How was the Mandate of Heaven used in China?

To justify the rule of the current leaders

Will you go to tutorials tomorrow?

No, because I have to go to the doctor, optometrist, etc., YES!

The Pharaoh is basically.....?

A god-King with absolute control

Writing by Mesopotamians that used clay tablets and reeds

Hieroglyphics are....

Mixture of phonetic sounds and images

The Pyramids are an example of.....?

The knowledge and organization of Egypt

How did the Olmec influence the later Mayan people?

Their system of writing and calendar

What advantage(s) did Mesopotamia have?

Useful crop and animal varieties

A depiction of Venus, the Goddess of fertility

What major contribution to world history did the Phoenicians make?

A more widespread version of Mesopotamian cuneiform.

Describe social class in the Paleolithic.

No wealth led to few distinctions

What is NOT a reason for settling near a river?

Access to river bed iron sources

China's writing system is.....?

Based upon symbols representing ideas

Why were the pyramids built?

To serve as tombs for the Pharaohs

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1
How did agriculture reshape society?
People had more free time
Populations started to shrink
Women rose in influence
People accumulated wealth
2
Who was the first to discover iron?
Sumerians
Hittites
Zhang Dynasty
The Bantu
3
What was gender equality like in the Paleolithic Age?
Fairly equal
Fairly unequal
Women were typically in charge
Women had no importance
4
How was the Mandate of Heaven used in China?
The prevent the spread of outside religions
To unify the religions of China
To justify the rule of the current leaders
To show that the emperors were gods
5
Which civilization is correctly paired with its location?
Indo-Aryans : India
Indo-Aryans : Pakistan
Indo-Aryans : Anatolia
Indo-Aryans : Australia
6
What does egalitarian mean?
Governments were nonexistent
Anarchy
Gender roles were equal
Communism
7
Which civilization was the only one to rely on trade instead of agriculture?
Hittites
Phoenicians
Assyrians
Aboriginals
8
What religions got their start in the River Valley period?
Jainism and Sikhism
Judaism and Hinduism
Confucianism and Buddhism
Christianity and Islam
9
Chinese society began around the.....
Yangtze River
Euphrates River
Huanghe (Yellow) River
Tigris River
10
Will you go to tutorials tomorrow?
No, because I have to go to the doctor, optometrist, etc.
No, I need my extra 30 minutes of sleep
YES!
No, Tutorials are for kids who fail the class.
11
Which civilization created the Caste System and Hinduism?
Bantus
Nile River Valley
Indo-Aryans
Harrapa/ Mohenjo-Daro
12
The Pharaoh is basically.....?
A god-King with absolute control
An elected leader that comes from the upper classes
A ruler that claims to be descended from gods
A figure head controlled by priests
13
The Olmec are best remembered for?
Unifying most of the Andean region
Developing iron working independently
Their giant island cities
Giant stone head monuments
14
What is Cuneiform?
Writing by Mesopotamians that used clay tablets and reeds
Writing system that used papyrus
Writing system based on ideographs
Writing system that is undecipherable
15
Hieroglyphics are....
Copied off of cuneiform
Only used for holy inscriptions
Mixture of phonetic sounds and images
Phonetic writing system of the Egyptians
16
What does "Mesopotamia" translate to?
The Gift of the Nile
Middle of the Earth
Land between two rivers
Central Arabia
17
The Pyramids are an example of.....?
The control Egypt had over their Hebrew slaves
The Egyptians ability to control the Nile
The knowledge and organization of Egypt
The successful military campaigns of Egypt
18
When is the test?
Next week
I don't care, I'll fail anyway.
I dunno... When is it?
TOMORROW
19
What is something that farming unfortunately led to?
Slavery
Population decrease
Gender equality
Job specialization
20
What does Paleolithic Age mean?
New Stone Age
Bronze Age
Gathering Diet Age
Old Stone Age
21
All of these Civilizations had only male rulers EXCEPT:
Harappa
Phoenicians
Mesopotamia
Ancient Egypt
22
Will you pass the test?
No, I suck at WHAP. :(
YES! :D
YES! :D
YES! :D
23
What a possible way that Egyptians built the pyramids?
Labor during the off season
Aliens
Early iron tools
Forced Nubian slave labor
24
How did the Olmec influence the later Mayan people?
Their creation of mud brick ziggurats
Their system of writing and calendar
Their domestication of the potato
Their warlike and violent tendencies
25
What advantage(s) did Mesopotamia have?
Unified under a single leader God/King
There were no threats of invasion
Regular flooding of the Nile
Useful crop and animal varieties
26
Who made this?
Sumerians in Mesopotamia
Hittites in Anatolia
Bantus in South Africa
Hebrews in Jerusalem
27
Which dynasty of China is most associated with spirit bones?
Zhou
Xia
Qin
Shang
28
What is This?
A naked woman that serves no purpose
A stone carving?
Your Mom
A depiction of Venus, the Goddess of fertility
29
What did the need for irrigation lead to?
More people turned to farming
Early governments
Increased flooding
Wealthy classes of farmers
30
What major contribution to world history did the Phoenicians make?
They created Hinduism
Their ships were the first to reach the Americas
It's all about the snails, 'bout the snails, no agriculture!
A more widespread version of Mesopotamian cuneiform.
31
How did humans get food in the Paleolithic Age?
Early agriculture
Animal herding
Hunting and gathering
Solely by fishing
32
Describe social class in the Paleolithic.
No wealth led to few distinctions
Wealthy men owned many slaves
No wealth led to many distinctions
Wealthy tribes held a lot of power
33
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
First set of laws ever devised
Story of Sargon the Great's rise to power
First recorded novel/story
Religious poem that became basis of Hinduism
34
What is NOT a possible sign of the dynasty losing the Mandate of Heaven?
Spread of Confucianism
Peasant revolts
Terrible storms
Earthquakes
35
How do we know about the expansion of the Indo-Europeans?
Their unified empire
Their fossil record
Their writing
Their language
36
What is this a picture of?
A Ziggurat Temple
The City of Ur
LOL, I have NO IDEA.
Egyptian Pyramid
37
What do you need to start a civilization?
A surplus of babies
A surplus of food
A surplus of Iron
A surplus of the Mongols
38
What is NOT a reason for settling near a river?
Clean drinking water
Made trade and transportation faster
Access to river bed iron sources
Easier to irrigate crops in dry climates
39
China's writing system is.....?
Based on characters that represent spoken sound
Based on Japanese characters spread through trade
Changeable to adapt to different regions
Based upon symbols representing ideas
40
Sargon of Akkad was the first to do what?
Create a phonetic writing system
Create law code that unified his empire
Unify all of Egypt
Conquer and create an empire
41
How was the Neolithic different than the Paleolithic?
Introduction of farming
Introduction of archery weapons
Introduction of cross ocean travel
Introduction of iron working
42
Hammurabi was more successful than Sargon because....
His rules appealed to the lowest class people
His army used steel weapons
He was a cruel and controlling leader
His country was unified by law
43
Which Chinese dialect started to become more prominent during the Zhou Dynasty?
Manchurian
Cantonese
Hunan
Mandarin
44
What is a major innovation by the Bantu?
Canoes
They Domesticated Horses
The Wheel
The Caste System
45
Why were the pyramids built?
To control the slave labor force
To show the power of Egypt
To intimidate the enemies of Egypt
To serve as tombs for the Pharaohs

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