Question 1
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Which of these answers is not one of the three social classes under Hammurabi’s reign?
amelu
ardu
ka
mushkenu
Question 2
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How old was King Tut when he began his reign in Egypt?
10 years old
19 years old
8 years old
22 years old
Question 3
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Which of these groups invented the wheel?
Assyrians
Egyptians
Mesopotamians
Sumerians
Question 4
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What is the term for history that is within living memory?
contemporary history
prehistory
ancient history
modern history
Question 5
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Which of these answers is not one of the things that the Assyrians are remembered for?
their political structure
written history of conquests
technological advancements
military victories
Question 6
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What mined resource did Carthaginian merchants try to keep secret, due to its importance?
Lead
Tin
Silver
Copper
Question 7
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In general, the sources of historical knowledge can be separated into three categories, which of these is not one of those three?
what is physically preserved
what is said
what is written
what is criticized
Question 8
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The Middle Kingdom Period of Ancient Egypt existed during which of these timeframes?
1,550-1,100 B.C.E.
1,000-343 B.C.E.
2,050-1,800 B.C.E.
2,700-2,200 B.C.E.
Question 9
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What is the term for the wedge-shaped characters written on Sumerian clay tablets?
ideograms
cuneiform script
hieroglyphics
pictograms
Question 10
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What idea states that a species must constantly evolve in order to compete with co-evolving animals around them?
The Turnover Pulse Hypothesis
The Red Queen Hypothesis
The Savannah Hypothesis
The Social Brain Hypothesis
Question 11
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None of the achievements of the remarkable ancient Egyptian civilization would have been possible without the _______ River.
Tigris
Euphrates
Yellow
Nile
Question 12
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Human evolution began with _________.
mammalia
chiroptera
primates
synapsids
Question 13
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About how many years ago did humans acquire symbolic culture and language?
40,000
50,000
100,000
75,000
Question 14
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The first humans evolved in Africa during ___________.
the Sumerian Revolution
the Mesopotamian Era
the Neolithic Revolution
the Paleolithic Era
Question 15
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“All history is contemporary history” is a quote by what Italian philosopher and historian?
Benedetto Croce
Andrea del Castagno
Euphrates Tigris
Jean-Vincent Scheil
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