Question 1

Ch 1 At what fossil site did archaeologists find the earliest Homo Sapiens remains?

Accepted Answer

Qafzeh, Israel

Answer

Mladec, Czech Republic

Answer

Liujiang China

Answer

Klasies River Mouth, South Africa

Question 2

Ch 1 To which continents did Homo erectus migrate from Africa

Accepted Answer

Austrailia and Europe

Answer

Asia and Africa

Answer

the Americas and Europe

Answer

Asia and Europe

Question 3

Ch 1 What is the northernmost fossil site of Homo erectus remains

Accepted Answer

Heidelberg, Germany

Answer

Mladec, Czech Republic

Answer

Diuktai Cave Russia

Answer

Malta, Russia

Question 4

Ch 1 About how many years ago did the beginnings of agriculture take place/

Accepted Answer

10,000

Answer

5,000

Answer

20,000

Answer

15,000

Question 5

Ch 1 What was the average global temperature at the time when agriculture began?

Accepted Answer

55 degrees

Answer

58 degrees

Answer

50 degrees

Answer

52 degrees

Question 6

Ch 1 During what period of time were hominids hunter-gathers?

Accepted Answer

25,000 to 10,000 years ago

Answer

10,000 to 5,000 years ago

Answer

20,000 to 1,000 years ago

Answer

25,000 to 15,000 years ago

Question 7

Ch 2 What natural barrier lies between India and China?

Accepted Answer

Himalaya Mountains

Answer

Plateau of Tibet

Answer

Gobi Desert

Answer

Takla makan Desert

Question 8

Ch 2 Which river ran next to the cities of Yangzhou and Panlongcheng?

Accepted Answer

the Chang Jiang

Answer

the Huang He

Answer

the Ganges

Answer

the Xi Jiang

Question 9

Ch 2 What ruler was famous for the uniform code of laws that unified his empire?

Accepted Answer

Hammurabi

Answer

Xerxses II

Answer

Harappan

Answer

Pharaoh

Question 10

Ch 2 Which early civilization had the first carefully planned cities with sophisticated plumbing?

Accepted Answer

Harappan

Answer

Ur

Answer

Egypt

Answer

Indus River Valley

Question 11

Ch 2 In which form of writing did pictures stand for ideas

Accepted Answer

hieroglyphics

Answer

cuneiform

Answer

Arabic

Answer

Persian

Question 12

Ch 2 What is a deposit of fertile, windblown soil called

Accepted Answer

loess

Answer

chaft

Answer

grain

Answer

silt

Question 13

Ch 2 Which ruler was considered to be both a king and a god?

Accepted Answer

pharaoh

Answer

Hammerabi

Answer

Solomon

Answer

Xerxes II

Question 14

Ch 2 What is the belief in many gods?

Accepted Answer

polytheism

Answer

Judaism

Answer

Buddism

Answer

Hinduism

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