Unit 1 Test

What is most likely the reason hunter-gatherers began to farm?

• Scarcity of food
• War among Groups
• Loss of technology
• Decline in population

Which of the following is an example of a polytheistic religion? 

• Hinduism
• Christianity
• Judaism
• Islam

Which of the following is an example of a monotheistic religion?

• Hinduism

• Greek mythology

• Paganism

• Islam

How do we know women and slaves were not treated as equals during the time of Hammurabi?

• Punishments for harming women or slaves were less harsh than free men
• Male slaves were viewed as more valuable by the law
• Women were viewed as property of men according to Hammurabi's code
• Hammurabi made the punishment for harming women and slaves more severe than other laws.

The cities of Mohenjo-daro and Harappa were advanced in what ways?

• City planning was used to build sewer systems 
• Steel plows were used versus wooden plows
• They used catapults, and battering rams in warfare
• They founded the religions of Hinduism and Buddhism there.

What determined the caste one belonged to in Ancient India?

• Occupation
• Family
• Age
• Education

This breakthrough allowed for people to settle down into towns and cities

• farming
• hunting
• written language
• religion 

Which of the following is true about nomads?

• They had small cities
• They changed location 
• They traveled with large surpluses of food
• They relied on farming for food

Identical coins being found in both the Indus river valley and Mesopotamia leads us to believe

• The two civilizations traded with one another

• Mesopotamia conquered the Indus

• Extreme weather brought the items to Mesopotamia

• The people of the Indus migrated to Mesopotamia

Why did the Egyptians build Pyramids?

• to house government officials in style

• to observe the stars

• to serve as a resting place for the pharaohs after death

• to encourage tourism and add wealth to the economy