Benchmark- 2nd 9 weeks

What era was most likely to use stone tools?

• Paleolithic Era

• Neolithic Era

What was the main idea of Hammurabi's Code?

• All citizens can own property

• All men are equal under the law

• An eye for an eye

• Innocent until proven guilty

What did the Phoenicians develop to make trading easier?

• Alphabet

• Cuneiform

• Hieroglyphics

• Pictograms

Which river valley civilization created wedge-shaped writing?

• Indus

• Egypt

• Phoenicians

• Mesopotamia (Sumer)

Who did Athens fight in the Peloponnesian War?

• Rome

• Sparta

• Persia

• Carthage

Which empire is described as the Golden Age of India?

• Mauryan

• Gupta

• Roman

• Indus

What did social class system did the Indo-Aryans bring to India?

• Writing

• Concept of zero

• Hospitals

• The caste system

What religion believes in two opposing forces? (good v. evil)

• Hinduism

• Christianity

• Buddhism

• Zoroastrianism

Which religion practices ancestor worship?

• Confucianism

• Buddhism

• Taoism

• Hinduism

How did geography influence the development of Greece?

• Allowed for a large powerful empire

• Creation of independent city-states

• Created unity among the region

• Isolated Greece from the rest of the world