AP Unit Zero up to Alexander

Historians use BCE and CE to establish a timeframe for periodization of history. BCE means:

• the time before Jesus' accepted year of birth

• Before the Common Era

• the era formerlly known as BC, before Christ

• all of the above

Historians use CE to establish a timeframe for the periodization of history. CE means:

• the time period after year zero

• the era previously known as AD

• "the Common Era"

• all of the above

The basic problem in identifying the truth about prehistory is:

• all the written records were destroyed by the Romans

• there were no written records; no written language existed

• the records left behind are undecipherable

• the records only tell the victor's side of the story

The event which moved early man to a more advanced state, allowing them to settle down in villages, was:

• the domestication of the dog

• the end of the Ice Age

• realization of farming and agriculture

• the development of chipped stone tools

All of the following are ancient River Valley Civilizations except:

• China

• India (Indus)

• Olmec

• Mesopotamia

Eastern Hemisphere civilizations were all polytheistic in the ancient age, except for:

• the Sumerians

• the Assyrians

• the Jews

• the Egyptians

Cuneiform and Ziggerats are most closely associated with which River Valley Civilization?

• Egypt

• Mesopotamia

• Indus Valley

• China

Which River Valley Civilization had extensive knowledge of the human body due to burial procedures?

• China

• Indus

• Olmec

• Egypt

All of the following are associated with which ancient civilization?

Vedic religion, Aryans, Harappa, Mojenjo-Daro

• Egypt

• Indus

• Mesopotamia

• China

The Chinese idea of respect for elders (including the emperor) is known as :

• filial piety

• Confucianism

• mandate of heaven

• dynastic cycles