Which of the following is not one of Buddha’s Four Noble Truth’s?

To attain nirvana, one must endure lifelong suffering

Phoenicians were known for all the below except?

Working with iron smelting technologies

What does the domestication mean?

The taming of animals for work and food.

All of the following is correct about Ardi except?

Ardi proved that humans evolved from Apes

All except which item below, were features of Harrapan city planning?

Ziggurat in the center of the city

The Mahabharata is an ancient epic poem that revolves around what event?

The story of how the Aryans worked to control Indian lands

1. What was life like in Ur?

The people of Ur lived in well-defined social classes

Which of the following would not be considered an artisan?

The priest who conducts religious services

Which of the following best describes how papyrus is made?

Splitting reeds and compressing them together with water.

Moksha can best be described as

Development of perfect understandings of all things

Which of the following is not one of the five characteristics of a civilization?

An advanced economy that uses the gold standard

Which of the following best describes what Knossos is?

the ancient Minoan capital city discovered by archaeologists

The Aryans that migrated to the Indus Valley brought the Vedas with them. What is the Vedas?

Collection of magic spells, prayers and instructions

A primate family that includes humans and their ancestors

What was the Neolithic Revolution?

The shift from food gathering to food producing culture.

What did early China’s geographical barriers cause?

a. A lack of trade with other civilizations and a need for self-sufficiency

The core belief of Jainism is that

All living things have a soul and should not be killed

Some of the accomplishments of Sumerian Science & Technology were

First to use bronze and had a complex system of writing—cuneiform

Which of the following is not an artifact?

A bone from an ancient hominid.

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1
Which of the following is not one of Buddha’s Four Noble Truth’s?
To end all desires is to end all suffering
Life is filled with suffering and sorrow
Selfish desires are the cause of suffering
To attain nirvana, one must endure lifelong suffering
2
Phoenicians were known for all the below except?
The deep purple-reddish dye they produced from snails
Working with iron smelting technologies
The invention of the keel in ship construction
Originating what became the modern alphabet
3
What does the domestication mean?
The development of new farming techniques.
Improved farming tools from advanced ironworks.
The taming of animals for work and food.
The genetic alteration of plants for food.
4
All of the following is correct about Ardi except?
Ardi was discovered by Yohannes HaileSelassie in 2001
Ardi's bones are approximately 4.4 million years old.
Ardi predates Lucy and walked upright
Ardi proved that humans evolved from Apes
5
All except which item below, were features of Harrapan city planning?
Lanes separate rows of houses (which featured bathrooms)
Streets in grid system are 30 feet wide
City built on mud-brick platform to protect against flood waters
Ziggurat in the center of the city
6
The Mahabharata is an ancient epic poem that revolves around what event?
The story of how the Aryans worked to control Indian lands
The attempt of the Hittites to conquer the Indus Valley
The struggle between the Hinduism and Buddhism
The attempt of the Aryan kings to conquer the Hittites
7
1. What was life like in Ur?
People expressed their belief by painting images in caves
a. People lived a nomadic lifestyle
The citizens of Ur pioneered the Neolithic Revolution
The people of Ur lived in well-defined social classes
8
Which of the following would not be considered an artisan?
The priest who conducts religious services
An ironworker that makes swords
A potter that creates vases for carrying water.
A person who makes sandals
9
Which of the following best describes how papyrus is made?
Splitting reeds and compressing them together with water.
Layers of heavy linen that are woven together,
Boiling wood shavings and melding them together.
Paintings on walls that utilize images to tell a story.
10
Minos was the king of the Minoans. Legends claim that he what creature in a labyrinth?
a hydra
a satyr
A minotaur
A centaur
11
Moksha can best be described as
Dialogue between the teacher and their student
Development of perfect understandings of all things
Chanting of ancient hymns by the Hindu priests
Belief that all living things have souls
12
Which of the following is not one of the five characteristics of a civilization?
Advanced technology that makes tasks easier
An advanced city with basic necessities for citizens
An advanced economy that uses the gold standard
Complex institutions
13
Which of the following best describes what Knossos is?
a fishing village built by the Phoenicians
An ancient city discovered in the Himalaya mountains
an ancient village discovered near the pyramids of Egypt
the ancient Minoan capital city discovered by archaeologists
14
The Aryans that migrated to the Indus Valley brought the Vedas with them. What is the Vedas?
A collection of paintings depicting Aryan migration
A collection of hieroglyphics about the Aryans migration
Collection of magic spells, prayers and instructions
chants by priests during religious ceremonies
15
What is a hominid?
A tool used by Cro-Magnon Man
A primate family that includes humans and their ancestors
The name given to specialized scribes in villages
Technology used to transport goods
16
What was the Neolithic Revolution?
The era when civilizations took control of the Nile
The period when early hominids began to walk upright.
The shift from food gathering to food producing culture.
When Homo Habilis began to use tools
17
Which society used iron-smelting technologies first?
a. China, along the Huang He and Yangtze Rivers
a. The Mesopotamians in the Fertile Crescent
a. Among the Harrapans in India
a. The Hittites in Anatolia.
18
In Hinduism, the soul’s good or bad deeds follows it in reincarnation. This is
Karma
Moksha
The caste system
A state of perfect understanding of all things
19
What did early China’s geographical barriers cause?
a. A sense of inferiority to other civilizations
a. A lack of trade with other civilizations and a need for self-sufficiency
a. A desire to be open with other civilizations
a. A peaceful society where conflict was rare
20
The word Mesopotamia comes from the ancient Greek, what does Mesopotamia mean?
Next to the ocean
Between two mountains.
Between two rivers
To be in the forests.
21
The core belief of Jainism is that
People who live a religious life will achieve nirvana
there is only a collective soul shared by all living things
All living things have a soul and should not be killed
the soul dies when the body dies and there is no after life
22
Some of the accomplishments of Sumerian Science & Technology were
Their practice of medicine was famous in the ancient world
First to use bronze and had a complex system of writing—cuneiform
Developed an advanced system of indoor plumbing
Used coins to make trade easier
23
Which of the following is not an artifact?
A fragment of an ancient clay tablet.
The tip of an ancient spear.
A necklace with semi-precious stones.
A bone from an ancient hominid.

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