Unit 1 Practice Test World History

Mesopotamia, India, Egypt, and China...

• All had the same exact religions and political systems.

• All of them had their civilizations begin in river valleys.

• All of them had their civilizations begin in mountain ranges.

• All of them were destroyed by invading Aryan tribesmen.

Check all that are true.

• Mesopotamian civilization began along the Nile river.

• Egyptian civilization began between the Tigris and Euphrates.

• Chinese civilization began between the Yellow and Yangtze rivers.

• Indian civilization began between the Indus and Ganges rivers.

• Olmec civilization began along the Tigris river.

Check all that are true about geography:

• Mesopotamia, India, Egypt, and China began near river valleys.

• The Bantu migrated throughout Sub-Saharan Africa.

• Greek and Roman civilization are located on the European continent.

• China and India are located on the Asian continent.

• Mesopotamia and Egypt are located in North Africa and the Middle East.

Check all that are true about Mesopotamia.

• Mesopotamians practiced polytheism and worshiped in temples called ziggurats.

• Mesopotamia included Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms ruled by pharaohs.

• Mesopotamia started out as small city-states which grew into large empires like Babylon and Persia.

• Mesopotamian civilization had great works like the Library of Nineveh and the Epic of Gilgamesh.

• Mesopotamian civilization included Xia, Shang, Zhou, Qin, and Han dynasties.

Check all that are true about Egypt.

• Egypt had Old, Middle, and New Kingdom periods ruled by pharaohs and built the pyramids and the Sphinx.

• Egypt was ruled by dynastic emperors and is located in East Asia.

• Egypt practiced polytheism and believed in a happy afterlife.

• Egypt was later defeated and ruled by outside empires like Rome.

• Egypt practiced Hinduism.

Check all that are true about India.

• India included Harappan civilization which was replaced by the later Mauryan and Gupta Empires.

• India had impressive technology like algebra and war elephants.

• Indians practiced Hinduism, a polytheistic religion with a caste system.

• Indians practiced Christianity, a monotheistic religion that believes in the Holy Trinity.

• Indians practiced Confucianism and Daoism as major philosophies.

Check all that are true about China.

• China had Xia, Shang, Zhou, Qin, and Han dynasties with powerful emperors backed by administrators.

• China practiced Hinduism, a major polytheistic religion.

• China began as small city-states and grew into empires like Babylon and Persia.

• China practiced ancestor worship, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism.

• China built things like the Great Wall and the pagoda roof.

Check all that is true about the Olmecs.

• The Olmecs were a series of city-states that fought against one another for human sacrifices.

• The Olmecs were the first civilization to become Christian.

• The Olmecs began as small city-states but grew into large empires like Babylon or Persia.

• The Olmecs practiced polytheism and human sacrifice.

• The Olmecs had no metal working or the wheel.

Check all that is true about ancient Israel and the Jews.

• The Jews created the Old Testament.

• The Jews worshiped Yahweh and had the first major monotheistic faith.

• The Jews were major Hindus and always worshiped many gods.

• The root of Christianity and Islam comes from Jewish religion.

• The Jews began as small city-states and built the empires of Assyria, Babylon, and Persia.

Check all that apply to the Bantu.

• The Bantu created the Old Testament and Judaism.

• The Bantu created a language base for much of Sub-Saharan Africa.

• The Bantu spread iron working and agriculture throughout Sub-Saharan Africa.

• The Bantu practiced Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism.

• The Bantu would form the first dynasties of Chinese civilization.