Foundations of World History - Chapter 1

Which type of source is a document or record created by people who were present during the events?

What do we call a scientist who studies the forms of life existing in former geologic periods?

What do we call a scientist that deals with origins, cultural development, characteristics, social cutoms and beliefs?

Which of the following is a change caused by agriculture?

This early version of man existed 200,000 to 30,000 B.C. and was the first to have ritual burials and religion

What do we call a large political unit in which a number of different people or lands have a single ruler?

Who is the Greek god of music, light, and sun?

Who is the Greek godess of marriage, childbirth, and empires?

Islam is Arabic for what?

Who is the Greek ruler of the Olympians and God of the sky?

Who is the Greek god of blacksmiths, fire, and volcanoes?

What religion has no clear starting point or founder and has its roots in the Vedas?

Who is the Greek god of fertility, wine, and celebration?

Who discovered the famous hominid "Lucy"?

What do we call shared beliefs, practices, and traditions of a group of people?

What was the Egyptian form of writing that means "sacred carving"?

Who is the prophet of Islam?

What important thing did the pyramids demonstrate to historians?

What is a hominid?

Which not one of the reasons to learn history that we discussed?

What Greek city state is responsible for creating the direct democracy?

What is the difference between a city and a village?

What river was important to the Egyptian civilization?

Who is the founder of Judaism who made a covenant with god?

Which type of source is a document or record created by people who were not present during the events?

What does it mean when we say humans have opposable thumbs?

What form of government did the Romans develop?

Who was the Roman leader that was part of the 1st Triumverate and was stabbed to death on the floor of the Senate?

Which is not a belief of Confucianism?

Which is not a belief of Hinduism?

What was the name of the wars fought between Rome and Carthage?

Who is the Greek god of the underworld and dead?

Which of the following is a reason that civilizations arose?

What do we call a scientist who studies human history by digging up remains and artifacts?

Who created the world's first empire?

What major religion was formed in China and is less a religion than a philosophy and way of life?

Which of the major religions is one of the first monotheistic religions ever?

What is the view or belief that the existence of god is unknowable?

Which is not an example of an institution?

Where did agriculture begin first?

Christianity is based on the life and teachings of who?

Why do we know less about the Indus River Valley than other similar civilizations?

This early version of man existed 1.6 million to 30,000 B.C. and were the first to migrate and begining of language

Which is not a belief of Judaism?

How was Jesus killed?

Who founded Buddhism?

What massive structure was built in China to protect them from invaders?

Which is a belief of Buddhism?

What are the five characterisitcs of a civilization

Who is the Greek virgin godess of reason, intelligence, and literature?

Who is the Greek godess of chastity, hunting, and nature?

Who is the Greek god of war?

This early version of man existed 2.5 million to 1.5 million years ago and made tools of lava rock

What is the absence of belief in the existence of god or gods called?

Who is the Greek god of love?

Which is not one of the two parts of the Stone Age?

Which is not a belief of Christianity?

What is Hammurabi famous for?

Which of the following groupings correctly identifies the 6 major religions?

Which is not a belief of Islam?

What modern day country would you find Rome in?

What is the largest religion in the world?

The first Christians came from what other religion?

Who is the Greek godess of grain, harvest, and agriculture?

Who is the Greek god of the sea?

Who is the Greek god of commerce and messenger of the gods?

In Greek mythology, who is the strongest of all the mortals who becomes a god after death?

Which definition properly matches the word artifact?

What language spread whereever Islam did because the Qur'an was only supposed to be in that language?

This early version of man existed 4 million to 1 million B.C. and was the first to walk upright

Where was the world's first civilization?

Who is the Greek godess of love, desire, and beauty?

What allowed people to begin specializing in labor outside of food creation?

Which of the major religions is the only polytheistic one?

What two rivers are important to Mesopotamia?

Who was the Macedonian king who overruns the Persian empire and captures everything from Egypt to India?