Foundations of World History - Chapter 1

Why do we know less about the Indus River Valley than other similar civilizations?

Who is the Greek virgin godess of reason, intelligence, and literature?

What important thing did the pyramids demonstrate to historians?

What river was important to the Egyptian civilization?

What language spread whereever Islam did because the Qur'an was only supposed to be in that language?

Which not one of the reasons to learn history that we discussed?

Who is the Greek god of the underworld and dead?

Christianity is based on the life and teachings of who?

What is the largest religion in the world?

Which is not an example of an institution?

Which is a belief of Buddhism?

Who is the Greek god of fertility, wine, and celebration?

Who is the Greek god of music, light, and sun?

What two rivers are important to Mesopotamia?

Which of the following is a change caused by agriculture?

This early version of man existed 4 million to 1 million B.C. and was the first to walk upright

Which of the major religions is one of the first monotheistic religions ever?

Which type of source is a document or record created by people who were not present during the events?

What is Hammurabi famous for?

Which type of source is a document or record created by people who were present during the events?

Who is the Greek god of commerce and messenger of the gods?

What is the difference between a city and a village?

What do we call a scientist who studies the forms of life existing in former geologic periods?

Which is not one of the two parts of the Stone Age?

What does it mean when we say humans have opposable thumbs?

What do we call shared beliefs, practices, and traditions of a group of people?

Who is the Greek ruler of the Olympians and God of the sky?

What is the view or belief that the existence of god is unknowable?

What do we call a large political unit in which a number of different people or lands have a single ruler?

What major religion was formed in China and is less a religion than a philosophy and way of life?

Who is the prophet of Islam?

What modern day country would you find Rome in?

Which of the major religions is the only polytheistic one?

Who was the Roman leader that was part of the 1st Triumverate and was stabbed to death on the floor of the Senate?

Which of the following is a reason that civilizations arose?

Which is not a belief of Judaism?

The first Christians came from what other religion?

Which definition properly matches the word artifact?

Who is the Greek god of the sea?

How was Jesus killed?

Which is not a belief of Hinduism?

What allowed people to begin specializing in labor outside of food creation?

What do we call a scientist that deals with origins, cultural development, characteristics, social cutoms and beliefs?

What are the five characterisitcs of a civilization

Who is the Greek god of love?

What religion has no clear starting point or founder and has its roots in the Vedas?

Who is the Greek god of war?

Which of the following groupings correctly identifies the 6 major religions?

What was the name of the wars fought between Rome and Carthage?

Islam is Arabic for what?

What is a hominid?

Where was the world's first civilization?

Which is not a belief of Christianity?

What is the absence of belief in the existence of god or gods called?

What was the Egyptian form of writing that means "sacred carving"?

This early version of man existed 2.5 million to 1.5 million years ago and made tools of lava rock

Where did agriculture begin first?

What massive structure was built in China to protect them from invaders?

Which is not a belief of Islam?

Who is the Greek godess of marriage, childbirth, and empires?

What form of government did the Romans develop?

Who is the Greek godess of love, desire, and beauty?

Who is the founder of Judaism who made a covenant with god?

Who created the world's first empire?

Who is the Greek godess of grain, harvest, and agriculture?

Who was the Macedonian king who overruns the Persian empire and captures everything from Egypt to India?

This early version of man existed 1.6 million to 30,000 B.C. and were the first to migrate and begining of language

In Greek mythology, who is the strongest of all the mortals who becomes a god after death?

What Greek city state is responsible for creating the direct democracy?

Who founded Buddhism?

Who is the Greek godess of chastity, hunting, and nature?

What do we call a scientist who studies human history by digging up remains and artifacts?

This early version of man existed 200,000 to 30,000 B.C. and was the first to have ritual burials and religion

Who discovered the famous hominid "Lucy"?

Which is not a belief of Confucianism?

Who is the Greek god of blacksmiths, fire, and volcanoes?