple
3
What is the difference between history and prehistory?
History is recorded, often via writing or oral traditions
I plead the 5th
What we as a Eurasian culture choose to believe as history
Everything after 10,000 BCE is considered history
4
What is notable about the Harappan civilization?
Its pottery
Its city planning and plumbing
Its architecture
Its advanced technology
5
The Phoenicians are known for which trade product?
Dyed Cloth
Ships
Slaves
Written Texts
6
What was the purpose of early writing?
Poetry
Laws
History
Taxes
7
What did the Chinese first write on?
Wood Blocks
Bones
Clay Tablets
Rice Paper
8
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
The justification as to why kings rule in China
The way of explaining why Dynasties end and begin
The way of explaining reincarnation in pre-Buddhist China
The origin of the rule of law in China
9
What was a reason for settling into cities?
Trade
Agriculture
Cultural Exchange
Religious Locations
10
Who was in charge of the religious duties in the Ancient Minoan civilization?
Nobles
Women
First Borns
God-Kings
11
Which early American civilization used obsidian tools and made great pyramids?
The Maya
The Olmecs
The Toltecs
The Aztecs
12
Which of the following is NOT an element of civilization?
Writing
Agriculture
Metallurgy
Social Hierarachy
13
Which represents a typical Mesopotamian or Egyptian god?
Creation
Nature (the sun, moon, rivers)
Human Activities (trade, marriage, love~, war)
Animals and Plants
14
Where does slavery originate?
China
Egypt
Eurasia-Africa
No where; it's a human universal
15
What texts laid the groundwork for the foundation of Hinduism?
The Vanir
The Vedas
The Avestas
The Eddas
16
What determined where hunter-gatherers moved?
Competition from other Hunter-Gatherers
Scarcity of Nuts and Crops
Religious Ceremonies Tied to Locations and Times of Year
Movement of Herds
17
What does the crown of Egyptian Pharaohs represent?
Cultural Assimilation
The Mixing of North and South
Conquest
Their status as Gods
18
The caste system puts which group on top?
Priests
Kings
Scholars
Soldiers
19
Which is the first known written script?
Cuneiform
Harappan
Hanyu
Hieroglyphics
20
What is the first known piece of fiction in world history?
Gilgamesh
The Odyssey
The Ramayana
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
21
Which group replaced the Harappans as the dominant Indian culture?
Vedic
Iranian
Punjabi
Indus
22
What is animism?
Belief that all gods are one
Belief that all nature has spirits
Belief in many gods
Belief in one god
23
What kind of government did early pre-Qin Chinese Dynasties have?
Priest-Kings
God-King
Democracy
Palace Civilization
24
What group migrated out of the steppes of Eurasia and into India, Iran, and Europe?
Mongols
Aryans
Indo-Europeans
Eurasians
25
Which of the following could be the world's oldest city?
Jericho
Catalhuyuk
Harappa
Ur
26
Which is NOT a reason for leaving Africa, according to the Out of Africa theory?
Movement of Herds
Conflict from Overpopulation
Religious Persecution
A Lack of Resources
27
What does Buddhism reject about Hinduism?
Dharmachakra
Castes
Polytheism
Reincarnation
28
Which major world religion was not founded, partially or wholly, before 500 BCE?
Zoroastrianism
Buddhism
Islam
Hinduism
29
What kind of structure does this image represent?
An Iranian Sky-Burial Mound
The Temple of Solomon
Palace at Mohenjo-Daro
A Ziggurat
30
What is metallurgy?
A type of music
Melting of metals for use by humans
Belief in the power of metal
The mining of metals
31
Zoroastrian originates in what Ancient culture?
Babylon
India
Persia
Assyria
32
How did early Americans get to the Americas?
Bering Strait migration
Aliens *birdhair*
Labradouran migrations
Polynesian migration
33
From whom do we get the first fully in-tact law codes?
Egypt's Seti I
Babylon's Hammurabi
Harappa's Daro the Great
China's Shang
34
Agriculture is:
The nature growth of plants
The growing of plants for food
The raising of animals for food
The using of plants as materials
35
Which of the following empires were major opponents of the Egyptians?
The Sumerians
The Assyrians
The Hebrews
The Hittites
36
What is the purpose of pottery?
Vessels for holding gods and spirits
Material used to store food for later use
Materials used in early trade
Vessels for art that can be moved
37
Which set of dates could represent the Mediterranean Dark Age?
900-500 BCE
1500-1200 BCE
1300-900 BCE
1200-800 BCE
38
What is notable about Judaism?
Its age
Its prophecies
Its esoteric beliefs
Its monotheism
39
Which of the following crops was not domesticated by early man?
Potato
Onion
Rice
Corn
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Which civilization was the precursor to the Ancient Greeks?
Etruscan
Macedonian
Thracian
Mycenaean
