Unit 1 review

The form of government used in Egypt was a monarchy and a ____________________________.

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Theocracy

• Republic

The Law of Moses is the law code that came from __________________.

• Christianity

• Zoroastarianism

• Hinduism

• Judaism

The Mandate of Heaven gave who the right to say that coins would be used in economy.

• The Chinese emperor

• The Egyptian pharaoh

• The Babylonian emperor

• The Sumerian king

How is the Code of Hammurabi still important to today's world?

• There are still laws today which deal with how you treat your family.

• There are still laws today which calls for "an eye for an eye."

• There are still laws today which segregate between men and women.

• There are no laws today which are linked back to the Code of Hammurabi.

Every ancient river valley civilization began with this geographic feature.

• Mountains protecting it from invasion

• Rivers running through it

• Constant threat of snow

• No access to the seas

Based on the picture, what can you infer about the role of the pharaoh in ancient Egypt?

• The pharaoh thinks that he needs his subjects to be a good ruler.

• The pharaoh and his subjects are seen as equals.

• The pharaoh and his subjects are always fighting with each other.

• The pharaoh is seen as being above everybody else in Egyptian society.

Advanced cities and technology, specialization of labor, ___________________, and a complex central government are the characteristics of a civilization.

• art

• writing

• religion

• social classes

One of the economic issues that caused political change after the Neolithic Revolution was _____________________.

• powerful rulers wanted to control the gods and goddesses to increase their power

• powerful rulers wanted to control the military to increase their power

• powerful rulers wanted to control surpluses to increase their power

• powerful rulers found that they could not gain any more power

The leader of a civilization can be called __________________ in ______________________.

• pharaoh, Egypt

• pharaoh, Mesopotamia

• emperor, Egypt

• monarch, amonarchy

The Sumerian civilization in Mesopotamia is best known for the invention of all of the following EXCEPT __________________.

• urban planning

• wheel

• sails

• writing