World History Exam Review 2016

What Greek playwright wrote Oedipus Rex?

Hammurabi is remembered for

The Roman emperor Nero committed suicide. 

Who said that “the unexamined life is not worth living”?

The first metal to be used in making tools was bronze. 

After ____, Africa is the largest of the continents.

The Buddha believed that suffering is caused by

The Mycenaeans were a group who prided themselves on their ___________.

During the third and second centuries B.C., the Romans adopted features of this style of art.

Islam recognizes all of the following Biblical history EXCEPT

The Edict of Milan proclaimed

This dynasty ruled for almost 800 years and is the longest-lasting dynasty in Chinese history.

Roman women could not own or sell property.

The invention that led to the major expansion of the Han dynasty was 

By the end of the second century B.C., this group was the governing body of the Roman state.

Diocletian and Constantine’s social and economic policies were based on ____.

The government of Sparta was an oligarchy, which means that it was

Which of the following is generally considered the greatest ruler in the history of India?

According to Plato, individuals could not achieve a good life unless

Constantine became the Roman Empire’s

Characters that combine two or more pictographs to represent an idea are _____.

Under which emperor did Rome adopt Christianity as its official religion?

The Romans suffered a serious defeat by Hannibal at Cannae.

Which is a government where the leader is not a monarch and citizens have the right to vote?

The earliest form of Egyptian writing was Sanskrit. 

The invention of cuneiform is credited to

The Silk Road was a

Who were the Aryans?

The founder of the Han dynasty in China was 

Which of the following is NOT one of the pillars of Islam?

Who revealed the Qur’an to Muhammad the Prophet?

Julius Caesar, the first dictator of Rome, was

The Quran granted all of the following rights to women EXCEPT

The Augustan Age has been called the

Which of the following were the first invaders to sack Rome?

True/False: Jesus is never mentioned in the Qur’an.

An Islamic man can have no more than one wife.

The Athenian family's primary function was to 

The most important form in Greek architecture was the temple, dedicated to a god or goddess.

According to Greek religion, the chief gods lived

The process of slowly drying a dead body to prevent it from rotting is called ____.

The arc of land from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf is known as

The Assyrians established the first libraries. 

The religious center of the Greek city-state was in a fortified area called an _______________.

Which of the following rulers created a dramatic growth in arts and sciences?

In Rome, boys of the upper class were not expected to learn to read. 

The ancient Indians’ most important contribution was in this field.

The conquests of Alexander the Great created the

A government by divine authority is called ____.

Latifundia were large landed estates in Italy that mostly used slave labor.