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- 1. Multiple Choice
One of the main outcomes of the Neolithic Revolution was
a new vulnerability to disease
a rise in local population rates
new monarchies being formed
a greater ability to hunt game
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is the correct chronology for the following eras in prehistory?
Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age
Iron Age, Bronze Age, Stone Age
Stone Age, Iron Age, Bronze Age
Bronze Age, Stone Age, Tin Age
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which people migrated south into ancient India and replaced the older Harappan civilization around 1500 B.C.E.?
The Mughals
The Persians
The Aryans
The Mongols
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements about the Shang, c. 1500 B.C.E., is true?
It was the classical dynasty praised by Confucius.
It was an early Chinese dynasty that was based on bronze technology.
The emperor ruled by proclamation and the military dispensed justice.
It conquered all of Southeast Asia.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Paleolithic society can be characterized by which of the following traits?
Its members worshiped a single creator God.
Tools made of iron were used by settled communities.
The division of labor was based on gender in a hunter-gatherer system.
Large urban communities evolved.
- 6. Multiple Choice
The earliest urban settlements are believed to have been established
by Germanic tribes in northern Europe
in North America by the Hopewell peoples
in the Balkans by Slavic tribes
by the Sumerians in southern Mesopotamia
- 7. Multiple Choice
The Olmec, c. 1400 B.C.E., were known as
an early Mesoamerican society with a central authority.
successors to the Aztecs.
a trading people who ranged across North America.
militarily aggressive and brutal.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Early written evidence of China's first dynasties has been found
inscribed on sandstone cliffs in Mongolia.
on oracle bones used for divination.
in buried parchments in Nanjing.
in toms in Xian.
- 9. Multiple Choice
For many centuries, ancient Egypt was protected from its enemies by
a mummy army.
a series of walls built near the Nile delta.
the surrounding geography.
the walls of Alexandria.
- 10. Multiple Choice
Cuneiform writing was first used in
Babylonia, c. 1300 B.C.E.
East China, c. 2100 B.C.E.
Egypt, c. 2400 B.C.E.
Mesopotamia, c. 3500 B.C.E.
- 11. Multiple Choice
Early animism was associated with the worship of
mountain deities.
tribal leaders.
spirits found in nature.
one creator God.
- 12. Multiple Choice
The expanding base of agrarian society in Shang China was mainly due to
more efficient use of irrigation.
better tools made from steel.
lower infant mortality.
bountiful rains for terraced agriculture.
- 13. Multiple Choice
In ancient Egypt, the pharaoh was regarded as a
great designer of epic buildings.
demigod who oversaw rituals to ensure harmony and continuity.
warrior king above all.
mortal leader blessed by the gods.
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is TRUE of artisans in the Neolithic Age?
Crafts were often made from bronze.
Sophisticated plows were made from iron.
Glass works were traded from village to village.
Village artisans fashioned tools from stone.
- 15. Multiple Choice
Results of cultural diffusion among early civilizations included
the cultivation of potatoes.
Harrappan sewage systems.
Egyptian gladiator games.
none of the above.
- 16. Multiple Choice
The Indus Valley civilization
relied heavily on communal planning.
is best studied through its written records.
declined after the arrival of Aryan invaders.
shared similar flood control concerns with the Egyptians.
- 17. Multiple Choice
The earliest civilizations in both the Eastern and Western hemispheres were similar in
their technological knowledge.
their location at similar latitudes.
the extent of their trade contacts with neighboring peoples.
their practice of polytheism.
- 18. Multiple Choice
The Egyptian civilization was similar to the Sumerian civilization
in its reliance on natural defense barriers.
in its system of social stratification.
in its political structure.
in the extent to which its culture was diffused.
- 19. Multiple Choice
Who is credited with being the first to codify law?
Justinian
Sargon of Akkad
Emperor Qin
Hamurabi
- 20. Multiple Choice
All of the following were features of the civilizations in Mesopotamia, Mesoamerica, the Indus River Valley, and the Yellow River Valley EXCEPT
religious systems that included sacrifice rituals.
a degree of social stratification.
construction of architectural monuments.
centralized government.
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