"Enlil (the great god) heard the clamour and he said to the gods in the council, 'The uproar of mankind is intolerable and sleep is no longer possible by reason of the babel.' So the gods agreed to exterminate mankind."
What does this excerpt, taken from The Epic of Gilgamesh, illustrate about the Mesopotamian view of the gods?
It establishes the notion that Mesopotamians viewed the gods as just
It displays that Mesopotamians believed the gods could be extremely cruel to humans.
It shows that Mesopotamians believed they had personal relations with the gods
It shows that Mesopotamians thought that the divine world and natural world were seperate.
What was one of the accomplishments of the Aryans?
Created the first successful system of irrigation
Developed a system of writing
Allowed women to serve in the government
Initiated democratic policies
Which of the following are the two major cities of the Indus Civilization?
Mohenjo-Daro and Bombay
Delhi and Bombay
Harappa and Delhi
Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro
What was the Sumerian government?
Direct Democracy
theocracy
republic
parliamentary democracy
Where was the only early river valley civilization in which women had equal rights with men in many areas?
Mesopotamia
Indus River Valley Civilization
China
Egypt
What was the most significant part of Hatashepsut's reign as Pharaoh?
A terrible economic planner
A poor military leader
The first pharaoh to travel to India
The first female Pharaoh
Which of the following inventions is attributed to Indian society?
Farming
Gunpowder
The concept of zero
Irrigation
What was Egypt originally divided into?
North and South Egypt
Upper and Lower Egypt
West and East Egypt
Sumerian and Babylonian Egypt
Which statement was true of the caste system in traditional India?
Caste membership determined a person's occupation
Members of different castes often intermarried
The caste system had little effect on daily village life
The highest caste was composed of untouchables
The Upanishads, the Ramayan, and the Bhagavad Gita are considered to be significant pieces of Indian literature because they:
Show the constant class struggle in Indian Life
Identify basic Buddhist Principles
Provide basic guidelines for Hindu living and behavior
Reflect the similarities between the Hindu and Muslim religions
The Hejira, Mohammed's journey from Mecca to Medina A.D. 622, is important to Muslims because the journey:
resulted in Mohammed's early death
signified the establishment of the Islamic Faith
ended Mohammed's attempts to spread Islam throughout Arabia
established Byzantine rule throughout the region
All citizens in Ancient Athens had the right to attend Assembly, where they could meet in open discussion and cast votes. This situation is an example of:
absolutism
direct democracy
totalitarianism
Which geographic factor affected the development of the Gupta Empire?
monsoons
volcanoes
permafrost
island location
Which list provides the correct chronological order of major Indian dynasties?
Guptas, Aryans, Mauyras
Aryans, Guptas, Mauryas
Mauryas, Guptas, Aryans
Aryans,Mauyras, Guptas
