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1
What do all of these civilizations have in common?
They all rejected agriculture
They all had democracy
They were all located in dense jungles
They were all located by rivers
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The ability to acquire food on a regular basis meant that humans
Could use animals as pets
Could use fire to cook their food
Could give up nomadic ways of life and begin to live in settled communities
Had less control over their environment
3
What is the Socratic Method?
Learning from self questioning and encouraging critical thinking
A method to calculate the area of a triangle
The method of measuring ingredients
Multiple choice questions
4
Aristotles work still provides the basis for this form of reasoning still in use today
Nuclear chain theory
Scientific Method
Theory of relativity
Pythagorean Theorem
5
What type of government did the city-state of Athens have?
Monarchy
Republic
Democracy
Oligarchy
6
According to this map, what geographical feature benefitted the people of Mesopotamia?
Being close to the upper Nile in Egypt
Being located between two major rivers
Being near the Mediterranean Sea
Having access to the Black Sea
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How were the civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, and the Indus River connected?
Common money
Language
Education
Trade
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How was flooding in the Nile River Valley different from the Indus River Valley?
Nile floods were gentle and predictable
Nile floods were far more destructive
All of the above
Nile floods left no silt or mud
9
Mesopotamia was located between which two rivers?
Tigris and Euphrates
Yellow and Shang
Nile and Amazon
Danube and Ganges
10
Which ancient civilization lived along the ____ river?
Mesopotamia; Yellow
Egypt; Ganges
Egypt; Nile
China; Nile
11
Why do historians believe that Indus River Valley people had centralized govt?
All of the above
Their cities were planned on a grid system
They had a plumbing system
They participated in trade with other ancient civilizations
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Which of the following is true of the caste system?
A person is born into a group and cannot change groups
A person chooses what group they belong to
A person can earn their way into another group with enough good deeds
A person can change groups if they change jobs
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What is a polis?
A Greek political unit consisting of a city and surrouding area
A Greek god
A Roman political region
An Egyptian governor
14
Ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and the Indus Valley civilizations all had what geographic feature in common?
Desert
Steppes
Mountains
Rivers
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In Plato's Republic, who should lead the ideal polis?
A merchant schooled in philosophy
A weathly man with connections
A highly trained philosopher/king
An elite warrior
16
According to Aristotle, what makes a "good life?"
A life of good actions that benefit you and society
A life pursuing riches and possessions
A life devoid of desire and material wealth
A short life full of glorious deeds
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Greece is an extremely mountainous peninsula, how did this affect the Greeks?
All of the above
Little available farmland
City-states were independent
The seas were the main means of communication and travel
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Which of the following best characterizes the effect of trade between early civilizations?
They were able to trade for other goods, but rarely did so
They were isolated and did not trade with each other
It allowed the exchange of goods and ideas
It caused warfare, negatives effects outweighed the positives
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Socrates most famous student was
Alexander the Great
Aristotle
Plato
Diogenes
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Because trade brought new civilizations into contact with each other
Painting and sculpture were developed
Rulers claimed that their power was based on divine appointment
Early river valley civilizations developed independently
The transfer of new technology often occurred
21
Why would the shaded region of this map be called the "fertile crescent" or "cradle of civilization?"
Rivers provided valuable waters for agriculture to develop
Many human remains have been found here
This area was rich in petroleum used by ancient civizilations
It is where Judaism was founded
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This is an example of the ancient Egyptian writing system, what is it called?
Cuneiform
Wingdings
Hieroglyphics
Sanskrit
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Who said that "the unexamined life is not worth living?"
Cicero
Plato
Aristotle
Socrates
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What was the common political unit in ancient Mesopotamia and Greece?
Large sprawling empires
Confederations
Bureaucracies
small independent city-states
