Midterm Review

In order to construct the pyramids, the Egyptians needed knowledge of engineering and...

Which of the following was true of hunters and gatherers?

Which technology had a major effect on early human development?

Phoenicia did not have its own ivory, so it traded for ivory with others. To them, ivory was an

Which difference between Egypt and Nubia were the Nile cataracts responsible for?

Who were the first kings in Sumerian civilization?

While rivers aided China's development, deserts and mountains...

In order to keep the economy stable, Han emperors...

What city became the center of Hammurabi's Mesopotamian empire?

Drawings that represent a word or complete idea are known as...

One characteristic of a Legalist government is the idea that...

The first Indian cities arose...

How did the Phoenician alphabet improve up on the cuneiform writing system?

Because of the groups of rocky rapids called the Nile cataracts...

Information about goods and services, and their production and use, define a society's...

How did sailors' use of the North Star help Phoenician trade?

What effect did continued trading with Egypt have on Nubian civilization?

Why did the earliest civilizations appear in areas like Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley?

In Hinduism, a person's duty to do what is right is called...

In ancient Egypt, the people responsible for recording important information were called...

What do Jews believe to be the most important way to show their faithfulness to God?

The Silk Road contributed to the Han dynasty by providing a route for both ____ and ____ .

The teachings about the origins of Judaism come from...

Why did artisans paint images of daily life on the burial chambers and interior pyramid walls?

What aspects of its culture did Nubia take from Egypt?

By following the Eightfold Path, Buddhists hope to...

Agriculture on the Indian subcontinent depends heavily on the...

With the development of farming, people could spend most of their time doing one job, or...

In order to overcome death like Osiris, Egyptians believed that they needed to...

Many experts believe that certain early burial practices are evidence of...

Ideas spread from Egypt to other lands through the buying and selling of goods and services, or

According to the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism, what must be overcome to end suffering?

Early cities needed more government than farming villages did because...

Why was it illegal to export silk worms from China?

What important resources did early people need to create a food surplus?

What benefit did a standardized currency bring to China?

What geographic features were extremely important to Sumerian farming?

Hindus believe in a supreme God called...

The Phoenician alphabet was based on...

Because Nubians had less land to farm than Egyptians...

Which word characterizes the soil of the Fertile Crescent?

The development of a written language during the Shang dynasty is important partly because...

What pattern did the laws in Hammurabi's Code follow?

Why do scholars believe that the Indus Valley had an advanced civilization?

How did the Sumerians' development of bronze help them as a society?

When early people first began to farm, what materials did they use to build their dwellings?

The strength of the Maurya empire depended on which of the following?

People were first able to start living in settled communities when...

Using Legalist principles, the First Emperor...

Which of the following were central ideas in Confucianism?