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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following aspects did the Harrapan, Shang, and Sumerian civilizations have in common?Horse-drawn plowsRiver-based settlementsUrban centers of over 100,000 peoplePastoral-based economy
- 2. Multiple ChoicePeople in the Paleolithic Era were nomads becausethey did not know how to build sturdy houses.they were easily bored and wanted to see the world.they followed the herds of animals in order to get food to surviveNone of these
- 3. Multiple ChoiceThe Neolithic Revolution refers to the time when early humans-mastered fire.developed agriculture.migrated from Africa.organized governments
- 4. Multiple Choice
The concept of power in China, to justify the conquest of the Shang royal family by the Zhou, could be summed up by the concept of
Nirvana
Moshka
Mandate of Heaven
Democracy
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhere did the first agriculture develop?The Fertile CrescentEuropeAfricaThe Pacific Ocean
- 6. Multiple Choice
The two rivers that dominated Mesopotamia and derived its meaning from Ancient Greek language "land between two rivers" are the
Red River & Rio Grande.
Tigris & Yarmouk Rivers.
Tigris & Euphrates Rivers.
Black & Indus Rivers.
- 7. Multiple Choice
What group is credited with the development of the first writing system of Cuneiform and earliest recorded city-state in Mesopotamia?
Mayans
Ottomans
Aztecs
Sumerians
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is credited with being one of the earliest law codes in history?Magna CartaHammurabi's CodeDeclaration of IndependenceThe Ziggurat
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat was at the center of city-states in Mesopotamia?zigguratspyramidstownhallsStatutes of Gods and Goddesses
- 10. Multiple ChoiceThe development of classes of people specializing in particular types of labor, such as artisans, priests, scribes and merchants, in early civilizations was most likely made possible bythe invention of writingsurplus foodpatriarchal relationshipstrade between groups
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was NOT a common trait of early civilization?
Irrigation canals
Structural places for worship
domestication of plants and animals
Nomadism
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which ancient civilization disappeared for reasons that are unknown but probably due to massive unpredictable flooding?
Indus River
Mesopotamia
China
Egypt
- 13. Multiple Choice
The concept of civilization includes all of the following EXCEPT
greater social equality and justice
writing systems, communication, accounting practices
the development of cities with architecture, complex religions, and governments
specialization of labor and public projects like irrigation and central markets
- 14. Multiple Choice
The characteristic political organization of the Tigris-Euphrates civilization was
democracy.
large, durable empires.
regional city states.
small, nomadic groups.
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which River Valley is furthest East of all four and located in Northern Africa?
China
Mesopotamia
Indus
Egypt
- 16. Multiple Choice
What river valley would have been here?ChinaMesopotamiaIndusEgypt - 17. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the first river valley to appear?ChinaEgyptIndusMesopotamia
- 18. Multiple Choice
What rivers are nearby the Ancient Chinese civilization and developed between both of them?
Nile River and Mississippi Rivers
Indus and Ganges Rivers
Yangtze and Yellow Rivers
Tigris and Euphrate Rivers
- 19. Multiple ChoiceMost early religious traditions can be categorized as -MonotheisticPolytheisticAtheisticAgnostic
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the Egyptian form of writing?CuneiformMandarinHieroglyphicsSumerian
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the ruling family called in China?PatriarchMatriarchDynastyRoyalty
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWhat structures were built in Egypt to be the burial place of the Pharaohs?PyramidsThe Great WallMausoleumsEiffel Tower
- 23. Multiple ChoiceThis annual event allowed the cultures of the River Valley areas to have fertile farm land.FloodingDroughtTornadoesHurricanes
- 24. Multiple Choice
The rapid rise in population is due to a surplus of what because of job specialization and surpluses?
Land
Food
Housing
Money
- 25. Multiple ChoiceWhat form of writing was used in ancient Sumeria?HieroglyphicsMandarinCuneiformAncient Symbols
- 26. Multiple ChoiceWhat do you call someone who works as a record keeper (someone who writes things down)?PriestScribeMerchantArtisan
- 27. Multiple ChoiceWho made a written Code of Laws?SargonAbrahamHammurabiGilgemesh
- 28. Multiple Choice
What invention led to the rise of civilizations?
Fire
Agricultural
Writing
Tools
- 29. Multiple ChoiceThe word domestication refers to:making water flow to new placesfinding and killing foodlearning to make letterschanging the behavior of plants and animals
- 30. Multiple Choice______________ and Mohenjo-Daro were very well organized cities in the Indus River Valley.HamahamaHarappaHimalayaHindu Kush
- 31. Multiple ChoiceThis early language system is best associated with the Indus River Valley CivilizationsSanskritHieroglyphicsCuneiformPictographs
- 32. Multiple ChoiceWhat does it mean to be pastoral?to grow crops and live off of the landto live in a settled community of villageto wander, having no fixed hometo live off the secondary products of animals who graze
- 33. Multiple Choice
In early Chinese history, what were oracle bones used for that eventually turned into Chinese writing?
Cooking
Telling stories
Building the Great Wall of China
Asking for advice from the gods
- 34. Multiple Choice
Religious practice of spirits that inhabits objects like natural landforms or natural objects like trees, rivers, lakes, etc.
oracle bones
animism
worship of the dead
mediator transference
- 35. Multiple Choice
What characteristic did early hominids share with modern humans of walking on two feet instead of knuckle walking?
Speech and language
The inability to live in groups
Small brains
Bipedalism
- 36. Multiple Choice
If you wanted to excavate fossils of the earliest human ancestors, to what country might you travel?
Australia Outback
Great Wall of China (Asian continent)
Great Rift Valley (African continent)
Ice sheets of Iceland
- 37. Multiple Choice
"Lucy" was found in by whom?
Louis Leakey
Early Primates
Mary Leakey
Cristopher Columbus
- 38. Multiple Choice
What were Louis and Mary Leakey and Dr. David Johanson?
archaeologists
historians
grave digger
fossil
- 39. Multiple Choice
What was the "Gift of the Nile"?
The plentiful minerals that made it possible to built large monuments such as pyramids
an ancient Egyptian epic poem describing how the Gods blessed Egypt with water
a huge Temple dedicated to the Pharoah Cleopatra
the abundance of fertile soil surrounding the Nile River due to its predictable pattern of yearly flooding.
- 40. Multiple Choice
Babylon was located in which ancient river valley and largest center of government for Hammurabi?
Nile
Indus
Mesopotamia
Huang He
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