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History, Social Studies
9th -
12thgrade
Unit 1: Ancient Civilizations & World Religions
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- 1. Multiple Choice
"... Paleolithic men could not control their food supply. So long as they relied on foraging, hunting, fishing, and trapping, they were dependent on the natural food supply in a given area to keep from starving. But while Paleolithic men continued their food-gathering pattern of existence in Europe, Africa, and Australia, groups of people in the Near East began to cultivate edible plants and to breed animals. Often described as the 'first economic revolution' in the history of man, this momentous change from food-gathering to a food-producing economy initiated the Neolithic Age. Paleolithic man was a hunter; Neolithic man became a farmer and herdsman..." - T. Walter Walbank, et al., Civilization: Past and Present, Scott, Foresman, and Company
According to the authors of this passage, what is one significant change that occurred between the Paleolithic and the Neolithic Ages?
Women began to share equal responsibility for hunting and gathering with men
People in Europe and Africa began to farm earlier than those in Asia and Australia
Man switched from food-gathering to food-producing due to the Neolithic Revolution
Men who relied on farming and herding lived a shorter life than those who hunted and gathered
- 2. Multiple Choice
Based on this comic, which of the following is NOT a major effect of the Neolithic Revolution?
Selective planting allowed for better quality harvests.
New ways of preparing and cooking food developed.
The development of fences allowed people to keep herds of animals.
People began to hunt and fish more often.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Based on the above image, which element of civilization is evident in Mesopotamia?
Specialized workers
Record keeping
Advanced cities
Complex institutions
- 4. Multiple Choice
Based on the time line, what inference can be made about early humans?
Early man abandoned their nomadic lifestyle following the development of farming.
The settlement at Catahuyuk was more advanced than that at Jericho.
The first crop grown in the Middle East was barley.
Sheep were easier to domesticate than goats.
- 5. Multiple Choice
“The Sumerians…Having no stone or timber, they built with marsh reeds and river mud, invented the brick mold and erected cities of baked clay. They canaled the waters of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers and turned Sumer into a veritable Garden of Eden. To manage their irrigation systems they originated regional government, thus emerging from the petty social order of the family and village to the city-state." - Region in World History, Allyn and Bacon
Why were the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers important to the Sumerians?
It was essential to transporting goods and people
It allowed for the construction of building materials.
It prevented invasions from the north and south.
It facilitated the development of religion.
- 6. Multiple Choice
"Some several thousand years ago there once thrived a civilization in the Indus Valley. Located in what's now Pakistan and western India, it was the earliest known urban culture of the Indian subcontinent. The Indus Valley Civilization, as it is called, covered an area the size of western Europe. It was the largest of the four ancient civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, India and China. However, of all these civilizations the least is known about the Indus Valley people. This is because the Indus script has not yet been deciphered. There are many remnants of the script on pottery vessels, seals, and amulets, but without a "Rosetta Stone" linguists and archaeologists have been unable to decipher it." -The Harappan Civilization by Tarini J. Carr
How does the Indus River Valley from those in Egypt, Mesopotamia, and China?
The rivers in the Indus Valley flooded predictably, while the others did not.
The language of the Indus Valley has not been interpreted, while the others have been translated.
Life was more difficult in the Indus Valley than anywhere else.
The people of the Indus Valley did not have an organized religion, while the other regions did.
- 7. Multiple Choice
. If a man destroys the eye of another man, they shall destroy his eye.
. If a son strikes his father, they shall cut off his hand.
. If two people have a disagreement, both will go before a judge for a decision. If one of these people does not like the judge's ruling, then he has the right to appeal to a higher court. - Hammurabi's Code, ca. 1770 BCE
Which of the following statements is true about Hammurabi's Code based on the excerpt?
It is a religious code which punishes those who upset the gods.
It is a social order which designates who is more important in society.
It is a legal code in which all illegal actions have consequences.
It is a moral code which helps people lead better lives.
- 8. Multiple Choice
What inference can be made about early civilizations based on the map above?
Early civilizations were always formed around mountains and deserts.
Early civilizations needed to be next to an ocean for trade.
Early civilizations based geographic location on religious beliefs.
Early civilizations needed to be next to rivers in order to sustain life.
- 9. Multiple Choice
What does the elaborate nature of the Egyptian burial tomb suggest about the culture?
Egyptians considered death the end of all life.
Egyptians thought an elaborate tomb guaranteed riches in this world.
Egyptians placed a high value on religion and the afterlife.
Egyptians believed in no high power.
- 10. Multiple Choice
"To the King my lord, thy servant Arad-Nana . . .
To reduce the general inflammation of his [the patient’s] forehead I tied a bandage upon it. His face is swollen. Yesterday as formerly I opened the wound which had been received in the midst of it. As for the bandage which was over the swelling, matter was upon the bandage the size of the tip of the little finger. Thy gods, if they can restore unto him the whole flesh of his body, cause thou to invoke, and his mouth will cry; “Peace forever! May the heart of the king my lord be good!” He will live seven or eight days." - letter from an Assyrian physician, c 600s BCE
What type of advancement is discussed in this letter?
Construction
Medicinal
Religious
Trade
- 11. Multiple Choice
"There can no longer be any doubt that it was in China that the art of bronze was born. It only took the ancient Chinese a few centuries to attain the highest degree of mastery in the art, as proved by the pieces found at Anyang; this suggests that the beginnings of the Bronze Age may perhaps have coincided with those of the Shang dynasty . . . Bronze-casting brought with it on the one hand a number of highly important technical innovations such as horse-drawn chariots, writing, calendars, and new architectural forms, and, on the other, a social dichotomy that was to be of vital importance for Chinese history, by which society was divided into townsfolk (warrior noblemen and hunters) and the peasantry." - Jacques Gernet, Ancient China: From Beginnings to the Empire, 1964
How did bronze-casting affect life in ancient China?
It allowed the Chinese to develop more advanced architecture.
It prohibited many people from owning chariots.
It created an increased demand for iron.
It created a divide between the nobility and the king.
- 12. Multiple Choice
1. I am The Lord your God
2. You shall have no other gods to rival me
3. You shall not misuse the name of The Lord your God
4. Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy
5. Honor your father and your mother
6. You shall not kill
7. You shall not commit adultery
8. You shall not steal
9. You shall not give false evidence against your neighbor
10. You shall not covet
- The Ten Commandments
To which religions does this moral code apply?
Hinduism and Buddhism
Christianity and Buddhism
Judaism and Christianity
Islam and Hinduism
- 13. Multiple Choice
“The Night”
In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
By the night, when she lets fall her darkness, and by the radiant day! By Him that created the male and the female, your endeavors have different ends!
For him that gives in charity and guards himself against evil and believes in goodness, We shall smooth the path of salvation: but for him that neither gives nor takes and disbelieves in goodness, We shall smooth the path of affliction. When he breathes his last, his riches will not avail him.
It is for Us to give guidance. Ours is the life of this world, Ours the life to come. I warn you, then, of the blazing fire, in which none shall burn save the hardened sinner, who denies the truth and gives no heed. But the good man who purifies himself by almsgiving shall keep away from it: and so shall he that does good works for the sake of the Most High, not inrecompense for a favor. Such men shall be content. - excerpt from the Qur'an (Surah 92 The Night al Lail)
By what ways can Muslims live good lives?
Charity and good deeds
Working for the mosque and in the government
Charity and punishing the wicked
Humility and humbleness
- 14. Multiple Choice
"Enjoy the pleasure
bestowed on you,
and bear the pain
bestowed on you,
wait patiently for
what time brings,
as does the farmer
with the fruit.
Let us overcome
the angry man
with gentleness,
the evil man
with goodness
the miser
with generosity
the liar
with truth"
- The Mahabharata
Which of the following is NOT a life lesson from the Mahabharata?
Generosity
Patience
Pride
Gentleness
- 15. Multiple Choice
“In his (the leader) personal conduct,
He was respectful.
In his serving of his superiors
He was reverent.
In his nourishing the people
He was kind.
In governing the people
He was righteous.”
- Confucius, ca. 500 BCE
According to Confucius, which of the following is NOT a trait of a leader?
respect
kindness
righteousness
physical strength
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