World History Tests!

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1. All of the following were languages on the Rossetta Stone except! a) hieroglyphics! b) demonic! c) latin! d) greek! 2. Which of the following is not an achievement of the Ancient Egyptians! a) surveying land! b) 365 day calendar! c) medical advances! d) the cross bow! 3. an administrative organization with ofcials and regular procedures is a ! a) dynasty! b) bureaucracy! c) theocracy! d) satrapy! 4. who was the Pharaoh who built the pyramids of Giza! a) Khufu! b) Menes! c) Ramses! d) Cleopatra! 5. Who invented the alphabet that was adopted by the Greeks and Romans! a) Chaldeans!b) Hitties! c) Israelites! d) Phoenicians! 6. who was allowed to enter the Ziggurat! ! a) the slaves! b) the commoners! c) the priests! d) all of the above! 7. What did the Indo-Europeans have in common! a) their weapons! b) their crops! c) their religion!

d) their language!

8. it was the head of a man, the body of a lion and guarded the pyramids! a) Sphynx! b) Oracle! c) Hephaestus! d) Hestia! 9. He was believed to be the Pharaoh who ruled during the time of the Hebrew Exodus! a) Menes! b) Sargon! c) Ramses II! d) Amman! 10. The supervisor of government and assistant to Pharaoh is called a ! a) vizier! b) satrap! c) millet! d)viceroy! 11. The rich land deposited by the ooding of the Nile is called! a) silt! b) quipu ! c) loess! d) muezzin! 12. The hotties were known for their use of ! a) bronze! b) steel! c) iron! d) copper! 13. The rst Mesopotamian civilization was created by the! a) Sumerians!b) Assyrians! c) Akkadians! d) Babylonians! 14. Which is True about the Assyrian Empires army! a) was strong and well organized b) used diverse tactics! c) used terror as a weapon d) all of the above!

15. a pyramid served as! a) tomb! b) school!

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c) marketplace!

d) temple!

16. in ancient egypt, woman had all the following rights EXCEPT! a) own property! b) request a divorce! c) run businesses! d) ght in military!

Matching: match event with the kingdom during which the event took place! a) old kingdom! b) middle kingdom! c) new kingdom! 17. Pharaohs were expected to build public works! 18. a canal connecting the Nile and the Red Sea was built! 19. This kingdom ended because of the invasion of the Hyskos! 20. The king became known as the Pharaoh! 21. The Egyptians used Bronze and chariots to reunite egypt! 22. The Great Pyramids of Giza were built!

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23. The sumerians developed a number system based on the number! a) 30! b) 10! c) 5! d) 60! 24. What belief did Zoroastrianism have in common with Judaism and Christianity! a) original sin b) people have free will to choose between good and evil c) abraham was a prophet d) a messiah would come! 25. which was Not one of the protective boundaries that aided Egypt! a) cataracts! b) Sahara Desert! c) Zagros Mountains! d) Red Sea! 26. the Egyptian form of writing was called! a) cuneiform! b) hieroglyphics! c) script! 27. the persians were eventually conquered by ! a) Alexander the Great! b) the Spartans! 28. Persian route from Lydia to capitol! a) Royal Road! b) Royal Highway!

d) Sanskirt!

c) Xerxes!

d) the Hitties!

c) Imperial Road!

d) Imperial Highway!

29. the city the Chaldeans rebuilt and made one of the greatest cities of the ancient world is! a) Babylon! b) Cairo! c) Nineveh! d) Harappa! 30.Zoroastrianisms chief god was called! a) Ahuramazda! b) Ahuratoyota!

c) Ahuranissan!

d) Ahuradodge!

31. What was the simplied version of Egyptian writing?! a) glyphs! b) hieratic script ! c) Cyrillic script! 32. The phoenicians power was based on! a) agriculture!b) strong army ! c) trade!

d) hangul!

d) shing!

33. The king of the Chaldeans! a) Cyrus! b) Nebuchadnezzar! c) Darius!

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d) Ahuramazda!

34. The pheonicials set up colonies along the ____ sea! a) Red! b)Mediterranean! c) Aegean! d) Caribbean! 35. The Sumerian achievements include all of the following except! a) the wheel! b) bronze! c) pottery wheel! d) paper! Matching: match the god with the correct description! a) Re! b) Osiris! c) Isis! d) Anubis! e) Horus! 36. son of Isis and Osiris! 37. restored life to Osiris! 38. god of the dead! 39. god of enabling! 40. Chief god, sun god! Vocab! 1. empire! 2. satrap! 3. Cuneiform! 4. Fertile Crescent! 5. Ziggurat! 6. Immortals! 7. Hyskos! 8. Theocracy! 9. Mesopotamia!

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vocab:! 1. empire - large political unit, or state, with a single leader! 2. satrap - name given to the governors who ruled areas in an empire! 3. Cuneiform - rst written language, this language is wedge shaped and carved into clay with a stylus! 4. Fertile Crescent - arc of land that has rich soil and helped lead to the development of civilization ! 5. Ziggurat - temple only priests can go on top of, the stairs represented going up to heaven! 6. Immortals - elite ghters from persia. the amount of men could never drop below 10000 men ghting! 7. Hyskos - had chariots and superior weapons; egyptians overthrew them and established the new kingdom ! 8. Theocracy - summerials believed that the gods ruled their cities! 9. Mesopotamia - the land between the river formed by the tigris and Euphrates rivers. !

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Multiple Choice!

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