Chapters 1-4

Question 1

Homosapiens evolved _______ hundred thousand years ago

Answer 1

two

Question 2

The domestication of plants and animals is a hallmark of the _______ era

Answer 2

neolithic

Question 3

_______ _________ can be best credited for the expansion of homo sapiens communities throughout the world

Answer 3

Land bridges

Question 4

A rapidly increasing population encouraged the development of new forms of _______ organization

Answer 4

social

Question 5

A mesopotamian stepped pyramid is known as a __________

Answer 5

ziggurats

Question 6

___________ believed that the gods had chosen him to promote the welfare of the people and to cause justice to prevail in the land

Answer 6

Hammorabi

Question 7

The ________ eventually fell in 1595 BCE tot he Hittites

Answer 7

babylonians

Question 8

Evidence suggests that the Mesopotamians traded extensively with peoples as far away as Anatolia, ________, and India

Answer 8

Egypt

Question 9

In Mesopotamia prisoners of war, convicted criminals and heavily indebted individuals were the three main sources of _________

Answer 9

slaves

Question 10

Sumerian writing is known as _________

Answer 10

cuneiform

Question 11

The first simplified alphabet, containing only 22 letters, was created by the ________

Answer 11

phoenicians

Question 12

______ was Gilgamesh’s friend

Answer 12

Enkidu

Question 13

_______ _________ is significant because it is the site of the first city.

Answer 13

Catal Huyok

Question 14

Eridu, Ur, Uruk, Lagash, Nippur, and Kish were all associated with

Answer 14

meopotamia

Question 15

The most influencial ancient Indo-European migrants into SW Asia were the ________

Answer 15

Hittites

Question 16

______ is the society that began the custom of embalming to preserve the body for life after death

Answer 16

Egypt

Question 17

The early Sudanic societies recognized a single divine force as the source of good and evil, and associated it w/ _________

Answer 17

riain

Question 18

The Greek historian ________ used the phrase the gift of the Nile to describe Egypt

Answer 18

Herodotus

Question 19

The earliest Egyptian and _________ states were small kingdoms

Answer 19

Nubian

Question 20

The pyramid of ______ is the largest of all the pyramids

Answer 20

Khufu

Question 21

________ was an Egyptian explorer who visited Nubia

Answer 21

Harkhuf

Question 22

Around 3100 BCE, the conqueror Menes founded _______, a city that would serve aas the capital for early Egypt

Answer 22

Memphis

Question 23

The ________ were horse-riding external invaders who eventually captured Memphis and levied tribute throughout Egypt

Answer 23

Hyksos

Question 24

Horse-drawn chariots and _________ weapons were introduced into Egpyt by the Hyksos

Answer 24

bronze

Question 25

In mid 17th century BCE, Egypt lost its independence and became part of __________ empire

Answer 25

Assyrian

Question 26

_______ was a woman who ruled Egypt as a pharouh

Answer 26

Harshepsut

Question 27

The Egyptian god of the underworld

Answer 27

Osiris

Question 28

Tribes that as early as 3000 BCE begn to spread their language and agri techniqures throughout Africa were the __________

Answer 28

Bantu

Question 29

In Kush, there is evidence of many ________ rulers

Answer 29

female

Question 30

In Africa, ________ __________ arose independently

Answer 30

iron metallurgy

Question 31

The chief god of early Aryans

Answer 31

Indra

Question 32

Two especially prominent cities of the first Indian societies were _______ and Mohenjo-daro

Answer 32

Harappa

Question 33

At its height, the population of ______ reached 40,000

Answer 33

Mohenjo-daro

Question 34

Evidence relating to trade indicates that Harappan India traded with _________ and Persia

Answer 34

Mesopotamia

Question 35

The ________ were Indo-Europeans

Answer 35

Aryans

Question 36

The Indo-Europeans who entered India called themselves Aryans which means:

Answer 36

noble ones

Question 37

The Aryans reffered to social classes by the term ________

Answer 37

varnas

Question 38

______ is a subcaste

Answer 38

Jati

Question 39

Vedic society was strongly _______

Answer 39

patriarchal

Question 40

The ________ were commentaries and reflections on the Vedas

Answer 40

upanishads

Question 41

The 2 principal means to achieve the goal of _____ are asceticism and meditation

Answer 41

moksha

Question 42

The Shang rulers were strengthened by their control over technological advantage of ________

Answer 42

bronze

Question 43

Powerful southern rival to the ______ were the Chu

Answer 43

Zhou

Question 44

The _______ ___ ________ allowed the ruler to serve as a link between the heavens and the Earth

Answer 44

mandate of heaven

Question 45

The task of butchering animals/handling dead bodies usually fell to the _________

Answer 45

untouchables

Question 46

Ritual bloodletting was crucial to Maya rituals b/c it was associated with _____ & agriculture

Answer 46

rain

Question 47

Olmec

Answer 47

rubber people

Question 48

First ceremonial center of the Olmecs

Answer 48

San Lorenzo

Question 49

Most characterstic artistic creations of the _______ were colossal human heads sculpted from basalt

Answer 49

Olmecs

Question 50

Olmecs traded extensively in _____, obsidian, and small works of art

Answer 50

jade

Question 51

Most important political ccenter of the Maya realm at its height

Answer 51

Tikal

Question 52

Maya calendar interwove a ______ yr of 364 days & a _______ calendar of 260 days

Answer 52

solar; ritual

Question 53

Lapita peoples were the earliest Austronesian migrants to establish human settlements in the ______ islands

Answer 53

pacific

Question 54

One of the earliest Andean states, which left a remarkable artistic legacy via ceramics

Answer 54

Mochica

Question 55

Only ____ books survive as all the written material of the Maya

Answer 55

4

Question 56

The most flexible and sophisticated system of writing found in the ancient Americas was created by the _____

Answer 56

Maya

Question 57

Maya mathmaticians invented the mathematical concept of _____ which was essential for positional notation aned manipulation of large #s

Answer 57

zero

Question 58

Austronesian speaking peoples became first human settlers on the large island of ______ off the east African coast

Answer 58

Madagascar

Question 59

Malayan, Indonesian, Filipino, Polynesian, and other Oceanic languages derived from the _______ language

Answer 59

Austronesian

Question 60

The ______ cult existed in the area occupied by modern day Peru

Answer 60

Chavin