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World History A Unit 1 Exam Review- Part 1
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Review for the Unit 1 Exam in World History A- Part 1
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1
Mesopotamia stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf along which river system?
The Nile River
The Tigris-Euphrates Rivers
The Mississippi River
The Indus River
2
Early farmers were more likely to die from animal-born diseases and contaminated water.
True
False
3
Who developed cuneiform?
Phoenicians
Assyrians
Ancient Egyptians
Sumerians
4
Egyptian pyramids were believed to have been constructed by craftspeople and peasants.
True
False
5
This text provided spells and rituals to prepare the dead for a safe journey to the afterlife
The Book of the Dead
The Epic of Gilgamesh
The Shang Dynasty
Mohenjo-daro and Harappa
6
Nomads were:
People who lived in cities
People who traveled around following animal herds
People who invented writing
People who developed money systems
7
Prehistory refers to the time when people did not leave written records.
True
False
8
The first written law code to address all aspects of daily life. It was meant to keep order.
King Tut's Code
The Law of the Twelve Tables
The Terms of Service
Hammurabi's Code
9
Archaeologists’ typical job duties include:
Searching for and examining remains of past civilizations
Repelling down a cave to search for cave paintings
All of the above
Spending several hours outdoors digging for lost tombs
10
The form of government used to rule ancient Egypt, where the pharaoh was viewed as a god-king
Democracy
Confucianism
Communism
Theocracy
11
They developed an alphabet that was later the basis for the Greek alphabet.
Phoenicians
Sumerians
Babylonians
Assyrians
12
The Ten Commandments are said to have arrived by this means:
Written by King Darius I of Persia
Washed up on a riverbank after a flood
Revealed to Moses by God on Mt. Sinai.
13
The hominid known as "wise man" due to increased brain size and ability to trap large prey is:
Homo Habilis
Homo Sapien
Australopithecus
Homo Erectus
14
Scientists believe that hominids migrated to other parts of the world from Africa.
False
True
15
Civilizations flourished due to the following reasons:
Development of a writing system
Creation of organized government
Specialization and division of labor
All of the Above
16
Culture is a learned way of living.
True
False
17
The Royal Roads, the Immortals, and Zoroastrianism were all achievements of the:
Persians
Greeks
Babylonians
Assyrians
