Social Studies Midterm Review

How did kings in ancient China receive messages for their actions?

Government where a few wealthy people rule the people.

Origins in India

Forced payment to a ruler

Nirvana

A line of rulers that passes power from father to son

No Founder

The chief god of the Egyptians was?

What type of land bordered the Nile River?

Greece's mainland could best be described as a what?

A person who studies planets and stars

Oldest Religion

Why did the Sparta's leaders favor a military government.

A large hairy extinct animal related to modern day elephants

This is the spread of ideas, inventions, or elements from one society to another.

This was the basis for all of Buddha's teachings.

One of the oldest known cities located between Israel and Jordan

The Paleolithic period began about?

The Zhou Dynasty claimed this principal gave them the right to rule.

What did the Great Wall of China serve as?

"Life is full of suffering" is one of the

How did the roles of men change when people moved into communities?

This is not one of the three jewels of Buddhism

Skilled workers who made metal products are called?

This was not one of the 10 plaques?

Acupuncture is an example of Chinese

The Olympic Games were in honor of what Greek god?

New Stone Age

The first animal to be domesticated was the what?

From whom did the Shang Kings believe they got their powers?

Which describes how people adapted to survive the cold temperatures during the ice ages?

Old Sone Age

Which religion believes that the way to stop desire is?

This is a highly organized and complex society

Which of the following determined a persons group, and marriage status in early India?

A long poem that tells the story of a hero

An embalmed body wrapped in cloth strips

This describes the way to the end of suffering.

The "Cradle of Civilization"

Girls in Athens

Where do many scientists believe the first human beings lived?

Who created the Persian Empire?

Where did the first civilizations arise?

What was Greece geography made up of?

Reincarnation

Some of the first farmers appeared around the fertile crescent which is located between?

This is the most prized possession of the Aryan's

Xerxes was king of

What type of government did early civilizations have?

What are people who travel from place to place called?