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World Civ I - Spring 2010 Exam: Matching, Multiple Choice, Fill in the Blank - Prof. Tamar, Exams of World History

A world civilization i exam from spring 2010. It includes matching, multiple choice, and fill in the blank questions covering various topics such as ancient civilizations, rivers, social classes, and innovations. Students are expected to demonstrate their understanding of these topics through their answers.

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World Civilization I ****DO NOT WRITE ON THIS EXAM,
Exam Unit 1 USE ANSWER SHEET
Spring 2010
Matching, 3 points each
1. Catal Huyuk a. Important archeological excavation of Neolithic village
In Yellow River
2. Sumerians b. Egyptian pharaoh that made repairs to the Sphinx and
erected what is known as the dream stele
3. Xia c. Hindu term for liberation from the cycle of death
and rebirth
4. Dravidians d. Chinese dynasty mostly associated with oracle bones
and bronze metallurgy
5. Banpo e. the indigenous people of India
6. kemet f. The earliest urban based society in southern Mesopotamia
7. dasas g. The first of the Chinese dynasties, oral history only
8. Horus h. Neolithic village that evolved into large town with
specialized labor in Anatolia
9. Moksha i. the fertile black soil of the Nile
10. Tuthmosis IV j. Southern Mesopotamians who established irrigation
k. the Aryan term for the indigenous people of India
l. The falcon headed god that all Egyptian pharaohs claim
divine kingship from
m. Northern Mesopotamians who built an empire by first
conquering Sumer
n. Egyptian pharaoh that is known for his construction of
the temple at Karnak
Multiple Choice, 2 points each
1. Human beings and large apes are significantly different in
A) genetic makeup.
B) body chemistry.
C) level of intelligence.
D) the structure of the brain.
E) none of the above.
2. The first human beings of the fully modern type were the
A) Neanderthal
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World Civilization I ****DO NOT WRITE ON THIS EXAM,

Exam Unit 1 USE ANSWER SHEET

Spring 2010

Matching, 3 points each

  1. Catal Huyuk a. Important archeological excavation of Neolithic village In Yellow River
  2. Sumerians b. Egyptian pharaoh that made repairs to the Sphinx and erected what is known as the dream stele

3. Xia c. Hindu term for liberation from the cycle of death

and rebirth

  1. Dravidians d. Chinese dynasty mostly associated with oracle bones and bronze metallurgy
  2. Banpo e. the indigenous people of India
  3. kemet f. The earliest urban based society in southern Mesopotamia
  4. dasas g. The first of the Chinese dynasties, oral history only
  5. Horus h. Neolithic village that evolved into large town with specialized labor in Anatolia
  6. Moksha i. the fertile black soil of the Nile
  7. Tuthmosis IV j. Southern Mesopotamians who established irrigation k. the Aryan term for the indigenous people of India l. The falcon headed god that all Egyptian pharaohs claim divine kingship from m. Northern Mesopotamians who built an empire by first conquering Sumer n. Egyptian pharaoh that is known for his construction of the temple at Karnak Multiple Choice, 2 points each
  8. Human beings and large apes are significantly different in A) genetic makeup. B) body chemistry. C) level of intelligence. D) the structure of the brain. E) none of the above.
  9. The first human beings of the fully modern type were the A) Neanderthal

B) Homo Erectus C) Cro-Magnon D) Australopithecus E) Natufian

  1. Agriculturalists produced more specialized material goods and art because A) farmers had more free time than hunters and gatherers. B) agricultural societies had more sophisticated tastes. C) they were able to record how to make such things as pottery, jewelry, and metal goods using newly invented writing systems. D) larger communities of people could spare some members from food production for more specialized activities. E) All of the above
  2. For what purpose was writing developed? A) Economics B) History C) Law D) Astronomy E) All of the above
  3. Which of the following peoples did not rule a Mesopotamian empire? A) the Assyrians. B) the Hittites. C) the Jews. D) the Chaldeans E) the Akkadians.
  4. The Phoenicians A) were prosperous based on their sea trade and commercial networks. B) built a large empire through conquest. C) were an Indo-European people. D) first settled in the Mediterranean in the tenth century. E) all of the above.
  5. Which of the following is true of the Nile? A) By worldwide standards it is a relatively short river. B) It is unusual in that it is navigable throughout its length. C) It used to flood very predictably. D) It flows from north to south. E) none of the above.
  6. The Hyksos were

during the reign of : A) Sargon B) Menes C) Moses D) Akhenaton E) Hammurabi

  1. All of the following were social classes of Xia, Shang, and Zhou, except A) hereditary aristocrats. B) priests and monks C) craftsmen and merchants. D) peasants and slaves. E) scholars and bureaucrats.
  2. Which of the following groupings between early societies and their most important rivers is correct? A) Mesopotamia-Tigris Euphrates; Egypt-Indus; Harrapan-Nile, China-Yellow B) Mesopotamia-Tigris Euphrates; Egypt-Nile; Harrapan-Ganges; China-Yellow C) Mesopotamia-Nile; Egypt-Tigris Euphrates; Harrapan-Yellow; China-Indus D) Mesopotamia-Tigris Euphrates; Egypt-Nile; Harrapan-Indus; China-Yellow E) Mesopotamia-Tigris Euphrates; Egypt-Nile; Harrapan-Indus; China-Yangzi

17. All of the following correctly identifies the caste system except :

a. The Vaishyas were agricultural commoners

b. The Kshatriyas controlled the land and were the ruling caste.

c. The Untouchables were slaves.

d. The Shudras were servants and menial laborers.

  1. Hammurabi’s Code was: A) Equal among the social classes B) The law of lex talonis C) The law code of the Hittites D) All of the above E) None of the above

19. Fierce winds deposited rich alluvial loess topsoil on _____, which extended and

improved agriculture in the region.

a. the Ganges River delta of India

b. The Nile River Valley

c. the Tigris and Euphrates river valley

d. the Northern China coastland and plain

20. What two significant innovations decisively affected the development of Europe?

a. The domestication of horses and barley.

b. The emergence of wheeled chariots and bronze metals.

c. The domestication of barley and the emergence of bronze metals.

d. The domestication of horses and the emergence of wheeled chariots and wagons.

Fill in the Blank, 2 points each Civilization Zhou Ramses Enkidu Jhana Brahmin city-state lugal Tuthmosis IV Shamash varna vaishya Shang king Rosetta Stone Utanapishtim Dharma Xia Han Palermo Stone karma kshatriya Yu Menes Pyramid Texts Bhakti shudra

  1. The term ____________ refers to an independent urban center and the agricultural territories it controlled.
  2. In the third millennium b.c.e. the ______________, or “big man," emerged in Sumerian cities.
  3. The ______________________kings of China monopolized bronze metallurgy.
  4. The _____________ line of kings was the longest lasting and most revered of all dynasties in Chinese history.
  5. Egypt was united around 3100 BCE by the conqueror____________________.
  6. The _____________________ tells us who the earliest pharaohs of Egypt were.
  7. ____________________________ is considered to be the Mesopotamian Noah from the Epic of Gilgamesh.
  8. _______________________ is the path of devotion to God, one way of attaining your goal in Hinduism.
  9. The Aryan word for the caste system is ________________, meaning literally, color.
    1. The Indian warrior caste was known as the _____________________. Identify, 5 points each Choose 2 of the following terms and identify by describing who/what the term is, when it occurred in history, where, and why the term is significant. Write in paragraph form.

Indo-Europeans

Mandate of Heaven

New Kingdom Egypt

Hittite Empire

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