HIST 161-97 First Objective Exam 2020 - Coastline College
Question 1
2 / 2 pts
In ancient India people who performed dirty or unpleasant tasks thought to defile others were known as what?
rajas
harappan
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HIST 161-97 First Objective Exam 2020 - Coastline College
Question 1
2 / 2 pts
In ancient India people who performed dirty or unpleasant tasks thought to defile others were known as what?
rajas
harappans
sanskrit
Correct!
untouchables
brahmins
Question 2
2 / 2 pts
Which of the following cultures is known for carving colossal human heads from boulders?
Discotec
Toltec
Paininthenec
Zapotec
Correct!
Olmec
Question 3
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The first ruler of the Seleucid Dynasty was what?
Roman
Chinese
Correct!
Greek
Dravidian
Egyptian
Question 4
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Which was the first dynasty in Chinese history?
Shang
Yangshao
Zhou
Correct!
Xia
Tian
Question 5
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Which of the following is the earliest form of Egyptian writing?
Meroitic
Correct!
Hieroglyphic
Cuneiform
Demotic
Hieratic
Question 6
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In the Hindu religion, what accounts for the specific incarnation of souls?
jati
Correct!
karma
varna
shudras
sati
Question 7
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Egyptian civilization began along which river?
Indus
Tigris
Correct!
Nile
Senegal
Euphrates
Question 8
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Which of the following was used by the Egyptians to make paper?
angora
moksha
Correct!
papyrus
ram's bladders
samsara
Question 9
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Dravidians lived in which area?
Europe
China
Persia
Correct!
India
Africa
Question 10
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Which of the following was the primary religion of the ancient Persian Empire?
Christianity
Judaism
Buddhism
Correct!
Zoroastrianism
Hinduism
Question 11
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The Temple of the Great Jaguar was located in which Mayan city?
Cuzco
Chichén Itzá
Tenochtitlan
Teotihuacan
Correct!
Tikal
Question 12
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Which of the following civilizations did NOT include Mesopotamia?
Sumerian
Correct!
Phoenecian
Babylonian
Assyrian
Chaldean
Question 13
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The earliest of all civilizations developed where?
Greece
North China Plain
Correct!
Mesopotamia
Indus River Valley
Nile River Valley
Question 14
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Which of the following is the desired state of the Hindu religion?
sati
purgatory
dasas
limbo
Correct!
moksha
Question 15
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The word upanishad literally means what?
choosing a career
Correct!
a sitting in front of
reincarnation
death
re-birth
Question 16
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Which of the following Egyptian rulers mandated that only the sun god known as Aten be worshipped?
Jehosophat
Tutmosis III
Tutankhamen
Correct!
Akhenaten
Hatshepsut
Question 17
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Zoroastrian priests are known as what?
Avesta
Correct!
magi
Brahmin
slippery when wet
Shudras
Question 18
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During which dynasty did China enter the Bronze Age?
Zhou
Yangshao
Tian
Xia
Correct!
Shang
Question 19
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Which of the following was NOT a dynasty of the Persian Empire?
Achaemenids
Sasanids
You Answered
Parthians
Correct Answer
Lydians
Seleucid
Question 20
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What is the meaning of lex taliones?
literary inovation
diabolical inquisition
Correct!
law of retaliation
musical composition
religious invocation
Question 21
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Which of the following is NOT an example of Zhou literature?
Book of History
Book of Changes
Correct!
Book of Dialectics
Book of Etiquette
Book of Songs
Question 22
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Which of the following founded the Kingdom of Kush?
Hebrews
Hittites
Egyptians
Correct!
Nubians
Phoenecians
Question 23
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Which of the following were Austronesian migrants known to explore and settle in the Pacific islands?
Samsara
Upanishads
Mochica
Moksha
Correct!
Lapita
Question 24
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Which of the following cultures existed along the Yangzi River during the time of the late Zhou dynasty?
You Answered
Khanate of Fu
Sultanate of Hong
Correct Answer
State of Chu
Kingdom of Kong
Empire of Yu
Question 25
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Neolithic figures fashioned to look like women with emphasis on fertility are known as what?
Correct!
Venus figurines
Vedas
vaishyas
marines
shudras
Question 26
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What is a qanat?
fortress
Correct!
canal
palace
temple
treasury
Question 27
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Kerma was the capital of which civilization?
Babylonian
Correct!
Kingdom of Kush
Persian
Mayan
Phoenecian
Question 28
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Which of the following founded the Kushite Dynasty in Egypt?
Amenhotep IV
Queen Nefertiti
You Answered
Tutankhamen
Correct Answer
KIng Kashta
Tutmosis III
Question 29
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Which of the following was an alphabetic script devised by Nubians?
Hieratic
Correct!
Meroitic
Coptic
Cuneiform
Hieroglyphic
Question 30
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Which of the following characterized the Persian Royal Road?
only road in Persia
Correct Answer
partly paved with stone
planned but never built
You Answered
extended to the Nile valley
completely made of dirt
Question 31
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Which of the following was a spiritual belief popular in ancient South America?
Kaminaljuyú
Zapatistas
Correct Answer
Chavín Cult
Popul Vuh
You Answered
Teotihuacan
Question 32
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Which group conquered the Sasanid Dynasty?
Romans
Turks
Persians
Greeks
Correct!
Arabs
Question 33
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In the Hindu religion, what is Brahman?
You Answered
reincarnation
a farmer
ritual immolation
a warrior
Correct Answer
a universal soul
Question 34
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The Period of the Warring States took place during which Chinese dynasty?
Tian
Xia
Correct!
Zhou
Shang
Yangshao
Question 35
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Which of the following dynasties included Cyrus the Great?
Seleucid
Parthian
Sasanid
Correct!
Achaemenid
Medean
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