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1
What was the writing system of Ancient Egypt called?
Hieroglyphics
Alphabet
Sanskrit
Cuneiform
2
Which of the following is the main religion of India today?
Confucianism
Buddhism
Islam
Hinduism
3
Which king is known for creating a code of laws across his empire?
Sargon
Hammurabi
Confucius
Tutankhamun
4
What is it called when Chinese leaders claimed that they were given their powers by the gods?
The Four Noble Truths
The Dynastic Cycle
The Mandate of Heaven
The Dao
5
What laws were the core guidelines for how Jewish people should live?
The Rosetta Stone
Hammurabi's Code
Cuneiform
The Ten Commandments
6
Which of the following Hindu gods is known as the Destroyer?
Ganesha
Vishnu
Shiva
Brahma
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Which Theme of Geography describes the "position on the Earth's surface"?
Region
Area
Location
Place
8
In the societies we studied this quarter, where did civilizations always begin?
High Plateaus
River Valleys
Islands
Deserts
9
What physical feature is defined as land that is surrounded by water on three sides?
Peninsula
Plateau
Archipelago
Oasis
10
In the Hindu caste system, which of the following varnas must serve the other three?
Kshatriya
Brahmin
Vaishya
Shudra
11
What word describes when people transport water to where they need it?
Navigation
Irrigation
Elevation
Execution
12
In Hinduism, the idea that your actions in THIS life can affect your place in the NEXT life is called...
Karma
Nirvana
Moksha
Dharma
13
What name means "the land between two rivers"?
China
India
Mesopotamia
Egypt
14
Who was the founder of Daoism?
Sun Tzu
Han Fei
Laozi
Confucius
15
True or False: Deserts are always hot.
True
False
16
Which of the following inventions do we use to divide time between Prehistory and History?
Writing
The Wheel
Irrigation
Bronze Tools
17
Who was the founder of Buddhism?
Rama
Confucius
Siddhartha Gautama
Akhenaton
18
What was the purpose of a ziggurat?
A home for kings
a temple to worship the gods
a storage location for food
A base for the army
19
Which of the following means a religion that has many gods?
Atheism
Monotheism
Polytheism
Judaism
20
What are the primary texts of the Hindu religion?
The Torah
The Vedas
The Bible
The Epic of Gilgamesh
21
Which of the following is NOT an idea from Confucianism?
Leaders should be positive examples to their people
People only learn through harsh punishments
Family is very important
It is important to respect one's elders
22
What discovery allowed scholars to translate Egyptian hieroglyphics?
The Epic of Gilgamesh
The Gift of the Nile
The Rosetta Stone
The Great Pyramid
23
Which philosophy argued that leaders should burn books that disagree with them?
Confucianism
Daoism
Buddhism
Legalism
24
In Judaism, what is the agreement between God and the Jewish people called?
The Rabbi
The Torah
The Covenant
The Exodus
25
What word means trading goods and services without money?
Cuneiform
Bartering
Dynastic Cycle
Irrigation
26
What caused the decline of the Harappan civilization?
A deadly disease
The Harappans lost the Mandate of Heaven
The shifting monsoon caused the river to dry up
The Hyksos Invasions
27
Which continent is this?
Antarctica
North America
South America
Africa
28
Which river was the Egyptian civilization based around?
The Nile
The Euphrates
The Huang He
The Indus
29
In Hinduism, a person's religious and moral duty is called...
Karma
Varna
Nirvana
Dharma
30
Which year happened FIRST?
1 BCE
1 CE
2020 CE
2020 BCE
31
Which of the following is NOT part of the Eightfold Path?
Right Livelihood
Right Combat
Right Speech
Right Thought
32
In Buddhism, which word means "suffering"?
Moksha
Samsara
Dukkha
Nirvana
33
Which ocean is this?
The Indian Ocean
The Pacific Ocean
The Arctic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean
