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Miraculous Engineer
Ramses II
Huang He
Yu the Great
Zhuo
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Name of Wu's 800 year dynasty
Yu the Great
Sargon I
Zhou
King Narmer
3
Rich yellow soil
Loess
Ziggurat
Zhou
Thebes
4
Which nations trace their roots to the Indus Valley?
Pakistan, India, Bangladesh
Iraq, Iran, Czech Republic
Kazakhstan, India, Pakistan
India, China, Syria
5
The pharaoh who founded a controversial new religion was...
Memphis
Hatshepsut
Akhenaton
Tutankhamen
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Drove the Hyskos out of Egypt
Ziqquart
Harrapa
Ahmose
Thebes
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Landmass that is part of a continent but distinct from it
Subcontinent
Ahmose
Thebes
Loess
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Which Chinese culture used a potter's wheel around 2500-2000 B.C.?
Mushu
Lungshan
Zhou
Shang
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Hammurabi was the ruler of...
Babylon
Uruk
Ur
Thebes
10
Artisans, scribes, merchants and tax collectors were members of the...
Lower class
Slave class
Upper class
Middle class
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The everyday writing script of ancient Egypt was called...
Vizier
Hieratic
Hieroglyphics
Cuneiform
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Chinese name of their homeland
Zhong Guo
Yu the Great
Ahmose
Thebes
13
All of the following are accomplishments of ancient Egypt EXCEPT
A system of laws and specific punishments
A 365 day calender
The Book of the Dead
An embalming process
14
Which country, from the book, is an example of a subcontinent?
Uruguay
Pakistan
India
Canada
15
What is the name of the 1st dynasty that is supported by evidence?
Shang
Zhou
Simba
Xia
16
The Sumerians thought their gods...
Had little power
Had little regard for people
Were happy beings
Created a happy life for them after death
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Two Seasonal winds that affect climate change...
Ahmose
Monsoons
Harrapa
Indus river valley
18
Sumerian System of writing
Thebes
Cuneiform
Loess
Harrapa
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Hammurabi's code advanced the cause of justice by...
Allowing victims to enact justice
Building more jails
Creating less severe penalties for wrongdoers
Making the government responsible for justice
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Under Hammurabi's code...
Punishment varied depending on person of the offended class
Low-class people were punished more severely than landowners
Everyone was punished with equal severity no matter class.
Landowners were punished more severely than slaves.
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Where are most people dependent on Monsoons from?
The savannah
The rainforest
The desert
The plains
22
Known as "the Great Sorrow"
Huang He
Ramses II
Mohenjo-Daro
Zhong Guo
23
Reigned for 67 years
Sargon I
Ramses II
Zhou
Thutmose III
24
The Egyptian god responsible for life, death, and rebirth...
Ra
Sirius
Thebes
Osiris
25
The Huang He, Chang Jiang, and Xia Jiang are all major what?
Trees
Mountain Ranges
Rivers
Sandwiches
26
Capital of Egypt during the Middle Kingdom
Gilamesh
Thebes
Zhou
Loess
27
Civilization larger than both Egypt and Sumerian land area
Huang Hu
Amose
Monsoons
Indus River Valley
28
What modern day convenience did the Harrapans have?
Cars
Garbage disposal
Indoor plumbing
Phones
29
How did the Harappans build their homes?
Using wood from trees
Large palm leaves
Using oven-baked bricks
Ice for igloos
30
What was the name of the giant who created the universe?
Mulan
Pan Gu
Fondue
Pen Gru
31
An important Harappan city
Ramses II
Yu the great
King Narmer
Mohenjo-Daro
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What is believed to have been the 1st dynasty?
Shang
Zhou
Xia
Simba
33
Epic Poem
Loess
Ahmose
Gilgamesh
Ziggurat
34
Name meaning "land between the rivers"
Mesopotamia
Cuneiform
Harrapa
Gilgamesh
35
All of the following were Sumerian city-states EXCEPT
Ur
Eridu
Memphis
Uruk
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Conquered an empire
Thutmose III
Ramses II
Sargon I
King Narmer
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United Upper and Lower Egypt
Thutmose III
Ramses II
King Narmer
Sargon I
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Assumed power in Akkad around 2300 B.C.
Sargon I
Thutmose III
Ramses II
Zhou
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Located in present day Pakistan
Loess
Ahmose
Thebes
Harrapa
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Sumerian terraced temple
Ahmose
Ziggurat
Thebes
Zhou
