Duplicate of CHAPTERS 1-4 WORLD HISTORY Quiz Review

Question 17: One of the chief cities of the Phoenicians was...

Question 48: The ancient Greeks considered religion

Question 45: The Egyptians developed an accurate 365-day calendar by basing their year on

Question 42: The site of one of the world's first libraries was...

Question 47: Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey

Question 55: Thutmosis I expanded Egypt’s border to the south by conquering the African kingdom of...

Question 21: The Harappan economy was based on....

37. The Neolithic Revolution was followed by the

Question 52: In what current African country did Donald Johanson find Lucy in 1974?

Question 33: The empire Sargon established was continued by this grandson, but fell 100 years after his grandson's death

Question 20: The centers of Minoan civilization on Crete suffered a sudden & catastrophic collapse around 1450BC b/c of:

Question 15: The "Sea Peoples" destroyed the Hittite empire

Question 2: "wise, wise humans" that appeared in Africa between 150-200K years ago.

Question 12: Which king united Upper and Lower Egypt?

Question 9: Gilgamesh kills Enkidu when they first meet

Question 62: Who wrote Oedipus Rex?

Question 41: After the fall of the Akkadian empire, only a few decades passed before the Babylonian empire arose

Question 8: A government established by divine authority is a...

Question 39: Early Indian writings revealing India was a world of many small kingdoms between 1500-400BCE are called the

Question 16: Israelites were descendents of...

Question 35: Greek history was influenced by Greece's

Question 44: Significant nomadic peoples who spoke a language derived from a single parent tongue were the

Q 61: The most famous Acropolis building, the _________ is regarded as the greatest example of a classical Greek temple.

Question 63: Alexander the Great was only 20 years old when he became king of_____________.

Q 50: During the Age of Pericles, the governing assembly of Athens met every 10 days on a hillside east of the Acropolis

Question 10: ziggurats were associated with what civilization?

Question 38: What was the title of an Egyptian monarch who possessed absolute power?

Question 28: The "ten lost tribes" were

Question 25: The Hittites were the first Indo-Europeans to

Question 7: What were the major rivers of the eastern end of the Fertile Crescent?

Question 31: Ramses II tried to maintain the Egyptian Empire's strength, but failed b/c of this group

Question 22: In ancient India, widows had to throw themselves on their dead husband's funeral pyre. This was known as..

Question 13: The largest and most magnificent of all the pyramids was built under....

Indo-Europeans languages include Greek, Latin, Persian and.....

Question 49: The major gods and goddesses of the Greeks were believed to live on

Question 19: To be monotheistic is to believe in one god.

Question 40: During the Shang dynasty, the class of people owning the land and waging war were the

Question 57: The Iliad is the tale of which Greek hero?

Question 4: The "Middle Stone Age" was also known as the

Question 29: Most of the people in the Mesoamerican city of Teotihuacan were

Question 43: Pharaoh Ramses II tried to maintain Egypt's strength, but failed b/c he was unable to hold out against

Question 30: Around 2340BCE, the Sumerian city-states were conquered by the Akkadians under their leader

Question 54: The chief cities of the Phoenicians—Byblos, Tyre, and...

Question 53: By 30,000 BCE, Homo sapiens sapiens had replaced what group of humans?

Question 51: While Hyksos attacked Egyptians from chariots, Egyptian soldiers were limited to

Question 26: In the northern frontier regions of ancient China, conflicts arose between the Chinese and the...

Question 34: Darius's elite cavalry and infantry forces were known as Immortals because

Question 5: What is the way of life a people follows?

Question 59: An oligarchy means rule by the few.

Question 32: The prophet Zoroaster taught that

Question 24: The development of Egyptian civilization was influenced most powerfully by

Question 6: The belief in many gods is polytheistic

Question 3: The ancient city of Catalhuyuk was located in what modern day country?

11. The Nile Delta Region is called...

Question 23: A main characteristic of civilizations is

Question 46: What were the basic political units of Sumerian civilization?

Question 60: Who was the leader of the Spartans during the Battle of Thermopylae?

Question 27: Teotihuacan was a busy trade center known for objects made of

Question 56: In 612 b.c., the Assyrian empire fell to a coalition of _________ and Medes (people who lived in the east).

Question 58: Which Greek philosopher argued that a citizen did not belong just to himself or herself?

36. The best way to describe Paleolithic peoples and their way of life is by calling them

Question 18: The "new" Kingdom of Israel was composed of the ten nothern tribes and established its capital at...