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AP World History review on the early history of Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia
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1
What was age of Egypt that was most known for literature and art?
New Kingdom
Old Kingdom
Egyptian Empire
Middle Kingdom
2
Who was the leader of the Israelites when they branched off from the Hebrews?
Moses
Manu
Gilgamesh
Hammurabi
3
Which pyramid of Giza includes the sphinx?
Abu Simbel
Menkaure
Khufu
Khafre
4
Term meaning the development of agriculture and pastoralism in the early history of humanity.
Triassic Age
Jurassic Age
Paleolithic Revolution
Neolithic Revolution
5
What two rivers did Mesopotamia emerge from?
Tigris and Euphrates River
There were no rivers
Yellow and Yangtze River
Indus and Nile River
6
Who was an Egyptian queen whose tomb was hidden for many years?
Queen of Sheba
Hatshepset
Nefertiti
Cleopatra
7
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
A series of tales about a Arabian king named Gligamesh
A series of tales about a Mesopotamian king named Gilgamesh
A series of tales about a Chinese king named Gligamesh
A series of tales about a Egyptian king named Gligamesh
8
What were the specializations of labor in Mesopotamia?
Pottery, Metallurgy, Textiles
Farming, Trading, Fishing
Cattle-herding, wheat, sculptures
Writing, Priest(ess), Painting
9
One of the first sets of unified law codes, "The code of Hammurabi" was the law of which empire?
Babylonians
Assyrians
Hittites
Akkadians
10
Who were the Hykos that settled in Egypt?
Horse riding invaders from Southwest Asia
Nubian invaders
Persian intellectuals
The Kushan empire's army
11
Who is your favorite cuneiform scholar?
I didn't have time to look up others
Irving Finkel
Hammurabi
12
What was the basis of the Code of Hammurabi?
Absolute control
Equality
Fairness
"Eye for an eye"
13
Who is the god of the dead and embalming?
Osiris
Isis
Horus
Anubis
14
Two immediate outcomes of the Agriculture Revolution
Belief in animism and end of forced labor
Long-distance maritime trade and Specialization of Labor
Military warfare and scientific innovation
Patriarchy and Pastoralism
15
The Akkadian leader who established the first empire to rule all of Mesopotamia was
Sargon
Ashurbanipal
Senecherib
Hammurabi
16
What buildings were dedicated to Priests/Gods in Mesopotamia?
Pyramids
Ziggarut
Stupas
Babel
17
The living pharoah in Egypt is an incarnation of which god that has a falcon head?
Horus
Anubis
Set
Ra
18
Who is the king that unified Egypt?
Cheops
Khufu
Menes
Anubis
19
What was Egypt and Nubia known as?
"The Land of the Pharaohs"
"Treasures of the Nile"
"The Land to the West"
"Gifts of the Nile"
20
What is another name for the Old Stone Age or the time period in which humans started making tools out of stone?
Pastoral
Neolithic
Egalitarian
Paleolithic
21
Which pharoah worshiped Aten exclusively? Some scholars interpret this as the first instance of monotheism
Akhenaten
Atenaten
Tutankhamen
Ramses I
22
What was the Old Kingdom of Egypt known for?
Empire age
Literature and Art
Mummification, Pyramids, Hieroglyphics
23
The region of Mesopotamia lies in which present-day country?
Afghanistan
Iraq
Iran
Egpyt
24
Cleopatra lived closer to the advent of bitcoin than the Pyramids at Giza.
False
True
25
What famous cave has one of the longest sets of cave paintings?
Lascaux
Luxeuil
Lyon
Lille
26
What place had to be completely relocated in the 1960s to avoid being submerged during the creation of Lake Nasser
Abu Simbel
Karnak Temple
Luxor Temple
Deir el-Bahri
27
What was the first writing system?
Cuneiform
Hieroglyphics
Chinese Characters
Linear A
28
Which civilization invented cuneiform writing?
Hittites
Babylonians
Sumerians
Akkadians
29
The oldest Neolithic settlement made of numerous small houses built of sun-dried brick that backed on to one another
Banpo
Jerusalem
Catalhuyuk
Jericho
30
Who is the lord of the underworld and husband to Isis?
Osiris
Horus
Set
Anubis
