World History 1 - Review Questions
1. The major focus of Mayan and Aztec
life was?
a. Trade and a busting economy
b. Religion and ritual
c. Science and mathematics
d. Sports and competition
2. Which of the following would not
described Aztec and Mayan societies
around 1000 A.D.?
a. Wandering groups of hunter-
gatherer societies
b. Organized civilizations will large
military forces
c. Settled communities with
elaborate religious ceremonies
d. Advanced technological stone
buildings
3. What did the Mayans and Aztecs
worship above everything else?
a. The sun
b. Their enemies
c. Local animals
d. Their ancestors
4. The transformation associated with
the agrarian revolution occurred?
a. Only in Africa, the area where
humans first developed
b. Only in the Eastern hemisphere
c. In all the of the world where
civilizations emerged
d. Only in the middle east, the area
where agriculture was first
initiated
5. The culture that developed in Egypt
(especially in the old kingdom) was
unique largely because of?
a. Egypt early and constant
interaction with other civilizations
b. Egypt large population
c. Egyptian dominance in metal
working
d. Egypt natural isolation and
essential self-sufficiency
6. Which of the following is not a
drawback to civilization?
a. Stricter social stratification into
classes or castes
b. Decreased wealth and food
surpluses
c. Grater inequality between men
and women
d. Aggressive behaviour and
warfare
7. The creation of agricultural surpluses
resulted in?
a. An industrial revolution
b. Social stratification
c. A lack of social stratification
d. Matrilocal patterns of marriage
8. The agricultural revolution allowed
which of the following transformation in
human culture to take place?
a. Domestication of animals
b. Spread of regularly cultivated
fields
c. Development of towns
d. All of the above
9. The reason that civilization appeared
at an early date in the Middle East was
that?
a. Settled agriculture, dependent on
organized irrigation systems, had
emerged there
b. There were no hunting and
gathering societies in the region
c. There was a higher concentration
of humans in this region than
anywhere else
d. It was the only region in the world
to developed sedentary
agriculture
10. Which of the following was
characteristic of the power of the
pharaoh in Egyptian civilization?
 a. The ruler had authority limited to
his own city-state
b. The pharaoh’s authority was
limited by independent regional
governors
c. He was regarded as a god with
the power to assure prosperity
and control the Nile
d. The pharaoh’s power was
truncated by the lack of a formal
bureaucracy
11. Which of the following is NOT a
characteristic of Egyptian religious belief
concerning death?
a. Construction of massive funeral
monuments
b. Mummification
c. Death rituals that consigned most
members of society to endless
darkness
d. Death ritual that extended
organization to the afterlife
12. What was the most significant
contribution of the early Jewish state to
Western civilization?
a. Its emphasis on divine kingship
b. Its use of elaborate rituals
concerning death
c. Its sense of a divine plan
d. The development of a strong
monotheistic religion
13. All of the following commonly
characterize the development of
civilization EXCEPT:
a. Public building projects
b. A written language
c. Long distance trade
d. Increasing equality among all
citizens
14. Women were important contributors
to the agricultural revolution because
they were more likely the gender that
a. Owned property
b. Wanted more leisure time
c. Gathered edible plants and knew
where grains grew
d. Liked Farming
15. When studying prehistoric people,
cave drawings like this one allow
archaeologists to_____.
a. speculate about daily lives
b. understand spoken languages
c. interpret written records
d. study farming techniques
16. What was the major change caused
by the agricultural revolution?
a. Increase of spoken languages
b. End of hunting
c. Development of permanent
settlements
d. Elimination of trade
17. The ruling authority of China’s
ancient dynasties was based on the
______.
a. Code of Hammurabi
b. Mandate of Heaven
c. Twelve Tables
d. Ten Commandments
18. Which were considered to be
common phenomena in early
Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, and the
Indus River Valley?
a. Complex writing system
b. Extensive irrigation
c. Centralization of civilization
around navigable rivers
d. All of the Above
19. Which of the following is the best
explanation for why the concept of
civilization is controversial as an
organizing principle of world history?
a. The concept is too broad to have
any meaning
b. The use of the concept assumes
that settled people are superior to
nomads
 c. The Concept implies that eastern
civilizations are more superior
then those in the west.
d. The Concept assumes that
nomadic peoples are civilized
20. All of the Following were changes to
human societies brought about by the
Neolithic revolution EXCEPT:
a. Reliable Food Supplies Increased
b. The total human population
increased
c. Job Specialization Occurred
d. Women and Men Grew to a more
equal Status
21. Which of the following most
accurately compares the government
structures of early Mesopotamia and
Egypt?
a. The government of both
civilizations were highly
decentralized
b. Overall, Mesopotamian
government was characterized by
strong city-states, and Egypt was
ruled by divine kingship
c. Both Civilizations power was
considered to be in the hands of
a king that was believed to be a
god
22. The people who transported goods
across the Sahara and dominated trade
across the desert for centuries were the
a. Berbers
b. Bedouins
c. Malays
d. Ghanans
23. Shifting cultivation was generally
practiced
a. Around fertile river valleys
b. In rain forests
c. In mountainous areas
d. Along dry coastal areas
24. Which of the Following most helps to
explain why the collapse of political
institutions was more devastating to the
Roman civilization then Han China or
Gupta India?
a. Political institutions in Rome were
weaker to begin with
b. The barbarian attacks destroyed
more physical properties and vital
public works
c. Roman emperors had more
power than did Han or Gupta
emperors so their downfall
eviscerated the Roman Empire
d. Han China and Gupta India had
strong religious/philosophical
traditions to provide continuity
25. Which of the following
characteristics contributed most directly
to a tendency towards political disunity?
a. Weak religious traditions
b. Lack of foreign trade
c. Weak social structure
d. Diverse geographical features
26. All of the following are accurate
descriptions of trade along the Silk Road
before 600 EXCEPT
a. The silk Route linked china to the
Mediterranean world via Central
Asia, Iran, and Mesopotamia.
b. Breeding of Hybrid Camels
c. The Chinese traded silk, pottery,
and paper for horses, etc.
d. Silk Road did not directly effects
Turkish Nomads.
27. The political unity of all of the
Mesopotamia was first achieved in 1800
BCE by the?
a. Sumerians
b. Hittites
c. Babylonians
d. Assyrians
28. Rivers Tigris and Euphrates are
associated with?
a. Chinese Civilization
b. Egyptian Civilization
c. Harappa Civilization
 d. Mesopotamian Civilization b. Cultural diffusion
29. Where did the ancient civilization of c. Religion
China exist?
a. Nile River d. Culture
b. Yellow River 36. What was the name of the language
c. Tigris and Euphrates River the Aryans brought with them?
d. Red River a. Hieroglyphics
30. What is the most valuable b. Cuneiform
commodity added to establish trading c. Aglo-Saxon
systems by the trans-Saharan trade? d. Sanskrit
a. Copper 37. Which of the following was not a city
b. Pottery in the Indus Valley civilization?
c. Salt a. Mohenjo-Daro
d. Spices b. Harappa
31. The Oldest civilization of the world c. Tunis
is? d. Dholavira
a. The Aztecs Civilization 38. Which of the following is NOT a well-
known piece of art excavated from the
b. The Harappa Civilization towns of the civilization?
c. The Mesopotamian Civilization a. Dancing Girl-Bronze
d. The Ancient Egyptian Civilization
32. The Gupta Empire made a major b. Priest King- Terracotta
contribution to world civilizations by c. Drunk Woman- Sandstone
developing____.
a. The concept of zero d. None of the above
b. Long-lasting roads 39. What was one of the strongest
c. The production of porcelain similarities between the Egyptian,
Mesopotamian, Harappa, and Chinese
d. Wind-powered boats civilizations?
33. When did people start moving into a. Irrigation of great rivers
the Indus Valley? b. Lack of written language
a. 1500 BC c. Development along deserts
b. 1241 AD
c. 240 BC d. Lack of government
d. 1000 BC 40. Hunters and gatherers are also
34. What was the name of the group called by this name because they roam
that first moved into the Indus Valley place to place following their food.
from Central Asia? a. Nomads
a. Aztecs b. Gatherers
b. Incas c. Villagers
c. Aryans d. Domestics
d. Chinese 41. Which term means believing in more
35. What term means the movement of than one god?
a person or group from one place to a. Polytheism
another? b. Monotheism
a. Migration
 c. Cuneiform
d. Multi-godism
42. The major activity that changes the
lives of people from nomads to life in
permanent settlements is
a. Gathering
b. Farming
c. Migrating
d. Hunting
43. What is the name for the ancient
area known as the “land between the
rivers”?
a. Tigris
b. Persia
c. Euphrates
d. Mesopotamia
44. One reason for the development of
an ancient river valley civilization in the
Tigris-Euphrates river valleys was that
a. The location provided a natural
barrier from land invasion
b. Periodic flooding left rich soil,
which was ideal for farming
c. These rivers flowed into the
Mediterranean Sea
d. These rivers provided a direct
trade route between Europe and
Asia
45. This term is another word for
farming
a. Surplus
b. Agriculture
c. Domestication
d. Hunting and gathering
46. Based on the diagram, Aryans were
divided into classes based on
a. Gender and race
b. Occupations (Jobs)
c. Religious beliefs
d. Age and place of birth
47. Three of the four ancient river valley
civilizations developed on which
continent?
a. Asia
b. b. Europe
c. Africa
d. North America
48. Which of the following physical
features influenced the migration
patterns of early peoples and led to the
development of civilizations?
a. Coastlines
b. River valleys
c. Lakes
d. Plateaus
49. Mesopotamian’s established a very
complex system of farming. This system
includes using a series of levees to
block the flow of water, canals to control
where the flow travels to and an artificial
lake to act as a reservoir to store the
water. This process is known as:
a. Irrigation
b. Canalism
c. Water system
d. Water flow process
50. A key geographic advantage of
developing on rivers is
a. Barriers against invasion
b. Sunny climate
c. Monsoon winds
d. Fertile land
51. Which of the following was NOT an
invention of the Mesopotamians?
a. The wheel
b. The plow
c. Writing
d. Horse-drawn buggy
52. What was the first thing that the
Sumerians accomplished?
a. Nomadic hunting and gathering
b. Trading over long distances
c. Founding new city-states
 d. Farming and domestications of
animals
53. Why was Mesopotamia such a good
area for growing crops?
a. The rivers flooded and deposited
rich soil
b. The land was covered with heavy
vegetation
c. The area did not have any
agricultural pests
d. The rivers flooded, making it
easier for planters to pull out
weeds that might harm crops
54. How did the Sumerians solve the
problem of flooding?
a. They built terraces on the
mountains
b. They dug irrigation ditches and
built levees
c. They rotated farming with
nomadic herding
d. They diverted the flow of the
rivers into other areas
55. What tools did the Mesopotamians
use for writing?
a. A large, feather pen that they
dipped in ink
b. A darkened reed that they dipped
into a mixture of charcoal and
water
c. A sharpened piece of reed called
a stylus, used on clay tablets
d. A slender piece of wood that they
dipped into colourful dyes
56. What was a result of the invention
of the wheel?
a. It allowed the Sumerians to keep
track of time
b. It controlled the irrigation devices
to prevent flooding
c. It made people more dependent
on human strength for
transportation
d. It gave the Sumerians more
freedom of movement
57. Besides the ruler, who had the
highest position in the social structure?
a. Priest
b. A scribe
c. The upper class
d. Soldiers
58. Why were ziggurats important to the
Sumerians?
a. They protected the city from
invaders
b. They were built as tombs for the
kings
c. They were built as temples to
honour the gods and goddesses
d. Scrolls that documented
Mesopotamian history were
encased in ziggurats
59. What is the correct order for the
creation of major city-states in
Mesopotamia from the oldest to the
most recent?
a. Babylon, Sumer, Assyria
b. Assyria, Babylon, Sumer
c. Ur, Babylon, Sumer
d. Sumer, Babylon, Assyria
60. Which of the five themes of
geography does the sentence below
BEST fit into Ancient Sumerians built
leaves?
a. Absolute Location
b. Region
c. Human-Environmental Interaction
d. Movement
61. Which of the five themes of
geography does the sentence below
BEST fit into Ancient Mesopotamia is
located on the continent of Africa.
a. Absolute Location
b. Relative Location
c. Physical Characteristics of Place
d. Human Characteristics of Place
62. Which of the five themes of
geography does the following sentence
best fit into? Merchants in Babylon
traded in different city-states.
a. Movement
 b. Human Characteristics of place b. Gods
c. Region c. Osiris
d. Nile
d. Location 69. Ancient Egyptian formal writing is
63. Which of the following themes of called….
geography does the sentence below a. Hieroglyphics
BEST describe? Ziggurats could be b. Thoth
found in the city-states of Mesopotamia. c. Hieratic
a. Human Characteristics of Place d. Nileometer
b. Movement 70. Every year the Nile River would
c. Location _____; this would leave behind rich soil
and make it very easy to grow crops.
d. Human-Environmental Interaction a. Change course
64. In which present-day country is b. Flood
Mesopotamia located? c. Dry up
a. Iraq d. Disappear
b. Iran 71. Which of these was NOT an Ancient
c. Japan Egyptian invention that helped them to
d. Africa move water from the Nile to the fields?
65. Which of the following statements a. Ditches
BEST describe the purpose of b. Papyrus
Hammurabi’s Code of Law? c. Canals
a. The code allowed priest to do d. Shaduf
what they wanted to 72. Egypt’s civilization began around the
b. The code helped parents make ______ River.
sure their kids behaved a. Yellow
c. The code was designed to b. Mississippi
ensure everyone behaved c. Tigris
appropriately in Babylon d. Nile
d. The code was Hammurabi’s way 73. The Nile River flooded so
of being mean to his people predictably that the Ancient Egyptians
66. The dry deserts around Egypt were designed their ____ around it.
called a. Entertainment
a. Kemet b. Writing
b. Deshret c. Calendar
c. Gift of the Nile d. Social structure
d. Papyrus 74. At the top of the Egyptian Social
67. The rich, black soil around the Nile Structure was the____.
River was called ….. a. Trader
a. Papyrus b. Pharaoh
b. Kemet c. Priest
c. Osiris d. Farmer
d. Deshret 75. These people were the second from
68. Ancient Egypt is often called the Gift the bottom of the social structure and
of the____? supplied all the food for the civilization.
a. Mediterranean a. Priest
 b. Pharaoh
c. Farmers and Herders
d. Slaves
76. Hieroglyphics were first translated
using the _____.
a. Google
b. Stars
c. Red Scrolls
d. Rosetta Stone
77. The Nile River flows in which
direction?
a. East
b. North
c. South
d. West
78. Egypt was divided into two sections
they are the ______.
a. Upper and Lower Egypt
b. East and West Egypt
c. Wet and Wild Egypt
d. Top and Bottom Egypt
79. The Nile flows into the _____. This
allowed it to trade with other ancient
civilizations such as Greece and Rome.
a. Mediterranean Sea
b. Atlantic Ocean
c. Red Sea
d. Gulf of Mexico
80. Ancient Egyptians believed that the
Ba and the Ka were
a. Two famous mummies
b. Two Egyptian gods
c. Two parts of the soul
d. Two great Pharaohs
81. How did the poor prepare their
family member for the afterlife?
a. Prayed for 40 days
b. Buried it in the desert sand
c. Tried to embalm the body
themselves
d. Left the bodies in the Nile
82. Ancient Egyptians put 4 internal
organs into ______.
a. Feed them to sacred cats
b. Left them at the four corners of
the Pyramid
c. Mason Jars
d. Canopic Jars
83. The Ancient Egyptians did not think
___________ was important. So, they
pulled it out through the nose.
a. The Lungs
b. The Brain
c. The Stomach
d. The Liver
84. Why did Ancient Egyptians feel they
needed mummies and riches in their
tombs?
a. To leave them for their
grandchildren
b. They need them in the afterlife
c. To leave for future generations to
find and worship
d. So family could visit them
85. Where are the Hindu Kush
Mountains?
a. In between the Ganges and
Brahmaputra Rivers
b. In the South of India
c. Northwest of the Indus River
d. In the Deccan Plateau
86. Which of the following statements
describes the Aryans?
a. They made the Great Bath at
Mohenjo-Daro
b. They had an empire during
India’s Classical Age
c. They invented Buddhism
d. They were nomads who invaded
India and spoke Sanskrit
86. Which of the following is NOT an
achievement that happened during the
Gupta Empire?
a. The Great Bath at Mohenjo-Daro
b. b. Buddhist cave paintings at
Ajanta
c. Development of the zero and
decimal system
 d. Sanskrit poems like the d. Kshatriyas
Ramayana and Mahabharata 93. Why did the Shang Dynasty choose
87. Which of the following is NOT a to settle beside the Yellow River?
belief of Hinduism? a. Because their enemy’s, the Zhou
a. The caste system was living there
b. Many gods that are all part of one b. Because the ground was fertile
major god with loess
c. Karma c. Because they felt like it
d. Because there was ample water
d. No gods there
88. Who was the founder of Buddhism? 94. What was the major god for the
a. Siddhartha Gautama Shang Dynasty?
b. Chandragupta a. Shang Dang
c. Brahman b. Shang Ti
c. Sun God
d. Rama
89. Which are important texts (writings) d. River god
in Buddhism? 95. How many kings were there in the
a. The Four Noble Truths Shang Dynasty?
a. 30
b. The Ramayana b. 26
c. The Eightfold Path c. 13
d. Both A and C d. 500
90. Which beliefs and practices do 96. What music instruments did the
Hinduism and Buddhism BOTH share? Shang Dynasty invent?
a. Meditation a. Drums and flute
b. Karma and Reincarnation b. Violin and flute
c. Nonviolence c. Drums and Cymbals
d. All of the above
91. Hinduism and Buddhism are very d. Electric Guitar and bass guitar
similar. How are they different? 97. What was the Shang Dynasty’s
a. Hinduism had no single founder, currency?
but Buddhism was founded by a. Seashells
Brahman b. Tokens
b. Hinduism believes in the caste c. Cowry shell
system, but Buddhism doesn’t d. Silk shell
c. Hinduism believes in meditation, 98. Who were in charge of religion?
but Buddhism doesn’t a. Priest
d. Hinduism believes in one god, b. Priest and King
but Buddhism believes in many c. Territorial rulers
gods d. Slaves
92. Which caste were the warriors and 99. What was their writing used for
aristocrats? fortune telling called?
a. Brahmins a. Jade script
b. Shudras b. Oracle Bone script
c. Vaishyas
 c. Fortune-telling script b. Sumerians
c. Babylonians
d. Oracle script d. Persians
100. What dynasty did the Shang 107. What major invention of the
Dynasty overthrow to take power? Sumerians had a large impact of the
a. Zhou forming of the first civilization?
b. Qin a. Chariots
c. Quin b. Iron
d. Xia c. The Sailboat
101. What did the Shang believe d. Writing
strongly in? 108. What language was spoken by
a. Divination most of the people throughout the
b. Oracle Bones history of Ancient Mesopotamia?
c. Their Mothers a. Greek
b. Akkadian
d. Many Gods c. Latin
102. What is Ancient Mesopotamia d. Persian
sometimes called? 109. Which civilization was known as a
a. Cradle of Civilization warrior society?
b. Birthplace of Democracy a. Athenians
c. The New world b. Egyptians
c. Sumerians
d. The Far East d. Assyrians
103. In what current country is most of 110. What form of government was first
Ancient Mesopotamia located? used by the Sumerians?
a. Turkey a. A monarchy with a king who ruled
b. Israel a city-state
c. Egypt b. Democracy with each citizen
d. Iraq getting vote
104. What river or rivers were important c. An empire with an emperor ruling
to the civilizations of Mesopotamia? the entire land
a. Nile River d. They had no government
111. What people put an end to the rule
b. Tigris and Euphrates of the Assyrians and the Babylonians?
c. Amazon River a. Greeks
b. Chinese
d. Yellow and Yangtze Rivers c. Persians
105. What was the first human d. Romans
civilization formed? 112. Which of the five themes of
a. Sumer geography does the sentence below
b. Greek BEST describe? Mesopotamia had two
c. Persia main rivers.
d. Assyria a. Physical Characteristics of Place
106. What people were the first to write b. Relative Location
down and record their system of law? c. Movement
a. Egyptians d. Region
113. What body of water played a major b. It protected their skin from the
role in the development of the Ancient harsh sun
Egyptian civilization? c. It was thought to have special
a. Mediterranean Sea healing powers
b. Red Sea d. All of the above
c. Indian Ocean 120. What was a Pharaoh?
d. Nile River a. A type of statue erected to the
114. Where was Ancient Egypt located? Egyptian gods
a. Northeast Africa b. The leader of Egypt
b. Southern Europe c. A large structure where the
c. Eastern Asia Egyptian kings were buried
d. Australia d. All of the above
115. Around how many years did the 121. Classical Indian civilization
civilization of Ancient Egypt last? included the areas of the Indian
a. 100 years subcontinent, the Ganges River Valley
b. 300 years and the
c. 800 years a. Indus River Valley
d. 3000 years b. Mesopotamian area
116. What are the three major kingdoms c. Modern country of Afghanistan
that make up the history of Ancient
Egypt? d. Sahara Desert
a. The Viper, Cat, and Crocodile 122. Which of the following physical
Kingdoms features did not act as a barrier of
b. The Iron, Bronze, and Golden protection for ancient India?
Kingdoms a. Himalayas
c. The Old, Middle, and New b. Indian Ocean
Kingdoms c. Sahara Desert
d. The Assyrians, Greek, and d. Hindi Kush
Roman Kingdoms 123. Name the group of people who
117. What major part of the Ancient invaded the Indus River Valley about
Egyptian culture played a significant role 1500 BC
in the government? a. Hindus
a. Art
b. Religion b. Aryans
c. Food c. Persians
d. Science
118. What other civilization or d. Mesopotamians
civilizations conquered Ancient Egypt? 124. Invasions into India were possible
a. Rome because of what physical feature?
b. Greece a. Navigate rivers
c. Persia
d. All of the above b. Peaceful seas and bays
119. Which of the following is true about c. Passes in the Hindu Kush
the use of makeup in Ancient Egypt? d. Natural harbors
a. It was used by both men and
women
125. As the invasions continued, this 131. Hindus believe that a soul is reborn
forced the native Indus River Valley into a new body. This is called what?
people to do what? a. Dharma
a. Migrate further south on the b. Karma
Indian subcontinent c. Reincarnation
b. Form alliances with the Chinese d. Caste
c. Develop more effective weapons 132. What are the Hindu Vedas and
to fight the invaders Upanishads?
d. Commit mass suicide a. Gods
126. The rigid social structure that b. Sacred writings
developed after the invasions was c. Holy cities
known as the d. Sacred ceremonies
a. Slave system 133. Hinduism believes which one of the
b. Caste system following?
c. Dharma system a. There is only on God, Allah

d. Classless system b. The king is a god

127. The religion that developed as c. There are two gods who fight for
Aryan and native Indian beliefs emerged control
is called? d. There are many forms of one god
a. Judaism 134. The Golden Age of India occurred
b. Buddhism during which dynasty?
c. Hinduism a. Asoka’s reign
d. Daoism
128. What is the highest caste in b. The Mauryan dynasty
Hinduism? c. The Aryan dynasty
a. Untouchables d. The Gupta dynasty
b. Brahmins 135. During the Golden Age of India
c. Shudras contributions were made in all of the
d. Kshatriyas following field except
129. What group was considered the a. Mathematics
lowest in Hindu India? b. Sports
a. Untouchables c. C textiles
b. Brahmins
c. Shudras d. Literature
d. Kshatriyas 136. Who sent missionaries throughout
130. What Hindu idea describes the eastern Asia to spread Buddhism?
sum of a person’s deeds during a a. Asoka
lifetime? In Western thought it is the
idea that “what goes around, comes b. Gupta
around”. c. Gautama
a. Caste
b. Karma d. Nehru
c. Jatis 137. Buddha’s explained why there is
d. Dharma suffering in the world. This is known as
what?
 a. The Five Pillars 143. What material did the Shang use
for weapons that gave them an
b. The Ten Commandments advantage in war?
c. The Twenty Explanations a. Cast Iron
d. The Four Noble Truths b. Bronze
138. Buddha believed a person could c. Steel
end their own personal suffering by d. Brass
following a series of steps known as the 144. Around how long did the Shang
a. Four Noble Truths Dynasty rule China?
b. Eightfold path a. 20 years
c. Ten Commandments b. 50 years
c. 100 years
d. Five Pillars d. 500 years
139. Ancient India is now divided into 3 145. What animals did the Shang
modern countries. They are India, typically use for their oracle bones?
Bangladesh, and a. Oxen and turtles
a. Sri Lanka b. Monkeys and leopards
c. Wolves and bears
b. Afghanistan
c. Pakistan d. Whales and otters
146. What was written on oracle bones?
d. Thailand a. Lists of names
140. What legendary dynasty came b. Questions and answers
before the Shang Dynasty? c. Financial transactions
a. Qing Dynasty
d. Shopping lists
b. Ming Dynasty 147. What central feature of Hinduism
c. Zhou Dynasty did Buddhism reject?
a. Union with a universal spirit as a
d. Xia Dynasty major goal
141. Who founded the Shang Dynasty? b. Use of missionaries to spread the
a. Wu Shang religion
b. Cheng Tang c. The caste system
c. Wu Ding d. Reincarnation
148. Why did sexual inequality exist in
d. King Jie so many societies?
142. What is the main artifact that a. There were no female rulers in
archaeologists have used to learn about ancient societies
the Shang Dynasty? b. The status of women reflected
a. Cave paintings the value of their labor in
agricultural society
b. Financial transactions c. No societies continued to practice
c. Oracle bones matrilineal descent and
inheritance
d. Government records d. Women had no religious roles
149. Confucianism encourages its
followers to
a. Learn from foreigners
b. Seek principles of science
c. Believe their rulers were not in
any way divine
d. Follow ethical rules to promote
harmony and order
150. All following ancient civilizations
were centered around a river valley
EXCEPT:
a. Chavin
b. Egypt
c. Mesopotamia
d. China