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Chapter 03
Early African Societies and the Bantu Migrations

Multiple Choice Questions
1. (p. 51)Which of the following societies began the custom

of embalming to preserve the body for its life after death?
A. Egypt
B. Mesopotamia
C. India
D. China
E. Persia

Topic: Early African Agricultural Society
2. (p. 52-53)Around ________ B.C.E., peoples of the eastern

Sudan started to domesticate cattle and became nomadic
herders.
A. 25,000
B. 18,000
C. 9000
D. 4000
E. 1500

3. (p. 53)The early Sudanic societies recognized a single

divine force as the source of good and evil, and they
associated it with
A. fire.
B. the ocean.
C. the sun.
D. rain.
E. the moon.


4. (p. 54)The Greek historian Herodotus used the phrase

“the gift of the ________” to describe Egypt.
A. Indus
B. Huang He
C. Nile
D. Tigris
E. Issus

5. (p. 54)The earliest Egyptian and Nubian states were

A. city-states.
B. small kingdoms.
C. centralized empires.
D. trading networks.
E. unified early because of the unique nature of the
Tigris.

6. (p. 54)Tradition suggests that Egypt was united around

3100 B.C.E. by the conqueror
A. Menes.
B. Khufu.
C. Sargon of Akkad.
D. Hatshepsut.
E. Hammurabi.

7. (p. 55)The largest Egyptian pyramids were built during

the
A. Middle Kingdom.
B. Old Kingdom.
C. New Kingdom.
D. Archaic Period.
E. Second Intermediary Period.


8. (p. 55)The pyramid of ________ is the largest of all the
pyramids.
A. Sargon of Akkad
B. Khufu
C. Hyksos
D. Menes
E. Giza

9. (p. 55)The capital of the kingdom of Kush was

A. Kerma.
B. Axum.
C. Memphis.
D. Harappa.
E. Harkhuf.

10. (p. 55)Harkhuf was

A. the capital of Kush.
B. the most powerful pharaoh of the Old Kingdom.
C. an Egyptian explorer who visited Nubia.
D. the largest Middle Kingdom pyramid.
E. the first woman pharaoh.

11. (p. 57)Pharaohs in the New Kingdom were

A. more powerful than pharaohs of the Old Kingdom.
B. descended from a line of Babylonian kings.
C. set on the throne by the Roman emperor Julius Caesar.
D. more vigorous in their attempts to extend Egyptian
authority beyond the Nile valley and delta.
E. sacrificed at age thirty-two to insure a bountiful
harvest.


12. (p. 54)Around 3100 B.C.E., the conqueror Menes

founded ________, a city that would serve as the capital for
early Egypt.
A. Heliopolis
B. Kerma
C. Uruk
D. Memphis
E. Thebes

13. (p. 56)The Hyksos were

A. nomads who eventually settled around the city of
Babylon.
B. horse-riding external invaders who eventually captured
Memphis and levied tribute throughout Egypt.
C. Mesopotamian kings.
D. the priestly class in ancient Egypt.
E. demons who punished the wicked in the Egyptian
underworld.

14. (p. 56)Horse-drawn chariots and bronze weapons

were introduced into Egypt by the
A. Hyksos.
B. Babylonians.
C. Kushites.
D. Harappans.
E. Qin.


15. (p. 57)The most vigorous of all New Kingdom

pharaohs was ________, who led his troops into Palestine
and Syria and who even received tribute from the
Mesopotamian city-states.
A. Ahmose I
B. Menes
C. Sargon of Akkad
D. Tuthmosis III
E. Hatshepsut

16. (p. 57)The Egyptians were the most imperialistic

during the
A. First Intermediary Period.
B. Archaic Period.
C. New Kingdom.
D. Old Kingdom.
E. Middle Kingdom.

17. (p. 58)During the eighth century B.C.E., Egypt fell
under the control of the ________ for around a century.
A. Persians
B. Romans
C. Greeks
D. Babylonians
E. Kushites


18. (p. 58)Around 760 B.C.E. the Kushite king Kashta

A. ended the rule of Egypt by the pharaoh.
B. founded a dynasty that ruled Egypt for around a
hundred years.
C. formed a long-lasting trading agreement with Egypt,
marking their first contact.
D. surrendered to Assyrian domination.
E. surrendered to Egyptian domination.

19. (p. 59)In the mid-seventh century B.C.E. Egypt lost

its independence and became a part of the
A. Assyrian empire.
B. Arabic empire.
C. Persian empire.
D. Roman empire.
E. Harappan empire.

20. (p. 61)Hatshepsut was
A. a Mesopotamian king of the gods.
B. the Hebrew term for their god.
C. the first conqueror to unite all of Mesopotamia.
D. a woman who ruled Egypt as pharaoh.
E. the most important early city of the Harappan society.

Topic: Forming Societies and Cultural Traditions in Africa
21. (p. 61)In which of the following societies did women

enjoy the most political influence?
A. Mesopotamia
B. Egypt
C. Hyksos
D. Assyria
E. Sumer


22. (p. 61)In Kush,

A. the cities were much larger than they were in Egypt.
B. woman’s only role was to serve as a slave.
C. there were apparently never any female rulers.
D. trade was officially restricted with Egypt.
E. there is evidence of many female rulers.

23. (p. 64)In Africa, iron metallurgy

A. was introduced by Persian merchants.
B. did not appear until after the rise of trans-Saharan
trade.
C. arose independently.
D. began after an odd meeting between a Kushite king
and the Egyptian explorer Harkhuf.
E. was imported into the continent by trade with the
Mesopotamians.

24. (p. 66)The Egyptians traded through the Red Sea

with a land they called Punt, which was probably
A. Harappan India.
B. Sri Lanka.
C. modern-day Somalia.
D. Assyria.
E. modern-day Angola.

25. (p. 66)The Greek words meaning “holy inscriptions”

refer to
A. hieroglyphs.
B. cuneiform.
C. the Old Testament.
D. the Phoenician alphabet.
E. the Coptic script.


26. (p. 67)Meroitic writing

A. has now been completely translated.
B. expressed the general Egyptian optimism with life.
C. was introduced into India by the Indo-Europeans.
D. was a Nubian script that borrowed Egyptian
hieroglyphs.
E. cannot be read because it’s simply too different from
its base cuneiform.

27. (p. 67)The cult of Amon-Re

A. was a failed monotheistic religion in Egypt.
B. worshipped the god of the underworld.
C. revered a combination of two gods associated with the
sun.
D. worshipped the Egyptian god of the desert.
E. was borrowed by the Egyptians from Nubian sources.

28. (p. 67)Which pharaoh tried, unsuccessfully, to

transform Egypt into a monotheistic society?
A. Menes
B. Akhenaten
C. Tuthmosis III
D. Ahmose I
E. Tuthmosis I

29. (p. 67-68)The Egyptian god of the underworld was

A. Amon-Re.
B. Aten.
C. Horus.
D. Osiris.
E. Ptah.


30. (p. 68)Osiris judged whether or not souls were

worthy of immortality
A. by weighing their hearts against a feather symbolizing
justice.
B. through their completion of a journey full of tests.
C. through the individual’s level of sincere faith in Osiris
as a redeemer.
D. by examining their holiness at the moment of their
death.
E. through their adherence to the code of Hammurabi.

31. (p. 70)The Bantu originally came from around

A. the Swahili area.
B. modern-day Nigeria.
C. far southern Africa.
D. Egypt.
E. modern-day Algeria.

Topic: Bantu Migrations and Early Sub-Saharan Agricultural
Societies
32. (p. 70)The tribes that, as early as 3000 B.C.E., began

to spread their language and agricultural techniques
throughout Africa were the
A. Mali.
B. Persians.
C. Xiongnu.
D. Kongo.
E. Bantu.

Societies

33. (p. 70)By spreading their language across a huge

stretch of Africa, the Bantu played a role similar to that
played by the
A. Indo-Europeans.
B. Mongols.
C. Xiongnu.
D. Visigoths.
E. Babylonians.

Societies
34. (p. 71)The Bantu probably began their migrations

because of
A. invasions from the Mediterranean basin.
B. a conscious desire for conquest.
C. the threat of epidemic disease.
D. a desire to spread their monotheistic faith.
E. population pressures.

Societies

True / False Questions
35. (p. 51)Mummification was the process by which

Egyptians preserved bodies of deceased individuals.
TRUE

36. (p. 66)The Egyptians supplemented their

pictographs with symbols representing sounds and ideas;
they were called hieroglyphs by the Greeks.
TRUE


37. (p. 57)The New Kingdom was a powerful Egyptian

state created after the Hyksos were pushed out of power.
TRUE

38. (p. 67)Osiris was the Egyptian god of the

underworld.
TRUE

39. (p. 54)Menes is credited with unification of Egypt
about 3100 B.C.E. He also founded the city of Memphis.
TRUE

40. (p. 61)Queen Hatshepsut served as co-ruler with her

stepson Tuthmosis III.
TRUE

41. (p. 55)Harkhuf was a Nubian trader who brought

back exotic products from tropical Africa.
FALSE

42. (p. 67)Akhenaten was devoted to the Egyptian god

Aten. This represented one of the world’s first
expressions of monotheism.
TRUE


43. (p. 55)Kerma was the ancient capital of Nubia.

FALSE

44. (p. 52)The Nile River links the Mediterranean basin
to the north and sub-Saharan Africa to the south.
TRUE


Essay Questions
45. In The Great Hymn to Aten, the god Aten is referred

to as “O Sole God beside whom there is none!” Why was
this statement so revolutionary for the time? What were
the foundations of Akhenaten’s beliefs? Were their other
examples from the ancient world of monotheistic
religions?
Answers will vary

46. What were the major achievements of the Egyptians?

How did they influence later societies?
Answers will vary


47. What could the modern reader learn about the

relationship between Egypt and Nubia by reading
Harkhuf’s account of his journey to Nubia? What did the
two societies have in common?
Answers will vary

48. Examine the creation of early methods of writing.

How did this innovation influence the lives of the peoples
of the ancient world?
Answers will vary

49. Compare and contrast the worldviews of the

Mesopotamians and Egyptians. What factors help to
explain any differences?
Answers will vary

50. How influential were the societies of Nubia in the

ancient world? In what ways were the Kushite kingdoms
unique?
Answers will vary


51. Compare and contrast the religious beliefs of the

Mesopotamians, Egyptians, and Hebrews. What do the
differences tell us about these societies?
Answers will vary

52. Discuss the concept of an afterlife. Why did the

Egyptians reach a complex understanding of this concept
before the Mesopotamians? Does this mean that the
Egyptians were morbid?
Answers will vary

53. In what ways do the pyramids express the worldview

of the Egyptians?
Answers will vary

54. Trace the political history of the Egyptians. What

were the major events and contributions of the Old and
New Kingdoms?
Answers will vary


55. Compare the social structure of the Mesopotamians
and Egyptians. What were the conditions for women like
during this period?
Answers will vary

56. What role did technological innovations and trade

play in the rise of the Egyptians? What innovations led to
turning points in the history of Egypt? How widely did the
Egyptians trade?
Answers will vary

57. Examine the illustration of Osiris on page 69. What

does this ceremony tell us about the Egyptian view of
death, morality, and the afterworld?
Answers will vary

58. What do the pyramids tell you about Egyptian

political and religious views? Now look at the picture on
page 60. What does it tell us about the social structure of
Egyptian society?
Answers will vary


59. Describe the development of hieroglyphic and

Meroitic writing and their influence on culture.
Answers will vary

60. How did climatic change influence the early

development of African cultures?
Answers will vary

61. How did the institution of the pharaoh evolve, and

what was the nature of the pharaoh’s power through the
Old Kingdom period?
Answers will vary

62. Describe the early Kingdom of Kush. What was its

relationship with Egypt like?
Answers will vary

63. How did the invasion of the Hyksos influence the
later development of Egypt?
Answers will vary


64. In what ways was the New Kingdom period of Egypt

different from the earlier ones? What were the relations
with Kush like during this period?
Answers will vary

65. What was society like in Egypt and Nubia in terms of

both social classes and gender roles?
Answers will vary

66. What kind of transportation systems did the

Egyptians use, and how did their transportation influence
the development of their trade networks?
Answers will vary

67. What was the societal structure of the early Bantu

speakers, and how did they approach food acquisition?
Answers will vary

Societies

68. How did the Bantu migrations influence the

development of the societies of sub-Saharan Africa?
Answers will vary

Societies
69. How did the development of iron tools change the

nature of the Bantu migrations and their impact?
Answers will vary

Societies
70. Describe the religious beliefs of the Bantu peoples

and compare them to those of the Egyptians.
Answers will vary

Societies

Chapter 05
Early Society in Mainland East Asia

Multiple Choice Questions
1. (p. 91)The legendary founder of the Xia dynasty, who

constructed dikes and dams and organized flood control
projects, was
A. Confucius.
B. Erlitou.
C. King Yu.
D. Prince Wu.
E. Prince Shun.

Topic: Early Chinese Political Organization
2. (p. 91)The legendary early Chinese sage-king who

ordered the four seasons and who established uniform
weights, measures, and units of time was
A. Qin Shihuangdi.
B. Shun.
C. Confucius.
D. Yu.
E. Moksha.

3. (p. 92)Groups of Homo erectus made their appearance

in east Asia
A. more than one million years ago.
B. about five hundred thousand years ago.
C. eight hundred thousand years ago.
D. around fifty thousand years ago.
E. ten thousand years ago.


4. (p. 92)Which river takes its name from its light-colored

loess soil?
A. Yangzi
B. Xi Jiang
C. Chengdu
D. Meking
E. Huang He

5. (p. 92)The Huang He River was given the nickname

A. China’s Sorrow.
B. Mandate of Heaven.
C. China’s Father.
D. Yellow Terror.
E. Old Man.

6. (p. 92)Which of the following was true of the Yellow River

in China?
A. The region around the Yellow River was unworkable
for agriculture until metal tools were developed.
B. The course of the Yellow River has remained
remarkably table for the last ten thousand years.
C. It provides for stable agriculture because it rarely
floods.
D. It’s soil is extremely fertile and easy to work.
E. The unpredictable nature of the river prevented
organized society until 2500 B.C.E.


7. (p. 93)Which neolithic society flourished in China

between 5000 and 3000 B.C.E.?
A. Xia
B. Yangshao
C. Shang
D. Zhou
E. Yu

8. (p. 93)The most important archaeological site from the

neolithic Yangshao culture is
A. Banpo.
B. Huang He.
C. Xia.
D. Ao.
E. Shun.

9. (p. 93-96)Which of the following answers is correct

chronologically?
A. Xia, Zhou, Shang, Qin
B. Shang, Yangshao, Xia, Zhou
C. Yangshao, Xia, Shang, Zhou
D. Yangshao, Shang, Xia, Zhou
E. Zhou, Shang, Yangshao, Xia

10. (p. 93)The first attempt to organize public life in

China on a large scale occurred during the
A. Shang dynasty.
B. Yangshao culture.
C. Xia dynasty.
D. Zhou dynasty.
E. Banpo period.


11. (p. 93)The capital of the Xia dynasty may have been
A. Ao.
B. Banpo.
C. Beijing.
D. Erlitou.
E. Mohenjo-daro.

12. (p. 93-94)The Shang rulers were strengthened by

their control over the technological advantage of
A. iron.
B. bronze.
C. tin.
D. copper.
E. steel.

13. (p. 94)Along with bronze weapons, the Shang nobles

used ________ to devastating effect against their
opponents.
A. the bronze axe
B. the bow and arrow
C. long pikes
D. spear-throwers
E. chariots


14. (p. 94)The Shang enjoyed a military advantage with

armies as large as
A. two thousand troops.
B. eight thousand troops.
C. thirteen thousand troops.
D. forty-two thousand troops.
E. one-hundred thousand troops.

15. (p. 95)Ao was an important early capital of the

________ dynasty.
A. Qin
B. Xia
C. Zhou
D. Shang
E. Harappan

16. (p. 95)The last capital of the Shang dynasty, which

featured lavish tombs for the kings, was
A. Yin.
B. Beijing.
C. Erlitou.
D. Banpo.
E. Shun.

17. (p. 97)Which dynasty laid the foundation for

principles of government and political legitimacy?
A. Xia
B. Zhou
C. Shang
D. Qin
E. Yangshao


18. (p. 97)The mandate of heaven

A. gave the Chinese emperors unlimited power.
B. created the notion of the Chinese emperors as gods.
C. positioned China as a theocracy ruled by priests.
D. allowed the ruler to serve as a link between the
heavens and the earth.
E. originated with the Indo-Europeans before they
reached China.

19. (p. 97)Because of the immense size of the Zhou

state, its emperors were forced to
A. rely on a decentralized system of government.
B. rule through the use of incredible terror.
C. establish a rule based on the accepted divinity of the
ruler.
D. bring in troops from their Indian allies.
E. practice a rudimentary form of democracy.

20. (p. 97)One of the reasons for the eventual collapse

of the Zhou dynasty was the inability of its emperors to
control the production of
A. bronze.
B. iron.
C. tin.
D. copper.
E. steel.

21. (p. 98)The “Period of the Warring States” refers to

the
A. early war between China and India.
B. conquest of later Shang emperors by the rising Zhou
military forces.
C. chaotic last centuries of the Zhou dynasty.
D. period of disunity before Xia unification.
E. political disunity during the Qin dynasty.


22. (p. 101)In ancient China, which group presided at

the rites and ceremonies honoring ancestors’ spirits?
A. members of the official priesthood
B. women represented the nurturing earth goddess
C. the Buddhist hierarchy
D. the patriarchal heads of the families
E. Shinto priests

Topic: Ancient Chinese Family and Society

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1. (p. 51)Which of the following societies began the custom

2. (p. 52-53)Around ________ B.C.E., peoples of the eastern

3. (p. 53)The early Sudanic societies recognized a single

4. (p. 54)The Greek historian Herodotus used the phrase

5. (p. 54)The earliest Egyptian and Nubian states were

6. (p. 54)Tradition suggests that Egypt was united around

7. (p. 55)The largest Egyptian pyramids were built during

9. (p. 55)The capital of the kingdom of Kush was

10. (p. 55)Harkhuf was

11. (p. 57)Pharaohs in the New Kingdom were

12. (p. 54)Around 3100 B.C.E., the conqueror Menes

13. (p. 56)The Hyksos were

14. (p. 56)Horse-drawn chariots and bronze weapons

15. (p. 57)The most vigorous of all New Kingdom

16. (p. 57)The Egyptians were the most imperialistic

18. (p. 58)Around 760 B.C.E. the Kushite king Kashta

19. (p. 59)In the mid-seventh century B.C.E. Egypt lost

21. (p. 61)In which of the following societies did women

22. (p. 61)In Kush,

23. (p. 64)In Africa, iron metallurgy

24. (p. 66)The Egyptians traded through the Red Sea

25. (p. 66)The Greek words meaning “holy inscriptions”

26. (p. 67)Meroitic writing

27. (p. 67)The cult of Amon-Re

28. (p. 67)Which pharaoh tried, unsuccessfully, to

29. (p. 67-68)The Egyptian god of the underworld was

30. (p. 68)Osiris judged whether or not souls were

31. (p. 70)The Bantu originally came from around

32. (p. 70)The tribes that, as early as 3000 B.C.E., began

33. (p. 70)By spreading their language across a huge

34. (p. 71)The Bantu probably began their migrations

35. (p. 51)Mummification was the process by which

36. (p. 66)The Egyptians supplemented their

37. (p. 57)The New Kingdom was a powerful Egyptian

38. (p. 67)Osiris was the Egyptian god of the

40. (p. 61)Queen Hatshepsut served as co-ruler with her

41. (p. 55)Harkhuf was a Nubian trader who brought

42. (p. 67)Akhenaten was devoted to the Egyptian god

43. (p. 55)Kerma was the ancient capital of Nubia.

45. In The Great Hymn to Aten, the god Aten is referred

Answers will vary

46. What were the major achievements of the Egyptians?

Answers will vary

47. What could the modern reader learn about the

48. Examine the creation of early methods of writing.

Answers will vary

49. Compare and contrast the worldviews of the

Answers will vary

50. How influential were the societies of Nubia in the

Answers will vary

51. Compare and contrast the religious beliefs of the

52. Discuss the concept of an afterlife. Why did the

Answers will vary

53. In what ways do the pyramids express the worldview

Answers will vary

54. Trace the political history of the Egyptians. What

Answers will vary

Answers will vary

56. What role did technological innovations and trade