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First Semester World History Review 2015
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1
All are orders of Greek columns except...
Doric
Romanian
Ionic
Corinthian
2
Which of the following was a Roman contribution to architecture?
the use of pediments and friezes
the decorative column
the fresco
the concrete dome
3
A painting done on wet plaster is called a(n)...
Fresco
Stoic
Mosaic
Epic
4
Alexander the Great's empire stretched from the Balkan peninsula (Greece) to as far east as...
Po River
Afghanistan
Iran
the Indus River
5
The Paleolithic Age preceded the Neolithic Age.
False
True
6
The invaders of Egypt during the Middle Kingdom were the...
Assyrians
Hittites
Hyksos
Amorites
7
The Pharaoh who brought monotheism and realism in art to Ancient Egypt was...
Akhenaton
Hatshepsut
Ramses
King Tut
8
The term that describes the removal an "undesirable" from the polis is...
Isolation
Conscription
Impeachment
Ostracism
9
Athenian gadfly and scapegoat...
Plato
Pericles
Socrates
Aristotle
10
The Egyptian goddess who represented truth, justice, and all that is good was...
Isis
Nefertiti
Maat
Nefertari
11
The individual pictured on the left is...
Aristotle
Socrates
Plato
Euclid
12
Athens, Sparta, or Corinth...Laconic
Corinth
Athens
Sparta
13
During the Pax Romana, Rome...
enjoyed a stable and prosperous government
won control of the Italian peninsula
lost its empire to the Germanic tribes
adopted a true but limited democracy
14
The Nile River flows from North to South.
True
False
15
In Athens, women...
were elected to the Assembly
like in Rome, could vote but not hold political office.
could buy and sell property
had no political or legal rights
16
The key military victories of Julius Caesar will come in...
Britannia
Gaul
the Italian peninsula
North Africa
17
The famous piece of Sumerian literature was entitled...
Hammurabi's Code
"The Iliad"
The book of Genesis
"The Epic of Gilgamesh"
18
Sumerian writing is called...
Calligraphy
Counterpoise
Cuneiform
Hieroglyphics
19
During the Roman empire, a system of law developed that
gave women equal political as well as well legal rights
allowed judges to write their own law codes
considered the accused innocent until proven guilty
ignored the customs of people in the provinces
20
"It was man's first sacrifice of Liberty for the sake of security" best describes...
The "discovery" of fire
"The Out of Africa" movement
The "discovery" of tools
The Agricultural Revolution
21
The only pharaoh associated with the Old Kingdom is...
Ramses
King Tut
Khufu
Thutmose III
22
The massive temple to honor Ramses the Great was called...
Memphis
Giza
Abu Simbel
Cheops
23
Of the following, which class is at the bottom of the Roman Republic social system?
Optimates
Patricians
Plebeians
Proletariat
24
The "out of Africa movement" began with...
Homo Sapiens
Homo Erectus
The Agricultural Revolution
Lucy
25
The Romans got their view of government from which group?
Latins
Etruscans
Greeks
Carthaginians
26
The ankh, pictured here, is meant to symbolize...
Ka
Rebirth
Life
Death
27
Athens, Sparta, or Corinth...Trade, Money, Taxes...
Corinth
Athens
Sparta
28
The first "treaty", negotiated between the Ancient Egyptians and the Hittites was the Treaty of
Kilimanjaro
Katmandu
Kadesh
Kovtar
29
Athens, Sparta...defeated the Persians...
Sparta
Athens
30
An anthropologist studies...
Artifacts
Written records
Maps
Bones
31
This famous structure is located in...
Rome
Athens
Egypt
Constantinople
32
Which civilization was noted for its toleration of the people that it conquered?
Sumerians
Persians
Bablylonians
Herbrews
33
Homer's Iliad and Odyssey account the stories of what Ancient Greek civilization?
The Mycenaeans
The Macedonians
The Macadameans
The Minoans
34
All are true about Hammurabi's Code except...
It practice class discrimation
It outlawed slavery
It practiced gender discrimination
It believed in retaliatory justice
35
The Great Schism (pronounce it correctly…please) was a split between...
Christians and other Christians
Rome and Greece
Athens and Sparta
Jews and Christians
36
The Egyptian sun god was...
Ra
Anubis
Maat
Isis
37
Lucy was a(n)
Homo Habilis
Primate
Homo Erectus
Australopithecine
38
It was in the second Punic War that the Carthaginians were defeated at the battle of...
Salamis
Zama
Cathage
Marathon
39
The Romans got their view of culture from which of the following?
Greeks
Carthaginians
Etruscans
Latins
40
The modern alphabet, which focused on sounds rather than pictures, is credited to the...
Egyptians
Persians
Greeks
Phoenicians
41
That positive human trait to which all Ancient Greeks strove to achieve was...
Hubris
Arête
Nirvana
Diaspora
42
The Egyptian god of the underworld was...
Maat
Ra
Anubis
Osiris
43
What present day country is most commonly associated with the Ancient Persian Empire?
Afghanistan
Syria
Iraq
Iran
44
According to Pericles, if you are not part of the polis then you "might as well be..."
A Spartan
In Athens
Dead
Laconic
45
Historian of the Peloponnesian War...he quoted Pericles...
Homer
Thucydides
Herodotus
Pericles
46
The earliest of the Ancient Greeks were the...
Hittites
Mycenaeans
Minoans
Trojans
47
According to Mr Nagis ..."History is generally written by the ..."
Historians
Losers
Generals
Winners
48
Quoting Mr Nagis..."Without writing one is merely ...."
Dead
Ignorant
A Math teacher
Guessing
49
A historian studies...
Bones
Culture
Artifacts
Written records
50
Won the Peloponnesian War...
Athens
Sparta
51
Ancient Athens practiced a true but limited democracy. It was limited because...
All decisions were not made by all citizens
Not all Athenians were citizens
All Athenians were citizens except women
All decision makers were not elected by all citizens.
52
The mountain range that borders the Italian peninsula to the north is the...
Appenines
Andes
Alps
Balkans
53
Following their Golden Age, the Greeks were conquered by the...
Macedonians
Franks
Romans
Persians
54
The pharaoh responsible for the first treaty between the Hittites and the Egyptians was...
Thutmose III
Ramses
Akhenaton
Hatshepsut
55
He painted "the death of Socrates".
Jacques Louis David
Leonardo Di Vinci
Raphael
Michelangelo
56
The form of government in Sumer was a ...
True Democracy
Federation
Confederation
Representative Democaracy
57
Alexander the Great’s most enduring achievement was to..
strengthen Persian civilization
unify the Greek city-states;
establish democracy in his empire
preserve Greek as well asPersian culture.
58
The form of government most commonly associated with the Ancient Greeks was a...
Confederation
Federation
Democratic-Republic
Representative Democaracy
59
Which political group within the Roman Republic possessed
imperium?
the Senate
the Assembly of Tribes
the Consuls
the Assembly of the Centuries
60
Athens, Sparta or Corinth...inspired Raphael.
Corinth
Sparta
Athens
61
What term would be used to describe the government created under the Roman Republic?
an oligarchy headed by an autocratic Emperor
An oligarchy headed by priests
a representative democracy
A true but limited democracy
62
According to Homer..."there is no greater glory for a man...than what he achieves with his..."
Heart and guts
Body and mind
Brain and soul
Hands and feet
63
The individual pictured here is...
Osiris
Akenhaton
Aten
Ramses
64
An archaeologist studies...
Culture
Written records
Artifacts
Bones
65
The Punic Wars were initially fought over control of ...
the Italian peninsula
Carthage
Sicily
the Mediterranean Sea
66
The civilization that was the first to control the Fertile Crescent was the...
The Phoenicians
The Babylonians
The Assyrians
The Persians
67
The individual pictured on the left is...
Gilgamesh
Moses
Hammurabi
Ramses
68
The "ideal Roman citizen" was primarily was a(n)...
farmer
optimate
proletariat
politician
69
Writing was first developed in order to record...
religious ceremonies;
inventory records and prices of goods.
laws
historical event
70
Sumer was located in what present day country?
Israel
Iran
Afghanistan
Iraq
71
The birthplace of early man was in ...
Egypt
Central Africa
Asia
the Fertile Crescent
72
The artistic device of creating depth on an otherwise flat surface is called...
Sophrosyne
Ostracism
Foreshortening
Counterpoise
73
In the First Punic War, Rome and Carthage competed for control of...
Greece
the western Mediterranean
North Africa
Asia Minor
74
The true winners of the Punic Wars were the...
Gracchus Brothers
"ideal Roman citizens"
the Emperors
the Optimates
75
The type of government associated with Ancient Egypt was a(n)...
True Democracy
Oligarchy
Confederation
Theocracy
76
The word "civilization" is from the Latin word "civitas" which means...
Town
City
Home
Benet
77
The mountainous land in Greece encouraged the Greeks to...
live in small isolated communities
follow a peaceful way of life
follow an isolationist foreign policy
become farmers
78
Greek architecture is noted for all of the following traits except...
Proportion
Pragmatism
"The golden ratio"
Size
79
During the Roman Republic, the highest ranking member of the Assembly of the Tribes was the...
Emperor
Censor
Tribune
Dictator
80
Rome suffered from an unfavorable balance of trade because it
imported more than it exported
devalued its coinage
exported only luxury goods.
relied on slave labor
81
Julius Caesar's death will come at the hands of the...
his own Generals
Senate
Proletariat
Emperor
82
The Romans got their view of a patriarchal society ("pater familias") from the...
Greeks
Cathaginians
Latins
Etruscans
