Unit 2

Question 1

The Nile River Valley was well suited for settlement. What supports this fact?

Answer 1

The geography included areas for farming

Question 2

Besides providing a stable food diet, what advantage did Egypt’s location provide for early Egyptians?

Answer 2

It had natural barriers to protect against invaders

Question 3

Which of the following belief was central to Egyptian religion?

Answer 3

The struggle to get into the afterlife

Question 4

What was the purpose of the pyramids in ancient Egypt?

Answer 4

To protect the body of the pharaoh to help it reach the afterlife

Question 5

Which of the following was/is NOT a characteristic that both Ancient Egypt and modern Americans have in common?

Answer 5

Buildings that are functional and utillitarian

Question 6

Which of the following is believed to be the first female pharaoh?

Answer 6

Sobekneferu

Question 7

TWO Ancient Egypt social classes

Answer 7

Pharaohs and Priests

Question 8

Reincarnation is the Hindu

Answer 8

Belief that the individual soul is reborn in a different form

Question 9

A method of training developed by the Hindus that is supposed to harmonize body and soul is:

Answer 9

yoga

Question 10

Why did Chinese ‘Legalists’ advocate harsh laws and stiff punishments for keeping public order?

Answer 10

They believed people were not capable of being good

Question 11

According to Confucius, what is the “foundation whence all other virtues spring”?

Answer 11

The duty of children to revere their parents

Question 12

Which of the following was NOT a Han Dynasty success/achievement/accomplishment?

Answer 12

The creation and sale of heart scarabs to protect the wearer in the afterlife

Question 13

Which of the following was NOT a Kush Dynasty success/achievement/accomplishment?

Answer 13

The building of Pyramids

Question 14

Which Ancient Civilization is best known for creating standardized weights?

Answer 14

India

Question 15

Which Ancient Civilization is best known for creating citadels on high spots in their cities?

Answer 15

India

Question 16

Which Ancient Civilization is best known for creating gunpowder?

Answer 16

China

Question 17

Which Ancient Civilization is best known for creating and memorializing wheels?

Answer 17

India

Question 18

One of the most important developments was the development of language. What was the most important immediate outcome from this change?

Answer 18

Collective learning

Question 19

What made farming such an important development in human history?

Answer 19

Farming allowed humans to have control over all animals within their environment

Question 20

Humans transitioned from foraging to farming: what evidence sets farmers apart from foragers?

Answer 20

Farmer had more specialized tools, often living in villages or cities, and had less healthy bones than their foraging counterparts

Question 21

Which of the following was one way that the lives of people in agricultural societies changed?

Answer 21

People could now spend time doing activities other than food production

Question 22

How did most Neolithic societies live?

Answer 22

They were hierarchical and produced food mostly through farming

Question 23

Which was NOT a solution that Sumerians used to solve a cultural problem in Mesopotamia?

Answer 23

The dredging up of crude oil and trading it for building materials for their ziggurats

Question 24

Which ancient civilization was ruled by Hammurabi?

Answer 24

Babylonians

Question 25

Which leader expanded his empire, conquered the Israelites, and brought them into captivity?

Answer 25

Nebuchadnezzar

Question 26

Which of the following geographic terms is not related to the other three?

Answer 26

Walls

Question 27

O.P.E.C is known for

Answer 27

their trade in crude oil from the middle east to europe to america