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WorksheetsBenchmark Review #1
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
What was early mans first use of fire?
Cooking
Hunting
Protection
Heat
A tamed wolf, saving the biggest seeds to plant, raising chickens, a mule pulling a cart are examples of what?
Agriculture
Irrigation
Domestication
civilization
The next thing to happen after man learned to practice agriculture and mastered domestication was what?
They started to form city-states
It allowed the Sumerians to form permanent settlements
They continued to migrate looking for the best land
They started to trade over long distances
How was the government in Sumer organized?
Into a single Empire
Into separate nomadic tribes
Into separate city-states
Into a democracy
How did the people support Hammurabi's government?
Military service
Electing representatives
Paying taxes
By voting on laws
How did the governments in Mesopotamia compare to that in Egypt?
Egypt had an Emperor while Mesopotamia was ruled by kings and merchants
Mesopotamia was ruled by the Pharaoh and Egypt was ruled by Kings and priests
Mesopotamia was ruled by Kings and priests and Egypt was ruled by a Pharaoh
Egypt was ruled by a Pharaoh and Mesopotamia was ruled by Kings and scribes
What did Mesopotamia, Egypt and India all have in common?
Abundant resources
Locations near water
Locations protected by mountains
They all had at least two rivers
How were the governments in Egypt, India and Mesopotamia different?
Mesopotamia and Egypt were Empires and India was a bunch of separate city-states
Mesopotamia and India were both organized into separate city-states and Egypt was a Kingdom
India and Egypt were set up as city-states and Mesopotamia was a kingdom
India was set up as city-states and Mesopotamia and Egypt were both Dynasties
While the Caste system provided a ordered and stable society, it was also what?
An economic system that hurt the poor
A strict social system that a person was born into and could not move out of
A way to organize the government
A system based on loyalty and the exchange of land for services
What are some of the main ideas of Buddhism?
Reincarnation and Karma
The Five Pillar
The four noble truths and the Eightfold path
Balance and harmony with the universe
Ideas and concepts such as the 0 and algebra were accomplishments from where?
Mesopotamia
Egypt
India
Greece
What was the system to ensure that government jobs went to the most qualified people?
Feudalism
Caste System
Civil Service Exam
Justinian's Code
The belief that if the Gods were unhappy the people could face a bad harvest shows a connection between agriculture and what?
Domestication
Civilization
Irrigation
Religion
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?
Christianity
Islam
Buddhism
Judaism
Karma and reincarnation, vedas, three main gods, reaching nirvana or perfection are part of what?
Buddhism
Hinduism
Confucianism
Daoism
Yon and Yang, harmony and balance with the universe, finding the "way" are part of what?
Shintoism
Daoism
Zen Buddhism
Confucianism
