History Exam '08
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Mr. Mill's history quiz example!
- 1.Why do we know so little about the indus valley civilization?
- A.
They were wiped out by the sumerians
- B.
They left no trace of them behind
- C.
They were destroyed by a volcano
- D.
It's written language has not yet been deciphered
- 2.What time in the past does "prehistoric" refer to?
- A.
Before time
- B.
Before the invention of writing
- C.
Before humans came on earth
- D.
Before humans studied history
- 3.Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons how we know that the people of the indus valley traded with the sumerians?
- A.
Indus seals were found in sumer
- B.
Documents were found concerning the indus valley and sumer
- C.
Sumerian items found in the indus valley
- 4.Which of the following was NOT used in the neolithic age?
- A.
Domesticated animals
- B.
Fire
- C.
Metal
- D.
Irrigation
- 5.What did NOT result from safer, more settled life of agricultural villages?
- A.
Specialization
- B.
Cultural life
- C.
Cuniform
- D.
Domestication
- 6.Historical naritives and epic poetry are examples f which characteristic of a civilization?
- A.
Religious beliefs
- B.
Record keeping
- C.
Drama
- D.
Philosophy
- 7.Why was the development of government necessary in early cities?
- A.
To rule the vilage
- B.
To have a strong army
- C.
Maintain order among soaring population
- D.
For religious purposes
- 8.What did egyptian and mesopotamian society have in common?
- A.
Women could persue careers and own property
- B.
They both mumified their dead
- C.
They both drank from the nile
- D.
They both had a ziggurat
- 9.How did the phoenicians contribute to written communication
- A.
You can read it wothout being able to speak it
- B.
Phonetic symbols
- C.
They had the first written language
- D.
Phoenicians created cuneform
- 10.Why were egyptian farmers more fortunate than farmers of mesopotamia
- A.
The tigris flooded yearly
- B.
The euphrates had fertle soil around it
- C.
The crops had more sun
- D.
The nile flooded at regular intervals
- 11.Hinduism and buddhism have what in common
- A.
Karma
- B.
Enlightenment
- C.
Reincarnation
- D.
Nirvana
- 12.What was an advantage of the chineese system of writing
- A.
People all ofer japan could read it
- B.
It was depicted with pictures
- C.
People all over china could read it
- D.
It had the first phonetic symbols
- 13.Who were the most able seafarers of the early medeterranian
- A.
Greeks
- B.
Sumerians
- C.
Indus valley
- D.
Phoenicians
- 14.How did buddhism spread accorss asia?
- A.
Neighbor told neighbor
- B.
It had an afterlife
- C.
Trade
- D.
Muhammad cast out the gods of the kabah
- 15.What is the most sacred writing of the jewish religion
- A.
The bible
- B.
The quran
- C.
The torah
- D.
The dead sea scrolls
- 16.In the hebrew tradition, what is a covenant?
- A.
Th sumbission to the will of god
- B.
A sacred book
- C.
A mutual promise between god and humanity
- D.
The five pillars of islam
- 17.What kept ancient greece from uniting under one government
- A.
The was between athens and sparta
- B.
The death of sristotle
- C.
The geography of the region
- D.
They were beaten by assyria
- 18.What did moses NOT do?
- A.
Led hebrews out of egypt
- B.
Was adopted by a princess
- C.
Cast the gods out of the kah'bah
- D.
Recieve the ten commandments
- 19.What do daoism and the concept of yin and yang focus on
- A.
Natural balance
- B.
Natural way of life
- C.
Natural order
- D.
Natural government
- 20.What is not true about king solomon?
- A.
Wisdom
- B.
Trading empire
- C.
Greed
- D.
Great temple
- 21.What is the legacy of the chaldeans
- A.
Night watcher, armymen
- B.
Astronomer, armymen
- C.
Nightwatcher, astronomer
- D.
Asrronomer, phoenetic alphabet
- 22.What was cyrus famous for?
- A.
Intolerance to diversity
- B.
Wisdom
- C.
Tolerance to diversity
- D.
Building a great temple
- 23.What did confucious believe society should b focused around
- A.
Natural order
- B.
Government
- C.
Relationships
- D.
War
- 24.The triumvirate of caesar,crassus and pompey ruled rome ton years before...
- A.
Caesar and pompey clashed and went in to war
- B.
Caesar was killed by the government
- C.
Caesar and pompey clashed and went to war
- D.
Pompey was decappitated
- 25.Why was alexandria, egypt important during the hellenistic period?
- A.
Center of commerce and helenistic culture
- B.
The nile gave all the people life
- C.
Cleopatra seduced caesar
- D.
It was the rebirth of art and learning
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