Honors World History: Semester 1 Final (All Test
1. The Neolithic area is associated with which of the following?
a. making tools out of materials including metal
b. making large rock formations like Stonehenge for religious purposes
c. an architectural hallmark when people lived in buildings instead of caves
d. the rise of agriculture
e. the start of a bilateral trade system: d. the rise of agriculture
2. What is meant by culture?
a. shared religious beliefs
b. learned patterns of expression and action
c. similar heritage traits
d. shared language and biological characteristics
e. similar aesthetic tastes: b. learned patterns of expression and action
3. Preliterate societies transmitted their culture by all of the following except
a. stone art
b. cave paintings
c. oral tradition
d. detailed genealogies
e. creation myths: d. detailed genealogies
4. What is the first recognizable cultural activity of human beings?
a. rug weaving
b. cave painting
c. tool making
d. written language
e. dancing: c. tool making
5. The Agricultural Revolutions occurred in which era?
a. Megalithic
b. Ostrolithic
c. Neolithic
d. Paleolithic
e. Monolithic: c. Neolithic
6. Scholars feel that early domestication of animals provided all of the follow- ing except
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a. meat
b. milk
c. labor
d. wool and hides
e. objects of worship: e. objects of worship
7. A significant difference between Jericho and Catal Huyuk was
a. Jericho had no walls around the city
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b. Catal Huyuk had no doors on its buildings
c. Jericho was made of mud while Catal Huyuk was made of bricks
d. Catal Huyuk was much smaller
e. There is no evidence of trade in Catal Huyuk: b. Catal Huyuk had no doors on its buildings
8. Agriculture in Mesopotamia depended on
a. artificial canals and irrigation
b. the region's high annual rainfall
c. the introduction of wheat crops
d. large numbers of animals for fertilizer
e. a highly motivated work force: a. artificial canals and irrigation
9. In the third millennium B.C.E., the political ruler in Sumer was
a. a pharaoh
b. a vizier
c. a lugal
d. a kniaz
e. an emperor: c. a lugal
10.A means of distinguishing slaves in Mesopotamian society was by
a. they are in chains
b. they were not permitted to wear clothing
c. a particular hairstyle
d. they were foreign
e. they were branded: c. a particular hairstyle
11.Mesopotamian gods were anthropomorphic, that is, they
a. took form as the elements of nature
b. were humanlike in form and conduct
c. appeared in the bodies of kings while on earth
d. were divine and perfect beings
e. were omniscient: b. were humanlike in form and conduct
12.The first metal that Mesopotamians used was
a. steel
b. copper
c. iron
1. The Neolithic area is associated with which of the following?
a. making tools out of materials including metal
b. making large rock formations like Stonehenge for religious purposes
c. an architectural hallmark when people lived in buildings instead of caves
d. the rise of agriculture
e. the start of a bilateral trade system: d. the rise of agriculture
2. What is meant by culture?
a. shared religious beliefs
b. learned patterns of expression and action
c. similar heritage traits
d. shared language and biological characteristics
e. similar aesthetic tastes: b. learned patterns of expression and action
3. Preliterate societies transmitted their culture by all of the following except
a. stone art
b. cave paintings
c. oral tradition
d. detailed genealogies
e. creation myths: d. detailed genealogies
4. What is the first recognizable cultural activity of human beings?
a. rug weaving
b. cave painting
c. tool making
d. written language
e. dancing: c. tool making
5. The Agricultural Revolutions occurred in which era?
a. Megalithic
b. Ostrolithic
c. Neolithic
d. Paleolithic
e. Monolithic: c. Neolithic
6. Scholars feel that early domestication of animals provided all of the follow- ing except
, Honors World History: Semester 1 Final (All Test
a. meat
b. milk
c. labor
d. wool and hides
e. objects of worship: e. objects of worship
7. A significant difference between Jericho and Catal Huyuk was
a. Jericho had no walls around the city
, Honors World History: Semester 1 Final (All Test
b. Catal Huyuk had no doors on its buildings
c. Jericho was made of mud while Catal Huyuk was made of bricks
d. Catal Huyuk was much smaller
e. There is no evidence of trade in Catal Huyuk: b. Catal Huyuk had no doors on its buildings
8. Agriculture in Mesopotamia depended on
a. artificial canals and irrigation
b. the region's high annual rainfall
c. the introduction of wheat crops
d. large numbers of animals for fertilizer
e. a highly motivated work force: a. artificial canals and irrigation
9. In the third millennium B.C.E., the political ruler in Sumer was
a. a pharaoh
b. a vizier
c. a lugal
d. a kniaz
e. an emperor: c. a lugal
10.A means of distinguishing slaves in Mesopotamian society was by
a. they are in chains
b. they were not permitted to wear clothing
c. a particular hairstyle
d. they were foreign
e. they were branded: c. a particular hairstyle
11.Mesopotamian gods were anthropomorphic, that is, they
a. took form as the elements of nature
b. were humanlike in form and conduct
c. appeared in the bodies of kings while on earth
d. were divine and perfect beings
e. were omniscient: b. were humanlike in form and conduct
12.The first metal that Mesopotamians used was
a. steel
b. copper
c. iron
