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Early Humans and Early River Valley Civilizations
Early Humans and Early River Valley Civilizations
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Unit One World History
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1
Rule by religious officials is referred to as a:
THEOCRACY
NOBILITY
DYNASTY
DEMOCRACY
2
One of the most important factors that helped humans survive and establish civilizations was:
Living as nomads
Invention of the wheel
Hunting and Gathering
The domestication of animals
3
Rivers in Egypt and India were used for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
Water Fountains
Transportation
Trade
Agriculture
4
Rule passed down thru the same family is known as a:
Democracy
Absolute Monarchy
Theocracy
Dynasty
5
The two groups considered to be the most powerful in Egyptian society were:
Pharoahs and Merchants
Priests and Women
Priests and Pharoahs
Priests and Merchants
6
Ideas or products spread from one culture to another thru conquest and trade
Dynasty
Cultural Exchange
Cultural Transfusion
Cultural Diffusion
7
Which ancient civilization occupied the land that is today modern day Iraq?
Mesopotamia
Egypt
China
India
8
Embalming and drying of corpses to prevent decay
Death Diffusion
Pyramids
Theocracy
Mummification
9
The lower economic class in Egypt consisted of:
Priests
Peasant Farmers, Slaves and Laborers
Pharoahs
Merchants and artisans
10
Groups of people that move around from place to place are called:
Nomads
Pharoahs
Barbarians
Wanderers
11
These two rivers made the land known as the Fertile Crescent ideal for farming
Euphrates and Nile
Nile and Tigris
Nile and Amazon
Tigris and Euprates
12
All of the following can be concluded about the Code of Hammurabi EXCEPT:
the laws regularly used the death penalty as a consequence
The laws favored regular people over the government
The laws discriminate against poorer people and women
The laws favored the government over regular people
13
All of the following are features of a civilization except:
Written Language
Specialized Workers
Complex institutions
Advanced Technology
14
During the Neolithic Revolution, production of a food surplus led directly to:
A dependence on hunting and gathering
A reliance on stone weapontry
A nomadic lifestyle
An increase in population
15
One advantage of the Nile River in Egypt was that the river:
Rarely flooded
Was a natural barrier that prevented invasions and conquests
Flowed south
Was very short and easy to maintain
16
One major difference between Mesopotamia and Egypt was
Mesopotamia was monotheistic
Mesopotamia used rivers only for transportation
Mesopotamia lacked natural barriers
Mesopotamia had a social structure
17
Prehistoric humans used images from their daily lives and imaginations to create:
Cave Paintings
Weapons
Murals
Tools
18
The most remarkable achievement by the Harappan Civilization was their:
Farming equipment
Irrigation System
Winding streets
City Planning
19
The Neolithic Age was defined by the development of farming which allowed people to:
gather plants, nuts, berries
Make shelters out of animal bones
Move from place to place
Produce their own food and establish communities
20
The first written set of laws was called:
Egyptian Code
Eye for an Eye
Hieroglyphics
Code Of Hammurabi
21
Early Ancient Civilizations were created and thrived because of their location next to:
Rivers
Mountains
Deserts
Cities
22
People that lived during this age invented metal tools
Ancient Times
Paleolithic
Neolithic
Prehistoric
23
The cultural center of Mesopotamia used for a government center and place of worship was called
Pyramid
Ziggurat
City-State
The Cultural Center of Governing and Worship
24
Prehistory is defined as the time before the invention of:
Music
Reading
Writing
Stones
25
One cultural similarity between the civilizations in Mesopotamia and Egypt was that:
They were both monotheistic
They were both polytheistic
They both buried their kings in pyramids
They both believed in resurrection
26
This early written language used symbols to depict individual letters
Indian
Heiroglyphics
Early Chinese
English