Foundations Quiz 1

By what date did Egypt Develop?
1. Developed by 3000 BCE
2. Developed by 30000 BCE
3. Developed by 5000 BCE
4. Developed by 4000 BCE
What was used to communicate with ancestors, and what civilization used this way of communication?
1. Mummification, Egypt
2. Polytheism, Mesopotamia
3. Oracle Bones, China
4. Priests, Indus Valley
In the Indian cast system under the Aryans, who has the highest status?
1. Warriors
2. Peasants
3. Farmers
4. Priests
Who was Confucius?
1. A ruler of China
2. A Chinese teacher/philosopher
3. A legalist Chinese philospher
4. A ruler from Mesopotamia
What is significant about the Chin Dynasty?
1. Were the people who gave China its Great wall
2. Conspired against Confucious
3. Was important in spreading Confuscious thought
4. Were the first rulers of united China
Who is responsible for the silk road?
1. India
2. China
3. Egypt
4. MesoAmerica
Who used oracle bones?
1. Mesopotamia
2. Indus Valley
3. Egypt
4. Shang China
Which choice is not a common feature of classical civilizations?
1. Governing societies
2. Agricultural societies
3. Pastoral societies
4. Foraging societies
In the Paleolithic Age …
1. Farming was invented
2. Spoken communication was invented
3. There was the domestication of plants and animals
4. People started to specialize in an occupation
Ziggurats were…
1. A place that the King lived
2. The town bath
3. Places where everyone went to trade goods
4. In the center of towns to appease and worship the gods
In Meso America these probably had religious significance?
1. Giant Carved Stone heads
2. Giant trees in the middle of town
3. Mummies buried in tombs
4. Horses were allowed to run freely
What are three things that can contribute to diffusion of inventions?
1. There was no diffusion of inventions; diffusion was an invention
2. Travel, irrigation, types of jobs
3. Trade, war, travel
4. All of the above
What was a characteristic of the political system in Egypt?
1. It was an extensive bureaucracy who got most of its governing ideas from the Romans.
2. They used a 12-month calendar and had extensive medical knowledge.
3. Their king was known as the pharaoh.
4. It was divided into city-states.
What were the top three social classes in China (in order from top down)?
1. Warriors, aristocrats, bureaucrats
2. Priests, merchants, farmers
3. Emperor, merchants, peasants
4. Priests, aristocrats, warriors
An example of divine kingship is:
1. A European king
2. Practiced by Mesopotamians
3. all early Indian rulers
4. The pharaohs of Egypt
Travel, war, trade, and communication all lead to:
1. complete irrigation systems
2. chaos and confusion
3. diffusion of inventions
4. making of money
Ur was a city in:
1. The ancient civilization of Egypt
2. The ancient civilization of Mesopotamia
3. The Indus Valley
4. The Shang Valley
What became a bond between people in Shang China:
1. A centralized government
2. Horse drawn chariots
3. A love of their country
4. Uniform written language
Pastoral societies developed:
1. The domestication of horses and camels
2. Baskets for gathering and storing;
3. A and B
4. The use of iron tools
During the Paleolithic Age all of the following are true except:
1. invented spoken language
2. women had many rights since they did the cooking
3. infant mortality was common
4. cooking and cleaning
Egypt, during the Middle Kingdom, was conquered by:
1. Darius the Great
2. The Hammurabi tribe
3. The great King Menes
4. Assyrians from Assyria
The Ancient city of Memphis was in:
1. ancient civilization of Egypt;
2. the Indus Valley
3. ancient civilization of Mesopotamia
4. the state of Tennessee
In the late Indus Valley civilization who had the highest status?
1. The Priests did
2. The Warriors did
3. The Merchants did
4. The Untouchables did
What giant carvings did the Olmecs have
1. giant carved stone heads
2. giant carved stone panthers
3. giant carved stone horses
4. giant carved stone lizards
In Egypt the Pharaoh’s power was channeled through
1. The regional governors
2. The regional priests
3. The regional pharaohs
4. The regional mummies
The Egyptians were less advanced than the Mesopotamians in
1. math and astronomy
2. math and writing
3. astronomy and astrology
4. giving women higher status
In what civilization were some women Shamans
1. Ancient civilization of Shang China
2. Ancient civilization of Mesopotamia
3. The Indus Valley
4. Ancient civilization of Egypt
The most common occupation in all areas was
1. The occupation of farming
2. The occupation of mercantilism
3. The occupation of hunter and gatherer
4. The occupation of craftsmen
The Olmecs in Mesoamerica had
1. well-developed agriculture based on maize
2. well-developed agriculture based on hay
3. well-developed agriculture based on beans
4. well-developed agriculture based on squash