Spread of Civilizations - Test Review

Egyptian society, with the god-king at the top, was organized like

• a pyramid.
• the Nile River.
• hieroglyphic script.
• Upper and Lower Egypt.

Hieratic script, a simplified version of Egyptian hieroglyphic writing, was used

• by peasants who were too uneducated to read hieroglyphs.
• only by the nobles, as a way of communicating with the gods.
• by the blind, as a type of Braille.
• for business transactions, record keeping, and the general needs of daily life

The “ten lost tribes” were

• scattered Israelite tribes.
• the Sea Peoples.
• ten ancient cities.
• Egyptian traders.

Unlike other religions of the time, political leaders in Israel

• were believed to be directly descended from God, and therefore almost gods.
• were required to burn the sacred texts after they read them.
• were the sole authority on religious matters.
• could not claim they alone knew the will of God, because the Jewish teachings were written down for anyone to read.

A civilization in the Eastern Mediterranean that built structures similar to the labyrinth of King Minos was the

• Israelite civilization.
• Egyptian civilization.
• Minoan civilization.
• Phoenician civilization

Religion and political power were closely linked in early Indian civilization, as is indicated by the combination of the royal palace and the holy temple in the citadel, or fortress, at

• Harappa.
• Calcutta.
• Mohenjo-daro.
• the Deccan Plateau.

It was believed that the king was the link between Heaven and Earth during the

• Xia dynasty.
• Shang dynasty.
• Zhou dynasty.
• Qin dynasty.

The Chinese had developed a simple script with a form that was mainly pictographic and ideographic by the time of the

• Xia dynasty.
• Shang dynasty.
• Zhou dynasty.
• Qin dynasty.

A city that appeared around 2500 B.C. in the Supe River valley of Peru, in which stone buildings were used for official business, as apartment buildings, and as grand residences, was

• Caral.
• Harappa.
• Teotihuacán.
• Monte Albán.

Most of the people in the Mesoamerican city of Teotihuacán were

• skilled artisans.
• priests.
• farmers.
• members of the ruling class.