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WHI Ch 1 & 2

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the term for a unique way of life of a group of people?

a)

culture

b)

civilization

c)

cuneiform

d)

trade

2.

What was the dramatic and far-reaching change in human life caused by the discovery of farming?

a)

Neanderthal

b)

Ur

c)

Neolithic Revolution

d)

Paleolithic Revolution

3.

What was the writing system that the Sumerian scribes created?

a)

hieroglyphics

b)

sanskrit

c)

cunieform

d)

bronze

4.

What early species of hominids was the first to migrate, to use tools, to use fire, and perhaps to develop the beginnings of spoken language?

a)

Homo erectus

b)

Homo sapien

c)

Homo habilis

5.

What are trade, specialized work, government, record keeping, and advanced technology characteristics of?

a)

civilization

b)

culture

c)

trade

6.

What substance did Sumer's metalworkers create to make their tools harder than copper?

a)

iron

b)

bronze

c)

silver

d)

gold

7.

The discovery of farming and domestication brought about the Paleolithic Age.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Homo habilis was the earliest hominid to migrate from Africa and settle in India, China, Southeast Asia, and Europe.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

The archaeological discoveries at Catal Huyuk added to our understanding of early cave drawings.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

The characteristic that clearly distinguishes Homo sapiens from Homo erectus is brain size.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Sumerian scribes invented cuneiform for the purpose of writing letters.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Ur's tallest and most important building, the city's temple, was known as a ziggurat.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

What time in the past does "prehistoric" refer to?

a)

before the invention of writing

b)

before the Neolithic Age

c)

before the establishment of civlizations

d)

before the appearance of Homo sapiens

14.

What important characteristic did "Lucy," the earliest hominid yet found have?

a)

well-developed muscles

b)

prehensile tail

c)

opposable thumbs

d)

very big brain

15.

What did Mary Leakey's discovery of footprints indicate about hominids?

a)

they were a species of australopithecine

b)

they supported themselves as hunter-gatherers

c)

they walked upright earlier than had been believed

d)

they lived in a place where they had not been thought to exist

16.

Which of the following was NOT in wide use during the Neolithic Age?

a)

domesticated animals

b)

bronze

c)

irrigation

d)

fire

17.

Which of the following was NOT a result of the safer, more settled life of agricultural villages?

a)

cultural life

b)

domestication

c)

specialization

d)

nomadic lifestyle

18.

What did the discoveries in the Shanidar cave reveal about the Neanderthals?

a)

they had developed tools

b)

they had developed religious beliefs

c)

they had developed agriculture

d)

they had developed a written language

19.

In what well-defined social classes did the people of Ur live?

a)

wealthy merchants, priests, goatherds

b)

scribes, government officials, weavers

c)

rulers and priests, wealthy merchants, artisans

d)

priests, rulers, scribes, artists

20.

Historical narratives and epic poetry were a further development of what major characteristic of civilization?

a)

record keeping

b)

advanced technology

c)

complex institutions

d)

advanced cities

21.

Why was the development of government necessary in early cities such as Ur?

a)

performance of religious affairs and duties

b)

maintenance of order among soaring populations

c)

preservation of the caste system

d)

all of the above

22.

Which of the following is NOT a function served by the ziggurat?

a)

storage for grains, woven fabrics, and gems

b)

conducting of religious rituals

c)

the location of the city's metalworks

d)

hub of the government and storage of records

23.

Skilled worker who makes goods by hand

a)

artifact

b)

artisan

c)

scribe

d)

hunter-gatherer

24.

The New Stone Age, in which people learned to grow crops and raise animals.

a)

Neolithic Age

b)

Paleolithic Age

c)

Homo sapiens

d)

hunter-gatherer

25.

Group whose food supply depends on hunting animals and collecting plant foods

a)

scribe

b)

artisan

c)

hunter-gatherer

d)

artifact

26.

The earlier and longer part of the Stone Age, in which tools were invented.

a)

Neolithic Age

b)

Paleolithic Age

c)

Bronze Age

27.

Professional record-keeper

a)

scribe

b)

artisan

c)

priest

d)

farmer

28.

Highly mobile people who moved from place to place searching for new food sources were called

a)

neanderthals

b)

hominids

c)

nomads

d)

farmers

29.

People whose food supply depended on hunting animals and collecting plant foods were called

a)

nomads

b)

a culture group

c)

Cro-Magnons

d)

hunter-gatherers

30.

Discoveries of artistic works from early men and women include all of these except

a)

polished beads made from mammoth tusks

b)

cave paintings

c)

watercolor paintings

d)

necklaces of shells

31.

Another name for Neolithic Revolution is the

a)

industrial revolution

b)

agricultural revolution

c)

New Stone Age

d)

technological revolution

32.

Early farmers used slash-and-burn methods because

a)

the ashes fertilized the soil and brought renewed growth after a few years

b)

they didn't want their neighbors to be able to use the land

c)

it produced the largest crops in the shortest period of time

d)

lack of rain made it the only method possible

33.

What ruler was famous for a uniform code of laws that unified his empire?

a)

Shang

b)

Hammurabi

c)

Sargon

d)

Narmer

34.

How do we know that the people of the Indus Valley traded with the Sumerians?

a)

the civilizations' boats were found in the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea

b)

Indus seals were found in Sumer and Sumerian items in the Indus Valley

c)

Indus Valley plumbing tools were found in Sumer

d)

Sumerian bronze artifacts were found in the Indus Valley ruins

35.

Why do we know so little about the Indus Valley civilization?

a)

it existed for only a few hundred years

b)

there are few artifacts from the Indus Valley

c)

its written language has not yet been deciphered

d)

it existed in a part of the world that has been largely ignored

36.

What did Egyptian and Mesopotamian society have in common?

a)

women could pursue careers and own property

b)

these two early civilizations were fun by women

c)

children of both sexes were educated together

d)

all of the above are true

37.

How did Sargon of Akkad form the first empire?

a)

by conquering the Indian subcontinent

b)

by taking control of both northern and southern Mesopotamia

c)

by invading Upper and Lower Egypt

d)

by attacking central China from the north and west

38.

Why were Egyptian farmers more fortunate than the farmers of Mesopotamia?

a)

the Tigris and Euphrates frequently changed course; the Nile didn't

b)

the Nile flooded at regular intervals; the Tigris and Euphrates flooded irregularly

c)

the Nile flowed north; the Tigris and Euphrates flowed southeast

d)

the Nile flooded more deeply than the Tigris and Euphrates

39.

What did the pyramids show about the Old Kingdom dynasties of Egypt?

a)

the leadership, economy, and government were stron

b)

they had access to a good supply of stone, both limestone and granite

c)

they had well-developed mathematical and engineering skills

d)

all of the above are true

40.

Which of the following distinguished the cities of the Indus Valley?

a)

cities were constantly at war despite huge defensive structures

b)

cities were laid down without thinking, forming a jumble of streets

c)

cities were planned and had their own plumbing and sewage systems

d)

cities were destroyed by invaders in horse-drawn chariots

41.

How did feudalism in China fail in the end to fulfill its original purpose?

a)

instead of maintaining Zhou control, it led to independent lords

b)

instead of protecting the lords, feudalism caused peasants to revolt

c)

feudalism caused a gap between the rich and poor, and this led to unrest

d)

feudalism failed to maintain order when nomads invaded

42.

What was the major advantage of the Chinese system of writing?

a)

it developed from pictographs and could be read by other peoples

b)

people all over China could read it, even if they spoke other languages

c)

the Chinese written language has changed very little since 200 BC

d)

all readers needed to know was a small number of pictographs

43.

How did the Mandate of Heaven affect government in China?

a)

the Mandate of Heaven led to long periods of war among families

b)

religious leaders read oracle bones to select new rulers

c)

it allowed new rulers to justify the overthrow of a declining dynasty

d)

the ruler received a direct mandate from heaven that he should resign

44.

Egyptian writing system in which symbols stood for sounds as well as ideas

a)

hieroglyphics

b)

sanskrit

c)

cuneiform

d)

hieratic

45.

Seasonal winds that dominate India's climate

a)

papyrus

b)

hieroglyphics

c)

monsoon

d)

loess

46.

Group of peoples, nations, or previously independent states under the control of one ruler

a)

cultural diffusion

b)

theocracy

c)

polytheism

d)

empire

47.

Paperlike writing surface that the Egyptians made from reeds

a)

hieroglyphics

b)

papyrus

c)

loess

d)

monsoon

48.

The belief in more than one god

a)

polytheism

b)

theocracy

c)

loess

d)

ziggurat

49.

Fertile soil that forms a yellowish silt and is deposited when the Huang He overflows

a)

papyrus

b)

monsoon

c)

empire

d)

loess

50.

Process in which a new idea or a product spreads from one culture to another

a)

empire

b)

polytheism

c)

cultural diffusion

d)

papyrus

51.

Type of government in which rule is based on religious authority

a)

democracy

b)

autocracy

c)

monopoly

d)

theocracy

52.

An arc of land in Southwest Asia that provided rich farming land in ancient times is called the

a)

Fertile Crescent

b)

Harappan civilization

c)

Mandate of Heave

53.

A series of rulers from a single family is a

a)

pharaoh

b)

dynasty

c)

theocracy

54.

The earliest civilization in Asia arose in

a)

the Indus Valley

b)

the Huang He Valley

c)

Mesopotamia

d)

Egypt

55.

The Indus Valley civilization is also called the

a)

Harappan civilization

b)

Egyptian civilization

c)

Shang dynasty

56.

The Chinese view that royal authority came from the gods is called the

a)

dynastic cycle

b)

feudalism

c)

Mandate of Heave

d)

Huang He

57.

China's heartland or center of civilization

a)

North China Plain

b)

Shang Di

c)

Chang Jian River

d)

oracle bones

58.

The rise, decline, and replacement of families of rulers is called

a)

feudalsim

b)

the dynastic cycle

c)

oracle bones

d)

the Shang

59.

Ruins of settlements in _____________________ show that the buildings were constructed of oven-baked bricks.

a)

Fertile Crescent

b)

Mesopotamia

c)

the Indus Valley

d)

China's North Plain

60.

Because of its size and the presence of mountains that separate it from the rest of Asia, the land mass that contains India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal is referred to as a continent.

a)

True

b)

False