SS End of Year Quiz

Lifestyle of roaming around using animals and plants for food

True/False: Scholars are now able to decipher Harappan writing.

Why was the Code of Hammurabi a huge accomplishment?

This Chinese dynasty set up military districts and made a uniform code of laws for everyone

All three monotheistic religions can be traced back to:

Select the civilization that is known for Hammurabi's Code

The name China came from which dynasty?

Put the 5 major world religions in correct following order (largest to smallest)

Tame or cultivate something wild to make it useful to humans

What was the purpose of the city walls?

India is located on a subcontinent, which is separated from the rest of Asia by

Which of the following is NOT one of the Five Pillars of Islam?

Dharma means the "teaching" or "truth" in what religion?

Consistent farming of food and domestication of animals

Second largest continent in land area AND population size

Match the holiday to the religion: Christmas

Asoka created 33 rock pillars and edicts that reflected principles of what religion?

Religious leader in Buddhism

Highest city districts (in ancient India) raised on mounds

What two dynasties built and connected the original Great Wall?

What animal was sacred in Ancient India?

Name for followers of Islam

True/False: Women were the head of the households in Ancient India and Ancient China.

Religious leader in Judaism

What names/nicknames are associated with Mesopotamia?

Before papyrus, what was the only writing material Egyptians could use?

Which was/were domesticated during the Agricultural Revolution?

The Egyptian government was a theocracy.

Name the longitude line that divides earth into 2 hemispheres

An early human-like species: part ape/primate and part human

The first fully human species discovered

Egyptians needed a light heart to enter the afterlife.

Match the holiday to the religion: Yom Kippur

Name the philosophy: symbolized by Yin/Yang

What was the Great Bath used for?

Jewish denomination believing the law should adapt to modern culture but keep Judaism values

give the degree and type of line for: International Date Line

Where was the first established civilization in the world?

Select a religion that believes in karma

Name the philosophy: Humans are naturally evil

Mesopotamian writing that consisted of wedge-shaped markings pressed into clay tablets

The holiest city for Islam is:

Group of Jesus' chosen followers is called the

Experts believe we share about 2% of our DNA with

Animal bone or shell used to interpret information

Ancient Egyptian doctors worked with what medical items still used today?

These workers made up the LARGEST social group in Egypt.

I lived 3 million years ago, walked upright, and climbed trees. What's my name?

What is the major advantage humans have if they use persistence hunting?

The era in history when primary tools and utensils were made of stone and people were nomads

Lifestyle of settling in more permanent homes

Which diet was more healthy for the human body?

Which Assyrian capital city helped education thrive?

Idea that people become experts in specific areas and fields of work

Name the philosophy: Set a good example for those below you

What are the total degrees of latitude?

Divine right to rule given to an emperor if he was just and effective

An abundance or excessive amount of food

Name the ocean located east of the Americas and west of Europe and Africa

Match the holiday to the religion: Ramadan

Used as the starting point to measure degrees of north and south latitude

What does Homo Sapien mean?

People who traveled along trade routes to religious sites

Egyptians practiced this— a process of using plants to make medicine

Period of Chinese Peace

Which Egyptian pharaoh was portrayed as a male in statues and portraits?

Match the holiday to the religion: Rosh Hashanah

Egyptians believed if they practiced a lifetime of good deeds, their what could enjoy a happy afterlife?

Select a RESPECTED profession in Mesopotamia

Mesopotamian city states were not

How did Christianity begin?

Egyptians used geometry to measure plots of land for

This religion has no founder

Neanderthals appeared on which continent first?

Match the holiday to the religion: Easter

This man was originally Jewish and converted to Christianity, before spreading it around Europe

Who was in the lowest social class in Mesopotamia?

What is Islamic law called?

On a timeline of years, what year does NOT exist?

Select the civilization that is known for inventing the wheel

In Mulan, the ancestors argue that "we can't all be" in what profession?

Select a major Egyptian accomplishment.

Match the holiday to the religion: Hanukkah

Which Macedonian conqueror held control of N. India at one point?

Lighter skin is caused by the lack of sunlight in

Why was ochre such an important development?

Original/founding language of Ancient India used today

Religious leader in Christianity

Where do experts believe our species originated?

Which of the following was NOT an early crop grown during the Agricultural Revolution?

What pharaoh was nicknamed Egypt's "Golden Boy"?

These messengers of God are found in all Abrahamic religions:

Name the ocean west of the Americas

During which time period in history were no written records kept?

Name for a teacher in Indian society

Select the civilization that is known for the arch

Which person in Egypt controlled the economy, religion, and government?

Name of the God in Islam

I lived about 2 million years ago, had a brain larger than an orange, and made stone tools. Who am I?

True/False: The Tigris and Euphrates river floods could be predicted each year.