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1
Paleolithic culture was characterized by
A)the use of crude stone tools.
B)farming villages.
C)post and lintel architecture.
D)written records.
E)cuneiform script.
2
The most revolutionary aspect of Neolithic culture was
A)the expansion of hunting and gathering tribes.
B)the development of farming villages.
C)the appearance of cave paintings.
D)the first use of written records.
E)the creation of bronze tools and weapons.
3
The megalithic site known as Stonehenge probably functioned as a
A)sacrificial altar.
B)military fortification.
C)celestial calendar.
D)storage facility.
E)law court.
4
Writing most likely developed from
A)hand signals.
B)cave painting.
C)spiritual revelation.
D)clay tokens.
E)weaving.
5
The world's first literary epic developed in
A)China.
B)Mesopotamia.
C)India.
D)Egypt.
E)West Africa.
6
The Epic of Gilgamesh tells the story of a legendary king
A)who learns that the afterlife is more pleasurable than life on earth.
B)who is tempted into sin by a snake.
C)who marries the Queen of Heaven.
D)who ruled over India.
E)who unsuccessfully seeks immortality.
7
Hammurabi is best known as the
A)author of the Epic of Gilgamesh.
B)Babylonian king who compiled an important law code.
C)inventor of cuneiform.
D)Egyptian pharaoh who introduced monotheism.
E)author of the Dao de jing.
8
Egyptian pyramids were
A)temples.
B)tombs.
C)political centers.
D)schools.
E)shrines.
9
The Book of the Dead was
A)China's oldest written religious text.
B)a collection of Hindu prayers and hymns.
C)an Egyptian guide to the afterlife.
D)the first Sumerian written text.
E)a Chinese prophesy of the future.
10
The Upanishads compile commentaries on the
A)Mahabarata.
B)Ramayana.
C)Vedas.
D)Dao de jing.
E)I jing.
11
In Hinduism, the union of Self with Spirit which ends the cycle of death and rebirth is called
A)Brahman.
B)Atman.
C)Nirvana.
D)Karma.
E)Veda.
12
The Chinese concept of yin/yang represents
A)the natural order.
B)the creative energy of the universe.
C)male and female principles of nature.
D)interacting cosmic forces.
E)All these answers are correct.
13
The first civilizations appeared
A)in jungle rainforests.
B)along river banks.
C)on high mountain plateaus.
D)along oceanic coasts.
E)on grassy plains.
14
Mesopotamia, the "land between the rivers," is located between the
A)Yellow and Indus Rivers.
B)Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
C)Tigris and Yangzi Rivers.
D)Nile and Euphrates Rivers.
E)None of these answers is correct.
15
Sumer, humanity's first civilization, was located in
A)Israel.
B)the Nile river valley.
C)the Indus river valley.
D)Mesopotamia.
E)the Aegean Sea.





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