World History Unit 1 Test

Which characteristics do the ancient Mesopotamians, Egyptians, Harappans, and Chinese civilizations all share?

• Lived by rivers

• Creation of written language

• Use of bronze tools

• Indoor plumbing

• Built pyramids

The Harappan Civilization was founded on what river?

• Yellow River

• Nile River

• Indus River

• Tigris River

What did the Harappans use to build structures with?

• Marble stone

• Clay bricks

• Wood

• Leaves

Why do historians no less about the Harappan civilization than they know about ancient Egypt?

• Harappan civilization was destroyed by a meteorite impact.

• Historians believe that the Egyptians and Mesopotamians were more interesting.

• Historians have not been able to decipher Harappan writing.

• Harappans civilization is older than Egyptian or Mesopotamian civilization.

Along what river did China's earliest civilizations develop?

• Huang He (Yellow)

• Indus

• Yangtze

• Nile

• Tigris

What was the name of China's FIRST real dynasty?

• Shang

• Zhou

• Han

• Ming

Shang weapons were especially strong because skilled artisans made these objects from

• Iron

• Stone

• Bones

• Bronze

Which dynasty followed the Shang dynasty and claimed that they had the "Mandate of Heaven?"

• Zhou

• Qin

• Ming

• Huan

According to historians, why did the Harappan civilization collapse?

• Meteorite Impact

• Viral Disease

• Alien Abduction

• Floods, Earthquakes, and/or Invasion

Monotheism, the belief in one god, was first practiced by

• Christians.

• Confucians.

• Hebrews or Israelites.

• Muslims.