After Cyrus the Great conquered kingdoms, what did he allow the conquered people to do?

Keep their own religion and customs

The Huang He River was prone to what and what did it contribute to ancient China?

Flooding and agricultural production.

How is the Egyptian Pharoah different from the Sumerian King

The Pharaoh was considered a God-King.

How did the Mesopotamians see their Gods and their society?

Unpredictable and vunerable to outsiders and invasions.

What was the reason that Egypt was called the "Gift of the Nile"?

Because of its silt deposits from flooding that helped agriculture.

How did China’s location influence its development?

Its geography protected it from attack, allowing its culture to flourish.

What made the Indus River Valley different from other societies?

Well planned cities, plumbing and sewage systems.

Hammurabi’s code showed that?

Law distinguishes between the social classes.

What describes the dynastic cycle in China and what it represented

A pattern of rise, decline, and replacement of ruling families

What was NOT true about ancient Egypt?

They developed the first form of polytheism practiced in the ancient world.

The Bantu migration Caused what cultural change in Africa?

A change from hunting & gathering to sedentary agriculture.

What is this called and why was it built?

Ziggurat and it was built to honor the Gods of Mesopotamia.

What were things women could do in ancient Egypt?

Own property, Divorce, Participate in society

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Unit 1a (AKS 30 a,b,c,d) Ancient Civilizations

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1
After Cyrus the Great conquered kingdoms, what did he allow the conquered people to do?
Govern the divided Persian Empire
Keep their own religion and customs
Create a fair system based on wealth.
Add new territories
2
The Huang He River was prone to what and what did it contribute to ancient China?
Flooding and made trade easier.
Flooding and nomadic communities.
Flooding and agricultural production.
It was sacred and not agriculture was allowed
3
This picture shows the movement/migration of what group?
Europeans
Christians
Bantu
Nomads
4
How is the Egyptian Pharoah different from the Sumerian King
There were no difference between the two.
The Pharaoh was considered a God-King.
The Pharoah Kings were more powerful.
Sumerian Kings were more powerful.
5
How did the Mesopotamians see their Gods and their society?
Unpredictable and safe from invasions.
Prediticable and safe from invasions.
Unpredictable and vunerable to outsiders and invasions.
Predictable but vunerable to outsiders and invasions.
6
What was the reason that Egypt was called the "Gift of the Nile"?
Because of monotheistic myths.
Because it was given that name by conquering empires.
Because of its silt deposits from flooding that helped agriculture.
It was not named the Gift of the Nile, it was named the Kingdom of Kush.
7
What is the name of the first known writing system?
Weights and measures
Hieroglyphs
Oracle bones
Cuneiform
8
How did China’s location influence its development?
China was shielded from the floods that plagued the area.
China was cut off from all important trades routes.
Its geography protected it from attack, allowing its culture to flourish.
There were plenty of natural resources, which allowed it to expand
9
What was the period of changes from hunters/gatherers to farmers, and simple tools to domesticated animals called?
The Nomadic Revolution
The Classical Civilizations
The Paleolithic Revolution
The Neolithic Revolution
10
What made the Indus River Valley different from other societies?
Well planned cities, plumbing and sewage systems.
The entire city was religious ziggurats.
It was destroyed by invaders.
It was constantly at war
11
Monotheism, reign of Akhenaten and his worship of a single god represented by the sun disk describes what civilization?
Ancient Rome
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Babylon
Ancient Greece
12
Hammurabi’s code showed that?
All mean are the same and created equal.
Law distinguishes between the social classes.
Fines are given instead of physical punishment.
Violence must always be punished with the same.
13
What describes the dynastic cycle in China and what it represented
A pattern of power passed down to the religious elite
A pattern of dividing territories.
A pattern of rise, decline, and replacement of ruling families
A form of government shared between dynasties.
14
The Bantu people created what technological advances?
Iron smelting
Tobacco
Slash and burn farming
Pottery
15
What was NOT true about ancient Egypt?
It was hard to invade because of large bodies of water to the North & East
They developed the first form of polytheism practiced in the ancient world.
The desert on either side of the Nile acted as a block.
The Nile River helped crop production
16
The Bantu migration Caused what cultural change in Africa?
A change from hunting & gathering to sedentary agriculture.
A change from Christian to Muslim
A change to centralized government.
An unequal balance in power among the people.
17
What is this called and why was it built?
Ziggurat it was a house for the upper class.
Ziggurat and it was built to give yearly celebrations.
Ziggurat and it was built to store agriculture.
Ziggurat and it was built to honor the Gods of Mesopotamia.
18
The Kingdoms of Israel and Judah were primarily ________and the practiced what religion?
Monotheistic/Judaism
Monotheistic/Zoroastrianism
Polytheistic/Judaism
Polytheistic/Christian
19
What were things women could do in ancient Egypt?
They could not make any economic decisions or participate in society.
Own property, Divorce, Participate in society
Divorce but not own property.
The were in complete control economically and socially.
20
"Humanity should respect and live in harmony with nature" is the belief of what Chinese philosophy?
Buddhism
Hinduism
Daoism
Confucianism

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