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