2021 Benchmark Review

What ancient discovery is described:

It became possible to continue activites at night.

Nutrition was improved by including cooked meat in many diets.

Social interaction increased as groups gathered to share food.

• writing

• language

• fire

• gravity

How did the plow impact human society?

• It inspired the first religions.

• It led to the development of government.

• It strengthened the military.

• It improved farming.

This is a quote from an ancient text:

If a man knocks out the teeth of his equal, his teeth shall be knocked out.

From which ancient text is this quote most liklely?

• the Code of Hammurabi

• the Epic of Gilgamesh

• the Mahabharata

• the Torah

Which religion believes that the soul is reincarnated over several lifetimes?

• Christianity

• Confucianism

• Hinduism

• Judaism

Direct democracy, public debating, and limiting citizenship are all characteristics of

• Helenistic democrac

• Athenian democracy

• Phillipian democracy

• Spartan democracy

These accomplishments are describing which person?

-developed a method to solve problems through questioning

-argued against democracy

-claimed that all virtue was knowledge

• Archimedes

• Pythagoras

• Socrates

• Philip

Who was the first Roman Emperor that led Rome into the Pax Romana?

• Augustus Caesar

• Mark Antony

• Plato

• Socrates

What would be the best title for these notes?

• The Rise of Julius Caesar

• The Fall of the Roman Empire

• The Growth of Internation Trade

• The Spread of Christianity

Who invented gun powder?

• Egyptians

• Chinese

• Greeks

• Romans

The Five Pillars are part of which religion?

• Christianity

• Hinduism

• Islam

• Judaism