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1
What is the successful underground burial place for pharaohs called?
Valley of the Kings
The Nile River
Ziggurats
Pyramids
2
Who was the ancient Babylonian king who compiled one of the earliest known code of laws?
Nebuchadnezzar
Sargon
Hammurabi
Gilgamesh
3
What do we call a hereditary social class in ancient India?
Domestication
Caste
Standardization
Reincarnation
4
Which of these was an influential Indian scientific contribution?
Valley of the Kings
Cuneiform writing
Papyrus
Number system with 1-9 and 0
5
What is positive or negative energy that causes positive or negative effects?
Karma
Dharma
Nirvana
Ashoka
6
What is a belief in many gods called?
Hierarchy
Monarchy
Monotheism
Polytheism
7
What is the first step in mummification?
Dry out body
Remove organs
Place in pyramid
Wrap the body
8
What technology enabled Egyptians to keep records more easily than Mesopotamians?
Irrigation
Medicine
Pyramids
Papyrus
9
Whose epic was the first example of major literature?
Sargon
Uruk
Hammurabi
Gilgamesh
10
What geographic feature separates India from the rest of Asia?
Red Sea
Himalayan Mountains
Gobi Desert
Nile River
11
What are the preserved remains of once living things called?
Fossils
Hieroglyphics
Reincarnation
Artifacts
12
What civilization is indicated by the star on this map?
China
India
Egypt
Mesopotamia
13
What is a religious belief involving a cycle of life, death and rebirth called?
Reincarnation
Polytheism
Caste
Monotheism
14
What is a type of government with one person in charge called?
Hierarchy
Standardization
Monarchy
Monotheism
15
In the Paleolithic, what jobs did people have?
Everyone farmed
Division of labor meant lots of different jobs
Men hunted, women gathered
Adults hunted, children gathered
16
Why did Egyptians stop using Pyramids?
They stopped having pharoahs
Cost too much to build
They kept getting robbed
They started using mastabas
17
What similarity did the Indus, Ganges, Euphrates, Tigris, and Nile Rivers share?
They added nutrients to the soil
They dried up during droughts
They created canyons that protected cities
They made monsoons stronger
18
Why was Mesopotamia also known as the Fertile Crescent?
Had all the natural resources for food
Controlled by a strong ruler
Natural defenses made it safe
Surrounded by deserts
19
What civilization is indicated by the star on this map?
China
Mesopotamia
Egypt
India
20
What do we call scientists who study the past using artifacts and fossils?
Archaeologists
Monotheism
Hierarchy
Monarchy
21
What do we call an arrangement of things one above or below another based on importance?
Archaeologist
Hierarchy
Hieroglyphics
Standardization
22
What would be an artifact of Paleolithic people?
Language
Dried corn
Farm animals
Stone tools
23
Why did Paleolithic people migrate?
Crops would spoil in winter
Temperatures got too cold
Dangerous animals would attack
Following animal herds for food
24
What is a trangle shaped deposit of silt at the mouth of a river called?
Delta
Irrigation
Domestication
Agriculture
25
What did farming allow people to do?
Develop permanent homes
All of these
Have a reliable food source
Have division of labor
26
How did Egypt, India, and China transfer power from one leader to the next?
Dictatorships
Viziers
Dynastiies
Elections
27
Why was the Silk Road important?
Longest paved road in history
kep out invaders and immigrants
Stretched from Beijing to Rome and allwed trade
Allowed soldiers to quick get to the capital
28
China's early civilizations were located in what river valleys?
Huan He and Euphrates
Tigris and Indus
Chang Jiang and Tigris
Huang He and Chang Jiang
29
Why was the Great Wall of China built?
To create jobs for Chinese peasants
To protect against invaders from the north
As a monument to the emperor
To prevent immigration from the south
30
What civilization is indicated by the star on this map?
Egypt
Mesopotamia
China
India
31
Which statement is true about Mesopotamian, Egyptian and Indian civilizations?
They all had exactly 3 social classes
Religious members were part of the lowest social class
The social class with the least power had the most people
The social class with the most power had the most people
32
What do we call moving water from place to place, usually for agricultural purposes?
Irregardless
Irritation
Irresponsibility
Irrigation
33
What word means "making things of one type the same"?
Standardization
Reincarnation
Agriculture
Irrigation
34
What civilization is indicated by the star on this map?
China
India
Mesopotamia
Egypt
35
According to Daoism, what are the two opposite forces called?
Indus and Ganges
Yin and Yang
Huang He and Chang Jiang
Daoism and Taoism
36
What is the word for taming plants and animals for people's use?
Agriculture
Fossil
Irrigation
Domestication
37
What is the name of the ancient Egyptian picture language?
Delta
Hieroglyphics
Hierarchy
Artifacts
38
What religion teaches that people should follow the Four Noble Truths?
Confucianism
Daoism
Buddhism
Hinduism
39
What is a belief in one god called?
Hierarchy
Polytheism
Monarchy
Monotheism
40
How did the summer monsoon season effect ancient India civilization
Rivers dried up and water was hard to find
Famers have to spend more time inside to avoid wind
Indian farmers harvest their crops early
Rain falls, bringing water to places without rivers
41
According to the fossil record, what continent did humans most likely originate from?
South America
Asia
Australia
Africa
42
What invention started the Neolithic Age?
Improved hunting methods
New construction techniques
Increased scientific knowledge
Development of agriculture
43
Why did Ancient Egyptians mummify the dead?
To preserve bodies for the afterlife
To preserve bodies for science
To prevent the smell of decomposition
To prevent gods from destroying Egypt
44
What body of water is indicated by the star on this map?
Mediterranean Sea
Red Sea
Bay of Bengal
Indian Ocean
45
What is a small country made up of a city and the farmland around it called?
City-state
Monarchy
Nation-state
Delta
46
What do we call the time in world history where glaciers covered large portions of the world?
Bronze Age
Neolithic Age
Ice Age
Middle Ages
47
What religion believed in reincarnation?
Hinduism
Buddhism
Daoism
Confucianism
48
What do we call man-made objects left behind by ancient humans?
Artifacts
Caste
Domestication
Fossils
49
Confucius believed that rulers should do what?
Build massive monuments
Use small rewards and massive punishments
Be honest, fair, and set a good example.
Seek love, truth of knowledge and a calm mind
50
What was the most significant invention of Mesopotamia
Ziggurat
Cuneiform writing
The plow
Irrigation
