Question 1

Why have some historians decided to stop using BC and AD when measuring time and use BCE and CE instead?

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Because BC and AD refer to a particular religion and historians want to be politically correct

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Because it's easier to read

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Because they can't speak Latin

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Because historians believe it more accurately reflects how people think about the past

Question 2

Which of the following sets of years are in chronological order?

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1456 BCE, 6BCE, 2CE, 456 CE

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456 BCE, 345 CE, 1 BCE, 2007 BCE

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345 BCE, 543 CE, 0, 1997 CE

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2007 BCE, 478 BCE, 678 BCE, 978 Ce

Question 3

How many years ago was 382 BCE?

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2,399 years ago

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382 years ago

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1,633 years ago

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764 years ago

Question 4

There is evidence Neanderthal man participated in ritual burial.  What does this suggest?

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Neanderthal man may have had religious beliefs.

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Culture is old.

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Homo sapiens participated in ritual burial.

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Neanderthal man had coffins.

Question 5

What was significant about homo erectus?

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They were the first to control fire.

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They were the first to create a system of writing.

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They were hairier than homo habilis.

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They were the first to make tools.

Question 6

What species was most like modern humans?

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Cro-magnon

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homo habilis

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homo erectus

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Neanderthal

Question 7

Which of the following events occurred first in human history?

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People were hunter-gatherers.

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The birth of Jesus Christ.

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The Neolithic Revolution began.

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The birth of the prophet Mohammad.

Question 8

Which of the following can be considered technology?

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All of the above

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fire

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the wheel

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computer

Question 9

The hunter-gatherer way of life made it impossible for people to live

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in permanent dwellings (homes)

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in groups

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in cold climates

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without a spoken language

Question 10

Which of the following is NOT considered one of the 5 characteristics of civilization?

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Specialized food dishes

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Specialized workers

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Advanced cities

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Advanced technology

Question 11

Why are food surpluses necessary for the development of specialized workers?

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Extra food must be produced in order to free others from having to grow their own food, giving time for specialized work.

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Food surpluses are actually not necessary for the development of specialized workers.

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Extra food must be produced to complete animal sacrifices.

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Extra food must be used for the specialized workers to use as temple offerings.

Question 12

Sumerians organized their civilization into government structures called:

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city-states

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representative democracies

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nations

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countries

Question 13

The Agricultural Revolution began between two rivers in a region more commonly known as

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The Fertile Crescent

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The Great Plains

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The Levant

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The Watershed

Question 14

The main result of the domestication (taming) of animals was that humans

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had a ready supply of meat and animal products

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were safer during a hunt

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were able to hunt more efficiently

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could use animals to pull carts and wagons

Question 15

Why did the development of agriculture (farming) lead to the establishment of villages?

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Having a more reliable source of food allowed people to stay in one place longer.

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It didn't lead to the establishment of villages, agriculture destroyed villages.

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When people learned to plan food instead of gathering, they no longer needed meat.

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Planting food in the same place uses up the soil and people had to move.

Question 16

An epic poem is

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a long poetic work that tells of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture

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a poetic work that focuses on love and courtship

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a short poetic work that memorializes a dead person

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a poetic work that points out shortcomings of people and organizations to shame them.

Question 17

The Sumerian epic poem The Epic of Gilgamesh was recorded on clay tablets using a form of writing called:

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cuneiform

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alphabets

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hieroglyphics

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letters

Question 18

Gilgamesh goes on a quest (journey) to:

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seek immortality

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destroy the city of Uruk

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learn why the gods brought the flood

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avenge his fallen friend Enkidu

Question 19

In the Epic of Gilgamesh, who is Gilgamesh's counterpart?

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Enkidu

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The Shepherd

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his mother

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The Harlot

Question 20

Egyptians used the pyramid to

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house their dead kings

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celebrate the new harvest

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bring in the new year

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live in year round

Question 21

What was the Egyptian system of writing called?

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hieroglyphics

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letters

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alphabets

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cuneiform

Question 22

Why were Egyptian farmers more productive than Mesopotamian farmers?

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The Nile flooded regularly; the Tigris and Euphrates were unpredictable.

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The Nile flowed north; the Tigris and Euphrates flowed southeast.

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The Tigris Euphrates, and the Nile frequently changed course.

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The Nile flooded more deeply than the Tigris and Euphrates.

Question 23

Mesopotamia was located between which two rivers?

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Tigris and Euphrates

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Indus River and Tigris River

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Nile River and Indus River

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Mississippi River and Ohio River

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