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History 151
Summer, 2001
Quiz #1
#1
The Tigris and Euphrates rivers drained
which ancient civilization?
A) Egypt
B) China
C) India
D) Mesopotamia
#2
Which of these early agricultural areas was
not an irrigation civilization?
A) Egypt
B) Mesopotamia
C) Central America
D) China
#3
Neanderthal Man is often used as an
example of:
A) man’s ability to master his physical
environment
B) an evolutionary dead end
C) an early “hydraulic civilization”
D) a female-centered culture
#4
The idea that knowledge of new techniques
spread through human contact is termed the
________________ theory.
#5
The Indus River is the cradle for the oldest
continuous civilization is world history.
True
False
#6
Which of the following is least characteristic
of Mesopotamian religion?
A) cruel and unpredictable gods
B) a powerful priesthood
C) a rewarding afterlife
D) a true monotheism
#7
Sumerian mathematics is based on the unit
of:
A) 10
B) 20
C) 50
D) 60
#8
The Sumerian calendar was based on the
movement of the sun.
True
False
#9
Egypt’s Great Pyramids were build during
the period associated with the:
A) Old Kingdom
B) Middle Kingdom
C) New Kingdom
D) none of the above
#10
In which of the following respects did Egypt
differ from Mesopotamia?
A) intensive irrigation farming
B) geographic isolation
C) dependence on a river system
D) polytheistic religion
#11
The Egyptians developed a superiority
complex toward foreigners rivaled only by
the:
A) Sumerians
B) Chinese
C) Indians
D) Greeks
#12
Invasion by the Hittites marked the end of
Egypt as an independent state.
True
False
#13
The Zoroastrian “devil” was called:
A) Ahura-Mazda
B) Ahriman
C) Assur
D) Xerxes
#14
Historians generally believe that the chariot
was introduced to ancient warfare by the:
A) Hittites
B) Hyksos
C) Chaldees
D) Medes
#15
The first good road builders over long
distances were the:
A) Phoenicians
B) Medes
C) Persians
D) Assyrians