World History 104 – Midterm Exam – Winter 2025/2026 Lane Community College

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World History 104 – Midterm Exam – Winter 2025

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1. According to the recorded lecture, which one of the following makes someone human?

a. The ability to create art (culture)

b. Finding a tool in nature

c. Gathering fruits and nuts

d. None of the above

2. According to the recorded lecture, fire was important to humans because it provided which one of
the following?

a. Protection

b. Warmth

c. The ability to cook

d. All of the above

3. According to the recorded lecture, a sedentary society was one that stayed in one place. Which one
of the following was the example given in the lecture?

a. Pacific Northwest

b. The European Alps

c. Australian Outback

d. The Rift Valley in Africa

4. According to the recorded lecture, which one of the following had the first agricultural society?

a. Egyptians

b. Natufians

c. Chinese

b. Botai




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5. According to the recorded lecture, an agricultural society had both domesticated plants and
animals.

a. True

b. False

6. According to the recorded lecture, what type of language family were the Bantu?

a. Romance language

b. Germanic

c. Niger-Congo

d. Dravidian

7. According to the recorded lecture, why did the first wave of Bantu people migrate?

a. They were forced by climate change.

b. They practiced a slash and burn type of faming which forced them to continually seek land
to plant their crops.

c. They were invaded by Saharan warriors.

d. Their villages became overpopulated.

8. According to the recorded lecture, who were the griots?

a. Kings

b. Slaves

c. Storytellers

d. Merchants

9. According to the recorded lecture, which one of the following civilizations developed between the
Tigris and Euphrates rivers around 3500 B.C.E.?

a. Sumerian

b. Persian

c. Egyptian

d. Nubian

10. According to the recorded lecture, what does Mesopotamia mean?

a. Dry land

b. Between two rivers

c. Land of Kur

d. None of the above

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11. According to the recorded lecture, Sumeria was an area for the earliest complex societies, along
with Egypt. Which one of the following were some of the early, domesticated crops in this area?

a. Rice, barley and wheat

b. Wheat, barley and dates

c. Potatoes, tobacco and chocolate

d. Millet, sugar cane and maize

12. According to the recorded lecture, domesticated animals were also important in Sumeria. Which
domesticated animals would you find there?

a. Llamas and alpacas

b. Fish and bison

c. Turkeys and cattle

d. Cattle and sheep

13. According to the recorded lecture, Sumerian craftsmen were known for their work with stone and
what else?

a. Brick

b. Wood

c. Metal

d. Paper

14. According to the recorded lecture, what was the written language in Sumeria?

a. Hieroglyphics

b. Cuneiform

c. Sanskrit

d. Cyrillic

15. According to the recorded lecture, most Sumerian writing had to do with practical matters, but
they also wrote the Epic of Gilgamesh. What was the Epic of Gilgamesh?

a. A history of Sumeria

b. A law code

c. A poem

d. An accounting of a king




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