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A quiz to help study for AP World History, specially Section 1 (Prehistory-500 BCE)
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1
What is metallurgy?
Melting of metals for use by humans
A type of music
The mining of metals
Belief in the power of metal
2
What determined where hunter-gatherers moved?
Scarcity of Nuts and Crops
Movement of Herds
Competition from other Hunter-Gatherers
Religious Ceremonies Tied to Locations and Times of Year
3
What texts laid the groundwork for the foundation of Hinduism?
The Vedas
The Vanir
The Avestas
The Eddas
4
What is notable about the Harappan civilization?
Its architecture
Its city planning and plumbing
Its advanced technology
Its pottery
5
Which is NOT a reason for leaving Africa, according to the Out of Africa theory?
Religious Persecution
Movement of Herds
A Lack of Resources
Conflict from Overpopulation
6
What does Buddhism reject about Hinduism?
Polytheism
Dharmachakra
Reincarnation
Castes
7
Which of the following crops was not domesticated by early man?
Corn
Onion
Potato
Rice
8
What was a reason for settling into cities?
Agriculture
Cultural Exchange
Trade
Religious Locations
9
Which of the following empires were major opponents of the Egyptians?
The Hebrews
The Hittites
The Assyrians
The Sumerians
10
Which of the following could be the world's oldest city?
Harappa
Ur
Jericho
Catalhuyuk
11
What does the crown of Egyptian Pharaohs represent?
Cultural Assimilation
The Mixing of North and South
Their status as Gods
Conquest
12
How did early Americans get to the Americas?
Labradouran migrations
Polynesian migration
Aliens *birdhair*
Bering Strait migration
13
What is the purpose of pottery?
Material used to store food for later use
Vessels for holding gods and spirits
Vessels for art that can be moved
Materials used in early trade
14
Which early American civilization used obsidian tools and made great pyramids?
The Olmecs
The Maya
The Toltecs
The Aztecs
15
What is the difference between history and prehistory?
Everything after 10,000 BCE is considered history
I plead the 5th
What we as a Eurasian culture choose to believe as history
History is recorded, often via writing or oral traditions
16
Which is the first known written script?
Harappan
Hanyu
Hieroglyphics
Cuneiform
17
Where does slavery originate?
Eurasia-Africa
China
No where; it's a human universal
Egypt
18
What is the first known piece of fiction in world history?
The Ramayana
Gilgamesh
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
The Odyssey
19
What is notable about Judaism?
Its age
Its monotheism
Its esoteric beliefs
Its prophecies
20
Why do we know so little about the Harappans?
The destruction of their materials by later cultures
Racism, plain and simple
Their annihilation by the Vedic peoples
No translations to their written works
21
Which represents a typical Mesopotamian or Egyptian god?
Nature (the sun, moon, rivers)
Creation
Human Activities (trade, marriage, love~, war)
Animals and Plants
22
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
The way of explaining reincarnation in pre-Buddhist China
The way of explaining why Dynasties end and begin
The justification as to why kings rule in China
The origin of the rule of law in China
23
The Phoenicians are known for which trade product?
Dyed Cloth
Ships
Written Texts
Slaves
24
What does "Mesopotamia" mean?
Land of Milk and Honey
Between the Rivers
Wet Lands
Holy Land
25
Zoroastrian originates in what Ancient culture?
India
Persia
Babylon
Assyria
26
What kind of government did early pre-Qin Chinese Dynasties have?
God-King
Palace Civilization
Priest-Kings
Democracy
27
The caste system puts which group on top?
Kings
Priests
Soldiers
Scholars
28
Which major world religion was not founded, partially or wholly, before 500 BCE?
Hinduism
Buddhism
Zoroastrianism
Islam
29
Agriculture is:
The using of plants as materials
The growing of plants for food
The raising of animals for food
The nature growth of plants
30
What is animism?
Belief that all gods are one
Belief in one god
Belief that all nature has spirits
Belief in many gods
31
Which civilization was the precursor to the Ancient Greeks?
Thracian
Macedonian
Etruscan
Mycenaean
32
Which group replaced the Harappans as the dominant Indian culture?
Vedic
Iranian
Indus
Punjabi
33
Which set of dates could represent the Mediterranean Dark Age?
1500-1200 BCE
1300-900 BCE
900-500 BCE
1200-800 BCE
34
What kind of structure does this image represent?
An Iranian Sky-Burial Mound
Palace at Mohenjo-Daro
The Temple of Solomon
A Ziggurat
35
What did the Chinese first write on?
Rice Paper
Wood Blocks
Bones
Clay Tablets
36
Which of the following is NOT an element of civilization?
Social Hierarachy
Agriculture
Writing
Metallurgy
37
Who was in charge of the religious duties in the Ancient Minoan civilization?
First Borns
Nobles
Women
God-Kings
38
What was the purpose of early writing?
Taxes
Laws
History
Poetry
39
What group migrated out of the steppes of Eurasia and into India, Iran, and Europe?
Indo-Europeans
Aryans
Eurasians
Mongols
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From whom do we get the first fully in-tact law codes?
Egypt's Seti I
Babylon's Hammurabi
China's Shang
Harappa's Daro the Great
