1. Neanderthals lived alongside Homo sapiens for thousands of years,
A. but couldn't vocalize because they had smaller brains than humans.
B. and are believed to have interbred with humans.
C. and had larger brains than humans.
D. and are known to have continually fought each other.
2. What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
A. The official history of one of the first Egyptian pharaohs
B. The earliest work of imaginative literature in Mesopotamia
C. The earliest known law code
D. The creation myth of the early Shang dynasty
3. The basis for the alphabet developed by the Greeks came from
A. Phoenicia.
B. Egypt.
C. Mesopotamia.
D. the Greeks themselves.
4. Which river valley produced the earliest known code of laws?
A. Egypt
B. Yellow River
C. Indus Valley
D. Mesopotamia
5. Political instability between competing states during the period from 1000 to 500 B.C.E. led to
A. advances in technology.
B. fewer opportunities for new ideas about society.
C. a decline in new religious practices.
D. a decrease in trade.
6. Who ruled over Babylon's last era of greatness?
A. Senacherib
B. Nebuchadnezzar II
C. Nabopolassar
D. Ashurbanipal
7. The earliest agriculturists to migrate into Europe probably came from
A. the Americas.
B. Europe.
C. Africa.
D. Asia.
8. _______ was a kingdom on the Atlantic coast of Spain that traded with the Greeks and Phoenicians.
A. Etrona
B. Elche
C. Fezzan
D. Tartessos
9. Of the four river valleys that supported major early civilizations, which one lost one of its major rivers?
A. Mesopotamia
B. Egypt
C. Yellow River
D. Indus Valley
10. Much of the direct written evidence for the early period of the Zhou dynasty comes from inscriptions on
A. cups.
B. the walls of the kings' palaces.
C. oracle bones.
D. bamboo strips.
11. Among early hunting and gathering peoples, the commonly occurring mark that looks like a "P" is thought to stand for a
A. favored animal.
B. powerful male leader.
C. symbol for a calendar.
D. woman.
12. According to the text, the development of agriculture could have been a result of all of the following except
A. population pressure.
B. abundance and leisure.
C. religion.
D. increasing climatic stability.
13. The root causes of the crisis that many states faced at the end of the second millennium B.C.E. were
A. unstable governments and ecological fragility.
B. natural disasters and external invasions.
C. migrations of foreigners and ecological fragility.
D. external invasions and unstable governments.
14. Civilizations in the Americas and sub-Saharan Africa were isolated from Eurasia mostly because of
A. geography.
B. lack of trade goods.
C. language.
D. culture.
15. Charles Darwin supported the theory that agriculture developed as a result of
A. abundance.
B. evolution.
C. accident.
D. population growth.
16. The ancient Egyptians regarded their kings as
A. strong rulers only in times of crisis or war.
B. powerful rulers, but not divine.
C. living gods.
D. divine, but not gods.
17. The expansion of agriculture can be traced across sub-Saharan Africa through the spread of the_______ language group.
A. Ndebele
B. Bantu
C. Swahili
D. Semitic
18. The earliest evidence for the domestication of the horse is found in present-day
A. Ukraine.
B. Bulgaria.
C. Malta.
D. Serbia.
19. Which of the following statements is true of the Ice Age that began 150,000 years ago?
A. Many humans enjoyed high levels of nutrition and long days of leisure.
B. Art played no role in society at this time.
C. Culture varied greatly throughout the inhabited world.
D. Humans didn't use highly expressive symbols.
20. The Harappan writing that survives
A. can't be deciphered.
B. recorded law codes.
C. was used for religious texts.
D. relates to stories of heroes.