Semester 1 Final Exam 2019 Part 1

A major accomplishment during Egypt's _______ Kingdom was the building of the Great Pyramids.

The __________ were known as the "fleet of the desert".

Some of the oldest examples of Chinese writing were left by Shang priests on

What emperor granted religious toleration to Christians in the Roman Empire?

When camels were brought to Africa from Asia, trade increased across the

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

Whose enemies assassinated him because they were afraid he planned to make himself king?

In the Punic Wars, Rome gained control of lands around the Mediterranean Sea by defeating

The great temples of the Sumerians were known as 

According to the Mandate of Heaven developed during the Zhou Dynasty

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

The philosophy of ____________ is concerned with living in harmony with nature.

What fossil did Donald Johanson find?

Whose enemies assassinated him because they were afraid he planned to make himself king?

Where did the first civilizations in the Americas develop?

To try to restore order to the empire, Roman emperor Diocletian

What contributed to the economic weakening of the late Roman empire?

The great Carthaginian general who nearly defeated the Romans  in the Second Punic War was

The greatest southern African civilization called __________, means "Great Stone House".

made the greatest contribution toward setting Christianity on road to becoming a world religion

Who gave away so much gold on his hajj to Mecca that the world's price of gold went down?

What was a great technological achievement during the Song Dynasty?

Who wrote the "Republic", in which he describes the ideal state ruled by a philosopher-king?

In the early Roman republic, members of the landholding upper class were called

Whose enemies assassinated him because they were afraid he planned to make himself king?

Who created a cultural/capital center in Mali known as Timbuktu?

How did the beliefs of the Israelites differ from those of most nearby peoples?

Between 1450 and 1750, people's beliefs in both Christianity and magic led to

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

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

Which Chinese dynasty created the use of block printing?

The ___________ lived in present day Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and Belize.  

What was the result of the Peloponnesian War?

What did Cleisthenes do around 507 B.C. that changed the government of Athens?

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

A ruler who conquered many cities and villages created

The main goal of the Jesuits was to

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

The Ten Commandments are a set of laws that the Jews believe God gave to them through

In a Greek city-state, the acropolis was

Alexander the Great extended his empire as far east as

What African kingdom was also known as the "Land of Gold"?

were one of the earliest seafaring civilizations that transferred their alphabet to the Greeks.

Persian thinker Zoroaster spread the idea of

Which of the following was one of the planned cities of the Indus Valley?

_was important in the ancient world mainly because it could be made into harder sharper weapons

The Romans used their engineering skills to build

Some Spartan women had the responsibility of running the family's estate because

Scholars believe the first people who arrived in the Americas came from 

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

The nomadic people who migrated into the Valley of Mexico about 1200 are known as the

What was an early form of government  in which a hereditary ruler exercised central power?

Which is true of the Neolithic Revolution?

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

Christianity first developed in the region of ____, in the Roman empire.

Hindus believe that the ultimate goal of existence is

Power was in the hands of a small, wealthy elite that came from the middle class

Cuneiform was

Today's Baptists, Mennonites, and Amish can all trace their religious ancestry to the

Who was the most powerful Greek god?