Semester 1 Final Exam 2019 Part 1

The Romans used their engineering skills to build

Who was the most powerful Greek god?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hindus believe that the ultimate goal of existence is

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

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

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

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

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

Cuneiform was

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

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

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

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

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

What was the result of the Peloponnesian War?

A ruler who conquered many cities and villages created

Alexander the Great extended his empire as far east as

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

Persian thinker Zoroaster spread the idea of

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

Where did the first civilizations in the Americas develop?

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

In a Greek city-state, the acropolis was

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

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

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

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

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

What fossil did Donald Johanson find?

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

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

Which Chinese dynasty created the use of block printing?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

According to the Mandate of Heaven developed during the Zhou Dynasty

Which is true of the Neolithic Revolution?

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

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

The great temples of the Sumerians were known as 

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

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

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

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

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

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

The main goal of the Jesuits was to