Chapter 2 Review-World History

What did the pyramids show about the old kingdom?

• The leadership, economy, and government were strong.
• They had access to a good supply of stone, limestone, and granite.
• They had well developed math and engineering skills.
• All of the above

Which of the following distinguished the cities of the Indus Valley?

• Cities were always at war.
• Cities were a jumble of streets.
• Cities were planned and had plumbing.
• Cities were destroyed by horse-drawn chariots.

Why do we know so little about the Indus Valley civilization?

• It existed for only a few hundred years.
• There are few artifacts from the Indus Valley.
• Its written language has not been deciphered.
• It is a part of the world that has been ignored.

Why were Egyptian farmers more fortunate than the farmers of Mesopotamia?

• The Nile River flooded more deeply.
• The Nile flooded at regular intervals.
• The Nile frequently changed course.
• All of the above.

What was a major advantage of the Chinese system of writing?

• All the readers needed to know was a small pictographs.
• The Chinese written language changed constantly.
• People all over China could read it.
• All of the above.

How did the Mandate of Heaven affect government in China?

• It led to long periods of war among families.
• Leaders read oracle bones to select new rulers.
• It allowed new rulers to justify the overthrow of a declining dynasty.
• The ruler received a mandate that they could marry.

What percent of land was good for farming in China?

• 10%
• 50%
• 20%
• 40%

Which desert is located in China?

• Gobi
• Sahara
• Red
• None of the above

What are the most important rivers of China?

• Ganges and Indus
• Rhine and Danube
• Huang He and Yangtze
• Tigris and Euphrates

What ruler was famous for a uniform code of laws that unified his empire?

• Kalibangan
• Zhou
• Hammurabi
• Shang