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WorksheetsChapters 1-7, 16: Complete Multiple Choice
Total questions: 109
Worksheet time: 55mins
What is culture?
The natural resources of a region
The weather and climate of an area
The beliefs, customs, and art of a country
The landforms, climate, and environment of a country
What is a fossil?
An imprint in stone of something that once lived
An ancient way of writing, carved into stone or stamped into clay
Something that human beings learned how to make and use
A written record
Which of these is a primary source?
A journal entry from a young bridge traveling west
An article in a current encyclopedia
Data on weather and climate
A book about the people of ancient China
Which of the following would a physical geographer study?
Primary sources
Secondary sources
Urban areas
Landforms
Rivers, valley, and mountains are all examples of what?
Homelands
Landslides
Landmarks
Landforms
Which of the following is an example of a physical feature?
The language that people speak in a region
A center of population
Symbols on a map
A desert
What were the essential resources used by early peoples?
Water, animals, and fertile land
Water, copper, and animals
Copper, gold, and fertile land
Iron, copper, and water
Which of these is correct?
1800 AD = 1800 BCE
2017 BC = 2017 AD
1 BC = 1 BCE
40 CE = 40 BCE
How long is a century?
100 years
10 years
100 months
10 days
What is an artifact?
An imprint in stone of something that once lived
An account of an event by a witness
An object created by and used by humans
Information gathered by someone who wasn't there
What is a hominid?
An early ancestor of humans
A fishhook
A tool
A collection of ancient bones
What is the scientific name for modern humans?
Australopithecus
Homo erectus
Homo habilis
Homo sapiens
What effect did the invention of tools have on early humans?
They required humans to stand close to animals when hunting.
They increased chances for survival.
They decreased chances for survival.
They allowed more animals to graze the fields.
Which of the following best defines society?
A community of people who share a common culture
A community of people who share a language
A community of people who share a region
A community of people who share a religion
Which of the following best defines a land bridge?
Mammoth bones laid out over a body of water
A mountain range beside a body of water
A strip of land connecting two continents
A strip of coast along a rocky shore
Which of the following happened first?
The Neolithic Era
The Ice Age
The Paleolithic Era
The Mesolithic Era
Which of the following best defines the Neolithic Revolution?
A major battle fought between the people of Asia and Africa
The shift from food gathering to food producing
The shift from food gathering to hunting
Major battle fought between the peoples of Asia
Which of the following best defines a megalith?
Huge stones used as monuments
A temple made of wood
A large mammal that lives in the Asian tundra
A ruler or king of an ancient kingdom
Which of the following statements best summarizes the relationship between farming and the growth of towns?
Farming held back developments in the arts.
The development of farming helped establish permanent settlements.
The development of farming led to more hunter-gatherer groups.
Farming competed with hunting and gathering practices.
Lucy is an example of which of the following?
Homo erectus
Homo sapiens
Australopithecus
Homo habilis
Which of these is the most recent?
The Neolithic Era
The Ice Age
The Paleolithic Era
The Mesolithic Era
Why did crops grow well in Mesopotamia?
The land was in mountainous areas
Farmland was fertile and water was nearby
The area was near the ocean water supply
The area received adequate rainfall
What is the difference between canals and rivers?
Canals are used as trade routes; rivers are used for irrigation.
Canals mark borders of civilizations; rivers divide regions of a civilization
People settle along rivers, but not canals
Canals are made by people, but rivers are natural
Which statement best represents the development of a civilization?
People rely on hunting and gathering because it is the only way to survive.
The development of cities led to inventions like irrigation.
People prefer government jobs to life as a farmer.
If they have steady food supply, people can develop a complex society
What purpose did the wall around a city serve?
A wall protected inhabitants of the city-state from attack
A wall collected water that could be used to irrigate farmland
A wall protected inhabitants of the city-state from floods
A wall kept people from moving to another city-state
What is a social hierarchy?
A division of society by rank or class
A division of society only by wealth
A division of society only by moral value
A division of society only by political power
Which of the following best describes cuneiform?
A form of writing using picture symbols
A form of writing using wedge-shaped symbols
A form of writing using complex ideas such as "joy"
A form of writing using proverbs and songs
Which of these was written in cuneiform?
Ramayana
Epic of Gilgamesh
Beowulf
Mahabharata
What was the relationship between trade and the spread of the Phoenician alphabet?
Phoenicians traded knowledge of their alphabet for goods and services
Trade increased in places where the Phoenician alphabet was not used
The Phoenician alphabet spread along their trade routes
Phoenicians would only trade with people who could write in Phoenician
What is the large arc of fertile farmland that extended from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea called?
Mesopotamia
The Fertile Crescent
Canaan
The Horn of Plenty
What is the Babylonian king Hammurabi best known for?
Creating a collection of laws
Forming the world's first empire
Inventing farming
Conquering Uruk and Ur
What is the world's first writing system which was created by the Sumerians?
Alphabet
Hieroglyphics
Pictographs
Cuneiform
What is polytheism?
The belief in no gods
The belief in one god
The belief in many gods
The belief in fairies
Besides providing a stable food source, what other advantage did Egypt's location provide for early Egyptians?
It had temples in which to worship
It had Sumerian artwork to use as decoration
It had natural barriers to protect against invaders
It had two dynasties to celebrate religious traditions
What are pyramids?
Warehouses where surplus food is stored
Temples where the people are allowed to come and pray
Stone tombs with four rectangle-shaped sides that join a limestone roof
Royal tombs with four triangle-shaped sides that meet in a point on top
What object allows us to read Egyptian hieroglyphics?
The Rosetta Stone
The Rose Garden
The Blarney Stone
The Twelve Tables
Which of the following best defines a dynasty?
A collection of queens
A collection of kingdoms
A series of rulers from different families
A series of rulers from the same family
What did the double crown of the Egyptian pharaohs symbolize?
That the Nile River flowed two ways
That both farming and herding were important
Their joint rule with their queens
Their rule over both Upper and Lower Egypt
Who would the people of Egypt blame if crops did not grow or if disease struck?
The farmers whose small villages were unclean
The mummies whose ka was disturbed
The pharaoh who was both ruler and god
All members of the ruling dynasty
Which of these did Herodotus call "the gift of the Nile?"
China
India
Egypt
Mesopotamia
Which of the following beliefs was central to Egyptian religion?
The afterlife
The pyramids
The pharaohs
The heavens
Which statement best describes the burial practices of Egyptians?
Egyptians preserved bodies as mummies
Egyptians carried their dead to neighboring countries
Egyptians used a funeral pyre for their dead
Egyptians buried their dead in the river
Which job employed the most people in Egypt?
Merchant
Farmer
Scribe
Architect
Which of the following demonstrates that Kush and Egypt sometimes lived in peace with each other?
Kush and Egypt attacked each other
Kush and Egypt traded with each other
Kush and Egypt battled Aksum together
Kush and Egypt built temples together
Who was the largest pyramid of Giza built for?
Khafre
Khufu
Menkaure
Khenkaus I
Many buildings in Meroe resembled Egyptian buildings. What can you infer from this?
The Egyptians constructed better buildings than the Kushites.
The Kushites did not know how to construct good buildings
Kushite culture was influenced by Egyptian culture
Egyptian culture was inferior to Kushite culture
Which woman was one of the few to rule Egypt and worked to increase trade?
Nefertiti
Hatshepsut
Cleopatra
Ptolemaia
What is the Egyptian writing system called?
Hieroglyphics
Cuneiform
Pictographs
Alphabet
Which word best describes a large landmass that is smaller than a continent?
Country
Subcontinent
State
Region
What are the mountains of northern India called?
The Khybers
The Aryans
The Indus
The Himalayas
In which language did Aryans write their poems and hymns?
Sanskrit
Indian
Vedic
Harappan
Which of the following best explains why the Aryans abandoned their nomadic lifestyle?
The Aryans began to write, so they no longer traveled
The Aryans came under the control of powerful rajas
The Aryans felt that staying in one place was safer
The Aryans began to farm, so they stayed in one place
Which varna was the lowest?
The Sudras
The Kshatriyas
The Brahmins
They Vaisyas
Hindus believe that all of their gods are part of a universal spirit called what?
Gupta
Siva
Brahman
Vishnu
According to Hinduism, people are reborn into new physical forms. What does the form a person is born into depend on?
Their moksha
Their karma
Their dharma
Their sutra
Hinduism taught that women were inferior to men. What can you infer about Hinduism from this fact?
Hinduism was probably a religion created by men
Hinduism was the same as the Aryan caste system
The creators of Hinduism were probably women
The sacred texts of Hinduism were written by women
Monsoons are winds that create which of the following?
Hot, dry autumns
Cold, rainy summers
Hot, rainy summers
Hot, rainy winters
Why did Siddhartha Gautama leave home at age 30?
He wanted to find answers to his questions about human life
He wanted to establish a religion that was better than Hinduism
He wanted to help those who felt pain and suffering in life
He wanted to spread his new religious ideas to other people
Which of the following was Siddhartha Gautama most concerned about?
Meditating under a tree to gain more wisdom
Encouraging followers to give away their money
Helping people worship God on a daily basis
Finding ways to eliminate human suffering
What are the guiding principles at the heart of Buddhism called?
The Four Noble Truths
The Truths of Life
The Ruler for Living
The Enlightened Path
What caused many people from lower social classes to support the Buddha's teachings?
The Buddha opposed the caste system
The Buddha agreed with the Brahmin rituals
The Buddha supported animal sacrifices
The Buddha worked with Hindu priests
The two epics of Indian literature are the ______, which tells the story of two families fighting over control of a kingdom, and the __________, the story of Rama, a prince and god.
Mahabharata; Ramayana
Mahabharata; Bhagavad Gita
Bhagavad Gita; Varnas
Ramayana; Mahabharata
What do we call the numbers we use today?
Roman numerals
Hindu numerals
Hindu-Arabic numerals
Arabic numerals
What are the two main branches of Buddhism?
Theravada and Ramayana
Mahayana and Theravada
Mahayana and Himalaya
Theravada and Bhagavad Gita
What are people who work to spread religious beliefs called?
Artisans
Missionaries
Monks
Followers
What were the Shang the first people in China to do?
Use advanced metal tools
Develop a writing system
Hunt with bows and arrows
Domesticate pigs and sheep
According to the Zhou kings, what gave them the power to lead?
Democracy
Heaven
Nobility
Courage
The ideas of Confucius were compiled into a book called what?
Morality
Daoist
Analects
Perfectionism
Which of the following statements best summarizes the philosophy of Daoism?
All people should be allowed to own property
All people should follow the rules of society
All people should live in an ethical manner
All people should live in harmony with nature
Which of these was NOT a Chinese philosophy?
Daoism
Stoicism
Legalism
Confucianism
Who was Laozi?
The creator of Legalism
A famous Daoist teacher
Confucius' son
A Legalist leader
Ying Zheng gave himself the name Shi Huangdi. What does that mean?
"Strong Leader"
"First emperor"
"Great one"
"All powerful"
What was the effect of all people in China using the same coins and writing system?
There were fewer gold coins
Trade became much easier
People were happier
The government was strengthened
Which of the following best summarizes Liu Bang's approach to ruling China?
Weak and ineffective
Harsh and overly strict
Moderate and reasonable
Undisciplined and unfair
The iron plow and wheelbarrow allowed the Chinese to do what?
Raise and process more silkworms
Till more land and raise more crops
Trade more goods with other people
Train more animals to work in fields
Which of these was a 4,000-mile-long route that allowed goods to move between China and the Mediterranean Sea?
Silk Road
Silk Highway
Gold Road
China-Mediterranean Highway
Which of these was NOT a major river in ancient China?
Xi River
Huang He
Chang Jiang
Qiantang River
Which of the following statements BEST describes Legalism?
People are bad and need laws
People are good and need laws
People should live in harmony with the guiding force of all reality
People should follow their ethics, or moral values
Which Chinese emperor unified China, created a strict central government, and had an entire army built out of terra-cotta in his tomb?
Han Wudi
Han Feizi
Shi Huangdi
Liu Bang
Which of these is an example of cultural diffusion?
Buddhism spreading into China.
Silk being traded to Rome by the Silk Road.
Olives and wine being traded to China by the Silk Road.
All of these are cultural diffusion
What is the correct order of Chinese dynasties?
Zhou, Shang, Xia, Qin, Han
Shang, Han, Xia, Qin, Zhou
Xia, Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han
Han, Xia, Shang, Qin, Zhou
What was the effect on China of the popularity of silk in Rome?
China started a war.
China ended farming.
China became wealthy
China stopped trading
What is the religion of the Hebrews called?
Christianity
Judaism
Islam
Diaspora
Moses led the Hebrews out of slavery in what place?
Canaan
Israel
Babylon
Egypt
Which of these best summarizes the Exodus?
The scattering of Jews outside of Canaan
The conflict between the Hebrews and Romans
The journey Abraham took to Mesopotamia
The Hebrews' departure from Egypt
What is the dispersal, or spreading, of Jews outside of Judah and Israel called?
Exodus
Diaspora
Tanakh
Torah
Who does the Hebrew Bible trace the Hebrews back to?
Moses
Isaac
Abraham
David
What does monotheism mean?
Honoring the Sabbath
Believing in only one god
Following Mosaic law
Receiving messages from God
What is a Jewish house of worship called?
A church
A Sabbath
A synagogue
A Torah
Which holiday celebrates the rededication of the Second Temple?
Passover
Hanukkah
Rosh Hashana
Yom Kippur
Which event do Jews remember when celebrating Passover?
The Exodus
The burning of the Second Temple
The Diaspora
The struggle at Masada
What do traditions and holy days help Jews understand?
Their family tree
Their history
Their language
Their abilities
Which of the following do Jews consider to be the most holy day of the year?
Passover
Rosh Hashanah
Hanukkah
Yom Kippur
How did the event at Masada end?
The Jews there were captured
The Romans allowed the Jews there to go free
The Jews there took their own lives
The Romans and Jews made peace
Which of these civilizations was the earliest?
Norte Chico
Olmecs
Mayas
Incas
Which of these civilizations conquered the Maya and introduced the eagle and jaguar warriors?
Olmecs
Norte Chico
Toltecs
Aztecs
Which of these body parts could be used in the Mesoamerican ball game played by the Olmecs, Mayas, and Aztecs?
Hands
Hips
Feet
Knees
Which of these was NOT a common part of the early American empires' diets?
Corn
Squash
Beans
Beef
What allowed Mayan cities to grow?
Trade with the Norte Chico civilization
Trade with other Mayan cities
Trade with Europeans
Trade with the Olmecs
What practice did the Olmecs, Mayas, and Aztecs share?
Human sacrifice
Worship of a feathered snake-god
A game involving a rubber ball
All of these
What technology did NONE of the Mesoamerican and South American civilizations develop?
Writing
Pyramid-building
Metal tools
Complex religion
What effect did the arrival of the Spanish have on the Mesoamerican/South American civilizations?
The Spanish conquered the major empires
The Spanish introduced new diseases
The Spanish used advanced technology to kill thousands
All of these
Why were priests so important in Mesoamerican/South American civilizations?
They performed human sacrifices, so people were afraid of them
They chose the next king
They kept the gods happy so that the gods would bless the people
They were also highly trained soldiers
Which of these is NOT a theory about why the Maya disappeared?
The Maya were all killed by invaders
The Maya thought the cities were unsafe
The Maya could not produce enough food due to warfare
The Maya could not produce enough food due to drought
Which of these civilizations introduced the worship of Quetzalcoatl?
Olmecs
Toltecs
Aztecs
Mayas
What leader expanded the Inca into an empire?
Francisco Pizarro
Pachacuti
Pacal
Moctezuma II
Which of these is true?
The Spanish conquered only the Aztecs
The Spanish conquered only the Incas
The Spanish conquered both the Aztecs and Incas
The Spanish did not conquer the Aztecs or Incas
Which of these was the capital of the Aztec empire?
Tenochtitlan
Palenque
Chichen Itza
Tikal
Which of these was not a reason that Hernan Cortes conquered the Aztecs?
Converting the Aztecs to Christianity
Finding treasure and claiming land
Adventure and fame
To test new weapons
