Jews
Which statement about Abraham is the most accurate?
His covenant with God helped all Jewish people.
A believer in monotheism
worships a single god
Hammurabi is best remembered for his
legal code
Which of these is in the correct chronological order?
Paleolithic era, last Ice Age, Neolithic Revolution, beginning of civilizations
Which of these is a true statement about anthropologists?
a) Anthropologists’ studies are limited to today’s cultures and societies.
b) Anthropologists study how ancient cultures are similar and different.
c) Anthropologists leave the study of human origins to archaeologists.
d) Anthropologists leave the study of social behaviors to sociologists.
Anthropologists study how ancient cultures are similar and different.
What is the difference between the Torah and the Talmud?
The Torah describes the basic laws of Judaism; the Talmud is a collection of interpretations of the Torah.
What is bureaucracy?
the structure of a government, including the people who help it function
What were some of the first crops to be domesticated during the Agricultural Revolution?
wheat and barley
An important factor that brought changes to the hunter-gatherer way of life was that
large prey animals were becoming extinct.
Which would be considered a secondary source about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln?
a) a diary entry by a witness to the assassination
b) an interview with a member of the audience at Ford’s Theater where Lincoln was shot
c) an interview with Booth’s understudy, who was not at Ford’s Theater the night of the assassination
d) a newspaper article written by a reporter who was in the audience at Ford’s Theatre
a) a diary entry by a witness to the assassination
What element do Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur share?
They both are considered high holy days.
The _________ forced conquered peoples to pay tribute to the the monarch
Assyrians
Sumerians were the first people of Mesopotamia to use
the plow
Which is the best dated evidence that humans have been on Earth for over four million years?
A fossil nicknamed Lucy was found in East Africa.
Which of these dating methods is capable of giving the most accurate age of an artifact?
a) DNA
b) tree rings
c) radiocarbon
d) dendrochronology
radiocarbon
What was the most important impact of the Jewish peoples’ repeated Diaspora?
It helped spread the religion into Europe.
Which of these empires would go last in a timeline of world civilizations?
Assyria Persia Phoenicia Babylonia
Persia
What was the impact of the political and legal ideas found in Hammurabi’s Code?
The Code served as a model for justice and influenced law making in other societies.
During the Neolithic Revolution people could stay in one place because
food supply increased and new jobs emerged.
Which would likely be the least biased account of the December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor?
a) President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s speech following the attack
b) a Japanese news article published on December 8, 1941
c) a world history textbook’s account published in 2014
d) a radio announcer’s account from Pearl Harbor at the time of the attack
c) a world history textbook’s account published in 2014
How did Judaism differ from other faiths of the same time period?
It focused on monotheism instead of polytheism
How did the Royal Road benefit the Persians?
It established communication throughout the Persian Empire.
What empire did Hammurabi rule over?
Babylonia
The best definition of pastoralism is
raising livestock.
Two cities fall on the same line of latitude. If a line is drawn between the two cities, in which direction could the line go?
a) north to south
b) east to west
c) northwest
d) southeast
b) east to west