2018-2019 World History 1st Semester Final Exam Review

To ensure order in society with written law, the code of Hammurabi did what?

• Established a police force.

• It did not allow the mighty to wrong the weak.

• Allow wealth citizens to make their own laws.

• Established schools.

In Sumerian society, the specialization of labor was demonstrated by which of the following?

• A lack of natural resources

• Irrigation channels being dug

• Zigguart temples having quarters for different workers

• Caste levels

Why did Neolithic societies have a decreased variety of nutrients in their diet?

• They ate mostly fish.

• They ate what they could find.

• They grew and ate 1 to 3 crops and ate less meat.

• They ate what the government provided.

Why is the early Chinese political system commonly described as a monarchy?

• The king was also a god to the people.

• It was a vast empire.

• The city states were self-contained systems.

• The Shang dynasty had 29-30 Kings spanning 600 years.

Advanced urban areas with planned city systems like plumbing can be seen where?

• Mesopotamia

• Egypt

• Indus River Valley

• Huang He River Valley

Early civilizations being located near fresh water can be seen by looking at what?

• Pictures of temples

• Crop rotation patterns.

• As a geographic pattern illustrated on a map.

• How they trade with other communities.

The mountains to the north protected what region and isolated it?

• Greece

• Egypt

• Mexico

• China

Human society developed specialized labor after what occurred?

• The American Revolution

• Monotheistic religion

• The Neolithic Revolution

• Social Equality

What first occurred that led governments to be organized so large community projects could be built?

• The need to protect local religions.

• The desire to conquer more lands.

• The establishment of social classes.

• A transition to farming from hunting and gathering.

Sameria developed what kind of writing?

• Hieroglyphics

• Cuneiform

• Greek

• Latin