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Benchmark Review #1

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was early mans first use of fire?

a)

Cooking

b)

Hunting

c)

Protection

d)

Heat

2.

A tamed wolf, saving the biggest seeds to plant, raising chickens, a mule pulling a cart are examples of what?

a)

Agriculture

b)

Irrigation

c)

Domestication

d)

civilization

3.

The next thing to happen after man learned to practice agriculture and mastered domestication was what?

a)

They started to form city-states

b)

It allowed the Sumerians to form permanent settlements

c)

They continued to migrate looking for the best land

d)

They started to trade over long distances

4.

How was the government in Sumer organized?

a)

Into a single Empire

b)

Into separate nomadic tribes

c)

Into separate city-states

d)

Into a democracy

5.

How did the people support Hammurabi's government?

a)

Military service

b)

Electing representatives

c)

Paying taxes

d)

By voting on laws

6.

How did the governments in Mesopotamia compare to that in Egypt?

a)

Egypt had an Emperor while Mesopotamia was ruled by kings and merchants

b)

Mesopotamia was ruled by the Pharaoh and Egypt was ruled by Kings and priests

c)

Mesopotamia was ruled by Kings and priests and Egypt was ruled by a Pharaoh

d)

Egypt was ruled by a Pharaoh and Mesopotamia was ruled by Kings and scribes

7.

What did Mesopotamia, Egypt and India all have in common?

a)

Abundant resources

b)

Locations near water

c)

Locations protected by mountains

d)

They all had at least two rivers

8.

How were the governments in Egypt, India and Mesopotamia different?

a)

Mesopotamia and Egypt were Empires and India was a bunch of separate city-states

b)

Mesopotamia and India were both organized into separate city-states and Egypt was a Kingdom

c)

India and Egypt were set up as city-states and Mesopotamia was a kingdom

d)

India was set up as city-states and Mesopotamia and Egypt were both Dynasties

9.

While the Caste system provided a ordered and stable society, it was also what?

a)

An economic system that hurt the poor

b)

A strict social system that a person was born into and could not move out of

c)

A way to organize the government

d)

A system based on loyalty and the exchange of land for services

10.

What are some of the main ideas of Buddhism?

a)

Reincarnation and Karma

b)

The Five Pillar

c)

The four noble truths and the Eightfold path

d)

Balance and harmony with the universe

11.

Ideas and concepts such as the 0 and algebra were accomplishments from where?

a)

Mesopotamia

b)

Egypt

c)

India

d)

Greece

12.

What was the system to ensure that government jobs went to the most qualified people?

a)

Feudalism

b)

Caste System

c)

Civil Service Exam

d)

Justinian's Code

13.

The belief that if the Gods were unhappy the people could face a bad harvest shows a connection between agriculture and what?

a)

Domestication

b)

Civilization

c)

Irrigation

d)

Religion

14.

Most of the religion in Mesopotamia was polytheistic worshipping many Gods in services lead by priests at ziggurats except for a small group that worshipped one god. What religion were they practicing?

a)

Christianity

b)

Islam

c)

Buddhism

d)

Judaism

15.

Karma and reincarnation, vedas, three main gods, reaching nirvana or perfection are part of what?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Hinduism

c)

Confucianism

d)

Daoism

16.

Yon and Yang, harmony and balance with the universe, finding the "way" are part of what?

a)

Shintoism

b)

Daoism

c)

Zen Buddhism

d)

Confucianism