World History Learning Check 1 review

Question 1

Record keeping was used to

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keep track of calendars and tax collections

Question 2

Which characteristic of civilization made use of tools like farm plows to make life easier?

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advanced technology

Question 3

The Chinese claimed that heaven gave this to the ruler of the Chinese

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mandate of heaven

Question 4

Water was transferred from rivers to farmland through the use of

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irrigation canals

Question 5

Why do we know so little about Harappan civilization?

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we can't translate their writings

Question 6

Civilizations used writing for other purposes such as

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recording events like floods, wars, taxes, big events

Question 7

The term used to describe how the Code of Hammurabi worked can be described as

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an eye for an eye

Question 8

The Shang Dynasty was overthrown by this group who claimed their actions were justified.

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Zhou

Question 9

The term for the worship of many gods is

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polytheism

Question 10

Humans first arose on what continent?

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Africa

Question 11

Where did the first farming communities develop?

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along fertile river valleys

Question 12

Which of the following is a characteristic of civilizations?

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specialized workers like scribes

Question 13

What was the biggest danger facing fertile river valleys?

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floods

Question 14

What led to the building of permanent settlements and how people lived together?

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the development of agriculture

Question 15

What is a way that the lives of people in farming communities changed

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Farming provided more time for leisure and free time

Question 16

Based on the Code of Hammurabi

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punishments were not equal for rich and poor, men and women

Question 17

Cyrus and Darius were considered wise because they did which of the following?

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they tolerated different religions

Question 18

Ruins of settlements made of oven baked bricks can be found where?

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Indus Valley near Harappa

Question 19

Which of the following was not created by the Persians under Darius

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pyramids

Question 20

An organized government arose in Mesopotamia because

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leaders were needed to oversee large projects

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