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CardsCategory: Mesopotamia

Point Value: 50

Question: What was the Sumerian form of writing called?

Answer Choices:

A. hieroglyphics

B. ideograms

C. alphabet

D. cuneiform This is the correct answer I think??

Category: Mesopotamia

Point Value: 100

Question: In terms of food production, what were Sumerian farms able to produce that allowed ancient Sumer to develop trade with its neighbors?


Point Value: 150

Question: The Sumerians were the earliest known inventors of which of the following?

Answer Choices:

A. the compass

B. the wheel I’m sure of this one because I remember reading this in my textbook.

C. warfare

D. spears

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Point Value: 200

Question: The people of Sumer planted corn and learned to terrace the steep hills to produce a surplus of food.

Answer Choices:

A. True

B. False I hope it’s false.


Point Value: 250

Question: Sumer was a theocracy. Whom did Sumerians believe their leaders received their power and guidance from?

Answer Choices:

A. the people

B. the priests

C. the gods Is this one correct?

D. the merchants


Point Value: 300

Question: Which is not a characteristic, or element, of civilization?

Answer Choices:

A. complex social organization

B. writing (or record-keeping)

C. trade and economic activity

D. written law with guaranteed rights Maybe this one?


Point Value: 350

Question: What metal did the Sumerians use to make better weapons, tools, and farm implements?

Answer Choices:

A. copper

B. bronze (My choice for the best answer)

C. iron

D. steel




Point Value: 400

Question: What did Sumerians build as temples for their gods?

ziggurats?


Point Value: 450

Question: Which played a part in the decline of Sumer? Choose all that apply.

Answer Choices:

A. salinization

B. natural disasters

C. inner conflict Either C or D sounds familiar

D. outside attacks


Point Value: 500

Question: Which statements reflect Sumerian religious beliefs? Choose all that apply.

Answer Choices:

A. The Sumerians believed in many gods.

B. The Sumerians believed the gods were powerful and unpredictable.

C. The Sumerians believed the gods wanted people to be happy.

D. The Sumerians based their religious beliefs on science.

Category: Ancient Egypt

Point Value: 50

Question: What is the longest river in the world? The Nile River is the longest river in the world.




Point Value: 100

Question: What is the name of the writing system of the ancient Egyptians?

Hieroglyphics


Point Value: 150

Question: Which god or goddess is not correctly matched with his or her role?

Answer Choices:

A. Horus: falcon-headed protector of pharaohs and the sky

B. Re: god of chaos and evil

C. Osiris: god of the afterlife

D. Isis: goddess of motherhood and healing


Point Value: 200

Question: Why did the Greek historian Herodotus call Egypt “the gift of the Nile”? Choose all that apply.

Answer Choices:

A. The Nile provided water.

B. The Nile was an abundant source of precious stones.

C. The Nile deposited fertile soil.

D. The Nile gave the Egyptians more access to trade.




Point Value: 250

Question: Why did Egyptians build pyramids?

Answer Choices:

A. to serve as homes for the Egyptian gods

B. to serve as tombs for royalty and as homes for the next life

C. as offerings to Horus, patron deity of the king

D. to commemorate the joining of Upper and Lower Egypt


Point Value: 300

Question: What helped scholars decipher hieroglyphics?

Um… this is a tricky one. Could someone kindly explain?


Point Value: 350

Question: How did archaeologists and historians learn details about the daily lives of ancient Egyptians?

Answer Choices:

A. They excavated temples and tombs whose walls were covered with scenes of daily life.

B. They discovered letters and diaries that described the lives of ordinary people.

C. They found epic poems that described the lives of the people.

D. They uncovered whole villages in Egypt that had been buried for centuries.




Point Value: 400

Question: Which Egyptian ruler outlawed the traditional practice of worshipping many gods and established a new religion that had a single god?

Answer Choices:

A. Tutankhamen

B. Hatshepsut

C. Akhenaten This dude right here did it!

D. Ramses II


Point Value: 450

Question: Which statements correctly describe Ramses II? Choose all that apply.

Answer Choices:

A. He was a military leader and a peacemaker.

B. He was the last great Egyptian pharaoh. Perhaps this one will make a little bit of sense…

C. He built temples and other magnificent structures.

D. The only statues he included in his temples were statues of gods.


Point Value: 500

Question: What made it possible for foreign invaders to conquer Egypt and bring an end to the New Kingdom?

Answer Choices:

A. Struggles within the kingdom weakened the country and its defenses. This one???

B. Kingdoms to the north and east were larger and more advanced.

C. Ramses II left Egypt militarily and politically weak.

D. The people of Egypt were dissatisfied with their traditional rulers and welcomed change.



Category: Indus Valley

Point Value: 50

Question: Because India is a large area of land that is separated from the rest of the continent, what is it called? This one is also a bit tricky.


Point Value: 100

Question: Along which river did civilization on the Indian subcontinent flourish? I’m not quite sure on this one.


Point Value: 150

Question: The seasonal rains affect the climate of India. What are they called? Monsoons


Point Value: 200

Question: Evidence shows that the farmers in the Indus Valley were highly productive because they built large granaries for wheat and rice.

Answer Choices:

A. True

B. False (Or B) please consider checking my answers for errors. I sometimes forget these things.


Point Value: 250

Question: Made out of soapstone, they show evidence that the Indus Valley had domestic animals, such as chickens, water buffalo, and zebus.

Answer Choices:

A. tablets

B. seals

C. pots

D. knives


Point Value: 300

Question: Which of the following did the ancient Indus civilization include? Choose all that apply.

Answer Choices:

A. city blocks laid out in a grid pattern

B. one-story wooden houses

C. a standardized system of weights and measures

D. a sanitation system




Point Value: 350

Question: What do archaeologists believe was the function of signature seals?

Answer Choices:

A. They were payment for sending clay tablets to distance villages. This one or B.

B. They indicated ownership of bags of grain or cotton.

C. Tax officials used them as receipts for payment of taxes.

D. They served as the centerpiece of ornamental clay platters.


Point Value: 400

Question: Which statement correctly summarizes the work of archaeologists in the Indus Valley?

Answer Choices:

A. Recent digs uncovered huge temples and scrolls.

B. Twentieth-century archaeologists unearthed many artifacts near the Indus River.

C. Continual work over many centuries yielded clues to the civilization.

D. Eighteenth-century archaeologists deciphered the writing of the Indus Valley civilization.


Point Value: 450

Question: Why don’t we have more information about the Indus Valley civilization?

Answer Choices:

A. The ancient people of the Indus Valley purposely obscured evidence of their existence.

B. Only one ancient city in the Indus Valley has been discovered and explored.

C. Most archaeologists and historians prefer to work on the Mesopotamian and Egyptian civilizations.

D. Archaeologists and historians have been unable to decipher the Indus Valley writing. (This one!!!)


Point Value: 500

Question: Which statements correctly summarize a current theory on why the Indus Valley civilization declined? Choose all that apply.

Answer Choices:

A. The surrounding land was severely deforested.

B. A series of natural catastrophes occurred.

C. Centuries of floods made the soil salty and unfit for farming.

D. Disease reduced the population.



Category: Ancient China

Point Value: 50

Question: Which river leaves behind yellowish soil when the flooding waters recede? The Yellow River??


Point Value: 100

Question: Which river valley is an excellent place for growing rice?


Point Value: 150

Question: What is a dynasty?

Answer Choices:

A. an ever-changing system of rules and laws

B. a ruling family that remains in power for many years (This one for SURE I know!!)

C. a series of elected emperors who have absolute power

D. an empire in which women hold positions of power


Point Value: 200

Question: Which geographic features separated the people of ancient China from the rest of the world? Choose all that apply.

Answer Choices:

A. the Gobi (This one?)

B. Himalaya (This one?)

C. Aegean Sea

D. South China Sea


Point Value: 250

Question: The Chinese used the mulberry worm to produce silk.

Answer Choices:

A. True

B. False False?




Point Value: 300

Question: On what did Shang priests write questions for the gods?

Answer Choices:

A. clay tablets

B. papyrus

C. bones Definitely bones

D. cave walls


Point Value: 350

Question: Which statements describe the Shang dynasty? Choose all that apply.

Answer Choices:

A. Shang emperors built great walled cities. Positive on this one

B. Shang emperors were powerful rulers. I’m not sure on B.

C. The dynasty lasted hundreds of years. I’m POSITIVE of but… I’m not sure about B.

D. Under Shang rule, workers built huge walls by layering bricks and covering them with mud.


Point Value: 400

Question: What is the name of the Chinese style of writing, which means beautiful writing?

Calligraphy is the Chinese style of writing.




Point Value: 450

Question: Which statements correctly describe the family and home customs of the early Chinese? Choose all that apply.

Answer Choices:

A. The home had a hierarchy in which some family members ranked higher than others.

B. The guiding rule in the Chinese family was respect for parents and elders.

C. Women and men held equal positions in the household.

D. The most honored members of the family were the ones who had died. I know this one very well.


Point Value: 500

Question: Which statements are true of Chinese civilization? Choose all that apply.

Answer Choices:

A. Chinese civilization began at the same time as the Egyptian and Sumerian civilizations.

B. China’s geography isolated the early Chinese from other cultures.

C. Chinese civilization is the oldest continuous civilization in the world.

D. The early Chinese did not depend on rivers.

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Lab Instructions - Brainlyassets.openstudy.com/updates/attachments/560d8c02e4… · Web viewCategory: Mesopotamia. Point Value: 50. Question: What was the Sumerian form of writing