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1
What is true of the Hebrew people?
compiled the Torah
accepted teachings including the Four Noble Truths
developed their beliefs and practices over time
worshiped many gods
2
Which people survived by only killing animals for their meat, and looking for wild foods?
hunter and gathers
Ancient Egyptians
Greeks
Sumerians
3
Which was Hammurabi's most significant accomplishment?
Great Ziggurat at Ur
written code of law
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
world's first library
4
What is a
millennium
?
ten years
thousand years
fifty years
hundred years
5
What is the criteria to be considered a civilization?
various jobs
cities
strong government leaders
extra food
6
What shows the Ancient Egyptians believed in the afterlife?
settled along the Nile River and built irrigation canals
waged war against their neighbors and traded
built pyramids and mummified their dead pharaohs
worshiped many gods and built ziggurats
7
Which were characteristics of early civilization in the Indus Valley?
hieroglyphics
embalming of the dead
indoor plumbing
signature seals used in trade
8
Which is a basic teaching of Judaism?
God cares about people and expects them to act morally.
People have a personal relationship with God
Souls are reborn many times in reincarnation.
Praying at the temple is the only way to worship God.
9
Who do historians believe authored the
Iliad
and the
Odyssey
?
Homer
Hercules
Herodotus
Hammurabi
10
How did China's early civilization differ from other civilizations?
isolated from other civilizations
relied heavily on trade
continues today
failed to develop any kind of writing
11
Which civilization made the art in the picture?
Sumer
Egypt
China
Mesopotamia
12
Known as the father of the Hebrews, who is described in scripture as making a covenant with God?
Moses
Isaac
Abraham
Jacob
13
The Mesopotamian civilization gave what important contribution?
the wheel
gridlike streets
the phonetic alphabet
monotheistic beliefs
14
What is a
decade
?
hundred years
two thousand years
thousand years
ten years
15
Why was Howard Carter's discovery of Tut's tomb important?
first Egyptian tomb found in modern times intact
held the mummification process
contained blueprints for the pyramids
confirmed that Egyptian royalty had great wealth
16
Which are part of the Greek legacy to the modern world?
art
first written code of law
dictatorship
democracy
17
Which civilization made the art shown here?
China
Indus Valley
Egypt
Mesopotamia
18
What is an example of a
region
?
places where there are ski slopes
Canada and Argentina
states known as the Midwest
National Forests of the United States
19
Which leader was a ruthless warrior who converted to Buddhism and worked to spread its teachings?
Asoka
Abraham
Siddhartha Gautama
Confucius
20
Why did early communities in a region have little contact with other cultures?
people settle where it empties into the sea
a large river floods every year
natural features in an area include mountains, large deserts, and ocean
a river changes course over time
21
What is one theory about the decline of the Indus Valley civilization?
earthquakes caused massive destruction
laborers could no longer make a living
soil became too salty for crops to grow
disease destroyed much of the population
22
Who was known for his engineering wonder known as the Hanging Gardens?
Asoka
Sargon
Hammurabi
Nebuchadnezzar
23
What is the difference between polytheism and monotheism?
Monotheism is the worship of one god
Monotheism is the worship of many gods
Polytheism is the worship of many gods
Polytheism is the worship of one god
24
Which civilization made the art shown in the picture?
Sumer
Egypt
Mesopotamia
Indus Valley
25
Which characteristics are part of early Chinese culture?
spread monotheism to other cultures
developed independent city-states
oracle bones
ancestor worship
26
What is true of the Mesopotamian civilizations?
Sargon established the world's first empire.
built neatly planned cities on grids.
invented the idea of democracy.
all males participated in government.
27
Why were ziggurats built in Sumer?
places to study the moon
government meeting places
burial tombs for royalty
temples to the gods
28
Who taught ordinary people and rulers how to act within five key relationships?
Confucius
Ramses
Nebuchadnezzar
Hammurabi
29
Which is Ramses II known for?
designing the largest of the pyramids at Giza
building enormous monuments at Abu Simbel
overseeing construction of the Grand Canal
rebuilding the capital city at Ur
30
What common characteristics did early river valley civilizations share?
floodwaters left behind fertile soil for farming
rivers provided defensive barriers against invasion
built cities along rivers that rarely flooded
all traded with each other using the connecting rivers
31
Why is Confucianism considered a philosophy rather than a religion?
only taught people how to live a good life
encouraged freedom of religion
did not require clergy to teach its rulings
taught about the afterlife
32
Why was
The Epic of Gilgamesh
important?
story of the evil ruler
explains why the Sumerians needed the gods
tale of how Gilgamesh conquered the gods
epic poem shows Sumerian values
33
Which were part of ancient Egyptian civilization?
history divided into three kingdoms
made a kind of paper from reeds
well-planned cities in the mountains
longest continuous civilization in the world
34
Which civilization made the art in the picture?
Mesopotamia
Egypt
Sumer
China
35
What is a
century
?
thousand years
ten years
hundred years
hundred thousand years
36
Why don't we know more about the Indus Valley civilization?
no one has been able to translate the writing
all artifacts were stolen by thieves
had no form of writing
artifacts were washed away
