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Chapter 1-7 Review test
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What advantage did Rome's location on the Tiber River provide?
contact with pirates
access to the sea
large plots of land
fertile plains
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Which of the following is a study of past societies through an analysis of what people have left behind?
radiocarbon dating
fossil analysis
history
archaeology
3
Who said that "the unexamined life is not worth living"?
Euripides
Aristotle
Socrates
Zeno
4
Hammurabi is remembered for
overthrowing the Akkadian empire
establishing a collection of laws for mesopotamian society
teaching the Mesopotamians to forge iron
cutting off his son's hand because his son hit him
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Why did so many different communities with independent ways of life develop in ancient Greece?
Greek communities were influenced by ideas of local philosophers
Greeks were naturally independent minded
the mountains in the territory isolated people
people came to Greece from many different lands with their own customs
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The development of Egyptian civilization was influenced most powerfully by
The Nile River
invasions from other peoples
monogamous marriage laws
building of pyramids
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the oldest known Mesoamerican civilization, which appeared around 1200 B.C.
Olmec
Caral
Zapotec
Chavin
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The change that led to all other changes in the Neolithic Revolution was the
discovery of new technology
change from eating only fruits and grains to eating meat
change to farming
development of social structures
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belief that the soul is reborn after death
caste
reincarnation
dharma
nirvana
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Which best describes a key feature of Rome's official state religion?
Emperors were never worshipped as gods
Augustus outlawed religious displays
Romans believed in only one god
Romans worshipped gods and goddesses
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What is most unusual about the pharaoh Hatshepsut?
Hatshepsut was interested in mining enterprises
Hatshepsut's official statues portray the pharaoh as having a beard
Hatshepsut built an impressive temple near Thebes
Hatshepsut was a woman
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Migrating groups who domesticated animals for food, shelter and clothing and also helped spread language, goods and tech
Phoenicians
Minoans
Israelities
pastoral nomads
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a distinct group organized in tribes that established the religion of Judaism
Israelites
Phoenicians
Minoans
pastoral nomads
14
The first empire in world history was
the Sumerian empire
the Babylonian empire
the Egyptian empire
the Akkadian empire
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Ancient Indians excelled in the science of
astronomy
chemistry
biology
physics
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traders who lived along E. Mediterranean coast, devised alphabet with 22 different characters representing sounds
pastoral nomads
Minoans
Phoenicians
Israelites
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religion that claims all people can achieve nirvana
caste
Hinduism
Islam
Buddhism
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The greatest new development made by Sumerians was
cuneiform
silt
bronze
civilization
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The invention that led to major expansion of trade in Han period was
technology of papermaking
process for developing rubbert
fore-and-aft rigging and rudders on ships
textile manufacturing
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determined the type of job you could have, who you could marry and what group you could socialize with
caste
reincarnation
kharma
dharma