History Quizz

Question 1 With few precedents to guide them, the population of Mesopotamia adapted and created
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Social organization
Writing
Agricultural cultivation
Development of religion
Competition amongst different groups 1 points

Question 2 The earliest urban societies so far known emerged in the
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First millennium B. C. E
Third millennium B. C. E
Sixth millennium B. C. E
Second millennium B. C. E
Fourth millennium B. C. E 1 points

Question 3 After 3000 B. C. E. all Sumerian cities were ruled by what form of government?
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Monarchy
Councils of elders Dictators
Assemblies of citizens
Military governors 1 points

Question 4 A Babylonian resurgence of power was led in the sixth century B. C. E. by
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Nebuchadnezzar
Ashurbanipal
Solomon
Sargon
Hammurabi 1 points

Question 5 The creator of the first empire in Mesopotamia was
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Hammurabi
Moses
Sargon of Akkad
Gilgamesh
Nebuchadnezzar 1 points

Question 6 Mesopotamian metalworkers discovered that if they alloyed copper and tin they could produce
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Obsidian
Steel
Iron
Silver
Bronze 1 points

Question 7 The word Mesopotamia means
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The “pure land. ”
The “land of the strong. ”
“the blood of Gilgamesh. ”
“wedge-shaped. ”
“the land between the rivers. ” 1 points

Question 8 Iron metallurgy came to Mesopotamia from the
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Hebrews
Hittites
Phoenicians
Egyptians
Assyrians 1 points

Question 9 Enkidu was
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The Sumerian god of wisdom
A leading Sumerian city-state
The most powerful Babylonian king
Gilgamesh’s friend
The Hebrew word for “holy. ” 1 points

Question 10 Gilgamesh was associated with what city?
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Jerusalem
Kish
Uruk
Lagash
Ur 1 points

Question 11 Horse-drawn chariots were first invented by the
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Egyptians
Assyrians
Hittites
Babylonians
Hyksos 1 points

Question 12 Eridu, Ur, Uruk, Lagash, Nippur, and Kish were all associated with
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Egypt
Nubia
Phoenicia
Mesopotamia
Jerusalem 1 points

Question 13 The original homeland of the Indo-European speakers was
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Mesopotamia
Northern Germany
Southern Russia
India
Egypt 1 points

Question 14 A Mesopotamian stepped pyramid was known as a
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Coptic
Eridu
Lugal
Lex talionis
Ziggurat 1 points

Question 15 The first complex society was developed in the southern Mesopotamian land of
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Akkad
Assyria
Sumer
Babylonia
Palestine 1 points

Question 16 The most influential ancient Indo-European migrants into southwest Asia were the
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Assyrians
Aryans
Hebrews
Babylonians
Hittites 1 points

Question 17 Which of the following languages is not of Indo-European origin?
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Egyptian
Sanskrit
Old Persian
Greek
Latin 1 points

Question 18 The first simplified alphabet, containing only twenty-two letters, was created by the
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Mesopotamians
Assyrians
Hebrews
Phoenicians
Babylonians 1 points

Question 19 The Babylonians eventually fell in 1595 B. C. E. to the
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Egyptians
Hittites
Sumerians
Hebrews
Akkadians 1 points

Question 20 Mesopotamia developed into
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A strict patriarchal society
A society where the sexes enjoyed relative equality
A predominantly matriarchal society
A society with few social distinctions
A society dominated by a growing mercantile middle class Miss one

Question 1 During the eighth century B. C. E. Egypt fell under the control of the _______ for around a century.
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Persians
Romans
Greeks
Babylonians
Kushites 1 points

Question 2 Meroitic writing
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Has now been completely translated
Expressed the general Egyptian optimism with life
Was introduced into India by the Indo-Europeans
Was a Nubian script that borrowed Egyptian hieroglyphs
Cannot be read because it’s simply too different than its base cuneiform 1 points

Question 3 Around _______ B. C. E. , peoples of the eastern Sudan started to domesticate cattle and became nomadic herders.
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25,000
18,000
9000
4000
1500 1 points

Question 4 In Africa, iron metallurgy
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Was introduced by Persian merchants
Did not appear until after the rise of trans-Saharan trade
Arose independently
Began after an odd meeting between a Kushite king and the Egyptian explorer Harkhuf
Was imported into the continent by trade with the Mesopotamians 1 points

Question 5 The most vigorous of all New Kingdom pharaohs was __________, who led his troops into Palestine and Syria and who even
received tribute from the Mesopotamian city-states.
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Ahmosis
Menes
Sargon of Akkad
Tuthmosis III
Hatshepsut 1 points

Question 6 By spreading their language across a huge stretch of Africa, the Bantu played a role similar to that played by the
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Indo-Europeans
Mongols
Xiongnu
Visigoths
Babylonians 1 points

Question 7 Hatshepsut was
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A Mesopotamian king of the gods
The Hebrew term for their god
The first conqueror to unite all of Mesopotamia
A woman who ruled Egypt as pharaoh
The most important early city of the Harappan society 1 points

Question 8 The Egyptian god of the underworld was
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Amon-Re
Aten
Horus
Osiris
Ptah 1 points

Question 9 The Bantu probably began their migrations because of
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Invasions from the Mediterranean basin
A conscious desire for conquest
The threat of epidemic disease
A desire to spread their monotheistic faith
Population pressures 1 points

Question 10 The largest Egyptian pyramids were built during the
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Middle Kingdom
Old Kingdom
New Kingdom
Archaic period
Second Intermediary period 1 points

Question 11 The early Sudanic societies recognized a single divine force as the source of good and evil, and they associated it with
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Fire
The ocean
The sun
Rain
The moon 1 points

Question 12 The Bantu originally came from around
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The Swahili area
Modern day Nigeria
Far southern Africa
Egypt
Modern day Algeria 1 points

Question 13 Which of the following societies began the custom of embalming to preserve the body for its life after death?
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Egypt
Mesopotamia
India
China
Persia 1 points

Question 14 Around 760 B. C. E. The Kushite King Kashta
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Officially converted to the Egyptian gods
Founded a dynasty that ruled Egypt for around a hundred years
Formed a long-lasting trading agreement with Egypt, marking their first contact
Surrendered to Assyrian domination
Surrendered to Egyptian domination 1 points

Question 15 The Greek words meaning “holy inscriptions” refers to
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Hieroglyphs
Cuneiform
The Old Testament
The Phoenician alphabet
The Coptic script 1 points

Question 16 __________’s is the largest of all the pyramids.
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Sargon of Akkad
Khufu
Hyksos
Menes
Giza 1 points

Question 17 The Hyksos were
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Nomads who eventually settled around the city of Babylon
External invaders who helped bring about the end of the Egyptian Middle Kingdom
Mesopotamian kings
The priestly class in ancient Egypt
Demons who punished the wicked in the Egyptian underworld 1 points

Question 18 Around 3100 B. C. E. , the conqueror Menes founded ________, a city that would serve as the capital for early Egypt.
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Heliopolis
Kerma
Uruk Memphis
Thebes 1 points

Question 19 Osiris judged whether or not souls were worthy for immortality by
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Weighing their hearts against a feather symbolizing justice
Their completion of a journey full of tests
The individual’s level of sincere faith in Osiris as a redeemer
Examining their holiness at the moment of their death
Their adherence to the Code of Hammurabi 1 points

Question 20 Horse-drawn chariots and bronze weapons were introduced into Egypt by the
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Hyksos
Babylonians
Kushites
Harappans
Qin