Semester test

The earliest civilizations were generally located on or around what kind of geographic feature?

• rain forests, because of their biodiversity

• river valleys, because of their fertile soil

• mountain ranges, because of their defensive advantage

Which of the following artifacts would have been most important to helping modern scholars understand hieroglyphics?

• e Narmer Palette

• the Mask of Tutankhamun

• the Rosetta Stone

What did both Hammurabi and the early Romans have in common?

• they both developed law codes to be put on public display

• they both established a republican form of government

• they both forbid slavery in their civilizations

Which technology was first developed by the Phoenicians and then adopted and spread by the Greeks and Romans?

• iron working

• the plow

• the alphabet

The Torah is the sacred text that is used in Judaism. Monotheism is a key belief in Judaism. Which piece of text evidence from the Torah most directly relates to this belief?

• "It is a Passover sacrifice to the Lord, for He passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt when He smote the Egyptians, and He saved our houses. And the people kneeled and prostrated themselves."

• "I am the Lord, your God, Who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall not have the gods of others in My presence."

Also developing in India, Buddhism was greatly influenced by Hinduism. How does Buddhism present some continuity with traditional Hinduism?

• It shares a belief in reincarnation

• It is most common in East Asia

• It rejects the caste system

Which was NOT a lasting element of traditional Chinese culture?

• Dynastic Rule

• Islam

• Piety

What geographic featured caused the Greeks to develop city states that were politically independent of each other?

• desert

• Mountains

• Rivers

Sophocles was an ancient Greek playwright who wrote tragedies. His most famous play, Oedipus Rex, was about the downfall of a king.

Which set of lines best captures the main theme

• "He was the most powerful of men. All citizens who witnessed this man's wealth were envious. Now what a surging tide of terrible disaster sweeps around him. So while we wait to see that final day, we cannot call a mortal being happy before he's passed beyond life free from pain."

• "Let us get up, children. For this man has willingly declared just what we came for. And may Phoebus, who sent this oracle, come as our savior and end our sickness."

Which of the following individuals was most responsible for the spread of Hellenistic culture in the ancient world?

• Homer

• Percicles

• Alexander the Great