World History- 6th grade basics

The earliest humans were known as

• seek and destroyers

• farmers and artisans

• hunters and gatherers

• shipbuilders and merchants

The first set of written laws is usually attributed to this king.

• John

• Hammurabi

• Confucius

• Mustafa

Mesopotamia means land between the rivers. What two rivers was it between?

• Indus and Brahmaputra

• Huang and Yangtze

• Ohio and Mississippi

• Tigris and Euphrates

Most early religions were polytheistic. This means that they

• believed in many gods

• believed in one god

• believed in no gods

• believed in an afterlife

Of the world's major religions, only this one is polytheistic.

• Islam

• Christianity

• Hinduism

• Judaism

The Chinese Emperor known for building the Great Wall and creating China is

• Wu Di

• Fuzhou

• Qin

• Zeus

The Greeks and Romans built their empires mainly on this continent.

• North America

• Australia

• Europe

• Africa

The city-state of Athens is remembered for creating this type of government.

• democracy

• dictatorship

• monarchy

• oligarchy

Domestication is considered the beginning of civilization because it

• allowed to people to plant crops and raise animals rather than having to hunt and gather

• forced people to move to the mountains

• changed the language people used

• ended the Ice Age

Before the rise of dictators, Roman government was a representative type of government known as a

• monarchy

• republic

• oligarchy

• feudal system