WH Midterm Review

What military strategy did Hammurabi use to conquer lands and create his new Mesopotamian kingdom?

By 750 B.C., the ____, or city-state, became the central focus of Greek life.

The teachings of Homer promoted

Egyptian history is divided into three major periods, known as the Early, Middle, and Last Kingdoms.

Which Greek playwright wrote Oedipus Rex?

In the patriarchal Mesopotamian society,

Paleolithic peoples probably lived in small, nuclear family units.

The greatest new development made by Sumerians was

Greeks used rituals to

Hammurabi established his imperial capital in Babylon.

Unlike other religious leaders of the time, Jewish religious leaders

In the Zoroastrian religion, which god represented the forces of good?

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

Which of the following was NOT a major impact of the Neolithic revolution?

The tyrants of ancient Greece were

Thucydides wrote History of the Persian Wars, the first real history in Western civilization.

Two major groups that settled within Greece itself were the

In China, the belief in the Mandate of Heaven included the idea that

Mesopotamia was the land between the Tigris and Nile rivers.

How did people in the Fertile Crescent adapt to their environment?

The religion of Judaism differed from the other religions of the time in that it

Hammurabi is remembered for

The first Mesoamerican civilization was the

The basic economic and social unit in ancient China was the

Hammurabi’s Code was against false accusations. An accuser must prove a crime or be punished.

According to Plato, a good life can only be achieved if a person

Egyptian pharaohs had absolute power over their kingdom.

The Iliad and the Odyssey are examples of

An archaeologist might analyze animal remains on stone weapons to learn about prehistoric hunting.

Greek sculptors sought to achieve realism.