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Mid term Exam
Multiple Choice
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I. The Phoenician alphabet was based on
c , sounds.
a. syllables.
b. words.
d. vowels.
2. What led to the conquest of Sumer?
a. The un~ficationof city-states
c. The fighting among city-states
b. The peace among city-states
d. The wealth of city-states
3. Why did the earliest civilizations appear in areas like Mesopotamia and the lndus Valley?
a. Because theses areas had the largest number of domesticated animals.
b. Because these areas were isolated from other regions.
c. Because these areas were far away from oceans.
d. Because these areas were near rivers and fertile soil.
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4. As humans migrated, they had to
a. travellpopulations
c. adaptlenvironments
d. spreadiartifacts
b. relatelmigrations
5. Phoenicia did not have its own supply of ivory, so it traded for ivory with other regions, which meant that, for the
Phoenicians, ivory was a(n)
a. import.
c. natnral resource.
b. export.
d. impossibility.
6 . Homo sopiens means
c. "wise people."
a. "modem man."
d. "large-brained."
b. 'balks upright."
7 . With the development of farming, peoplecould spend most of their time doing one job, or
c. economizing.
a. cultivat~ng.
b. specializing.
d. domesticating.
8. Why might hunter-galherer groups be more successful at finding food in level areas w ~ t hgcmd soil rather than in
mountainous areas with rocky soil?
a. Because they needed to be able to move easily from place to place to find food
b. Because gcmd soil allowed them to grow better crops
c. Because few animals lived in mountainoiis areas
d. Because they used level areas for pens to keep livestock
9. How did the Phoenician alphabet improve upon the cuneiform writing system?
a. It tcmk longer to write.
c. It involved fewer symbols.
d. It did not depend upon sounds.
b. It required more memorization.
10. Which of the following is NOT an example of how the Persian empire encouraged local self-government'?
a. Leaders of provinces were allowed much independence.
b. Persian rulers forced people to follow the same customs and obey the same laws.
c. Local laws were allowed and not replaced w ~ t hPersian laws.
d. People could practice their own traditions, as they had for years.
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Which of the following was NOT a reason why the introduction of gold coins helped the Persian empire economy
grow?
a. Gold coins were accepted currency across the empire.
b. Gold coins could only be used by the wealthiest Persians and the king
c. Gold coins assigned a uniform value to gwds.
d. Gold coins made trade possible in far-off provinces of the empire.
Information about goods and services, and their production and use, define a society's
a. history.
c. economy.
d. social stmcture.
b. government.
Which of the following is NOT a feature of early civilizations?
a. A craftworker who specialized in bronze statues
b. Several clans gathered into a large village
c. A system of roads
d. Shared religious beliefs
When archaeologists study an excavation site, objects found closer to the surface are
a. less damaged than those found below them.
b. impossible to date with any accuracy.
c. unlikely to contain any radioactive material.
d. not as old as those found in deeper layers.
What important resources did early people nee to create a food surplus?
a. Fertile soil, fresh water, and seeds
b. Specialized jobs and domesticated animals
c. Organized government and public officials
d. Successful farmers and a supportive government
Early cities needed more government than farming villages did because
a. people had not yet developed many specialized skills.
b. growing popillations needed more management.
c. farming villages had more resources than larger cities.
d. cities needed people to help domesticate their animals.
People were first able to start living in settled communities when
a. they domesticated plants and animals.
b. they grew tired of hunting and gathering.
c. they began to trade with nearby villages.
d. they perfected a system of writing.
Which of the following was tnie of ht~ntersand gatherers?
a. They traded with other tribes that they encountered.
b. They domesticated animals for use as a source of food.
c. They settled in one place for long periods of time.
d. They owned only what they could carry.
Which of the following statements does not support the idea that the clan was a more complex form of society?
a. Clan leaders took on decision-making roles for the good of the community.
b. Clans spec~alizedin hunting only certain kinds of animals.
c. Clans traded a special kind of stone gcmd for spear tips with another clan that did not
have that kind of stone when they lived.
d. Clans shared infom~ationabout where to find food in hard times.
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20. Where do many scientists belicve that human life began?
a. Africa
c. North America
b. Asia
d. China
2 1. The carliest tools were often made from
a. ~ron.
c. fossils.
b. animal skins.
d. stone.
22. In the Persian empire, who controlled the central government and who controlled the local governments?
a. M i l i t a ~leaders controlled the central government and the Persian ruler controlled the
local goiernments.
b. The Persian ruler controlled the central government and military leaders controlled the
local governments.
c. Local leaders controlled the central government and thc Persian ruler controlled the local
governments.
d. The Persian ruler controlled the central government and local leaders controlled the local
eovernments.
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The ancient city of Babylon, located near p r e s e n t d a y . became the center of a new Mesopotamian empire
under Hammurabi.
a. Amman, Jordan
c. Tehran, Iran
b. Damascus, Syria
d. Baghdad, Iraq
24. Which of the following is one way that Neanderthals and Homo .rap~ensdiffered?
a. Neanderthals were taller than Homo .rapicn.r.
b. Homo saprens had only very simple language skills.
c. Homo saprens did not make art.
d. Ncanderthals appeared about 100,000years before Homo saprcns.
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25. Why was French fossil hunter Michael Brunet's discovery so important?
a. Because it was found in France and it was older than the remains found by the Leakeys
in Africa.
b. Because it was the most complete human skeleton ever found.
c. Because it was so old and it was found in Central, not East, Africa.
d. Because it was foundon adifferent continent than the Locy skeleton found by Donald
Johanson.
26. How did sailors' use of the North Star help Phoenician trade?
a. The North Star helped sailors earn more money.
b. The North Star h e l ~ e dsailors travel across land faster.
c. The North Star helped merchants find more customers.
d. The North Star helped sailors guide their voyages
more accurately.
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27. Which of the following best describes how the geography ofthe Fertile Crescent helped link the city-states of
Sumer?
a. The Tigris and Euphrates Klvers served as waterways for the transport of goods between
the city-states.
b. Due to advances in irrigation and agriculture, the people of the Fertile Crescent were
able to grow more crops.
c. The waters of the Tigris and Euphrates carried silt from the mountains to improve the
farmlands of the plains.
d. New technology such as wheeled carts helped make trade more widespread in the Fertile
Crescent.
28. The burial practices and amvork of early humans sllggests that these people may have practiced animism, a belief
that
a. animals were equal to humans.
b. homans should never harm the natural world.
c. the natural world was filled with spirits.
d. spirits protected anlmals.
29. One of the laws of Hammurabi's Code reads "If he break another man's bone, his bone shall be broken." Though
this might sound cruel by modem standards, why might such laws encourage social order?
a. Since there were few doctors who could repair broken bones, people might be unwilling
to break laws.
b. Social order is only possible onder cruel governments.
c. People might be less willing to break laws if they see that there are strong consequences
for those who do.
d. Hammurabl believed that the only way to keep the peace was to have laws that were
strict and harsh.
30. The end of the Ice Age changed life for people in all of the following ways except
a. Ocean levels rose as glaciers melted.
b. Certain animals became extinct from over-hunting.
c. Animal species that collld not adapt to warmer climates died out.
d. Rivers became new sources of food for people living near them.
3 1. The era during which tools were first developed is known as
a. the HunterCatherer Age.
c. the Age of Technology.
b. the Old Stone Age.
d. the Age of Fire and Stone.
32. What was the role of priests in Sumerian civilization?
a. Lead the economy
c. Common~catewith gods
b. Introduce new technology
d. Run farms
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