Honors Quiz

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Honors Quiz

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1. In the area between the Persian Gulf and the
Mediterranean Sea is an arc of land that provides
some of the best farming in Southwest Asia. What
is this area called? 2. Approximately when did
people first begin to settle and farm in southern
Mesopotamia? 3. What were the three
disadvantages to living in southern
Mesopotamia? 4. How did they solve the problems
in the above question? 5. What are the five key
characteristics that set Sumer apart from earlier
human societies? 6. What do you call a city with
the land it controlled that surrounded it? 7.
What do you call a series of rulers from a single
family? 8. What do you call a belief in many
gods? 9. What are three important inventions of
the Sumerians? 10. What political institution
brings together several peoples, nations, or
previously independent states under the control
of one ruler?
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11. Under which emperor did the Babylonian Empire
reach its peak? 12. What was Hammurabis most
enduring legacy? 13. What do you call a place
where jagged cliffs and boulders turn a river
into churning rapids? 14. What do you call a
broad, marshy, triangular area of land formed by
deposits of silt at the mouth of a river? 15. In
3100 BC, what king united Upper and Lower Egypt
into one country? 16. What do you call the
Egyptian god-kings? 17. What do you call a
system of government in which the ruler has
divine authority? 18. What was the purpose of
the Great Pyramid? 19. What do you call the
process that was used in Egypt to preserve
bodies?
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20. In order, from top to bottom, list the
different parts of Egyptian society (not
including slaves) that made up their social
pyramid. (For extra credit, after naming the
bottom three classes, tell me specific types of
people that fall into these.) 21. The Egyptian
system of writing was known as what? 22. The
Egyptians paper like substance was known as
what? 23. Together India, Pakistan, Nepal and
Bangladesh make up a what? 24. Seasonal winds
are known as what? 25. What was the name of the
first Chinese dynasty? 26. What was the most
important virtue that dealt with Chinese
families? 27. What major advantage did the
Chinese system of writing have? 28. Divine
approval for a just ruler was called what? 29. A
pattern of the rise, decline, and replacement of
dynasties was known as what? 30. What do you
call a political system in which nobles are
granted use of lands owned by the king?
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1. In the area between the Persian Gulf and the
Mediterranean Sea is an arc of land that provides
some of the best farming in Southwest Asia. What
is this area called? - Fertile Crescent 2.
Approximately when did people first begin to
settle and farm in southern Mesopotamia? - 4500
BC 3. What were the three disadvantages to living
in southern Mesopotamia? - (1) Flooding of the
rivers was unpredictable - (2) Sumer was a small
region with no natural barriers for protection -
(3) Natural resources were limited 4. How did
they solve the problems in the above question? -
(1) Irrigation canals - (2) Built city walls
with mud bricks - (3) Traded for what they
needed 5. What are the five key characteristics
that set Sumer apart from earlier human
societies? - (1) Advanced cities - (2)
Specialized workers - (3) Complex
institutions - (4) Record keeping - (5)
Advanced technology
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6. What do you call a city with the land it
controlled that surrounded it? - city-state 7.
What do you call a series of rulers from a single
family? - dynasty 8. What do you call a belief
in many gods? - polytheism 9. What are three
important inventions of the Sumerians? - (1)
Wheel - (2) Sail - (3) Plow 10. What political
institution brings together several peoples,
nations, or previously independent states under
the control of one ruler? - Empire 11. Under
which emperor did the Babylonian Empire reach its
peak? - Hammurabi 12. What was Hammurabis most
enduring legacy? - Code of laws 13. What do you
call a place where jagged cliffs and boulders
turn a river into churning rapids? -
cataract 14. What do you call a broad, marshy,
triangular area of land formed by deposits of
silt at the mouth of a river? - delta
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15. In 3100 BC, what king united Upper and Lower
Egypt into one country? - Menes 16. What do you
call the Egyptian god-kings? - pharaohs 17. What
do you call a system of government in which the
ruler has divine authority? - theocracy 18. What
was the purpose of the Great Pyramid? - tomb 19.
What do you call the process that was used in
Egypt to preserve bodies? - mummification 20. In
order, from top to bottom, list the different
parts of Egyptian society (not including slaves)
that made up their social pyramid. (For extra
credit, after naming the bottom three classes,
tell me specific types of people that fall into
these.) - (1) royal family - (2) other members
of the upper class -- wealthy landowners,
government officials, priests, army commanders -
(3) middle class -- merchants, artisans - (4)
lower class -- peasant farmers, unskilled
laborers 21. The Egyptian system of writing was
known as what? - hieroglyphics
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22. The Egyptians paper like substance was known
as what? - papyrus 23. Together India,
Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh make up a what? -
subcontinent 24. Seasonal winds are known as
what? - monsoons 25. What was the name of the
first Chinese dynasty? - Xia 26. What was the
most important virtue that dealt with Chinese
families? - respect for parents 27. What major
advantage did the Chinese system of writing
have? - people in different areas could read it
even if they had different spoken languages 28.
Divine approval for a just ruler was called
what? - Mandate of Heaven 29. A pattern of the
rise, decline, and replacement of dynasties was
known as what? - dynastic cycle 30. What do you
call a political system in which nobles are
granted use of lands owned by the king? -
feudalism