WORLD HISTORY: SOL Review Quiz 2

Approximately when was the first appearance of homo sapiens on Earth?

• 100,000-400,000 years ago
• 1 million years ago
• 25,000 to 50,000 years ago
• 2 to 3 million years ago

What type of group would need to inhabit an area with abundant natural resources for food, water and shelter?

• An artisan guild
• A herd of zebras
• The bourgeosie
• Hunter-Gatherers

What time period is known as the Old Stone Age?

• Bronze Age
• Iron Age
• Paleolithic Era
• Neolithic Era

The agricultural revolution was characterized by

• use of fire
• advanced tools
• iron production
• building castles

Where would you have found the first agricultural settlements?

• Near a river
• Near the mountains
• Near the Ocean
• On an island

Religion was a major part of life in all of the earliest civilizations. All were polytheistic EXCEPT

• Phoenicians
• Hebrews
• Kush
• Egyptians

Which of the following groups were responsible for advancing the development of mathematics (algebra) as well as the invention of the zero and the development of the "arabic numeral" system we use today?

• Gupta
• Aryans
• Kush
• Chinese

Which of the following is not characteristic of the classical Indian Hindu religion?

• Karma
• Caste System
• Nirvana
• Reincarnation

Who was the founder of Buddhism?

• Brahman
• Asoka
• Ganesh
• Siddhartha Gautama

Which of the following sets of beliefs BEST fits Buddhism?

• Happiness is detached from worldly desires
• Reincarnation
• Emphasis on the teachings of the Torah
• Prayer, fasting, and the hajj