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The strict social system in India that had 5 distinct classes is known as the...
Buddhist Calling
Feudalist System
Caste System
Hinduism
2
A group's knowledge, beliefs, values and customs are characteristics of their...?
ETHNICITY
DYNASTY
RELIGION
CULTURE
3
Ancient Sumerian writing is known as...?
sandscript
Hieroglyphics
alaphabetical
cuneiform
4
What made it possible for Ancient Greece to fall?
Athens burned Carthage, destroying a major port
Alexander the Great weakened the Greek economy
Internal conflict led to an easily conquerable nation
The fall of Sparta in the Battle of Thermopylae
5
Darius I of Persia suffered a great failure in his efforts to...
Establishing one national religion
Invade Eygpt
Encouraging Trade
Invade Greece and the Battle of Marathon
6
Technology is best described as...
Remains dug out of the ground
The process of photosynthesis
Something created to make life easier
Simply a people's culture
7
The Peloponnesian War broke out shortly after the Persian Wars. It was fought between....
Athens and Carthage
Athens and Sparta
Sparta and Carthage
Greece and Rome
8
__________ was the founder of Hinduism, while ______ was the creator god...
It had no founder / Brahma
Siddhartha / Shiva
Vishnu / Brahma
Zeus / Alexander
9
The Ancient Greek style of fighting, seen in the movie clip from 300, is known as a
Battalion
Legion
Squadrons
Phalanx
10
The Pharaoh, or leader of all of Egypt, was seen as a god among people. This is an example of
A Presidential Pope
An Oligarchy
A Theocracy
A Dynasty
11
These images depict the battle in which...
Spartans won and lost their city
Athenians and Spartans won
Spartans lost but slowed down Persians
Athens lost the war
12
Aristotle believed that once laws were written down, they were permanent.
False
True
13
While Athenians were educated until age 18, Spartan children were
left home at age 7 and were trained
left to fend for themselves at age 7
recruited at age 10 to fight
left home at age 6 and went to camp
14
Before the Neolithic Revolution, tribes traveled following food sources. They are known as ___
Civilizations
Herders
Tribial travelers
Nomads
15
The Iliad and the Odyssey are famous works of _________
Plato
Herodotus
Homer
Socrates
16
This man was Jewish, but founded a new faith called Christianity. He is known as...
イエス・キリスト
Saul
Jesus of Nazareth
Yeshua
17
Buddhists escape suffering by reaching ultimate peace, known as _______ in Buddhism
Moksha
Nirvana
Siddartha
Truth
18
A form of government in which rule is placed in a single King or Queen?
Oligarchy
Democracy
Republic
Monarchy
19
A war in which the Ancient City of Troy with stood Mycenaeans until the Torjan Horse is the ___
Revolutionary War
War of 1812 BC
Trojan War
Peloponnesian War
20
Elected officials, as opposed to direct decision making, is a characteristic of a (an) ______
Oligarchy
Republic
Dual Monarchy
Theocracy
21
The Hindu belief that the atman is released from the body and later reborn in another form is..
Moksha
Nirvana
Karma
Reincarnation
22
Conquering the worlds largest empire, ______________ controlled lands from Greece to India.
Patton
Leonidas
Pericles
Alexander
23
The worshipping of one god is known as __________. The ________ religion is one example.
Polytheism / Judaism
Monotheism / Judaism
Monotheism / Paganism
Atheism / Zoroastism
24
Karma is the Hindu belief that________
persecuting all non-Hindus is an act of the heavens
The atman never dies
The atman must be reborn several times
Good and bad deeds are weighed against eachother
25
A democracy is a form of government where rule is ____________?
rooted in a god king
carried out by the people
ruled by a dictator
carried out by the pope
26
Socrates' quote "The unexamined life is not worth living" show his belief in the importance of
YOLO!!
curiosity and constant questioning
Living each day with a set routine
getting an education and participating in politics
27
Hieroglyphics were a form of writing used by which civilization?
Ancient Romans
Ancient Egyptians
Ancient Sumerians
Neanderthals
28
Societies in which one side fights against another within the society, ie north vs south, is a
Inner War
Geographical War
Triumvirate
Civil War
29
This ruler was known as one of the last great Pharohs of Ancient Egypt; a great diplomat
Ramses II
Alexander I
Ghangis Kahn
Thutmuse II
30
This scene is a Hollywood depiction of the _____, where 300 Spartans held Persians for 3 days
Battle of Thermopalye
Battle of Salamis
Battle of Carthage
Battle of Marathon
31
Egyptians believed mumification, or a process preserving the body, was important because
Preserving the body aided the spirit in the afterlife
Kings bodies could be studied by future civilizations
The rich wanted others to pay their burial sites tribute
They did not mumify, that was the Persians
32
The transition from hunters and gathers to farming is known as the...
Cultural Revolution
Neolithic Revolution
Nomadic Age
Agricultrual Arrival
33
Culture with 6 characteristics, including advanced cities and complex institutions, refers to
Paleolithic
Institution
specialization
civilization
34
Siddhartha Gautama escaped home arrest, found enlightenment, became the founder of _______
Christianity
Hinduism
Judaism
Buddhism
35
Greece's geography, in which little land was arable, is best defined as...
Close to seas
All of the Above
Rocky
Mountainous
36
A prehistoric time period known as the 'Old Stone Age' is the...
Neolithic Age
Bronze Age
Neolithic Revolution
Paleolithic Age
37
Egypt relied heavily on the ________ for farming, growth, and almost all aspects of life.
Mediterranean Sea
Nile River
Cataracts
Heaven
38
Hammurabi wrote the first _______ in the Fertile Crescent...
code of universal laws
Definition of Social Classes
Distinction between gods, kings, and humans
charriot speed limits on Byzantine roads.