WORLD HISTORY UNIT 2

In India, for which achievement is the Gupta Golden Age best known? WWSH2a DOK 1  

• a. Adoption of the printing press
• b. Invention of the iron foot stirrup
• c. Use of gun powder
• d. Development of the concept of zero

. A study of the Gupta Empire would include information about WWSH2a DOK 1

• a. Egyptian conquest
• b. Muslim architectural influences
• c. Medical and mathematical achievements
• d. The British East India’s Company’s trading posts

Which practice is closely associated with most ancient river valley civilizations? WWSH1a DOK 1

• a. Recording events in cave paintings
• b. Using irrigation systems
• c. Developing democratic traditions
• d. Spreading monotheism religious customs

4. Which belief system is considered monotheistic? WWSH1c DOK 1

• a. Judaism
• b. Confucianism
• c. Shinto
• d. Animism  

5. Explain the main principle behind the Code of Hammurabi? WWSH1a DOK 2  

• a. Church and state must be separated
• b. The punishment must be equal to the offence committed
• c. Don’t judge other people
• d. Justice and mercy must go hand and hand  

6.  Today people use a program called the Rosetta Stone to learn a foreign language. What did the early civilizations learn from their Rosetta Stone? WWSH1e DOK 2

• a. Identifying the early gods of the Egyptians
• Deciphering hieroglyphic writing
• b. Tracing the wonderings of the Jews
• c. Predicting ancient destructions

What evidence supporting the conclusion that government and religion were closely linked in ancient Egypt?  SSWH1b  DOK3  

• a. Egyptians believed their ruler was a god
• b. The people believed in an afterlife
• c. Priests conducted ceremonies to please the gods
• d. Egyptians were polytheistic  

Which of the following statements about Egyptian society is true? SSWH1b DOK 1   1. A person was born into his or her social class   2. The majority of Egyptians were peasants   3. Soldiers were more powerful than priests   4. Only slaves learned to read and write

• a. 1 only
• b. 1 & 2
• c. 2 & 3
• d. 4 only

14. In Ancient Egypt, the early pharaohs’ belief in their own divinity led them to? SSWH1b DOK 1

• a. Be mummified for their afterlife
• b. Ruled with the aid of viziers or personal ministers and advisors
• c. Conquer surrounding peoples
• d. Maintain large standing armies  

If the Phoenicians had not existed, what would not have happened that would change things in the West today? SSWH1e DOK 2

• a. There would be no coinage of money
• b. The use of iron in society would have been delayed
• c. Monotheism would have taken longer to catch on
• d. The alphabet for writing would have not been as developed