Question 1

What is the name of the top of the caste system of ancient India?

Accepted Answer

Brahmins

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Sudras

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Vaisyas

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Kshatriya

Question 2

The Silk Road trade routes allowed for the spread of which goods and ideas?

Accepted Answer

Confucianism, Buddhism, spices, glassware

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Buddhism, hieroglyphics, currency

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Confucianism, legalism and Daoism

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Christianity, maize, irrigation

Question 3

Buddhism was able to spread to China from India along the Silk Road.

Accepted Answer

True

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False

Question 4

Which ancient Chinese philosophies helped develop China's legal and political processes?

Accepted Answer

Confucianism and Legalism

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Daoism and Confucianism

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Legalism and Daoism

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Legalism and Buddhism

Question 5

Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics are pictures  that reflect what part about their society?

Accepted Answer

daily life

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ideogram

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phonogram

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Rosetta Stone

Question 6

In what way did the ancient Egyptian calendar help them create a food surplus?

Accepted Answer

they could predict flooding

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they used hieroglyphics to make the calendar

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they learned irrigation

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the calendar had 365 days

Question 7

Which egyptian pharaoh was a women that ended up expanding trade and dressing like a king, so that she could get respect from other men?

Accepted Answer

Hatshepsut

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Ramses II

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Tutankhamun

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Amenhotep IV

Question 8

Which Egyptian pharaoh  was discovered by archaeologist in recent history and allowed us to study all of his artifacts intact?

Accepted Answer

Tutankhamun

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Amenhotep IV

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Hatshepsut

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Akhenaten

Question 9

All of the Egyptian pharaohs believed in many gods except for Amenhotep IV . What is he known for doing to the Egyptian religion?

Accepted Answer

He changed traditional religious beliefs to monotheism.

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He changed traditional religious beliefs to destroy others.

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He changed traditional religious beliefs to make himself god.

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He changed traditional religious beliefs to polytheism.

Question 10

How does physical geography affect ancient cultures and where they can live?

Accepted Answer

Ancient civilizations must live by river valleys so they can have provided fertile land for agriculture.

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The seaports provided water access enabling each civilization to become empires.

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Civilizations had arid climates and could not keep food in storage.

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Ancient civilizations must live in deserts so that foreign invaders can not get to them.

Question 11

Which civilization can be called the Yellow River Valley civilization, based on the river they live near?

Accepted Answer

ancient China

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Mesopotamia

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ancient India

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ancient Egypt

Question 12

What is a geographer? (think about the themes we have focused on in class)

Accepted Answer

They study the way goods, people, and ideas move from one location to another.

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They study the relationship between neighboring cultures.

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They study the relationship between humans and their environment.

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They study the way population affects geographic regions.

Question 13

Based on the passage, what is the greatest benefit to China that its physical geography provided

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It allowed for a unique culture and protection from enemies

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It allowed for the beliefs of Buddhism to be developed

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It created fierce independence among its city-states and protection from the government

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It provided an abundance of flat, open spaces that were perfect for growing crops

Question 14

The ancient Egyptians helped develop skills in surgery and medicine. How did they learn so much about these ideas?

Accepted Answer

mummification

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hieroglyphics

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calendar/math

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irrigation

Question 15

Why did the Egyptians create the calendar?

Accepted Answer

To monitor the flooding seasons of Nile River

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To track the phases of the moon and constellations

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To record trade of goods and crops

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To document events of significance to the kingdom

Question 16

Shi Huangdi created the Terracotta Warriors to help protect him where?

Accepted Answer

in the afterlife

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in his tomb

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in his palace

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in upcoming battles

Question 17

How were items traded along the Silk Road?

Accepted Answer

from city to city, using caravans

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people exchanged currency for other peoples items

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people traveled 5,000 miles to trade with eachother

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people often lost items along the way and died on their journey to trade and barter

Question 18

Why was the Great wall of China built?

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To keep out invaders from the north

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To maintain China’s isolation so cultural developments could flourish

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To provide jobs for the poor and working class citizens

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To more easily move troops to far reaching regions of the empire

Question 19

What belief has people who believe in Hinduism acting morally?

Accepted Answer

karma

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dharma

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nirvana

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caste system

Question 20

Which of the following statements describes a relationship between the Hindu belief in karma and caste system

Accepted Answer

A person who acts morally will escape their position in the next life

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A person born to a higher caste who does bad things will be forgiven for their immoral choices in this life

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A person born to a lower caste is unable to escape their position in this life

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A person who acts morally will escape their caste in this life

Question 21

What is the name of the physical geography that limited interactions between the Indus River Valley and China?

Accepted Answer

Himalayas

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Hindu Kush Mountains

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Indus River

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Gobi desert

Question 22

The Brahmins are at the top of the Caste System and the Sudras are at the bottom of the Caste System. What does this mean in terms of how they would be punished for crimes in society?

Accepted Answer

The higher the caste the lower the punishment.

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Each caste had the same punishments.

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The lower the caste the lower the punishment.

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There were no punishments for any caste back then.

Question 23

These three clues match which idea that we learned about for Egypt? Clues: geometry, Giza and tombs

Accepted Answer

pyramids

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sarcophagus

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pharaohs

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hieroglyphics

Question 24

Gobi, Indus, Huang He, Himalayas are four words describing which vocabulary word?

Accepted Answer

physical geography

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invaders

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planets

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mountains

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