Unit 1 (Civilizations)

Question 1

Source that was written in the actual time that the event occurred.

Accepted Answer

Primary

Question 2

People living together who have a common culture, advanced cities, and complex institutions.

Accepted Answer

Civilization

Question 3

China collapsed due to...

Accepted Answer

Both A and C are correct

Question 4

Believed in the Mandate of Heaven, power come from heaven

Accepted Answer

China

Question 5

All of the following are characteristics of a civilization EXCEPT....?

Accepted Answer

Democracy

Question 6

Which civilization developed a sophisticated sewage and plumbing system

Accepted Answer

Indus

Question 7

Did not have many conflicts and was generally stable with little social class difference

Accepted Answer

Indus

Question 8

Which civilization invented the wheel, sail, and plow

Accepted Answer

Mesopotamia

Question 9

Julius Caesar gained absolute power over Rome b/c he....

Accepted Answer

Declared himself dictator for life

Question 10

Wander around in an unorganized pattern are known as...?

Accepted Answer

Nomadic

Question 11

Which civilization had a theocracy and rulers were considered the gods.

Accepted Answer

Egypt

Question 12

First known written legal system in world history...?

Accepted Answer

Code of Hammurabi

Question 13

Key geographic advantage of river valley civilizations...?

Accepted Answer

Barriers against invasion

Question 14

Which civilization believed community and family were more important than the individual

Accepted Answer

China

Question 15

Important transition from hunting and gathering to farming (think debate you did)

Accepted Answer

Agricultural Revolution

Question 16

Upright walking animals

Accepted Answer

Hominid

Question 17

The agricultural Revolution resulted in...?

Accepted Answer

More stable food supply

Question 18

Plant or animal's capacity to adapt in order to stay alive in a given environment.

Accepted Answer

Domestication

Question 19

In ancient Rome, which of the following groups would be considered part of the "lower class"

Accepted Answer

Plebians

Question 20

Flooding of the Tigris & Euphrates beneficial and unpredictable

Accepted Answer

Mesopotamia

Question 21

Depended on the Silk Road and grew in wealth from trading silk, jade, and other goods.

Accepted Answer

China

Question 22

When power passes within a family for many generations

Accepted Answer

Dynasty

Question 23

Political unit in which a number of diverse countries are controlled by a single supreme ruler.

Accepted Answer

Empire

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