SMS Benchmark #1 Review - SC Standards 6-1.3/6-1.4/6-3.1/6-3.3

Question 1

Which of the following came first?

Accepted Answer

domestication of animals

Question 2

In what philosophy would the following symbol represent?

Accepted Answer

Daoism (Taoism)

Question 3

Who was the law-giver and author of the first books of the Torah?

Accepted Answer

Moses

Question 4

What important contributions did Indian astronomers make during the Gupta dynasty?

Accepted Answer

They developed the concept of zero.

Question 5

Which of the following would NOT be a finding from the prehistoric era?

Accepted Answer

a writing tablet

Question 6

What was a long-lasting achievement of the Phoenicians?

Accepted Answer

alphabet

Question 7

What is a political unit consisting its own government, and way of doing things?

Accepted Answer

city-state

Question 8

What major concept of Hinduism is depicted in this image?

Accepted Answer

reincarnation

Question 9

According to Confucius, what is important in leadership?

Accepted Answer

morals

Question 10

What continent is the Nile River Valley located on?

Accepted Answer

Africa

Question 11

Which of the following summarizes the relationship between farming and the growth of towns?

Accepted Answer

Farming helped start permanent settlements.

Question 12

Which term means "taming plants and animals for human use"?

Accepted Answer

domestication

Question 13

What was the economy of ancient Egypt based on?

Accepted Answer

agriculture

Question 14

What are the earliest known written collection of laws called?

Accepted Answer

Hammurabi's Code

Question 15

How did the earliest humans live?

Accepted Answer

by hunting and gathering their food

Question 16

Why did the ancient Egyptians build the pyramids?

Accepted Answer

as burial sites for the pharaohs

Question 17

In Confucianism, what is the code of ethics called?

Accepted Answer

the Five Relationships

Question 18

China's leaders did not like the outside foreigners influence. What did this result in?

Accepted Answer

Isolationism

Question 19

What did woodblock printing allow the Chinese to do?

Accepted Answer

copy and print very quickly and large quantities

Question 20

What determines how a person is reincarnated in the caste system?

Accepted Answer

their actions

Question 21

What are the Mediterranean Sea, cataracts, deserts, and Himalayan Mountains considered?

Accepted Answer

natural barriers

Question 22

In which language did the Aryans write their poems and hymns?

Accepted Answer

Sanskrit

Question 23

What effect did the Ice Ages have on early humans?

Accepted Answer

Early humans were forced to migrate to new environments.

Question 24

What is a surplus?

Accepted Answer

the condition in which one has more than is needed

Question 25

What is the name of the strict social hierarchy that is a core part of Hinduism?

Accepted Answer

Caste System

Question 26

What influenced most of the artwork, literature, and architecture in ancient India?

Accepted Answer

religion

Question 27

Which of the following is an example of human adaption to the environment?

Accepted Answer

stone tools

Question 28

What physical feature gave the Indus River Valley natural protection?

Accepted Answer

Himalayan Mountians

Question 29

What geographic features helped separate the Chinese people from the rest of the world?

Accepted Answer

Himalayan Mountains

Question 30

Who was the Chinese philosopher who taught that people should obey laws, traditions, & elders?

Accepted Answer

Confucius

Question 31

What was the writing system of Sumerians called?

Accepted Answer

cuneiform

Question 32

Ancient Egypt was built around what river?

Accepted Answer

Nile

Question 33

Which of the following increased China's contact with other cultures?

Accepted Answer

the Silk Road

Question 34

What is a land bridge?

Accepted Answer

a strip of land that connects two continents

Question 35

What are the major religions/belief systems of China? (Hint there are 3)

Accepted Answer

Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism

Question 36

Which of the following is not a religion but rather is an ethical code

Accepted Answer

Buddhism

Question 37

What is a triangular shaped area of fertile land?

Accepted Answer

delta

Question 38

Which word best describes a large mass that is smaller than a continent?

Accepted Answer

subcontinent

Question 39

What is the name of the universal deity that all Hindus want to become one with?

Accepted Answer

Brahman

Question 40

Which statement best describes the Neolithic Revolution?

Accepted Answer

the shift from food gathering to food producing

Question 41

Who was the father of Judaism?

Accepted Answer

Abraham

Question 42

What did Chinese kings and emperors believe gave them the power to rule?

Accepted Answer

mandate of heaven

Question 43

What effect did the popularity of silk have on China?

Accepted Answer

China became wealthy

Question 44

What is the Fertile Crescent?

Accepted Answer

a large arch of rich farmland in Mesopotamia

Question 45

What is silt?

Accepted Answer

fertile soil and small rock deposited by the Nile

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