Ancient World History Review

What is the definition of monotheism?

What structures were built during the Old Kingdom in Egypt as tombs for Pharaohs?

Who was known for leading the exodus of the Jews out of Egypt?

How was the Roman Republic similar to our government today?

An example of a primary source is...

The name of the land between 2 rivers

During what period of time were people mostly nomadic?

The process of by which a soul is continuously reborn until it reaches true understanding

What is the purpose of irrigation systems?

How is a fossil different from an artifact?

How did farming change the way that early humans lived?

Democracy, art, voting, and education are all words that would be associated with which city?

A series of trade routes that spread from China to Rome

What was the Neolithic Revolution?

Buddhist rules to live by that describe how to live a life free from suffering

Why were scribes important?

After death, the body of an Egyptian pharaoh was preserved as a mummy in a royal tomb

People belong to different social classes and each class has a rank in society

What basic form of writing based images was first invented by the Sumerians?

An autobiography is an example of a secondary source

What structure was built by Emperor Qin to keep invaders from the north (Mongols) out of China?

Karma is the belief that actions in this life- good or bad- impact you in the afterlife

What was the world's first written law system?

The written language of the Egyptians was...

A series of rulers from the same family

Nirvana is the name for the state of Enlightenment for Buddhists

What set of laws helped create equality between the patricians and plebeians?

The central beliefs containing the central teachings of the Buddhists

Which of the following describe hunter-gatherers?

What is agriculture?

A government ruled by a few powerful citizens

What does it mean to domesticate?

How did Hammurabi's laws change life in Mesopotamia?

From whom did the Romans borrow many of their ideas about literacy, religion and architecture?

The highest mountain in Greece/ where the Greek gods live

Heaven's permission to rule; this gave great power to rulers

Confucianism, Legalism and Daoism are examples of...

Cultural Diffusion is...

Rome is located on the ______ Peninsula

The Greeks used the Mediterranean Sea for these purposes: