WHI Benchmark 1 - Key Information

In what empire was the city of Persepolis?

• Persia

• China

• Egypt

• Greece

Why were animals originally domesticated (SELECT TWO)

• Assist with farming

• Protection

• People were lonely

• To fight wars

This map shows the Gupta empire. What country is the arrow pointing to?

• Afghanistan

• Pakistan

• India

• Bangladesh

What body of water is the arrow pointing to on this map?

• Red Sea

• Mediterranean Sea

• Arabian Sea

• Atlantic Ocean

The Shang dynasty was one of the earliest civilizations in ancient China. It was located between what TWO rivers?

• Huang He (Yellow) River

• Chang Jiang (Yangtze) River

• Tigris River

• Euphrates River

The four river valley civilizations include Mesopotamia/Tigris & Euphrates (Iraq), Nile (____________), Indus (Pakistan/India), and Huang He (China).

What Mesopotamian leader wrote a legal code of hundreds of laws in order to bring order to the empire, control people's behaviors, and prevent disaster?

• Hammurabi

• Sargon

• Moses

• Nebuchadnezzar

The rulers of ancient Egypt combined government and religion by being both emperors and semi-divine figures. What title were they given?

• Emperor

• Pharaoh

• King

• Tyrant

Which of the following were contributions of ancient Egypt?

• Papryus

• Hieroglyphics

• Pyramids

• Cuneiform

What empire developed cuneiform as a form of early written language?

• Sumer

• Egypt

• Phoenicia

• Greece