Midterm Review

Question 1

After nearly 30 years of fighting, Sparta finally defeated Athens in a conflict known as...

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The Peloponnesian Wars

Question 2

Egyptian pharaoh known for his ambitious building projects and numerous military victories, such as against the Hittites

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Ramesses II

Question 3

The first law code in the world was created by...

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Hammurabi

Question 4

What "revolution" marked the change from hunting/gathering to agriculture?

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Neolithic

Question 5

All of the following are monotheistic religions EXCEPT...

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Greek paganism

Question 6

Father of King Tut and husband of Nefertiti, this Egyptian pharaoh was infamous for abolishing polytheism

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Akhenaten

Question 7

Religion with multiple gods who are emanations of Brahman. Focused on dharma, karma, reincarnation, and the caste system

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Hinduism

Question 8

The Han Dynasty of China was considered a “Golden Age” because it embraced the philosophy of...

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Confucianism

Question 9

The Greek word for city-state is...

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Polis

Question 10

An Egyptian king is called...

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Pharaoh

Question 11

The Iliad and the Odyssey were epic poems composed by...

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Homer

Question 12

Athens created a system of alliances that ultimately included about 140 other city-states, called...

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The Delian League

Question 13

Athenian philosopher whom the Delphic Oracle claimed was the wisest man alive, soon executed for corruption of the young

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Socrates

Question 14

China's first "true" and historically verifiable dynasty was...

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The Qin

Question 15

Teacher of Plato and master of the dialectical method of finding the truth through question and answer...

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Socrates

Question 16

Hindu society was arranged around the...

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Caste system

Question 17

The river-rich area stretching from Mesopotamia to Egypt was called...

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The Fertile Crescent

Question 18

The Persian emperor whom the Greeks fought at Salamis and Thermopylae was named...

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Xerxes

Question 19

After he achieved enlightenment, Siddartha Gautama was known as...

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The Buddha

Question 20

Famous Athenian statesman who championed democracy, fostered art, architecture, & philosophy; tragically died of plague.

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Pericles

Question 21

The religion focused on achieving Nirvana through non-attachment & the realization that suffering emerges from desire

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Buddhism

Question 22

In addition to beginning the Great Wall, Qin Shi Huangdi is noted for building...

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The Terracotta Army

Question 23

Son of Mars and brother of Remus, he was the legendary founder of Rome and its first king, later worshipped as a god

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Romulus

Question 24

Egyptian writing is called...

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Hieroglyphs

Question 25

Athenian general and lover of Socrates famous for his drunkenness, frequent betrayals, and the Sicilian Expedition

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Alcibiades

Question 26

Subject of a famous Sumerian epic poem, the oldest in history, whose mythic tale of bromance with Enkidu still slaps

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Gilgamesh

Question 27

Plato was the teacher of this philosopher, who later was the tutor of Alexander the Great

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Aristotle

Question 28

First emperor of China, known for the Great Wall, Terracotta Army, repression of Confucian scholars, and Legalism

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Qin Shi Huangdi

Question 29

The earliest Proto-Indo-European peoples in India were...

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The Aryans

Question 30

Who conquered Egypt, Persia, Phoenicia, and parts of India?

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Alexander the Great

Question 31

The father of Alexander the Great, who conquered most of Greece

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Phillip II

Question 32

Philosophy founded by Laozi, focusing on a relaxed approach of non-action and living in harmony with nature

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Daoism

Question 33

The Chinese philosophy that asserts human nature is evil and requires a strong bureaucracy & harsh punishments

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Legalism

Question 34

In Hinduism, it is the concept that all the actions in this life affect one's fate in the next reincarnation.

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Karma

Question 35

"Hellenes" were people who shared a common religion and language (Greek). They called everyone else...

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Barbaroi

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