8th Grade World History Midterm

Focusing on spiritual things is meditation.

Which group do modern day humans belong to?

The belief that the ruler was chosen by God-

An epic is a long poem about a hero.

Reincarnation of someone who lived a bad life will result in coming back in a lower caste.

Most important language of ancient India-

The Odyssey was written by Homer.

Hinduism is the largest religion in India today?

The 2 most famous city-states in Greece were Sparta and Athens.

What is another name for the Paleolithic Era?

Fasting is eating all the food you want.

Describe Hammurabi's Code.

Polytheism is the belief in many gods.

Merchants in the Han dynasty were at the top of the social order because they made the most money.

Which Chinese Dynasty built the Great Wall?

The study of the stars and planets is called astronomy.

Which Han dynasty invention used tiny needles to relieve pain?

A dynasty is rulers from the same family.

Who is the founder of Judaism?

Who led the enslaved Jews out of Egypt?

The god of the underworld is Athena.

Process of taming plants and animals for human use-

Urban means country-side and rural means city.

A mixture of soil and tiny rocks is called sand.

The Brahmins were at the top of Ancient India's caste system.

Another word for farming is _____.

What are the rulers of Egypt called?

Things made by humans and used by humans-

What is nirvana?

The discovery of the Rosetta Stone allowed hieroglyphics to be deciphered.

What is another name for the Mesolithic Era?

An example of domestication of animals is taming a wolf into a dog.

Han Dynasty invention of the sundial helped people to tell the time of day.

What was the world's first writing system called ?

The god of the underworld is Hades.

If the society is patriarchal, it is being led by a man.

What is the longest river in the world?

What is a surplus?

Diffusion is when goods, ideas and technology spread from one culture to another.

Which dynasty of Ancient China may have been mythical?

What was the Egyptians' writing called?

The Holy Book of Christianity-

What is another name for the Neolithic Era?

Study of the past-

The cataracts are the rapids of the Nile River.

What is the name for the 4000 mile long network of trade routes in China?

David killed the Philistine giant, Goliath.

Imaginary creatures with the head of a human and the body of a lion-

Which Han Dynasty invention measured earthquakes?

Confucius was the most influential teacher in Chinese history.

A scribe is a writer.

Witnessed an event-

imprint of something that was once living-

Upright man-

Time before writing-

Who was at the very bottom of India's society?

Relative from the past-

The Sumerian's most important invention was the wheel.

The injection of a tiny bit of a virus to prevent disease is called an inoculation.

Going to a person who has oracle bones, you could be seeking-

Silk really comes from worms.

Australopithecus means Southern Ape.

Queen Hatshepsut was the 1st female pharaoh, and she was excellent at trade.

A hard green gemstone-

What is a mixture of metals called?

Heard about an event, but did not see it themselves-