1st Trimester Final--Roy

The Babylon Stone helped translate Egyptian writing.

Which of the following happened under the Gupta dynasty?

Hades is the Greek God of the underworld 

Alexandria, Egypt is named after Alexander the Great.

What was a great technological achievement during the Han golden age?

The Lyceum was the first real college, which was set up by Socrates.

The Egyptian writing system was called Hieroglyphics.

China got its name from the Qin dynasty.

According to Egyptian beliefs, the pharaohs received the right to rule from the god

A ruler who conquered many cities and villages created

The Yellow River got its name from the soil it left after a flood.

Athena is the Greek goddess of wisdom.

Reincarnation is the belief that people have multiple lives.

The New Stone Age began when early people learned to 

A key difference between Buddhism and Hinduism is that

Early form of government in the Greek city-states, hereditary ruler exercised central power?

The Greek god of the sea was named Poseidon

In a Greek city-state, the acropolis was

Rational thinking is also known as logic.

In his Republic, Plato describes

Confucius believed that 

The Han emperor Wudi

At the famous battle named Marathon, the Greeks beat the Persians.

A major accomplishment during Egypt's Old Kingdom was

Cuneiform was the Egyptian writing system of symbols and pictures.

The world's first civilization developed between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in

Which of the following is an example of an artifact?

Filial Piety is the idea of having respect for your parents at all times.

In Hinduism, the religious and moral duties of an individual are referred to as

At one time Egypt was split into two regions; Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt.

Hammurabi's Code was important because it was the first time that a state's laws

Darius improved economic life in the Persian empire by

A viceroy was also known as the Chief Minister to the Egyptian Kings.

Sophocles was the author of Oedipus and Antigone

Legalism is the belief of being at harmony with nature.

Hinduism taught the 4 Noble Truths.

Which of the following is one of Buddhism's Four Noble Truths?

The Academy was set up by Plato

Howard Carter discovered Tut's tomb.

Egyptian kings at one time were known as Caesar.

What helped Alexander the Great conquer the Persian Empire?

Ancient China was the first to discover cotton.

Hindus believe that the ultimate goal of existence is

What new war technology did the Hyksos invaders bring to Egypt?

The Hyksos were a group who invaded Egypt and introduced pyramid building.

Some scholars think that Old Stone Age people created cave paintings

Cultural Diffusion happened on a large scale in ancient China.

One difference between early modern humans and Neanderthals is that early modern humans

The Iliad was developed by Homer

Socrates was accused of corrupting youth in Athens, and then forced to drink poison.

Aristotle was a famous writer of tragedies in ancient Greece.

The skeleton that Donald Johanson discovered, "Lucy", belonged to which early hominid group

Which hominid group do anthropologists think was the first to use fire?

One way in which Chandragupta Maurya established order in his empire was to

Which of the following was a result of the Persian Wars?

The Egyptian god of the dead was Isis.

The Hellenistic scientist Archemedes

What was a result of the Peloponnesian War?

Nirvana is a state where suffering has ended.

Hippocrates used physics to explain simple tools such as levers and pulleys.

A dynasty is a series of rulers from a single family.

According to the Mandate of Heaven developed during the Zhou dynasty, 

In Sumerian civilization, the purpose of a ziggurat was to

What is one way in which nomadic cultures differed from civilizations?

The pyramids were built in ancient India.

Isis was known as the God of the Nile.

Iron was important in the ancient world mainly because

What physical barrier helped to separate ancient China from Southeast Asia?

Amon Ra was the great lord of the gods in Egyptian culture.

Pyramids were elaborate burial chambers for Egyptian kings and queens.

Greeks believed the purpose of tragic plays was to  

India is the first place to make cotton into a cloth.

Hatshepsut was one of the first great female Egyptian rulers.

Alexander the Great extended his empire as far east as

Reincarnation is the idea of being reborn into a new life.

Which of the following statements is true about Athens under the rule of Pericles?

Herodotus is known as the first true historian, due to the way he researched history.

The Parthenon is dedicated to the Greek god, Zeus.

The Acropolis was a fortified hilltop in Greek city-states.

The most powerful Greek god was

Which Greek-speaking people dominated the Aegean world and probably started the Trojan War?

A major result of migration, trade, and warfare was

Plato was the most famous philosopher, and later the teacher of Alexander the Great.

King Tut was a great king known for ruling for a long time.

The Mandate of Heaven was an official Chinese law in ancient China.

The Indus is the early river valley from India.

Athens differed from Sparta in that it

The Maurya emperor who converted to Buddhism and vowed to rule by moral example was 

The only hominids still on Earth today are

Greek architecture, as shown by the Parthenon, seeks to reflect

Greek philosopher believed good conduct meant pursuing the "golden mean?"

Which of the following statements was true about the caste system in India?

Buddha means "Enlightened One."

Why did Shi Huangdi order the construction of the Great Wall?

What was an effect of the Greek victory in the Persian Wars?

The first real Chinese Dynasty was the Chin Dynasty.

Which one of the following abilities did early humans develop long before the others?

What are an archaeologist's primary resources in learning about prehistoric peoples?

A monsoon is a seasonal wind in India.

Alexander the Great died in Egypt after being poisoned.