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WorksheetsQuarter 1 Post Test Ancient World History
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
What is the order of the social structure of ancient Egypt from the top down?
Pharaoh, Nobles/Priests, Scribes, Merchants/Artisans, Farmers/Servants
Nobles/Priests, Scribes, Pharaoh, Merchants/Artisans, Farmers/Servants
Nobles/Priests, Pharaoh, Scribes, Merchants/Artisans, Farmers/Servants
Pharaoh, Merchants/Artisans, Scribes, Priests/Nobles, Farmers/Servants
Identify the roles of the Brahmins.
Rulers and Warriors
Landowners, bankers, and merchants
Farmers, laborers and servants
Priests
Identify the roles of the Kshatriyas.
Priests
Landowners, bankers, and merchants
Rulers and Warriors
Farmers, Laborers and servants
Identify the people in the Vaishyas.
Priests
Landowners, bankers, and merchants
Rulers and Warriors
Farmers, Laborers, and servants
What would a ruler have to do to stay in power during Zhou concept of Mandate of Heaven? Select two.
rule justly and virtuously
preserve harmony between heaven and earth
follow the Dao
Impose strict laws to prevent chaos
Why does the Hammurabi stele located in Sippar contain an image of Hammurabi and Shamash?
There was no correlation between Shamash and Hammurabi.
Shamash adored Hammurabi.
Shamash was the Sun God and was trying to show the link between religion and government.
There has never been a elationship between religion and government in history.
How was the Zhou society different from the Shang society?
There was no human sacrifice and the Zou society.
They did not use oracle bones.
Individual states and their ruling nobles had more power.
All of the above
How did the use of a ta system help to support the government under Chandragupta?
Chandragupta set up a tax system that collected 25% of crops.
Chandragupta collected taxes on goods sold.
Chandragupta used the taxes to pay government worker and support the large army
All of the above allowed for an efficient government system.
What was the impact of the Pharaoh on the economy and Egypt's place in the world?
The Pharaoh was the head of state and the religious leader.
Egyptians had no coin or paper money
Egyptians used grain to barter with.
All of the above
In the Sumerian social hierarchy, explain how religion supported the social order.
The city states governments and religious beliefs were firmly connected to allow for a distinction in social classes.
There were no social classes during this time in Sumerian history.
The rise of social classes was the new development for human societies. Men had a higher social class than women, but women in higher classes could gain power
People could easily move from one class to another through marriage or profession.
How did the use of a tax system help to support the government under Chandragupta?
Taxes collected aided the ruler to become the wealthiest in the empire creating to support for the government or military.
The taxes were just too much creating the Maurya Empire to become debtors to the government.
Paid government workers and to support a large army creating an efficient government for the Maurya empire.
There wasn't a tax system created to support the empire
One of the great achievements of the Indus Valley Civilization was
its sophisticated plumbing and sewage system
the invention of the chariot
iron technology
its number system
Besides the development of a written language, what was another of Shang's major achievements?
building the Great Wall
the introduction of metal coins
the invention of the seismometer
the development of bronze metalworking
Which ancient civilization created one of the earliest known systems of writing known as Cuneiform?
Mesopotamia
Egypt
China
Indus Valley
What was the one commonality among all the civilizations we have studied so far?
They all lived near a river that gave them water for their irrigation system to allow them to grow crops.
They all had indoor plumbing
They all had invented the wheel
They all used Cuneiform
The Wooden Ox, as invented by the Han dynasty, was significant for what reason?
Allowed a single man to transport enough food to supply four other families up to three months.
Able to feed large armies in the field.
It allowed for larger gatherings inside the Citadel
The Wooden Ox was not invented by the Han dynasty
Name Sumerian inventions invented.
sail
wheel and plow
irrigation
Cuneiform or first written language
All were inventions of the Sumerians
