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Review for the 2017 Semester Exam for Honors Ancient History
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1
A pilgrimage to Mecca is included in the Five Pillars of Islam.
False
True
2
Which of the following religions is a monotheistic religion?
Hinduism
Islam
Christianity
Both A and B
3
Which of the following is NOT a Greek philosopher?
Socrates
Sophocles
Plato
Aristotle
4
Which city-state was known for developing a democracy where some men could vote?
Sparta
Macedonia
Athens
Thebes
5
What is the era known as where Greek culture dominated Europe and Central Asia?
Partriarchal
Olympic
Hellenistic
Antigonid
6
Which world religion includes the Eight Fold Path?
Christianity
Buddhism
Judaism
Hinduism
7
Which Chinese Dynasty is the first one documented in History?
Shang
Qin
Han
Ming
8
What two rivers make up the center of the Mesopotamian Civilizations?
Nile and Tiber
Ganges and Yellow
Tigris and Euphrates
Tigris and Nile
9
Qin demands for obedience were justified by an authoritarian political philosophy known as ___
Legalism
Confucianism
Christianity
Daoism
10
Which of the following religions is centered around God and revealed by the prophet Muhammad?
Daoism
Hinduism
Islam
Christianity
11
. The ____________ era is commonly known as the “old stone age”
Neolithic
Vegitarian
Paleolithic
Industrialization
12
With whom did Rome fight the Punic Wars?
Punisia
Carthage
Greece
Egypt
13
Who became the first emperor in Rome?
Augustus
Marc Antony
Pompey
Nero
14
What body of water was part of the biggest trade network that existed up to 600 CE
Atlantic
Pacific
North Sea
Indian
15
Who is the most famous Greek Historian that wrote about the Persian Wars?
Pericles
Herodotus
Sophocles
Cyrus
16
Which one of the following would be most likely buried in a Pyramid?
Priests
Peasant
Plebian
Pharoah
17
Which people did not invade Rome
Ostrogoths
Vandals
Visogoths
Mongols
18
2 Examples of religions that surfaced during the Shang and Zhou Dynasties would be _________
Hinduism and Buddhism
Christianity and Islam
Daoism and Hinduism
Daoism and Confucianism
19
The world’s longest river is the ___________.
Mississippi
Nile
Tigris
Ganges
20
Which of the following best describes Shang Society around 1650 B.C.E.
society based on agriculture and metallurgy
society built solely on religion
society dominated by warrior aristocracy
society centered around the arts and sciences
21
The Northern part of Egypt is also known as
Mesopotamia
Upper Egypt
Lower Egypt
Nile
22
What weather pattern assisted sailors from the African coast to India and back
Tornado
Typhoon
Snow
Monsoons
23
The main spiritual beings in the Shinto religion are known as Kami.
True
False
24
Which religion believes in one God, for which the Arabic word for that God is Allah
Christianity
All of the above
Islam
Judaism
25
What was the civil war between Athens and Sparta?
Peloponnesian War
Delian League
Greek Civil War
Persian War
26
Which Persian king allowed the Jews to return to Jerusalem and rebuild their temple?
Cyrus
Xerxes
Pericles
Darius
27
What was one of the most profitable items traded by Greece?
Potato
Cotton
Silk
Olive Oil
28
Peel the avocado, peel the avocado...___________
Tacos
Salsa
Guacamole
Lemons
29
Which Greek developed the concept of levers, screws, and compound pulleys?
Archimedes
Euclid
Socrates
Sophocles
30
The most important document in Judaism is the Vedas
True
False
31
This term was used to identify an Egyptian Ruler?
Emperor
Pharaoh
Osiris
King
32
The Greek city-states were eventually overtaken by Phillip II of what region?
Macedon
Athens
Persia
Egypt
33
The most influential early Mesoamerican civilization would be the ______________.
Han
Egypt
Mayan
Olmec
34
Which was NOT spread by the Bantu people of Sub-Sahara Africa
Buddhism
Agriculture
Language
Iron
35
Who were wealthy landowners in Rome that were the only ones allowed to be voted into office?
Plebeians
Etruscans
Greeks
Patricians
36
What type of writing was used in Mesopotamia?
Cuneiform
Heiroglyphics
Industrialization
Script
37
Which major river helped to grow Ancient Chinese Civilizations around 2000 B.C.E
Yangzi
Han
Red
Yellow
38
Scholars have divided Ancient Egyptian Kingdoms into three parts. They are ________
Old, Middle,New
1st,2nd,3rd
Lost,Ancient,New
Pharaoh, Pyramid, Hieroglypic
39
Which ancient civilization is associated with Africa?
Olmec
Mohenjo Daro
Mesopotamia
Kush
40
What type of writing was used in Ancient Egypt?
Hieroglyphics
Cuneiform
Script
41
What governing structure did Rome use that still influences governments today?
Monarchy
Republic
Democracy
Satrapies
42
Which Persian king fought the Greeks in the Battle of Thermopylae?
Darius III
Darius
Cyrus
Xerxes
43
Diwali is an ancient festival of light in the Hindu religion.
True
False
44
Which religion was NOT spread on the Silk Road
Hinduism
Buddhism
Rastafarian
Christianity
45
What major innovation allowed for land travel on horses to be faster?
Chains
Whips
Rihanna
Stirrups
46
The____ justified rebellions against a Chinese Emperor as long as the rebellion was successful.
Dynastic Cycle
Mandate of Heaven
Shang Cycle
All of the above
47
Which world religion believes in God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit?
All of the above
Christianity
Judaism
Islam
48
The Southern part of Egypt is also known as
Upper Egypt
Mesopotamia
Lower Egypt
Nile
49
Which would be considered a great contribution from ancient Egyptian Civilizations?
Ink
Mathematical system based on 10
Papyrus
All of the above
50
Which Persian king first attacked Greece over land disputes?
Cyrus
Darius
Darius III
Xerxes
51
What Athenian leader ruled during the Persian wars and later built the Parthenon?
Sophocles
Pericles
Herodutus
Cyrus
52
When this conqueror died his kingdom was divided into 3 parts. What was the Persian part named?
Delian
Antigonid
Seleucid
Ptolemaic
53
Which world religion is centered around the Tao?
Hinduism
Confucianism
Daoism
Buddhism
54
The Akkadian Empire overtaken in 2200 B.C.E. Which ruler of Babylon was responsible for this?
Gilgamesh
Sargon
Ashurbanipal
Hammurabi
55
What did the Edict of Milan do?
Ended the persecution of Christians
End the war between Rome and Milan
Provide "Bread and Circuses" for the Roman poor
Build a wall to keep out the Picts and Scots
56
City-state developing a militaristic society where boys began training for the military at 7
Athens
Thebes
Macedonia
Sparta
57
Which ruler conquered most of Central Asia spreading Greek culture?
Xerxes
Phillip II
Alexander
Pericles
58
What was the high point in each polis that was fortified and had temples?
Agora
Acropolis
Marathon
Sophist
59
Which term refers to a religion having many gods?
Monotheistic
Catholic
Zoroastrianism
Polytheistic
60
______________ is the learned patterns of action and expression.
Religion
Anthropology
Culture
History
61
The evolution of a new empire as it transitions through tax increases, droughts, and rebellions
Dynastic Cycle
Mandate of Heaven
Shang Cycle
All of the above
62
Christians believe that Abraham was the Messiah promised in the Old Testament.
True
False
63
Which of the world religions that we study in class contained the Four Nobel Truths?
Judaism
Buddhism
Hinduism
Christianity
64
Who is considered to be the first emperor that we have records in Mesopotamia?
Gilgamesh
Ashurbanipal
Hammurabi
Sargon
65
The ______________ era refers to the transition from foraging to growing crops.
Mesozoic
Paleolithic
Neolithic
Jurassic
66
The ___ is considered to be one of the earliest impressive ancient South American Civilizations
Mayan
Olmec
Chavin
Aztec
67
Earliest civilization documented in the Indus River Valley?
Kush
Maurya
Ur
Mohenho-Daro
68
What was the official religion in Persia?
Buddhist
Zoroastrian
Christian
Hindu
69
Corrupt emperor, had his own mother killed and is known for his persecution of Christians?
Nero
Pompey
Hadrian
Caesar
70
What animal was used for Trans-Saharan trade
Camel
Llama
Elephant
Horse
71
Ramadan is a month of fasting in which Jews do not eat or drink during the day.
True
False
72
Believes that God appointed the Jews as chosen people as an example of holiness to the world.
Daoism
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
73
Which major world religion began in the Roman Empire because Rome controlled Judea?
Buddhism
Christianity
Judaism
Zorostriansim
74
What did the Greeks form in order to protect themselves from further Persian attacks?
Democracy
Helots
Delian League
Satraps
75
Ancient Egypt: ______________:: Ancient China:______________________
Nile River, Tiber River
Nile River, Yellow River
Tigris River, Euphrates
Ganges River, Tigris River
76
Which of the following would not be considered an indicator of civilization
A system for keeping permanent records
long distance trade
Significant # of people engaged in non-food producing jobs
political system based solely on familial lineage
77
What geographic feature caused Greece to develop into separate city-states?
Rivers
Deserts
Volcanoes
Mountains
78
Hammurabi is best known in history for his ________________?
Philosophical Ideologies
Warrior Mentality
Codes of law
Kung Pao Chicken
79
A ______________ is a multistory, mud-brick, pyramid-shaped tower found in Ancient Mesopotamia.
Amulet
Tomb
Ma'at
Ziggurat
80
Choose the correct grouping of the First Triumvirate.
Tiberius, Caligula, Nero
Hadrian, Caesar, Pompey
Octavian, Marc Antony, Pompey
Crassus, Pompey, Caesar
81
The fundamental source of Israelite history can be located in the
Quran
Vedas
Hebrew Bible
Torah
82
What were areas of Persia called that were separate governed regions?
Seleucids
Polis
Achaemenes
Satrapies
83
What resource did Egypt exploit in the mines of Nubia killing numerous individuals?
Gold
Silver
Oil
Salt
84
Which Punic War general attacked Rome with battle elephants?
Hannibal
Spartacus
Sulla
Marius
85
What city became the eastern capital of the Roman Empire in 324 CE?
Milan
Pompeii
Constantinople
Venice
86
What social institution was not part of the Persian Empire?
Slave
King
Military
Satrap
87
Christianity is centered around the teachings of
Siddhartha Gautama
Muhammad
Abraham
Jesus Christ
88
Peninsula located between China and India that played a major role in Indian Ocean trade
Arabia
Malay
Italy
Korea
