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Workers who produced goods.
Farmers
Viziers
Merchants
Artisans
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Which of the following describes the Neolithic Revolution?
The domestication of plants & animals
Agriculture
An increase in diseases
Stationary life
3
Art & Arch: Bone instruments + Jade/Bronze crafts
Indus Valley
Egypt
Shang (China)
Mesopotamia
4
Cities: Sumer, Ur & Uruk
Shang (Huang He River)
Egypt
Indus Valley
Mesopotamia
5
When one ruler controls both religion and government.
Monarchy
Empire
Theocracy
Pharaoh
6
Mesopotamia's advanced technology included all of the following EXCEPT...
Calendar
Wheel
Mummification
Plow
7
All of the following are true of Hammurabi's Code EXCEPT...
All people were punished equally (even different classes)
Harsh punishments
Written on tablets throughout the empires
"Eye for an eye"
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Writing, Complex Religions, Central Gov't
Characteristics of Empires
Characteristics of Civilizations
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Cities & Advanced Technology
Features of Civilizations
Features of Empires
10
The belief in many gods, which was common for river valley civilizations
Monotheism
Polytheism
Dotytheism
Theocracy
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Cities: Advanced with grid patterns & sewer systems. Harappa & Mohenjo-Darro.
Shang (China)
Mesopotamia
Egypt
Indus Valley
12
The northern end of the Nile that empties into the Mediterranean Sea.
Delta
Plains
Upper Egypt
Floodplains
13
To the Middle East - then Europe - then Eurasia... then to HERE (one of the last areas to be populated).
Australia
The Americas
China
Russia
14
AFTER an ice age, global temperatures rose which caused sea levels to....?
Lower
Form land bridges
Stay the same
Rise
15
The human populating of the Earth began here.
North America
Africa
Australia
Europe
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Calendars, pottery, metal plows, wheeled vehicles & irrigation are advancements of ___ people.
Neolithic
Paleolithic
Civilized
Advanced
17
Early empires are often formed under a strong leader and fall apart after their demise.
True
False
18
The land between two rivers refers to...
Egypt
Indus Valley
Yellow Valley
Mesopotamia
19
After the Neolithic Revolution, humans could never return to hunting & gathering.
True
False
20
The first EMPIRE of the world was formed in this region.
Babylon
Egypt
Mesopotamia
Indus Valley
21
Pharaoh appears at the top of THIS social hierarchy, while farmers & slaves appear at the bottom.
Egypt
Indus Valley
Mesopotamia
Shang Dynasty (China)
22
___ is the world's first civilization, while ___ is the first empire.
Sumer, Akkad
Sumer, Assyria
Sumer, Babylon
Akkad, Babylon
23
All of the following describe paleolithic humans EXCEPT...
Nomadic
Written language
Simple stone tools
Hunter-gatherers
24
ID Me.
Oracle Bones
Hieroglyphics
Cuneiform
Indus Valley Script
25
Identify the next powerful EMPIRE, following the Akkadians.
Egyptians
Sumerian
Assyrians
Babylonians
26
Egypt forms an empire during the ___ Kingdom of its history.
Intermediate Period
New
Middle
Old
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Specialized workers who could read & write.
Pharaohs
Viziers
Merchants
Scribe
28
Bureaucratic Government, Trade Routes & a Military.
Features of Empires
Features of Civilizations
29
Organized Gov't: a theocracy - gov't led by people of religious & gov't connections
Mesopotamia
Shang (China)
Indus Valley
Egypt
30
This individual codified the first (strict) universal laws to unite Mesopotamia.
Hammurabi
Ramses II
Your Mother
Sargon
31
Rich soils are the trademark of the below region in green.
Egypt
Fertile Crescent
Middle East
Mesopotamia
32
The act of farming came first. Then civilizations formed. Then empires conquered.
True
False
33
Fire, wheels, and tools of bone/stone are advanced technology of ___ peoples.
Sumerian
Paleolithic
Advanced
Neolithic
34
Writing: A unique script language found on clay seals & pottery.
Indus Valley
Shang (China)
Mesopotamia
Egypt
35
ID Me.
Ziggurat
Temple of Sinai
Pyramid of Giza
The Sphinx
36
Nomadic. Neolithic. Hunters & Gatherers. These all refer to the same time period.
False
True
37
Pictographic writing of the Egyptian civilization
Oracle Bonese
Cuneiform
Indus Valley Script
Hieryglyphics
38
When one civilization conquers another.
Civilization
Empire
39
The Book of the Dead, mummification, and belief in the afterlife represent this characteristic of Egyptian civilization
Cities
Advanced Tech & Public Works
Complex Religion
Central Gov't
40
Which of the following is NOT one of the 4 main river valleys?
Nile River
Tigris & Euphrates
Tigers & Europe Rivers
Indus River
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A land bridge was necessary for early humans to travel...
To Europe from the Middle East
To Australia
To the Americas
To the Middle East from Africa
