World History Semester 1 Final Review

Before the trade routes were established, Arabs were primarily

What was a product of Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus’s attempted reforms?

The system of walls linked by Qin Shihuangdi became

The Qin and Han dynasties both

The Kushans adapted

The Eightfold Path includes the idea that we must

In 1974 farmers digging a well about 35 miles east of Xian discovered

What advantage did Rome’s location on the Tiber River provide?

After the Second Triumvirate, with whom did Antony war for control of Rome?

The ancient Greeks considered religion

People sent out to carry a religious message in hopes of converting them are called_________.

The Peloponnesian War, which began in 431 B.C., was a result of

Egyptian history is divided into three major periods, known as the

Religion provided the Egyptians with a sense of security, and Egyptian rulers were viewed as

On their frontiers, the Chinese people were isolated from people in other parts of Asia by

What led directly to Arabs populating more of the desert in the first millennium B.C.?

The tyrants of ancient Greece were

According to Islamic teaching, Muhammad received messages from

A main characteristic of civilizations is

One of Five Pillars of Islam, the hajj, is

The _____ were a group of Jews who called for the violent overthrow of Roman rule.

Who said that “the unexamined life is not worth living”?

Buddhists believe that it is possible to reach enlightenment by

In 53 B.C., the First Triumvirate ended with the death of

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

In 31 B.C., Octavian defeated the army and navy of

What was the effect of the technical advancements in the Han dynasty?

The word spartan has come to mean

Siddhārtha Gautama was the founder of

The Pax Romana was a

Julius Caesar sparked a civil war that led to his dictatorship by crossing the

What did Charlemagne do that merged Roman, Christian, and German elements in his kingdom?

Where do scientists believe that Homo sapiens 1st appeared between 150,000 & 200,000 years ago?

Since most Indians could not relate to the ideal of achieving oneness with the Brahman, they

What was the most important social institution in Germanic custom?

What caused Clovis to convert to Christianity?

Pax Romana, a long period of peace, ushered in

At its height, Alexander’s empire extended as far east as

How did the people in Athens find out what had happened at the battle of Marathon?

principle of Chinese government which allows a revolution to overthrow a corrupt ruler is

What was the result of Alexander the Great’s conquests?

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

Which emperor converted the Roman Empire to Christianity?

Which four kingdoms emerged following Alexander the Great’s death?

Which of the following was a factor in peasant uprisings in the late Han dynasty?

The teachings of Homer promoted

The conflict between the plebeians and the patricians was known as the

The Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, & Sudras were 4 divisions of ancient Indian society known as

Rich soil to grow wheat, parley, and peas in the Indus Valley resulted from

How was the central bureaucracy of the Qin dynasty organized?

What change did Diocletian make to the governmental structure of the Roman Empire?

The founder of the Han dynasty was

Herodotus wrote what is considered to be the first

During the Shang dynasty, the class of people that owned the land and waged war were the

Who was Paul?

The Jews believed that God had made a contract with them, called a

Which of the following is another title for the pope?

Which best describes a key feature of Rome’s official state religion?

What was the basis for imperial law in the Eastern Roman Empire?

Which of the following did the Sumerians invent

An important concept that became a crucial part of Chinese history was

writings that reveal India was a world of many small kingdoms between 1500 B.C. & 400 B.C. are

Which Roman official ordered the execution of Jesus?

According to one story, a young Spartan warrior was told by his mother to return from the war

Reincarnation is the Hindu

After losing the battle of Thermopylae to the Persians, the Athenians

What did the Edict of Milan proclaim?

At the end of the Han dynasty in A.D. 221, the population of China had

The invention that led to major expansion of trade in the Han period was

One of the technological advances of the Han dynasty was

While the emperors created a sense of unity throughout the empire, they also

Greek history was influenced by Greece’s

A crucial part of every Muslim city or town was the ____________, which was a covered market.

How were government officials chosen in the Han dynasty?

The basic economic and social unit in ancient China was the

Caesar Augustus changed the way the provinces were ruled by

The first Han emperor discarded

Brahma the Creator, Vishnu the Preserver, and Shiva the Destroyer are the three chief

The Phoenicians produced a number of goods for foreign markets, including purple dye, glass, &

the split between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church of the Byzantine Empire is ___

Significant nomadic peoples who spoke a language derived from a single parent tongue were the

Devout Muslims are prohibited from

Scholars continue to debate whether Homer’s account of ____ is based on historical fact.

In 479 B.C., a large and unified Greek army

The Legalists believed that a strong ruler was needed to

The Roman Senate was a select group of

Who attempted to redistribute land to the poor with disastrous results?

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

Because trade brought new civilizations into contact with one another,

The official language of the Eastern Roman Empire was ___ and the official religion was _____.

Why did the Romans persecute Christians during the reign of Nero?

In Athens, during the Age of Pericles, every male citizen

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

people who were not Muslims or did not convert to Islam in the conquered territories

The Minoans established

Which were factors that helped Qin Shihuangdi unify China economically and geographically?

Harmony with nature and the universal order are beliefs of

Who believed that the physical surroundings of humans—the material world—were simply illusions?

Rome defeated and then destroyed Carthage in the

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

Anthropology is the study of

The custom of requiring women to cover virtually all parts of their bodies in public

By the fifth century, the western part of the Roman Empire was controlled mainly by __________.

A common belief shared by Hindus and Buddhists is that

During his reign, Aśoka,

Which of the following territories were added to the empire during the Han dynasty?

How did monks and nuns help to spread Christianity throughout Europe?

When Abū Bakr died,

According to Confucius, what is the “foundation, whence all other virtues spring”?

Another way that Buddhism differed from Hinduism was that Buddhists rejected

Who was appointed dictator after defeating Pompey?

Siddhārtha Gautama accepted the idea of reincarnation, but he rejected

Confucius believed that people should be governed by

Although the city of Rome was magnificent and wealthy,

Who were the Xiongnu?

Local Christian communities led by a priest were called _________.

The priestly class of Ancient Indian society were

What allowed Romans to construct massive, though stable, buildings?

A person’s caste was difficult to escape because it was based on

The development of Egyptian civilization was influenced most powerfully by

Which of the following was an impact of geography on Mesopotamian culture?

After Muhammad’s death, Muslim scholars drew up the shari’ah, which is

What was the name of Rome’s first code of laws?