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Ancient World History Final Exam
Part I
First Civilizations, Ancient Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, Ancient India, Ancient China
Ancient Greece & Ancient Rome
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Round 1 Jeopardy
Ancient
Mesopotamia
Ancient
Egypt
Ancient
India
Ancient
China
Geography
100
100
100
100
100
200
200
200
200
200
300
300
300
300
300
400
400
400
400
400
500
500
500
500
500
Round 2 Jeopardy
Geography
Ancient
Egypt
Ancient
China
200
200
200
200
200
400
400
400
400
400
600
600
600
600
600
800
800
800
800
800
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
Ancient
Mesopotamia
Ancient
India
Final Jeopardy
List the seven characteristics
of civilizations that we learned
about in class.
Stable Food
Supply
Highly
Developed
Written
Language
Social Structure
Advances in
Technology
System of
Government
The Arts
Painting, Architecture &
Music
Religious
System
Ancient Mesopotamia (100)
How did Sumerians control
the amount of water in the
valley?
Ancient Mesopotamia
(100)
Levees
Canals
Dams
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Ancient Mesopotamia (200)
Who was the famous
Babylonian king known for
his code of laws?
Ancient Mesopotamia
(200)
Hammurabi
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Ancient Mesopotamia (300)
Why was Hammurabi’s Code
important in world history?
Ancient Mesopotamia
(300)
It was an early written list
of laws that controlled
people’s daily life and
behavior.
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Daily Double
Ancient Mesopotamia
Ancient Mesopotamia (400)
Sumerian society was
organized into this structure,
which consisted of a city and
the surrounding land.
Ancient Mesopotamia
(400)
City-States
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Ancient Mesopotamia (500)
The first written symbols in
Mesopotamia were picture
symbols, or
Ancient Mesopotamia
(500)
Pictograms
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Ancient Egypt (100)
Why did ancient Egyptians
believe having social classes
was a good idea?
Ancient Egypt
(100)
They believed society
worked when people knew
their roles.
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Ancient Egypt (200)
Who was the chief god of the
Egyptians?
Ancient Egypt
(200)
Ra
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Ancient Egypt (300)
Why was Upper Egypt called
"Upper?“
Ancient Egypt
(300)
Because it was further
upstream along the Nile
River than was Lower
Egypt.
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Ancient Egypt (400)
How were mummies made?
Ancient Egypt
(400)
The guts were taken out,
the bodies were dried with
salts and spices, and then
the bodies were wrapped
in linen.
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Ancient Egypt (500)
Who united Upper and Lower
Egypt and started the Old
Kingdom?
Ancient Egypt
(500)
Narmer
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Ancient India (100)
Who was the Buddhist
emperor who tried to rule
with kindness?
Ancient India
(100)
Ashoka
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Ancient India (200)
What were the people
who settled in ancient
India called?
Ancient India
(200)
The Aryans
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Ancient India (300)
This structure divided
Indian society into groups
based on a person’s birth,
wealth, and occupation.
Ancient India
(300)
Caste System
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Ancient India (400)
What was the name of the
chief god of the Indian
Aryans?
Ancient India
(400)
Shiva
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Ancient India (500)
Hindus believe that souls are
born and reborn many times,
each in a new body. What is
this rebirth process called?
Ancient India
(500)
Reincarnation
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Ancient China (100)
What was the main
contribution of Emperor Shi
Huangdi to China?
Ancient China
(100)
He unified most of China
under one government.
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Ancient China (200)
The Chinese people turned
to the teachings of Confucius
because his ideas were
thought to help
Ancient China
(200)
Restore order in China
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Ancient China (300)
What was the ancient China
valley called?
Ancient China
(300)
The Yellow River Valley
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Ancient China (400)
What made Shang armies
especially powerful?
Ancient China
(400)
Weapons made of bronze
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Ancient China (500)
What did the Shang dynasty
accomplish?
Ancient China
(500)
They controlled all of ancient
China.
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Geography (100)
What two physical features
separate India from the
rest of their continent
(Asia)?
Geography
(100)
The Himalaya Mountains
and the Hindu Kush
Mountains
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Geography (200)
Many factors shaped the
lives of ancient Greeks.
Which of the following is an
example of how a geographic
factor affected them?
Geography
(200)
They lived in isolated
villages.
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Geography (300)
Name the two rivers that
supported a stable food
supply in ancient
Mesopotamia.
Geography
(300)
Tigris River
&
Euphrates River
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Geography (400)
Which river was central to
the first cities of India?
Geography
(400)
Indus River
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Geography (500)
Rome was built near what
river?
Geography
(500)
Tiber River
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Geography (200)
This sea was essential to life in
ancient Greece and Rome.
Geography
(200)
Mediterranean Sea
Round 2 Jeopardy
Geography (400)
Between what two rivers did
the ancient Chinese people
lived between?
Geography
(400)
Yellow River & Yangtze
River
Round 2 Jeopardy
Geography (600)
What is the name of the
landform on which Greece is
situated?
Geography
(600)
Peninsula
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Geography (800)
What was special about the
annual cycle of the
Nile River?
Geography
(800)
The Nile flooded once a
year, right before planting
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Geography (1000)
What does the Nile River
empty in to?
Geography
(1000)
The Mediterranean Sea
Round 2 Jeopardy
Ancient Egypt (200)
How did the Egyptians
believe the pharaoh would
use his pyramid after he
died?
Ancient Egypt
(200)
He would climb the sides
to go up to heaven.
Round 2 Jeopardy
Ancient Egypt (400)
How did Egyptians respond
to Amenhotep's new religion?
Ancient Egypt
(400)
They obeyed, but didn't
like it.
Round 2 Jeopardy
Ancient Egypt (600)
How was Hatshepsut able to
become the ruler of Egypt?
Ancient Egypt
(600)
She ruled while her
nephew was young.
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Ancient Egypt (800)
The pharaoh was at the top of Egypt’s
social pyramid. Moving down the
pyramid, what is the order of the classes
listed below, from highest to lowest?
1. Artisans
2. Government Officials
3. Peasants
4. Priests
5. Scribes
Ancient Egypt
(800)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Government Officials
Priests
Scribes
Artisans
Peasants
Round 2 Jeopardy
Ancient Egypt (1000)
In ancient Egypt’s social
pyramid were more people in
the highest classes or lowest
classes?
Ancient Egypt
(1000)
Lowest Classes
Round 2 Jeopardy
Ancient China (200)
What philosophy do the
statements on this list
describe?
• People are basically selfish.
• Laws must be strict and must be strictly enforced.
• Punishments for breaking laws must be harsh.
Ancient China
(200)
Legalism
Round 2 Jeopardy
Daily Double
Ancient China
Ancient China (400)
What was one way the Zhou
dynasty managed to keep
China stable for several
hundred years?
Ancient China
(400)
By claiming approval from
heaven
Round 2 Jeopardy
Ancient China (600)
Why were Confucianism,
Daoism, and Legalism
developed when they were?
Ancient China
(600)
Because there was so
much disorder in Peasants
China at the time
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Ancient China (800)
What was the purpose of
building the Great Wall?
Ancient China
(800)
To protect the empire
from invaders
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Ancient China (1000)
During the Han dynasty, the
Chinese for the first time
Ancient China
(1000)
Traded Silk
Round 2 Jeopardy
Ancient Mesopotamia (200)
The development of writing
evolved from the Sumerian
need to keep these.
Ancient Mesopotamia
(200)
Business Records
Round 2 Jeopardy
Ancient Mesopotamia (400)
Sumerian scribes used a sharp
pointed tool called a stylus to
write on this material.
Ancient Mesopotamia
(400)
Clay Tablets
Round 2 Jeopardy
Ancient Mesopotamia (600)
This type of writing is known
for its wedge-shaped
characters.
Ancient Mesopotamia
(600)
Cuneiform
Round 2 Jeopardy
Ancient Mesopotamia (800)
What does the word
Mesopotamia literally
means?
Ancient Mesopotamia
(800)
It means the land between
the rivers.
Round 2 Jeopardy
Ancient Mesopotamia (1000)
Who conquered all the
Sumerian city-states and
made them into one country?
Ancient Mesopotamia
(1000)
Sargon
Round 2 Jeopardy
Ancient India (200)
The most important language
of ancient India was
Ancient India
(200)
Sanskrit
Round 2 Jeopardy
Ancient India (400)
What was the name of
ancient India’s first empire?
Ancient India
(400)
The Mauryan Empire
Round 2 Jeopardy
Ancient India (600)
What was the name of the
prince who founded
Buddhism and received the
name Buddha because he
was enlightened?
Ancient India
(600)
Siddhartha Gautama
Round 2 Jeopardy
Ancient India (800)
Name two of the great
centers of civilization in
ancient India?
Ancient India
(800)
Mohenjo-Daro
Harappa
Round 2 Jeopardy
Ancient India (1000)
What were the people called
who did not belong to any
caste?
Ancient India
(1000)
The Untouchables
Round 2 Jeopardy