World History up until 1500 AD (Review)

Question 1

Belief that when reincarnated, you go up or down a 'pyramid of life' depending on how you lived

Accepted Answer

Caste-System

Question 2

Who was considered the 'greatest pharaoh'? He built many monuments, temples, and statues

Accepted Answer

Ramses II

Question 3

Who was a mathematician who also invented many things such as pumps, mines, and weapons for war

Accepted Answer

Archimedes

Question 4

Who was the god of the underworld?

Accepted Answer

Hades

Question 5

The Greek word for city-state?

Accepted Answer

Polis

Question 6

Which of these was NOT a trait of the Paleolithic Age?

Accepted Answer

Developed weaving skills

Question 7

The Shang Dynasty did all of the following EXCEPT?

Accepted Answer

Have an emperor

Question 8

What was the first dynasty of China? (1600 BCE - 1122 BCE)

Accepted Answer

Shang

Question 9

Which civilization later settled between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River Valley?

Accepted Answer

Hebrews

Question 10

What is Atman?

Accepted Answer

Eternal truth

Question 11

Who was the Peloponnesian War between?

Accepted Answer

Athens and Sparta

Question 12

An official order or blessing from heaven that states that the leader was chosen by the gods

Accepted Answer

Mandate of Heaven

Question 13

All of these are city-states of Greece EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

Carthage

Question 14

Early humans were...

Accepted Answer

Hunters and Gatherers

Question 15

Moksha is the end of the death and rebirth cycle

Accepted Answer

False, False

Question 16

Who was the king of the gods in Greek Mythology?

Accepted Answer

Zeus

Question 17

Who won the Peloponnesian War?

Accepted Answer

Sparta

Question 18

An example of an ECONOMIC development by early civilizations is

Accepted Answer

Both B and C

Question 19

Homo sapiens first appeared where?

Accepted Answer

Africa

Question 20

Reincarnation is which of the following?

Accepted Answer

All of the Above

Question 21

Who was an Mauryan Emperor who spread Buddhism to East Asia and China?

Accepted Answer

Ashoka

Question 22

Hades was the god of the sea and earthquakes

Accepted Answer

False

Question 23

Who was a famous Greek doctor who developed the Hippocratic Oath?

Accepted Answer

Hippocrates

Question 24

Who wrote the only complete trilogy of Greek dramas that exists today on the Trojan War?

Accepted Answer

Aeschylus

Question 25

Which city is matched with the correct Neolithic Age civilization?

Accepted Answer

Asia Minor - Catal Huyuk

Question 26

Which are the early Indus Valley cities? (Can be 2 different answers)

Accepted Answer

Harappa, Mohenjo Daro

Question 27

What are pictograms?

Accepted Answer

Earliest form of written symbols

Question 28

Brahma is the Protector of the 3 Main Gods of Hinduism

Accepted Answer

False

Question 29

What city-state was powerful, valued learning and wisdom, and women had very few rights

Accepted Answer

None of the Above

Question 30

What was the main Persian religion?

Accepted Answer

Zoroastrianism

Question 31

POLITICAL developments by early civilizations included all EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

The Senate has to approve anything and everything

Question 32

SOCIAL developments of early civilizations included (2 possible answers) :

Accepted Answer

Hereditary Rulers, Rigid class where slavery was accepted

Question 33

What was the LATER text written on Hinduism?

Accepted Answer

Upanishads

Question 34

Who was the founder of Buddhism? Named the 'enlightened one'?

Accepted Answer

Siddhartha Gautama

Question 35

What is a brief summary of the religion of Buddhism?

Accepted Answer

All of the Below

Question 36

Who invented the Pythagorean Theorem and is known as the first 'pure' mathematician?

Accepted Answer

Pythagoras

Question 37

Who invented much of geometry?

Accepted Answer

Euclid

Question 38

Which of the following is the correct "Athen's road to Democracy?"

Accepted Answer

Monarchy, Aristocracy, Tyranny, Democracy

Question 39

The Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold path belong to which religion?

Accepted Answer

Buddhism

Question 40

Which form of government ruled by a few?

Accepted Answer

Oligarchy

Question 41

The highest point of a Greek city-state

Accepted Answer

Acropolis

Question 42

What is a brief summary of the religion of Zoroastrianism? (can be 2 answers)

Accepted Answer

Predates Christianity, Belief in 2 opposing forces in the universe

Question 43

During what period of time was the Silk Road created?

Accepted Answer

Han Dynasty

Question 44

Which of these religions depended on social harmony, Code of Politeness, and people are good

Accepted Answer

Confucianism

Question 45

What did Akhenaten attempt to do to benefit Egypt?

Accepted Answer

Monotheistic; tried to create only one god

Question 46

The Gupta Empire created all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

Universities

Question 47

What did King Menes (aka the Scorpion king) do to benefit Egypt?

Accepted Answer

United Upper and Lower Egypt

Question 48

Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey?

Accepted Answer

Homer

Question 49

Which of the following is NOT one of the 3 Main Gods of Hinduism?

Accepted Answer

Allah

Question 50

What religion specified in harmony with nature, inner peace, humility, and the Yin and Yang

Accepted Answer

Taoism

Question 51

What battle between Persia and Greece was at sea, a Greek victory, and ended the Persian Wars

Accepted Answer

Salamis

Question 52

What was the OLDEST sacred texts written on Hinduism?

Accepted Answer

Vedas

Question 53

Who was a historian and wrote about the Peloponnesian War?

Accepted Answer

Thucydides

Question 54

The belief that if a person does something bad to you, something bad will happen to them

Accepted Answer

Karma

Question 55

Siva is the Destroyer of the 3 Main Gods of Hinduism

Accepted Answer

True

Question 56

Who was a famous philosopher who was forced to commit suicide because of his views on life?

Accepted Answer

Socrates

Question 57

Who was the Persian Wars between?

Accepted Answer

Athens and Persia (Sparta later joined in)

Question 58

Built on earlier Central Asian and Mesopotamian civilizations, _____ became the largest empire

Accepted Answer

Persia

Question 59

Who was known as the 'Father of History', wrote about the conflict between Greeks and Persians

Accepted Answer

Herodotus

Question 60

Which of the following river valley civilization DOESN'T have the correct river next to it?

Accepted Answer

Mesopotamia: Indus River Valley

Question 61

Polytheism is when people worship ONE god

Accepted Answer

False

Question 62

Who was the first emperor of China, unified China, ruthless, created the Terra Cotta soldiers

Accepted Answer

Qin Shi Huangdi

Question 63

What religion was about how people are bad, need harsh laws, was followed by Qin Shi-Huangdi

Accepted Answer

Legalism

Question 64

Who overthrew the Shang, created the Mandate of Heaven, and was during the period of Confucius

Accepted Answer

Zhou

World History up until 1500 AD (Review)

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World History up until 1500 AD (Review)

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