Kurrass AP World History Semester I Review (Part 1 of 3)

The Golden Age of Pericles in Athens included what political system?

The Peloponnesian War was primarily fought between what two powerful Greek city-states?

What Chinese dynasty 1st justified the overthrow of unjust leaders with the Mandate of Heaven?

What warlike Mesopotamian empire worshipped the god Ashur, deported 1000s & utilized terror?

Extremely rigid Indian social structure in which class is determined by occupation.

What was the first civilization that adhered to a monotheistic religion?

What was the "revolution" where societies changed from hunter-gatherers to farmers?

What three religions provide a moral guideline and recognize Abraham and Moses as prophets?

Did the status of women improve, decline, or stay the same in agricultural communities?

What was a "Polis" in ancient Greece?

Shi Huangdi became the 1st emperor of what legalist Chinese dynasty?

Siddhartha Gautama developed what philosophy / religion in India?

Who was the young Macedonian Greek who conquered the Persian Empire by 323 B.C.E.?

What was modern day Indonesia called because of the nutmeg, cinnamon, & cloves they exported?

The "Old Stone Age" where human societies consisted of small bands of hunter-gatherers.

In the Roman Republic, power was in the hands of what patrician dominated political body?

What development was most responsible for the formation of civilizations?

Much of the culture of classical Rome was borrowed from what other civilization?

What civilization was known as "the gift of the Nile"?

Known in the Mediterrean as "the carriers of civilization", the invented the phonetic alphabet.

Chinese philosophy that focused on creating an orderly society based on 5 key relationships.

What philosophy from India accepted reincarnation but rejected the caste system?

What religion developed in India as a result of Aryan invasions in the classical period?

What Nile river plant was dried and used as writing scrolls in Egypt?

Babylonian king who created the 1st law code where punishment was fit the crime & social class.

Name of the ornate & majestic Buddhist temple complex built by the Khmer of modern Cambodia?

What Chinese philosophy was known as "the Way" and adhered to a natural order.

Sumerian pyramid temples used for grainhouses and religious centers were called what?

Chinese philosophy in which strict laws and harsh punishment are used to govern a society.

Despite having writing, little is known about the Indus Valley civilizations because…