Question 1

Genetic evidence strongly supports the multiregional theory of human evolution.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Zoroastrianism

Accepted Answer

Zoroastrianism is one of the world's old

Question 3

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Persia and Cyrus the Great

Accepted Answer

Persia refers to an ancient empire that

Question 4

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Homo sapiens

Accepted Answer

Homo sapiens is the scientific name for

Question 5

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Semitic

Accepted Answer

The term "Semitic" refers to a family of

Question 6

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
cave paintings

Accepted Answer

Cave paintings are prehistoric pictorial

Question 7

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Hittites and iron

Accepted Answer

The Hittites were an ancient Anatolian p

Question 8

The largest category of laws in the Code of Hammurabi focused on

Accepted Answer

A)  public officials' responsibilities. 
B)  the terms under which it is acceptable to retaliate against an injustice. 
C)  marriage and family. 
D)  the disparate rules for upper and lower class members of society. 
E)  military service obligations for male citizens. 
A)  public officials' responsibilities. 
B)  the terms under which it is acceptable to retaliate against an injustice. 
C)  marriage and family. 
D)  the disparate rules for upper and lower class members of society. 
E)  military service obligations for male citizens.

Question 9

Discuss the roles of men and women in hunter-gatherer societies and early civilizations. How do the roles played by men and women change over time and with new customs and laws? Where do women fare best and worst?

Accepted Answer

In hunter-gatherer societies, men and wo

Question 10

What new attitudes and practices developed during the New Kingdom in Egypt? How and why did they differ from those of the Old and Middle Kingdoms?

Accepted Answer

During the New Kingdom in Egypt, several

Question 11

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
homo erectus

Accepted Answer

Homo erectus is an extinct species of ho

Question 12

How did the Assyrians and Persians maintain their empires? What methods did they use?

Accepted Answer

The Assyrians and Persians maintained th

Question 13

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Indo-European languages

Accepted Answer

The term "Indo-European languages" refer

Question 14

What role did religion/spiritual beliefs play in early civilizations? How did human beings conceptualize the relationship of their world to the spiritual world? What role did spiritual beliefs play in determining how earthly power was distributed and maintained?

Accepted Answer

Religion and spiritual beliefs played a

Question 15

Who did the Israelites believe were the true religious teachers, sent by God?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Assyrians 
B)  The Chaldeans 
C)  The Prophets 
D)  The Hebrew political leaders 
E)  The rabbis 
A)  The Assyrians 
B)  The Chaldeans 
C)  The Prophets 
D)  The Hebrew political leaders 
E)  The rabbis

Question 16

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
the Nile

Accepted Answer

The Nile is a major north-flowing river

Question 17

What major economic changes resulted from the Neolithic Revolution? What social and lifestyle changes did it bring, and for which individuals and which groups in these societies?

Accepted Answer

The Neolithic Revolution brought about m

Question 18

Slaves in Sumerian cities were made to do all of the following tasks EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  constructing buildings. 
B)  making cloth. 
C)  preaching. 
D)  grinding grain. 
E)  farming. 
A)  constructing buildings. 
B)  making cloth. 
C)  preaching. 
D)  grinding grain. 
E)  farming.

Question 19

What was true about early Sumerian writing?

Accepted Answer

A)  It evolved from pictures to signs and eventually to a phonetic system. 
B)  It was based on hieroglyphics. 
C)  It led to improvements in spoken language systems. 
D)  It borrowed from the Greek and Egyptian writing systems. 
E)  It was created largely to give praise to the gods. 
A)  It evolved from pictures to signs and eventually to a phonetic system. 
B)  It was based on hieroglyphics. 
C)  It led to improvements in spoken language systems. 
D)  It borrowed from the Greek and Egyptian writing systems. 
E)  It was created largely to give praise to the gods.

Question 20

Identify the following term(s). 
Eridu, Ur, Uruk, Umma, and Lagash

Accepted Answer

Eridu, Ur, Uruk, Umma, and Lagash are al

Exam 1: Early Humans and the First Civilizations

Genetic evidence strongly supports the multiregional theory of human evolution.

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Zoroastrianism

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Persia and Cyrus the Great

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Homo sapiens

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Semitic

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). cave paintings

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Hittites and iron

The largest category of laws in the Code of Hammurabi focused on

Discuss the roles of men and women in hunter-gatherer societies and early civilizations. How do the roles played by men and women change over time and with new customs and laws? Where do women fare best and worst?

What new attitudes and practices developed during the New Kingdom in Egypt? How and why did they differ from those of the Old and Middle Kingdoms?

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). homo erectus

How did the Assyrians and Persians maintain their empires? What methods did they use?

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Indo-European languages

What role did religion/spiritual beliefs play in early civilizations? How did human beings conceptualize the relationship of their world to the spiritual world? What role did spiritual beliefs play in determining how earthly power was distributed and maintained?

Who did the Israelites believe were the true religious teachers, sent by God?

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). the Nile

What major economic changes resulted from the Neolithic Revolution? What social and lifestyle changes did it bring, and for which individuals and which groups in these societies?

Slaves in Sumerian cities were made to do all of the following tasks EXCEPT

What was true about early Sumerian writing?

Identify the following term(s). Eridu, Ur, Uruk, Umma, and Lagash

Ancient India

China in Antiquity

The Civilization of the Greeks

The Roman World Empire

The Americas

Ferment in the Middle East: the Rise of Islam

Early Civilizations in Africa

The Expansion of Civilization in South and Southeast Asia

The Flowering of Traditional China

The East Asian Rimlands: Early Japan, Korea, and Vietnam

The Making of Europe

The Byzantine Empire and Crisis and Recovery in the West

New Encounters: the Creation of a World Market

Europe Transformed: Reform and State Building

The Muslim Empires

The East Asian World

The West on the Eve of a New World Order

The Beginnings of Modernization: Industrialization and Nationalism in the Nineteenth Century

The Americas and Society and Culture in the West

The High Tide of Imperialism

Shadows Over the Pacific: East Asia Under Challenge

The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution

Nationalism, Revolution, and Dictatorship: Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America From 1919 to 1939

The Crisis Deepens: World War Ii

East and West in the Grip of the Cold War

Brave New World: Communism on Trial

Europe and the Western Hemisphere Since 1945

Challenges of Nation Building in Africa and the Middle East

Toward the Pacific Century

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