Midterm Review Quiz

Are you going to study?

Who invented the modern alphabet?

To change your way of life is to

How did the Phoenicians link diverse people and cultures around the Mediterranean region and beyond?

What continent is this?

What continent is this?

What is rule of law?

What is between the Mediterranean Sea and lower Egypt?

Why was a standing army beneficial?

Which era did farming start?

Irrigation was used by artisans.

There are 8 elements of civilizations.

The shift to farming from hunting and gathering was so important, it is called the

Cyrus the Great captured the Israelites and enslaved them.

Who was the only female judge?

Which calendar consisted of 365 days that Egyptians adopted as their calendar to assist in farming?

Social, family, beliefs, values, technology, art, clothing, shelter, rituals and more are all a part of what?

Kush resided in Upper Egypt.

The first centers for farming began in

Kush needed _______, Egypt needed ______, so they developed a ________ relationship with one another.

  ________ had a complex language, were taller and leaner, and had more complex ways of thinking compared to neanderthals.

Earth has had 4 ice ages.

Papyrus is made from wood.

Communities of Jews living outside of their ancient homeland are called what?

Which army include some of the world’s first cavalry?

Polytheism is the belief in one God.

What is the idea of spreading culture from place to place called?

Mesopotamia lies between which two rivers?

A revolution is a war to create change.

Sumerian system of writing is called

To domesticate is to

Which day do Jews observe the Sabbath?

A ziggurat has four, triangular shaped sides.

Phoenicians made a blue dye from sea snails.

Who came up with the idea of a common currency?

Israelites were polytheistic.

Symbols that represent letters are

Hominins originated in Africa.