1.
Which of the following have scholars advanced as a possible explanation for the emergence of patriarchy in the First Civilizations?
A.
The emergence of women as the primary source of labor in more intensive animal-drawn plow-based agriculture
B.
The increased role of women outside the home
C.
The decline in birthrates that accompanied civilizations
D.
The emergence of large-scale warfare with professionally led armies
2.
Which of the following constitutes historians' usual definition of "civilization"?
A.
A human culture
B.
A community of humans living together with a sense of common ancestry
C.
A human society that includes cities and states
D.
A group of humans who recognize any form of social hierarchy
3.
Which of the following First Civilizations relied on squash, beans and guava but no grains as its primary crops?
A.
Mesopatamia
B.
Indus Valley
C.
Egypt
D.
Norte Chico
4.
The above map supports the assertion that
A.
Everywhere agriculture developed independently a First Civilization also developed
B.
All First Civilizations developed along a major rivers
C.
All First Civilizations were about the same size
D.
First Civilizations emerged independently in widely scattered locations
5.
Kingship in the First Civilizations
A.
Often depended on the belief that the office of king was divinely ordained
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B.
Relied exclusively on physical force and coercion
C.
Often depended in part on the authority of a written constitution
D.
Often emerged with women as rulers, although everywhere they were rapidly replaced by men
6.
Which of the following provided the primary economic foundation for civilization?
A.
Slavery
B.
Patriarchy
C.
Agriculture
D.
The army
7.
Which of the following human accomplishments emerged with the First Civilizations?
A.
Agriculture
B.
Village life
C.
Writing
D.
Art
8.
The rulers of the First Civilization held authority thanks to the Mandate of Heaven.
A.
Egypt
B.
China
C.
Olmec
D.
Mesopotamia
9.
Which does the Ziggurat of Ur, pictured above, suggest about the Mesopotamian society that produced it?
A.
Egypt had an important influence on Mesopotamian architecture
B.
Monumental public works had an important place in Mesopotamian society
C.
Trade with the Indus Valley influenced the layout and design of Mesopotamian cities
D.
Political rulers and priests were relatively unimportant in Mesopotamian civilization
10.
Which of the First Civilizations experienced the greatest cultural continuity from its earliest formation into modern times?
A.
Indus Valley
B.
Mesopotamia
C.
Norte Chico
D.
China
11.
Which of the following was the last of the First Civilization to emerge
A.
Olmec
B.
China
C.
Norte Chico
D.
Indus Valley
12.
Scholars have advanced which of the following as a possible explanation for the origins of the First Civilizations?
A.
The settlement of peoples in particularly rich agricultural regions where there were no limits on the amount of land that could be cultivated
B.
The emergence of regions where no military elite took shape and peace reigned
C.
The forced settlement of nomads by their agriculture neighbors
D.
The need to organize large-scale irrigation projects
13.
Which of the following was a feature of Egyptian rather than Mesopotamian civilization?
A.
Salinization of the soil leading to a collapse in the production of wheat in most areas along the upper Nile
B.
Frequent and devastating invasions of Egypt by outsiders because of a lack of physical barriers
C.
Rivalry between autonomous Egyptian city-states
D.
A more cheerful and hopeful outlook on the world, as expressed in part through Egyptian religious beliefs
14.
Which of the following statements about ancient Egypt is true?
A.
The state was ruled by pharaohs who were believed to be gods in human form
B.
Cities were more important in Egypt than in Mesopotamia
C.
Egyptians believed that only the pharaohs enjoyed eternal life
D.
The Nile was an unpredictable river whose erratic floods regularly destroyed crops
15.
The territory of ancient Mesopotamia is presently occupied by which country?
A.
Iran
B.
Afghanistan
C.
Iraq
D.
India
16.
Hunting and gathering societies
A.
Are not able to produce art
B.
Are always warlike and require little land
C.
Organize rather small groups into political units
D.
Could not survive after Middle Eastern people developed agriculture
17.
A characteristic of the human species before the advent of civilization was
A.
The ability to spread to various geographic settings and climate zones
B.
The ability to organize large political units
C.
The inability to communicate about abstractions such as death
D.
That all tasks were shared equally by men and women
18.
The development of agriculture caused important changes in all of the following EXCEPT
A.
A population size and life expectancy
B.
Male-female relations
C.
The tendency to believe in many gods
D.
The stability of human settlements
19.
The characteristic political organization of the Tigris-Euphrates civilization was
A.
Democracy
B.
Large, durable empires
C.
Village-level government
D.
Regional city states
20.
The development of writing
A.
Resulted from new technologies, notably the invention of paper
B.
Helps explain why agriculture could develop
C.
Helps explain why governments could become more formal and bureaucratic
D.
Resulted from the needs of the various river valley civilizations to communicate with one another
What was most important in the emergence of the first civilizations?
What was the first human civilization?
Which of the following is an example of a way that rulers in the first civilization displayed their power?
Question | Answer |
which of the following is an example of a way that the rulers in the first civilizations displayed their power? | monuments |
which of the following contributed to the declining power of the Egyptian Pharaohs by 2400 B.C.E? | invasion from outsiders Hykos |