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1
What is basic political unit of the Sumerian civilization?
city-place
Egypt
50 states
city-state
2
Which river was called China's Sorrow?
Nile River
Tigris River
Yangtze River
Yellow River
3
Egyptians could move up the social ladder for everything except
lineage
success in their jobs
marraige
loyal service as slaves
4
A King could lose the Mandate of Heaven through the ____________ cycle
polytheistic
natural
dynastic
meiosis
5
How many months were on the Egyptian Calendar?
12
8
13
16
6
What is another name for the Neolithic Revolution?
Agricultural Revolution
Technological Revolution
American Revolution
Industrial Revolution
7
Disobeying a law from the pharaoh meant disobeying a
demon
cow
god
ancestor
8
Hebrews were monotheistic, meaning
one god
many gods
9
Hebrews were
Polytheistic
Monotheistic
10
Which of these descriptions best fits the role of Pharaoh in Ancient Egypt?
Military General
God-king
Ruler, as result of winning a competition
Emperor
11
Slaves in Mesopotamia were either
soldiers or foreigners
merchants or kings
foreigners or children
children or merchants
12
Egypt is surrounded by what natural boundary?
Himalayan Mountains
Tundra
Ocean
Desert
13
Everyone in Egypt buried their dead.
True
False
14
The ideas of Confucianism were written in ________________________?
Hammurabi's Law Code
The book of the dead
The Analects
Rosetta's Stone
15
•All goods went through the _____________ and was then dispersed to the population
pharoah
emperor
peasants
priest king
16
The Chinese traded with outside civilizations.
True
False
17
Sumerians were
Agnostic
Atheist
Monotheistic
Polytheistic
18
When it comes to religion, what type of structure did archaeologist not find in Indus Civ.?
Temples
Pyramids
white house
boats
19
Who are the people to the north of China?
Italians
Mongolians
Egyptians
Mexicans
20
Polytheistic means many gods while monotheistic means
one god
2 gods
world history
many gods
21
Mesopotamia has unpredictable flooding.
False
True
22
Mesopotamian were advanced in applying _______________ to engineering
trigonometry
Algebra
geometry
Constellations
23
What type of government did Egypt have?
Monarchy
Theocracy
Oligarcy
Democracy
24
Another name for Egypt is
Sorrow of the Nile
Gift of the Nile
Gift of Arabia
Land of no return
25
Hammurabi's law code had a total of __________ laws
222
362
282
182
26
All of these are technological advances of the Indus River Civ. that we still use today except?
City Planning
pyramids
Waste disposal
plumbing
27
____________ are heald higher than artisans or merchants because they produced food
soldiers
kings
peasants
slaves
28
Which action is most closely associated with the early Mesopotamian civilizations?
building floating gardens to grow corn
constructing Hindu temples
establishing representative democracies
developing a writing system using cuneiform
29
Due to the lack of a Rosetta Stone, we are unable to dicipher the ______________ writing/script
Chinese
hieroglyphics
Cunieform
Indus Valley
30
If you see a person farming and using tools you can assume what ?
He is a part of a civilization
he is a nomad
31
Chinese building were made of
stone
wood
mud
brick
32
What 2 rivers are found in Mesopotamia?
Nile and Yellow River
Tigris and Nile River
Tigris and Euphrates River
Yellow and Yangtze River
33
All were mentioned as China's lasting technological contributions except?
standardized coins
cast iron tools & weapons
The Grand Canal
a calendar with 12 months and 30 days
34
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35
The activity displayed in this model could be used as evidence to argue that egyptians
lived in settled communities
practiced hunting
engaged in foraging
relied on slash-and-burn technology
36
Chinese believed in
Anubis' judgement day
ancestor worship
God
Hammurabi
37
Sumerians believed that once you are dead you entered
Anubis' world
The land of no return
The middle kingdom
The land of new beginnings
38
How did the Chinese justify their rule?
Mandate of Heaven
Theocracy
kings are gods
City-States
39
China is located along which 2 rivers?
Yellow (Huang He) and Euphrates River
Yangtze and Nile River
Tigris and Euphrates River
Yellow (Huang He) and Yangtze River
40
The ancient Hebrews were among the first to develop a religious tradition that included
ancestor worship
holy pilgrimages
sacrafices
monotheism