Benchmark #1 Review - SC Standards 6-1.3/6-1.4/6-3.1/6-3.3

Question 1

What did woodblock printing allow the Chinese to do?

Accepted Answer

copy and print very quickly and large quantities

Question 2

What effect did the Ice Ages have on early humans?

Accepted Answer

Early humans were forced to migrate to new environments.

Question 3

What is the name of the universal deity that all Hindus want to become one with?

Accepted Answer

Brahman

Question 4

What major concept of Hinduism is depicted in this image?

Accepted Answer

reincarnation

Question 5

Who was the father of Judaism?

Accepted Answer

Abraham

Question 6

Which of the following summarizes the relationship between farming and the growth of towns?

Accepted Answer

Farming helped start permanent settlements.

Question 7

Which statement best describes the Neolithic Revolution?

Accepted Answer

the shift from food gathering to food producing

Question 8

What is a triangular shaped area of fertile land?

Accepted Answer

delta

Question 9

What is silt?

Accepted Answer

fertile soil and small rock deposited by the Nile

Question 10

What are the Mediterranean Sea, cataracts, deserts, and Himalayan Mountains considered?

Accepted Answer

natural barriers

Question 11

Which of the following increased China's contact with other cultures?

Accepted Answer

the Silk Road

Question 12

Who was the Chinese philosopher who taught that people should obey laws, traditions, & elders?

Accepted Answer

Confucius

Question 13

What is the name of the strict social hierarchy that is a core part of Hinduism?

Accepted Answer

Caste System

Question 14

In Confucianism, what is the code of ethics called?

Accepted Answer

the Five Relationships

Question 15

Which word best describes a large mass that is smaller than a continent?

Accepted Answer

subcontinent

Question 16

What continent is the Nile River Valley located on?

Accepted Answer

Africa

Question 17

What determines how a person is reincarnated in the caste system?

Accepted Answer

their actions

Question 18

Who was the law-giver and author of the first books of the Torah?

Accepted Answer

Moses

Question 19

How did the earliest humans live?

Accepted Answer

by hunting and gathering their food

Question 20

What physical feature gave the Indus River Valley natural protection?

Accepted Answer

Himalayan Mountians

Question 21

According to Confucius, what is important in leadership?

Accepted Answer

morals

Question 22

What is a political unit consisting its own government, and way of doing things?

Accepted Answer

city-state

Question 23

Which of the following would NOT be a finding from the prehistoric era?

Accepted Answer

a writing tablet

Question 24

What is a land bridge?

Accepted Answer

a strip of land that connects two continents

Question 25

Ancient Egypt was built around what river?

Accepted Answer

Nile

Question 26

Why did the ancient Egyptians build the pyramids?

Accepted Answer

as burial sites for the pharaohs

Question 27

What is the Fertile Crescent?

Accepted Answer

a large arch of rich farmland in Mesopotamia

Question 28

What is a surplus?

Accepted Answer

the condition in which one has more than is needed

Question 29

Which of the following came first?

Accepted Answer

domestication of animals

Question 30

What was the economy of ancient Egypt based on?

Accepted Answer

agriculture

Question 31

What was the writing system of Sumerians called?

Accepted Answer

cuneiform

Question 32

China's leaders did not like the outside foreigners influence. What did this result in?

Accepted Answer

Isolationism

Question 33

What was a long-lasting achievement of the Phoenicians?

Accepted Answer

alphabet

Question 34

Which of the following is an example of human adaption to the environment?

Accepted Answer

stone tools

Question 35

What are the earliest known written collection of laws called?

Accepted Answer

Hammurabi's Code

Question 36

What effect did the popularity of silk have on China?

Accepted Answer

China became wealthy

Question 37

In what philosophy would the following symbol represent?

Accepted Answer

Daoism (Taoism)

Question 38

In which language did the Aryans write their poems and hymns?

Accepted Answer

Sanskrit

Question 39

Which term means "taming plants and animals for human use"?

Accepted Answer

domestication

Question 40

What did Chinese kings and emperors believe gave them the power to rule?

Accepted Answer

mandate of heaven

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