JCCC HIST 151 Exam Questions and
Answers
Which of the following best describes the flood of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers? -
Answer-Chaotic and violent
Historians recognize that between 3550 and 1000 BCE, ________ independent
civilizations emerged in different regions. - Answer-7
Sargon founded the ______________ Empire. - Answer-Akkadian
What are the names of the two rivers that provide large amounts of freshwater to
Mesopotamia? (Choose two correct answers.) - Answer-Euphrates and Tigris
Most of the slaves in Sumerian society were ____________. - Answer-Debtors
_________ was the written language of the ancient Egyptians. - Answer-Hieroglyphics
Sumerian civilizations in the third century BCE was organized into a collection of
____________. - Answer-City-states
Which of the following crops were domesticated in Northeast Africa? (Choose two
correct answers.) - Answer-Wheat and Barley
Which civilization built ziggurats? - Answer-Sumerian
Historians in the 19th century assumed that ________________________ because of
their own racial prejudice. - Answer-All three of these answers are correct
Of the following, what is NOT a reason for limited population growth in Africa? - Answer-
The inferior intellect of Africans
Which of the following diseases that have afflicted Africa are not spread by mosquitos? -
Answer-Sleeping sickness
Africa is the _________ largest continent. - Answer-2nd
Which of the following explanations of the growth of the Bantu peoples in Africa is
accepted by most modern scholars? - Answer-Bantu expansions
Christianity in Aksum was most closely identified with the ____________. - Answer-
Coptic Church in Egypt
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