World History Final Practice

What is Cuneiform?

• Hindu Sanskrit writing

• Earliest form of Sumerian writing

• The old stone age

• A recipe book

People who move from place to place to follow their food and resources

• Brahman

• Hebrews

• Savages

• Nomads

How long ago did civilizations begin to develop?

• 5,000 years ago

• 10,000 years ago

• 500 years ago

• We are still waiting, they haven't yet.

Wealth is one of the characteristics of a civilization True or False?

• True

• False

The process in which new ideas, customs, and technologies spread from one people to another is called:

• Code of Hammurabi

• Nirvana

• Cultural Diffusion

• Filial Piety

Earliest humans and their closest relatives are called?

• Nomads

• homonids

• Paleolithics

• Castes

Which river valley was is between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?

• Egypt

• Indus

• China

• Mesopotamia

Answer explanation

Mesopotamia literally means "Between two rivers"

What was the highest rank in the Spanish society?

• Peninsulares

• Mestizos

• Monteczuma

Answer explanation

Mecca is the birthplace of Muhammad

The nomadic lifestyle of moving place to place ended because?

• learned how to farm

• invention of the wheel

• learned how to create fire

• Became more sedentary

The Chinese believed that BALANCE of the universe comes from what two forces?

Answer explanation

Ying and Yang is the correct answer