Wold History Final Pt 1

Question 1

the upper class in Shang society whose wealth was land-based and who passed power from one generation to the next

Accepted Answer

aristocracy

Question 2

the period during which the Great Pyramid of King Khufu at Giza was constructed, showing the power of the Pharaohs

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Old Kingdom

Question 3

a Mesoamerican civilization that pre-dated the Maya...

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Olmec

Question 4

the name of Kush while it was still a part of theEgyptian Empire

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Nubia

Question 5

Which leader of the Persian empire expanded it into the largest empire the world had yet seen?

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Cyrus the Great

Question 6

often dangerous apartments for the poor

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insulae

Question 7

Where do scientists believe that Homo sapiens first appeared between 150,000 and 200,000 years ago?

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Asia

Question 8

The ability to acquire food on a regular basis meant that humans...

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could give up nomadic ways of life and begin to live in settled communities

Question 9

the leader who established the world's first empire...

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Sargon

Question 10

Because trade brought new civilizations into contact with one another....

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the transfer of new technology often occurred.

Question 11

Egyptian society, with the god-king at the top, was organized like

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A pyramid

Question 12

The longest river in the world, the annual flooding of which left rich deposit of mud that enriched the soil

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Nile

Question 13

A civilization in the Eastern Mediterranean that built structures similar to the labyrinth of King Minos was the

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Minoan civilization

Question 14

Which of the following did the Sumerians invent

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the sundial

Question 15

In Hammurabi's code, punishments generally followed the principle of retaliation, or the idea that one must...

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give an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.

Question 16

Unlike other religions of the time, political leaders in Israel...

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Could not claim they alone knew the will of God

Question 17

chief executive of the Roman Republic

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consul

Question 18

group of craftsmen, merchants, and small farmers

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plebeian

Question 19

Why did the Egyptians resist Akhenaten's religious reforms?

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Accepted many gods, and did not like the idea of rejecting or destroying

Question 20

The first empire in world history was...

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the Akkadian empire.

Question 21

Hieratic script, a simplified version of Egyptian hieroglyphic writing, was used...

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Business transactions, record keeping and the general needs of daily life

Question 22

Hammurabi is remembered for...

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establishing a collection of laws for Mesopotamian society.

Question 23

Most of the people in the Mesoamerican city of Teotihuacan were

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Farmers

Question 24

commander in chief

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imperator

Question 25

the center of the Zapotec civilization

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Monte Alban

Question 26

the shared rule of Julius Caesar, Crassus, and Pompey

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First Triumvirate

Question 27

an important river in India, with a valley that was cultivated for its rich farmland

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Ganges

Question 28

author of the Aeneid

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Virgil

Question 29

dominant male head of family

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paterfamilias

Question 30

the cradle of Indian civilization, which enjoyed a moderate climate in ancient times

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Indus Valley

Question 31

the geographic feature that isolated China from India

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Himalaya

Question 32

the Chaldean king who restored Babylon toglory

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Nebuchadnezzar

Question 33

the group that gave up their nomadic lifestyle for farming in the process of settling in India

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Aryans

Question 34

The key to China's social system..

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male supremacy

Question 35

Carthaginian general

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Hannibal

Question 36

A main characteristic of civilization is...

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art

Wold History Final Pt 1

Questions 36

Wold History Final Pt 1

Questions 36