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1
Who is given credit for building the Great Wall of China?
Liu Bang
Chandragupta Maurya
Qin Shi Huangdi
Han Wudi
2
Only ________ of China's land can be farmed.
1/2
1/3
1/10
1/4
3
The most famous pharaoh during the Old Kingdom was
Thutmose II
Ramses II
Narmer (Menes)
Khufu
4
Egypt reached the height of its power and glory during the
New Kingdom
rule of Khufu
Middle Kingdom
Old Kingdom
5
The Nile's ____________ and the Mediterranean Sea protected Egypt from invasion.
currents
cataracts
crocodiles
floods
6
The Holy Book of Hinduism is called the
Torah
Qu'ran
Talmud
Vedas
7
This man was one of India's best known emperors. He gave up warring and became a Buddhist.
Asoka
Chandragupta Maurya
Khufu
Samudragupta
8
What did the Chinese people call their homeland?
The Middle Kingdom
Anyang
The Old Kingdom
The New Kingdom
9
The Indian social system that grouped people based on their birth, wealth, or occupation
democracy
caste system
feudal system
meritocracy
10
Indo-Europeans living in central Asia who migrated to India and Iran were called
Vaisyas
Brahmins
Aryans
Mongols
11
The ultimate goal of Hinduism is to be reincarnated into the highest position called
dharma
nirvana
karma
moksha
12
India's earliest civilization was in a city called ________, located in the Indus River Valley.
Pataliputra
Harappa
Tenochtitlan
Teotihuacan
13
Hunter gatherers moved to the Nile Valley more than __________ years ago.
12,000
4,000
8,000
10,000
14
According to Zhou kings, a heavenly law gave them the power to rule. This law is called:
The Heavenly Order of Zhou Kings
The Divine Right of Kings
The Mandate of Heaven
The Tao of Zhou
15
The Egyptian sun god is named
Osiris
Amun-Re
Thoth
Horus
16
The first ruler of Egypt was named ___________.
Ramses II
Khufu
Narmer (Menes)
Chandragupta
17
China's first rulers probably came from the __________ Dynasty.
Shang
Han
Qin
Xia
18
The ruler/warrior class of the caste system were called
Kshatriyas
Sudras
Vaisyas
Brahmins
19
This group is not a part of the caste system and is forced to perform the dirtiest jobs.
Sudras
Vaisyas
Aryans
Untouchables
20
The Egyptian god of the underworld is named
Horus
Re
Osiris
Ptah
21
The longest river in the world is the _________ River.
Nile
Indus
Tigris
Yangtze
22
The cycle of rebirth is called
moksha
reincarnation
dharma
karma
23
What civilization developed a base-10 number system and created the number zero?
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Mesopotamia
Ancient India
Ancient China
24
The belief in more than one god is called
monotheism
polytheism
animism
Hinduism
25
The first Indian Empire was called the __________ Empire.
Maurya
Gupta
Shang
Zhou
26
Ancient Egyptians believe in an afterlife which stems from a life force called
karma
qi
ka
tao
27
The Hindu universal god or spirit is called
Vishnu
Brahman
Brahma
Shiva
28
Who was at the top of the Egyptian social class system?
Pharaoh
Priests
Nobles
Scribes
29
The two major rivers in China are the Yangtze (Chang Jiang) and the
Huang He
Ganges
Euphrates
Wei He
30
What group of people invaded Egypt during the Middle Kingdom and ruled for 200 years?
Assyrians
Hittites
Hyksos
Persians
31
The first female pharaoh of Egypt was named
Akhenaton
Thutmose II
Ramses II
Hatshepsut
32
The Vedas were written in a language called
Latin
Sanskrit
Mandarin
Phoenician
33
The three main gods in Hinduism are Brahma, Shiva and
Saraswati
Vishnu
Parvati
Lakshmi