WORLD HISTORY MIDTERM 2025

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Andy Svec

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WORLD HISTORY MIDTERM 2025

By Andy Svec

Multiple Choice

What were pyramids?

a place to store food surplus

prisons

tombs for pharaohs

tombs for nobles

Multiple Choice

Mesopotamia was between two rivers named _________.

Jordan and Draper

Tigris and Euphrates

Nile and Elephant

Match

Match the following

Hammurabi

Ziggurats

cuneiform

Polytheism

scribe

Wrote a code of laws

Stepped Pyramid

Early form of writing

Belief in many gods

person who records for a ruler

Labeling

Put the dates in chronological order correctly.

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

2023 CE

123 CE

Birth of Jesus

634 BC

AD 1215

2500 BC

AD 487

12 BC

1800 BCE

Multiple Choice

Hinduism believes in __________ which is the process of birth, life, death, and rebirth.

Karma

Reincarnation

heaven

the afterlife

Multiple Choice

Mohenjo-Daro was an Ancient India civilization that had an ____________________.

Starbucks

advanced plumbing system

elementary school

swimming pool

Multiple Choice

In Ancient India, they had 'levels of society' called the ____________________.

Caste system

Donald Trump club

Upper, Middle, and Lower class

Dora the Explorer club

Multiple Choice

What is Egyptian writing called?

cuneiform

hieroglyphic

characters

Sanskrit

Multiple Choice

What is the famous river in Egypt?

Tigris

Euphrates

Nile

Hudson

Multiple Choice

What does the term "polytheism" refer to in the context of Mesopotamian beliefs?

Belief in one god

Belief in multiple gods

Lack of religious beliefs

Worship of nature

Multiple Choice

Which source is more likely to provide firsthand information about an event?

Secondary source.

Fossil.

Artifact.

Primary source.

Multiple Choice

BC =

before communism

before Christ

bad civilization

best city

Multiple Choice

Who worshiped only one god?

Egyptians

Mesopotamians

Israelites

Romans

Multiple Choice

What was Hammurabi’s most important reform?

Code of law

number system

writing

first empire

Multiple Choice

Egypt is surrounded by desert, what is a benefit of this?

The temperature is warm

The sand is soft

Protection

Easy to navigate

Multiple Choice

The mountain range to the north, in India, is the __________________.

Adirondacks

Rockies

Himalayas

Alps

Multiple Choice

Hinduism believes in __________ which is the process of birth, life, death, and rebirth.

Karma

Reincarnation

heaven

the afterlife

Multiple Choice

Buddhism is based on the teaching from ________.

God

Asoka

Siddhartha Gautama

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Multiple Choice

Mohenjo-Daro was an Ancient India civilization that had an ____________________.

Starbucks

advanced plumbing system

elementary school

swimming pool

Multiple Choice

The mountain range to the north, in India, is the __________________.

Adirondacks

Rockies

Himalayas

Alps

Multiple Choice

What is Egyptian writing called?

cuneiform

hieroglyphic

characters

Sanskrit

Multiple Choice

What was the most common form of religious practice in Ancient Egypt?

hieroglyphics

polytheism

mythology

monotheism

Multiple Choice

What is a dynasty?

a collection of queens

a collection of kingdoms

series of rulers from different families

series of rulers from the same family

Multiple Choice

What is the famous river in Egypt?

Tigris

Euphrates

Nile

Hudson

Multiple Select

How did the Nile River benefit Egyptians? (select all that apply)

fresh drinking water

floods destroyed homes and crops

floods provided silt

papyrus grew near the river

a waterway for transportation

Multiple Choice

The Sumerian writing system was called

Sargon

Cyrillian

cuneiform

hieroglypics

Multiple Choice

Who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life?

Hammurabi

Gilgamesh

Nebuchadnezzar

Sargon

Multiple Choice

Grand temple with a shrine at the top

irrigation

nomads

ziggurat

scribes

Multiple Choice

Building dams, channels, canals, and ditches to bring water to crops

irrigation

nomads

ziggurat

scribes

Multiple Choice

Civilization in Mesopotamia developed between which two rivers?

the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean

the Tigris and the Persian Gulf

the Persian Gulf and the Euphrates

the Euphrates and the Tigris

Multiple Choice

An independent city with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside

City-State

Country

Villiage

Culture

Multiple Choice

Who was the king of the Akkadians who conquered all of Mesopotamia?

Sargon

Paul

Hammurabi

Gilgamesh

Multiple Choice

Which of the following were members of the upper class?

artisans

kings and priests

merchants and traders

scribes

Multiple Choice

The Epic of Gilgamesh was a long poem written in

cuneiform

English

Indo-European

Hieroglypics

Multiple Choice

Throughout history, which two factors have influenced where people settle?

building supplies and nearby trade ports

animals for hunting and average temperature

drinking water and the ability to grow crops

population density and business opportunity

Multiple Choice

Who is a scientist who studies human life in the past by examining the things that people left behind?

Anthropology

Archaeologist

Prehistory

Fossil

Multiple Choice

What is a time before humans invented writing?

Anthropology

Archaeologist

Prehistory

Fossil

Multiple Choice

What is an object made by a human being?

Geologist

Artifact

Hunter-gatherer

Culture

Multiple Choice

Who is a person who lives by hunting animals and gathering plants?

Geologist

Artifact

Hunter-gatherer

Culture

Multiple Choice

What is the movement of people from one place to another?

Evidence

Migration

Environment

Adap

Multiple Choice

What does it mean to change the growth of plants or behavior of animals in ways that are useful for humans?

Complex

Network

Populate

Domesticate

Multiple Choice

Objects from the past that archeologists study are called

Things

Items

Fossils

Artifacts

Multiple Choice

What refers to the beliefs, customs, practices, and behaviors of a particular nation or group of people?

Geologist

Artifact

Hunter-gatherer

Culture

Multiple Choice

The belief system of a civilization; one God or many Gods

Surplus Food

Cities and Infrastructure

Religion

Written Language and Learning

Multiple Choice

Egyptians built pyramids as tombs for pharaohs. Which characteristic does this demonstrate?

social structure

written language

stable food supply

use of steel tools

Multiple Choice

Which characteristic does this photo (wheel) demonstrate?

written language

religion

stable food supply

technology

Multiple Choice

binding agreement

commandment

constitution

covenant

council

Multiple Choice

Who founded Judaism c. 2100 BC (BCE)?

Moses

Abraham

Jesus

Muhammad

Multiple Choice

What statement best describes Monotheism?

A religion that believes in only one god.

A religion that believes in more than one god.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements best describes the Ten Commandments?

The law code of the Jewish people.

A list of places that the Jewish people should never visit again.

A list of foods the Jewish people should not eat.

The orders that Moses gave to the Pharaoh before walking out of Egypt.

Multiple Choice

What is the name of the "promised land"?

Canaan

Mesopotamia

Egypt

All of these

Multiple Choice

The spread of Jews and their customs and culture beyond the Jewish homeland and across the Mediterranean region is known as

the Talmud

the Exodus

Hanukkah

the Diaspora

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