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Total questions: 107
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Name
Class
Date
1.
"the land between the rivers"; an early civilization between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
a)
China
b)
India
c)
Egypt
d)
Mesopotamia
2.
The division of the people in a society by rank or class
a)
Domestication
b)
Social hierarchy
c)
Surplus
d)
Trade Routes
3.
More food than as needed by a person.
a)
Trade
b)
Domestication
c)
Surpus
d)
Irrigation
4.
The type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job
a)
Division of Labor (Specialization)
b)
Polytheism
c)
Work Force
d)
Domestication of Labor
5.
A city with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside
a)
City-State
b)
Country
c)
Villiage
d)
Culture
6.
Temples built by Sumerians to honor the gods and goddesses they worshiped
a)
City-States
b)
Statues
c)
Churches
d)
Ziggurats
7.
A form of writing that uses groups of wedges and lines. It originated in Mesopotamia.
a)
Heiroglyphics
b)
Cuneiform
c)
Sumerian
d)
Sanskrit
8.
The earliest form of writing in which pictures represented word or ideas
a)
Cave Paintings
b)
Pictograms
c)
Hieroglyphics
d)
Sumerian
9.
A person who writes
a)
Author
b)
Scribe
c)
Hammurabi
d)
Illustrator
10.
Babylonian leader who created the first written code of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life
a)
Gilgamesh
b)
Sargon
c)
Hammurabi
d)
Sumer
11.
Rule by one person, a king or queen
a)
Dictatorship
b)
Theorcracy
c)
Monarchy
d)
Oligarchy
12.
Rule by one person, a king or queen
a)
Dictatorship
b)
Theorcracy
c)
Monarchy
d)
Oligarchy
13.
Government that is controlled by religious leaders
a)
Monarchy
b)
Theocracy
c)
Oligarchy
d)
Dictatorship
14.
A belief in one God
a)
Gilgamesh
b)
monotheism
c)
polytheism
d)
scribe
15.
Curved strip of land that runs from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf
a)
Mesopotamia
b)
Fertile Crescent
c)
silt
d)
Babylon
16.
A system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams
a)
Fertile Crescent
b)
polytheism
c)
cuneiform
d)
irrigation
17.
What are the two main rivers in Mesopotamia?
a)
Tigris and Nile
b)
Tigris and Amazon
c)
Tigris and Euphrates
d)
Euphrates and Mississippi
18.
What were the rivers effect on people?
a)
provided fertile soil
b)
killed crops
c)
they were calming
d)
were pretty to look at
19.
Why was writing first invented?
a)
for texting
b)
to write stories
c)
for fun
d)
to keep records
20.
What role does ziggurats play in Mesopotamia?
a)
Home for the Priests
b)
House of worship
c)
Castle
d)
Slave Quarters
21.
What modern day country is Mesopotamia mostly in?
a)
India
b)
Egypt
c)
China
d)
Iraq
22.
Each Sumerian city-state was considered a state in itself, with its own god and government.
a)
True
b)
False
23.
The Sumerians invented something that made it possible for their armies to use chariots. What was it?
a)
harnesses
b)
swords
c)
wheels
d)
horseshoes
24.
What was the purpose of irrigation?
a)
keep crops dry
b)
to provide water to crops
c)
provide indoor plumbing
d)
give people drinking water
25.
What is the word that describes Homo sapiens and all other extinct human species?
a)
hominins
b)
ancestors
c)
paleolithic
d)
hominids
26.
What does Common Era refer to?
a)
the time after Jesus Christ
b)
the time before Jesus Christ
27.
Who was the "wise man"?
a)
Homo heidelbergensis
b)
Homo sapiens
c)
Homo erectus
d)
Homo neanderthalensis
28.
Where did all humans evolve?
a)
North America
b)
Europe
c)
Asia
d)
Africa
29.
Why was control of fire such an important technological development? Select all answers that apply.
a)
Fire provided light in dark places, so humans could create art in caves and stay up later.
b)
Fire provided warmth, so we could live in colder regions.
c)
Food could be cooked, giving humans more nutrients and making food taste better.
d)
Humans gathered around fires to socialize.
30.
What does a paleoanthropologist study?
a)
modern-day humans
b)
ancient peoples
c)
dinosaurs
d)
humans in the past and present
31.
Why was the development of tools so key for human evolution?
a)
Humans could cut and pound food.
b)
Humans could travel across water, using logs carved out.
c)
Humans could hunt larger prey, like woolly mammoths.
d)
Humans could build shelters.
32.
What is an example of a prehistoric tool? Click on all that apply.
a)
hammerstone
b)
projectile point
c)
burin
d)
fossil
33.
What is a fossil?
a)
A person who is super old.
b)
A past relative
c)
A trace, print, or the remains of a plant or animal of a past age preserved in earth or rock.
d)
A hand-held object made by humans.
34.
What is prehistory?
a)
the time before written history
b)
the period of time before we could speak
c)
the period of time before humans
d)
the time before anything important happened
35.
What did early humans paint on cave walls? Click on all that apply.
a)
animals around them, like bulls, lions, deer, and rhinos
b)
hands
c)
mostly people
d)
buildings
36.
When was the Paleolithic period?
a)
Old Stone Age [2.6 million years ago to 12,000 years before present]
b)
New Stone Age [12,000-6,000 years before present]
c)
Bronze Age [2.6 million years ago to 12,000 years before present]
d)
Stone Age [2.6 million years ago]
37.
What best describes a hunter-gatherer?
a)
Someone who spends their days looking for food in one place
b)
Someone who spends their days looking for food moving from place to place
c)
Someone who spends their days at school
d)
Someone who spends their days tending to fields and domesticated animals
38.
What do paleoanthropologists use as evidence to support their claims about ancient peoples?
a)
fossils and artifacts
b)
written history
c)
oral histories
d)
structural remains
39.
What does migration mean?
a)
The act of moving from place to place forever.
b)
The act of leaving a place for a vacation.
c)
The act of moving from one place to another with the intent to live in another place permanently or for a longer period of time.
d)
The act of moving from place to place, not staying in one place for any period of time.
40.
The Nile River flows through two important regions in Egypt called
a)
Mesopotamia
b)
Upper and Lower Egypt
c)
Eastern and Western Egypt
d)
Nubia and Cairo
41.
Besides providing a stable food diet, what other advantage did Egypt's location provide for early Egyptians?
a)
Temples to worship in
b)
Sumerian artwork
c)
Natural barriers to protect them
d)
2 dynasties to celebrate religious tradtion
42.
What is a dynasty?
a)
a collection of queens
b)
a collection of kingdoms
c)
series of rulers from different families
d)
series of rulers from the same family
43.
Who would the people blame if crops did not grow or if disease struck?
a)
the farmers
b)
the mummies
c)
the pharaoh
d)
the dynasty that was in power
44.
Who was the most famous pharaoh of the Old Kingdom?
a)
Horus
b)
Sinai
c)
Menes
d)
Khufu
45.
Which of the following beliefs was central to Egyptian religion?
a)
the afterlife
b)
the pyramids
c)
the pharaohs
d)
the heavens
46.
Describe the burial practices of Egyptians?
a)
They used a funeral pyre for the dead.
b)
They carried the dead to a nearby country.
c)
They preserved bodies as mummies.
d)
They were buried in the river.
47.
Why were tombs filled with art, jewelry, etc.....?
a)
Tombs were museums.
b)
Tombs were private storage for the pharaoh.
c)
Tombs were the safest place in the kingdom.
d)
They believed the dead enjoyed their materials in the afterlife.
48.
Pyramids are
a)
warehouses to store food surplus
b)
temples where people are allowed to come and pray
c)
tombs with 2 rectangle-shaped sides
d)
tombs with 4 triangle-shaped sides that meet in a point at the top
49.
The first pharaoh and rulers after him wore a double crown to symbolize
a)
their rule of the queens
b)
their rule over upper and lower Egypt
c)
the Nile flowed 2 ways
d)
both farming and herding were important
50.
What was learned through studying King Tut's tomb?
a)
He was a king.
b)
The burial practices of Egyptians.
c)
He was wealthy.
d)
He had many wives.
51.
The worship of many gods.
a)
monotheism
b)
irrigation
c)
polytheism
d)
epic
52.
Egyptian writing system
a)
papyrus
b)
alaphabet
c)
cuneiform
d)
heiroglyphics
53.
Where is the most fertile soil in Egypt?
a)
Nile Delta
b)
desert
c)
far south
d)
cataracts
54.
What is papyrus?
a)
mud used in building
b)
plant from which paper is made
c)
rock used to make tools
d)
animal skin
55.
Rich soil carried and mixed with water is
a)
pebbles
b)
silt
c)
dust
d)
clouds
56.
Why was the Rosetta Stone so important?
a)
It helped archaeologists decipher Egyptian writing?
b)
It gave clues about building.
c)
It was a book of the dead.
d)
It told how pharaoh's rules.
57.
The queen that ruled as pharaoh and traded with Punt
a)
Khufu
b)
Menes
c)
Pianki
d)
Hatsheput
58.
Who is at the top of the Egyptian social hierarchy?
a)
slaves
b)
pharaoh
c)
scribe
d)
merchant
59.
What was the Egyptian economy based on?
a)
farming
b)
sale of artwork
c)
mining
d)
painting temples
60.
This device helped lift water from the river
a)
ladle
b)
scoop
c)
shaduf
d)
jar
61.
Steep river rapids, almost impossible to sail by boat
a)
delta
b)
canal
c)
dam
d)
cataracts
62.
Which of these rivers is NOT located in China?
a)
Euphrates River
b)
Yellow River
c)
Yangzi River
d)
Mississippi River
63.
Line of rulers from the same family is a
a)
cultural diffusion
b)
dyansty
64.
A symbol in a writing system based on pictures
a)
ideograph
b)
pictograph
c)
bureaucracy
d)
currency
65.
The Shang and Zhou kings used the Mandate of ______ to prove that God had chosen them to rule.
a)
Gods
b)
Heaven
c)
Kings
d)
Men
66.
Chinese philosophy developed by Hanfeizi; taught that humans are naturally evil and therefore need to be ruled by harsh laws
a)
Confucianism
b)
Daoism
c)
Legalism
d)
Mandate of Heaven
67.
A philosophy based on respect for elders and authority.
a)
Daoism
b)
Legalism
c)
Confucianism
d)
Qin
68.
What were oracle bones used for?
a)
Cooking
b)
Telling stories
c)
Building the Great Wall of China
d)
Asking for advice from the gods
69.
What is the central idea of Daoism
a)
Duty to community
b)
Living in harmony with nature
c)
Enforcing laws with harsh punishments
d)
Humans are naturally evil
70.
Chinese philosophy based on the teachings of Laozi; taught that people should turn to nature and give up their worldly concerns
a)
Daoism
b)
Legalism
c)
Confucianism
d)
Zhou
71.
The responsibility children have to respect, obey, and care for their parents is
a)
pictograph
b)
cultural diffusion
c)
ideograph
d)
filial piety
72.
Why did Qin Shi huangdi build the Great Wall of China?
a)
For shelter
b)
For protection from invaders from the north
c)
For decoration
d)
For fun
73.
Which one of these achievements was Shi Huangdi responsible for?
a)
Standardized writing, measurement and currency
b)
Built the Great Pyramids
c)
Founded Islam
d)
Founded Christianity
74.
Buddhism spreading from India along the Silk Road is an example of
a)
Christianity
b)
cultural diffusion
c)
Legalism
d)
filial piety
75.
The belief that the Chinese king’s right to rule came from the gods
a)
Confucianism
b)
Mandate of Heaven
c)
dynasty
d)
Daoism
76.
How was Chinese civilization affected by mountains and deserts?
a)
They became wealthy.
b)
They were isolated from other civilizations.
c)
They made it easier to travel.
d)
They made China easy to be attacked.
77.
Trade route that stretched from western China to southern Asia
a)
filial piety
b)
Silk Road
c)
Great Wall
d)
Anyang
78.
The Silk Road refers to...
a)
A giant factory where silk is made
b)
A road made of a stringy material
c)
A religious path
d)
A series of trade routes between Asia and Europe
79.
Legalism, Confucianism, and Daoism are religions
a)
True
b)
False
80.
The first civilizations in India started along what river valley
a)
Indus
b)
Ganges
c)
Nile
d)
Euphrates
81.
What natural barrier makes India a subcontinent of Asia?
a)
Indus River
b)
Ganges River
c)
Himalayan Mountains
d)
Gobi Desert
82.
What are the two major rivers of Ancient India?
a)
Tigris & Euphrates
b)
Nile & Blue Nile
c)
Indus & Ganges
d)
Huang He & Yangtze
83.
Why were the Indians dependent on the summer monsoons?
a)
They brought rain & without them there would be drought
b)
The cold winds felt god in the summertime
c)
Without them, they could't travel down the river
d)
Monsoons encouraged animal migration
84.
What was the name of the written language of the Ancient Indian civilization?
a)
cuneiform
b)
Sanskrit
c)
hieroglyphics
d)
Hindi
85.
After being nomads, what economic activity did the Aryans begin to do?
a)
Shipbuilding
b)
Fighting in wars
c)
farming
d)
killing cows for food
86.
A social group that one is born into and cannot be change is called a
a)
cast
b)
family
c)
raja
d)
caste
87.
What was the name for the people that were not considered to be part of the caste system?
a)
Brahmans
b)
Vaisyas
c)
Untouchables
d)
Sudras
88.
The universal spirit of the Hindu religion is called...
a)
Ra
b)
Shiva
c)
Brahman
d)
Vishnu
89.
Dharma is...
a)
a state of wisdom
b)
the idea of passing through many lives to be united with Brahman
c)
the consequences of how a person lives
d)
divine law that requires people to perform the duties of their caste
90.
Karma is...
a)
a state of wisdom
b)
the idea of passing through many lives to be united with Brahman
c)
the consequences of how a person lives
d)
divine law that requires people to perform the duties of their caste
91.
Who founded Buddhism?
a)
Siddhartha Gautama
b)
The Brahman
c)
Ramayana
d)
Mahabharata
92.
Buddha means...
a)
All Wise One
b)
The Enlightened One
c)
Your Majesty
d)
The Creator
93.
Buddhists follow the guidance of which set of rules?
a)
Four Noble Truths & Eightfold Path
b)
Ten Commandments
c)
Book of the Living & Book of the Dead
d)
Torah & the Bible
94.
Buddhists believe that you must give up what to get rid of suffering?
a)
your job
b)
all your money
c)
all your worldly desires
d)
your family
95.
During the Golden Age of the Gupta dynasty, Indian mathematicians contributed...
a)
multiplication
b)
fractions
c)
zero
d)
algebra
96.
An ancient collection of prayers, hymns, and sacred verses
a)
Guru
b)
Brahman
c)
Sanskrit
d)
Vedas
97.
What early nomadic group settled in India
a)
Buddhists
b)
Hindus
c)
Aryans
d)
Harappans
98.
People in the upper caste levels had a ________, or a religious teacher to teach them when they were young boys
a)
Raja
b)
Guru
c)
Brahmins
d)
Sudras
99.
Which king was a great military leader until he embraced Buddhism and rejected violence?
a)
Alexander
b)
Chandragupta
c)
Ashoka
d)
Krishna
100.
How did the flooding of the Indus River support the rise of early civilizations?
a)
It formed a path through the mountains.
b)
It left behind a layer of fertile silt.
c)
It brought a water to the desert.
d)
It restored the water lost in monsoons.
101.
A state of perfect peace that frees the soul from suffering and reicarnation
a)
Nirvana
b)
Hinduism
c)
Vaisyas
d)
Sanskrit
102.
What is the belief that when the body dies the soul will be reborn
a)
Reincarnation
b)
Karma
c)
Dharma
d)
Brahman
103.
Buddhist shrines shaped like a dome or a mound.
a)
pyramid
b)
ziggurat
c)
stupa
d)
cathedral
104.
What material did Indians use to make their weapons and tools
a)
Iron
b)
Bronze
c)
Steel
d)
Gold
105.
A person that travels a long distance to visit a holy location
a)
Stupa
b)
Sanskrit
c)
Vedas
d)
Pilgrim
106.
Indian Epic, longest poem ever written
a)
Mahabharata
b)
Epic of Gilgamesh
c)
Noah's Ark
d)
Chandra Gupta
107.
What group of Buddhist that believed Buddha was a teacher not a god
a)
Mahabharata
b)
Theravada
c)
Mahayana
d)
Chandra Gupta
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