Test Bank For Landmarks in Humanities
Chapter 01
1) "Prehistory" may be defined as that period prior to what?
A) The Ice Age
B) Written records
C) Stone tools
D) Humankind
2) Prehistory may be defined as that period prior to what?
A) the Ice Age
B) written records
C) stone tools
D) humankind
3) Where did the first civilizations appear?
A) in tropical climates
B) on high plateaus
C) in Western Europe
D) on the banks of rivers
4) According to research, from where did written signs derive?
A) Hand signals
B) Markings on clay tokens
C) Images on cave walls
D) Hammurabi's Code
5) According to research, from where did written signs derive?
A) hand signals
B) markings on clay tokens
C) images on cave walls
D) Hammurabi's Code
6) The term Paleolithic is used interchangeably with what other term?
A) Old Stone Age
B) New Stone Age
C) Neolithic
D) Mesolithic
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,Test Bank For Landmarks in Humanities
Chapter 01
7) What is one of the earliest landmarks of Paleolithic culture?
A) Cave-painting
B) Metallurgy
C) Stone circles
D) Farming
8) What is one of the earliest landmarks of Paleolithic culture?
A) cave painting
B) metallurgy
C) stone circles
D) farming
9) The world's oldest clay vessels appear to have come from where?
A) Egypt
B) Mexico
C) Israel
D) Japan
10) The world's oldest pottery appears to have come from where?
A) Egypt
B) Mexico
C) Israel
D) Japan
11) Where is the landmark known as Stonehenge located?
A) Iraq
B) England
C) Mexico
D) Spain
12) In what present-day country are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers located?
A) Israel
B) Iran
C) Iraq
D) Syria
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,Test Bank For Landmarks in Humanities
Chapter 01
13) Which of the following statements about the Epic of Gilgamesh is most accurate?
A) It originated in Egypt.
B) It was written down by Neolithic communities.
C) It was passed down orally for centuries.
D) It was inspired by the Hebrew Bible.
14) Hammurabi was a ruler of______.
A) Uruk
B) Egypt
C) Assyria
D) Babylon
15) What is a reason that Hammurabi's Code is significant?
A) It originated the idea that all subjects were equal under the law.
B) It is the only example of cuneiform in ancient Mesopotamia.
C) It is unusually comprehensive and extensive.
D) It granted women the same rights as men.
16) The earliest discovered inscribed clay tablets come from______.
A) Sumer
B) Africa
C) Egypt
D) Babylon
17) Where did the first literary epic develop?
A) India
B) Egypt
C) Mesopotamia
D) China
18) What description of the Great Temple at Karnak is accurate?
A) It was dedicated to the sun-god Amon-Ra.
B) It was a landmark of Egypt's Old Kingdom.
C) It was built by Indo-Aryan invaders in India.
D) It was built in honor of the prophet Zoroaster.
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, Test Bank For Landmarks in Humanities
Chapter 01
19) Which Iron Age seafaring people created a non-pictographic alphabet?
A) Phoenicians
B) Persians
C) Chaldeans
D) Assyrians
20) Which Iron Age seafaring people created a nonpictographic alphabet?
A) Phoenicians
B) Persians
C) Chaldeans
D) Assyrians
21) The name Zoroaster is associated primarily with the culture of ______.
A) Persia
B) Sumer
C) Egypt
D) Assyria
22) The name Zoroaster is associated primarily with the culture of______.
A) Persia
B) Sumer
C) Egypt
D) Assyria
23) What was the primary function of the Egyptian pyramids?
A) Temples
B) Tombs
C) Administrative centers
D) Gathering places
24) What was the primary function of the Egyptian pyramids?
A) temples
B) tombs
C) administrative centers
D) gathering places
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Chapter 01
1) "Prehistory" may be defined as that period prior to what?
A) The Ice Age
B) Written records
C) Stone tools
D) Humankind
2) Prehistory may be defined as that period prior to what?
A) the Ice Age
B) written records
C) stone tools
D) humankind
3) Where did the first civilizations appear?
A) in tropical climates
B) on high plateaus
C) in Western Europe
D) on the banks of rivers
4) According to research, from where did written signs derive?
A) Hand signals
B) Markings on clay tokens
C) Images on cave walls
D) Hammurabi's Code
5) According to research, from where did written signs derive?
A) hand signals
B) markings on clay tokens
C) images on cave walls
D) Hammurabi's Code
6) The term Paleolithic is used interchangeably with what other term?
A) Old Stone Age
B) New Stone Age
C) Neolithic
D) Mesolithic
1
,Test Bank For Landmarks in Humanities
Chapter 01
7) What is one of the earliest landmarks of Paleolithic culture?
A) Cave-painting
B) Metallurgy
C) Stone circles
D) Farming
8) What is one of the earliest landmarks of Paleolithic culture?
A) cave painting
B) metallurgy
C) stone circles
D) farming
9) The world's oldest clay vessels appear to have come from where?
A) Egypt
B) Mexico
C) Israel
D) Japan
10) The world's oldest pottery appears to have come from where?
A) Egypt
B) Mexico
C) Israel
D) Japan
11) Where is the landmark known as Stonehenge located?
A) Iraq
B) England
C) Mexico
D) Spain
12) In what present-day country are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers located?
A) Israel
B) Iran
C) Iraq
D) Syria
2
,Test Bank For Landmarks in Humanities
Chapter 01
13) Which of the following statements about the Epic of Gilgamesh is most accurate?
A) It originated in Egypt.
B) It was written down by Neolithic communities.
C) It was passed down orally for centuries.
D) It was inspired by the Hebrew Bible.
14) Hammurabi was a ruler of______.
A) Uruk
B) Egypt
C) Assyria
D) Babylon
15) What is a reason that Hammurabi's Code is significant?
A) It originated the idea that all subjects were equal under the law.
B) It is the only example of cuneiform in ancient Mesopotamia.
C) It is unusually comprehensive and extensive.
D) It granted women the same rights as men.
16) The earliest discovered inscribed clay tablets come from______.
A) Sumer
B) Africa
C) Egypt
D) Babylon
17) Where did the first literary epic develop?
A) India
B) Egypt
C) Mesopotamia
D) China
18) What description of the Great Temple at Karnak is accurate?
A) It was dedicated to the sun-god Amon-Ra.
B) It was a landmark of Egypt's Old Kingdom.
C) It was built by Indo-Aryan invaders in India.
D) It was built in honor of the prophet Zoroaster.
3
, Test Bank For Landmarks in Humanities
Chapter 01
19) Which Iron Age seafaring people created a non-pictographic alphabet?
A) Phoenicians
B) Persians
C) Chaldeans
D) Assyrians
20) Which Iron Age seafaring people created a nonpictographic alphabet?
A) Phoenicians
B) Persians
C) Chaldeans
D) Assyrians
21) The name Zoroaster is associated primarily with the culture of ______.
A) Persia
B) Sumer
C) Egypt
D) Assyria
22) The name Zoroaster is associated primarily with the culture of______.
A) Persia
B) Sumer
C) Egypt
D) Assyria
23) What was the primary function of the Egyptian pyramids?
A) Temples
B) Tombs
C) Administrative centers
D) Gathering places
24) What was the primary function of the Egyptian pyramids?
A) temples
B) tombs
C) administrative centers
D) gathering places
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