World History iLeap Quiz 1-4 and FF

Early man began in what continent?

which is not a reason that people migrated?

Worlds oldest written legal code?

The family of languages that developed from Latin are known as the ____ languages.

Which two land features gave Mesopotamia its name?

The military like city state of Greece

from SW Asia;used horses,chariots& iron weapons to conquer lower Egypt;ruled Egypt for 200yrs

stone slab inscribed with hieroglyphics, key to understanding hieroglyphics

Time period when people moved from hunter and gatherers to farmers and herders

 the Political,Social, and Economic system that developed in Europe after the fall of Rome

From whom did the Romans borrow their myths and gods?

Which is not a secondary source?

The democratic founding city state of Greece

Most Spartan boys were expected to become 

form of government in which the people elect leaders to govern them

belief in many gods

The 0 degrees line of Latitude divides the earth into which two Hemispheres

what was the economic activity of the first people?

Built by the Emperor Claudius to bring water to Rome

The rigid division of Indian society based on wealth, rank or occupation

The holy Roman Empire grew out of what ?

Temple to the Gods in ancient Summeria that looks like a wedding cake

Which of these were sent out of China by the Silk Road?

Tombs for the Pharoahs

Egypt is ordered to the East and West by what Geographical feature(s)

The Greek city state that began the Golden Age of Greek wealth and glory

Which of the following characteristics do you think that a feudal Lord would most value

In the Middle Ages they were the Head of the Christian Church

no country can produce all that it needs & must depend on each other for some goods & services

A piece of land that is now water but was once above sea level and was exposed land.

Term that means "Land between the rivers".

What is one advantage of farming to the development of civlizations.

Seafaring traders of the African Continet they developed the Alphabet we use today

where the Nile river met the Mediterranean Sea, a triangular shaped area of land 

the Crusades increased ___ after soldiers returned from the Middle East with silk and spices?

What idd Alexander the Great try to spread throughout his empire?

writing used by ancient China where characters combine two or more picture symbols

What famous arena is shown below where Gladiators would compete to the delight of the masses?

A political theory in Ancient China that power was given to rulers by a divine source

transport water from its source to the fields used in Egypt and other cradles of civilization

Rapids in the Nile river

Early man moved from place to place for what reason?

The 0 degree line of Longitude 

Long periods of freezing weather

A series of trading routes that stretch from China to the Mediterranean Sea.

A Hindu and Buddhist belief that souls are born and reborn many times, each time in a new body.

What is the rich area of farmland indicated in the picture

The language of the Ancient Aryans

Where is the Huang He River, aka Yellow River, located?

Triangle shaped land at the mouth of the Nile river

Historians refer to the Eastern Roman Empire as what.

To make plants and animals more useful for humans.

Cunieform was written on what type of material?

An account by some one who was there when the event happened.

Herodotus called Egypt the gift of the Nile because

What river was in Mesopotamia?

The areas indicated on the picture above are collectivly called What

The Middle Ages is also called the __________period—from the Latin words for “middle age.”

Where is the Nile located?

ideographs,warrior class,mandate of heaven,silk.These things are most identified with

Which was not an advantage of rivers for early civilizations?

"Early man cut trees, waited for them to die and then planted seeds in the ashes"

Pharaohs, pyramids, mummies are most identified with which civilization?

The "Key" to Hieroglyphic writing

Large estate owned by a lord or a knight

How did early Cave man leave clues about themselves?

Where is the Indus River located?

How did serfs pay rent to the lord?

Early people came to america across what geographic feature?

Economic plan, a knight allowed peasants to farm land on his estate for food or payment

Lines that run east and west but measure how far North or South a location is on a map

North, South, East and West are examples of what?

Which is not a Primary Source?

Type of democracy where everyone votes on every issue

Macedonian King who spread Greek throughout parts of three continents.

Why did the earliest Chinese people live in the Huang He valley

geographical feature is believed to have allowed people to migrate to North and South America

The writings of the Ancient Egyptians

Sumerican Writing

The belief of the Chinese that they received their powers to rule from heaven

Farming as an economic activity

The most famous Roman Road that the Romans built

main religion of Ancient India

1st two civilizations in India

Ancient group that gave us our modern alphabet

Deadly Plague brought to Europe by fleas on the backs of rats;killed millions of Europeans

What is one reason that people made the first civilizations near rivers?

The early Sumerians believed in many Gods. What is a word that reflects the belief in many Gods

System that governed the relationships between lords and vassals during the Middle Ages

Created a huge empire in modern France, became Emperor of the Romans, built schools in Europe.

The spreading of ideas from one culture to another

mixture of fertile soil and tiny rocks that can make land ideal for farming is called

The picture represents the writing of the ancient culture of Sumer. What is it called?

A division of Indian society into groups based on rank, wealth or occupation

Lines that run North and South but measure how far East or West a point is on the map

The Egyptian Term that means "Great House"

All of the early civilizations developed near ____

People that move from place to place but do not have a home?

What instrument is used to write Cunieform?

A long series of wars fought between Christians and Muslims over control of the holyland

Early mans first tools were made out of what material?

Reeds Egyptians used for paper.

another word for Greek city-state

How did Alexander the Great spread Greek culture?

What natural condition contributed to the development of early civilizations?

Roman Emperor, converted to Christianity & made it the official Religion of the Roman Empire

The Romans, in their early history, elected Senators to represent them.What form of government

Soft, light fabric Highly prized in China

first written legal code (Made by a Babylonian King), it included the idea of an "eye for a eye

What is one advantage of farming to the development of civilizations?

transport water from its source to the fields used in Egypt & other cradles of civilization