Semester 1 World History Final Review

T or F: The Twelve Tables were for everyone that lived in the Roman provinces.

TorF:Aristotle agreed w/his teacherabout there being a higher reality that we can't comprehend.

Where are the Pre-Columbian Americas societies located?

T or F: Aqueducts were created by the Romans

What is ultimate reality?

Caesar illegally crossed this river in order to fight Pompey's forces.

This ideal proposes that human beings are evil by nature.

T or F:Athenians used the strategy of staying behind their walls during the Peloponnesian wars.

What war did Homer write about in his epic poems?

What philosopher is known for his courage and fearlessness?

Who used the first form of biological warfare?

Where are Muslims supposed to travel at least once in their lifetime if they are able?

What religion introduced yoga as a form of meditation?

Who is considered one of the richest and powerful kings in African history?

Who started the first punic war over the island of Sicily?

T or F: Olive oil and wine were the biggest trading commodities for the Athenians.

What is the most common of the various titles for ancient Egyptian monarchs?

What culture/language emerged because of trade between Africans and Arabs?

What is the geography of Greece?

What percentage of Africa is considered a desert?

What is tracing the lineage through the father?

What empire did Alexander the Great overtake that his father Philip could not?

What was Martin Luther's final straw with the Catholic Church?

What kind of fiction emerged in Japan and China?

What was the material that the Romans used in building new structures?

What civilizations settled b/c they saw an eagle perched on a cactus coming out of a rock?

The land between the two rivers is called?

Goods that are brought into the country.

What invention made horseback riding easier in China?

To send a product or service for sale to another country.

What was the emperor of the Byzantine empire in charge of?

What type of government is established by divine authority?

What was completed by the Sui Dynasty?

Who took the first census since Ancient Roman times during the Middle Ages?

Who helped examine heretics at the Inquisition?

Who is considered to be the first historian?

What style of architecture emerged in the Middle Ages?

T or F: Zoroastrianism is polytheistic religion practiced by the Persians.

What country did the Peace of Augsburg effect?

T or F: Augustus became a dictator after the fall of the Roman Republic.

What is the "rule of many"?

What did purgatory depend on for the Catholic Church?

The Code of Hammurabi was for what empire?

What did Africans trade salt for?

T or F: Empires are often easy to create, but they can be difficult to maintain.

What were the two major rival city-states in Ancient Greece?

T or F: The Spartans are known for their Army.

What is a fortified gathering place at the top of a hill?

What civilization had a system that took household trash from houses to street level?

Belief that God has determined in advance who will be saved and who will be damned.

What kind of building was the Angkor Wat?

What is an upper class whose wealth is based on land&power is passed on from 1 gen. to another?

During the Renaissance, it combined classical learning and reforming the Catholic Church.

Who were known as the "rubber people" in the ancient civilizations?

In Islamic society, where would they go to buy, sell, and trade items?

T or F: Charlemagne focused on education because he was literate.

The Body of Civil Laws is also known as what?

What philosopher started The Academy?

Christianity is a branch off of what religion?

Hannibal used what during his battles with Rome?

What country is an archipelago?

What was the form of writing that was created using wedge shapes on a clay tablet?

Who tried to erase Hatshepsut from history?

Mesopotamia was located between two rivers. What rivers were they?

What is the code of ethics that knights have to follow on and off the battle field?

The Seljuk Turks were known as being hired for what?

Where did the first university appear in Europe?

What country was the leader in the Age of Exploration?

What is “the rule of the few”?

Who was the first person to sail around the world?

T or F: Monsoons plagued the civilizations of Mesoamerica.

Who was given the title of Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III?

Monks live in ____.

What is a large political unit or state, usually under a single leader?

T or F: Gautama (Buddha) grew up on the streets and knew the struggles of life.

What kind of cases did King Henry II add to the royal courts so he had more power?

How was wealth measured in Ancient Greece?

Homer wrote this story about the hero named Achilles.

What funded the Spanish expeditions in the America's?

T or F: Carthage is known for their Army.

Who founded the Islamic religion?

The Arabian peninsula is a what?

What did the Vikings use to settle in the center of Europe?

Who created direct democracy?

Who did the Senate what to be the next leader out of the men in the first triumvirate?

What philosopher studied other academics other than philosophy like zoology?

What major city-states were republics in Italy?

Who is known as the greatest leader in Indian History?

What is an administrative org. that relies on on nonelective officials and regular procedures?

The fall of the Han Dynasty occurred because of?

Who discovered that the sun was the center of the universe instead of the Earth?

Who was Plato's teacher?

An intellectual movement of the Renaissance based on the study of the humanities.

T or F: Temples are dedicated to the men that are in charge of the city-states.

Who is the one who follows, especially one who succeeds to a throne or office?