AP World History : Demographic and Environmental History
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Example Question #11 : Demographic And Environmental History
The history of which ancient civilization is divided into three periods - The Old Kingdom, The Middle Kingdom, and The New Kingdom?
Egypt
China
Sumeria
Babylon
India
Egypt
The history of ancient Egypt is divided into three periods called The Old Kingdom, The Middle Kingdom, and The New Kingdom.
Example Question #12 : Demographic And Environmental History
The earliest humans settlers in North America arrived __________________.
by sailing from Europe
by crossing a land bridge from Africa
by sailing from Africa
by crossing a land bridge from Asia
by crossing through Central America
by crossing a land bridge from Asia
The first human settlers in North America arrived during the most recent ice age. They crossed over a land bridge in the Bering Strait from Asia to modern-day Alaska. This took place approximately fifteen thousand years ago. From there human beings rapidly migrated and settled across the whole of the Americas.
Example Question #13 : Demographic And Environmental History
Which of these rulers is famous for the unification of Ancient Egypt?
Hatshepsut
Julius Caesar
Menes
Cleopatra
Ramses II
Menes
King Menes, who lived circa 3,100 BCE, is famous for the unification of Ancient Egypt. Menes ruled over the majority of what is called Lower Egypt and over the course of his reign conquered Upper Egypt and united the two regions into the Kingdom of Egypt.
Example Question #14 : Demographic And Environmental History
During the Paleolithic Era human society was divided into ______________.
small agricultural communities
large, nomadic groups of hunter-gatherers
small, nomadic groups of hunter-gatherers
None of these
large agricultural communities
small, nomadic groups of hunter-gatherers
The Paleolithic Era refers to the history of humanity before the Agricultural Revolution. During the Paleolithic Era the vast majority of humans lived in small, nomadic group of hunter-gatherers. Society could not yet support large groups and agriculture was not developed until the Neolithic Revolution circa ten thousand years ago.
Example Question #595 : Ap World History
The Middle Kingdom of Ancient Egypt collapsed following __________.
a long and destructive civil war
a series of crop failures
the invasion of the Kushites
the invasion of the Hyksos people
an ecological disaster that redirected the Nile River
the invasion of the Hyksos people
The Middle Kingdom of Ancient Egypt existed from 2,050 BCE until 1,800 BCE It was a time of relatively weak leadership in Egypt and is generally less noteworthy than the Old or New Kingdoms. The Middle Kingdom of Ancient Egypt collapsed following the invasion of the Hyksos people. The Hyksos were able to easily conquer the Egyptians, but they did not have an easy time ruling. After one hundred years of Hyksos rule, the Egyptians rebelled and overthrew their conquerors, thus establishing the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt.
Example Question #15 : Demographic And Environmental History
Homo Sapiens are thought to have first appeared approximately __________.
three million years ago
one million years ago
ten million years ago
five hundred thousand years ago
two hundred thousand years ago
two hundred thousand years ago
Homo Sapiens, or modern humans (at least in terms of their evolution), are thought to have first appeared approximately two hundred thousand years ago in Sub-Saharan Africa. From there they eventually spread across the whole planet.
Example Question #16 : Demographic And Environmental History
The Bantu Expansion involved the migration of people __________.
across the continent of Asia
across the continent of Africa
across the continent of Europe
from Africa into Europe and Asia
from Europe into Africa and Asia
across the continent of Africa
The Bantu Expansion is a term used to describe the migration of people with a common language across the continent of Africa. The Bantu language family developed in West Africa over tens of thousands of years. Approximately three thousand years ago the Bantu Expansion began as people began migrating south and east.
Example Question #17 : Demographic And Environmental History
Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro were the two major cities of __________.
ancient Mesopotamia
ancient Mesoamerica
ancient China
the Nile River civilization
the Indus Valley civilization
the Indus Valley civilization
Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro were the two major cities of the bronze age Indus Valley civilization (also sometimes called the Harappan civilization).
Example Question #18 : Demographic And Environmental History
The earliest hominids are thought to have appeared approximately __________.
thirty million years ago
three hundred thousand years ago
three million years ago
thirty thousand years ago
three hundred million years ago
three million years ago
The earliest hominids are thought to have appeared approximately three millions years ago in southeast Africa.
Example Question #19 : Demographic And Environmental History
The Indus Valley civilization arose in modern-day __________.
Turkmenistan
Thailand
Pakistan
Bangladesh
Iran
Pakistan
The Indus Valley civilization (also called the Harappan Civilization) arose in modern-day Pakistan (in the Indus Valley) approximately five thousand years ago.
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