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World History Unit 1 Review
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1
Who made themselves a dictator or absolute ruler of Rome?
Caesar
Pompey
Alexander
Crassus
2
Egypt was one of the first
mountain civilizations
civilizations
land civilizations
river civilizations
3
What rivers provided the fertile soil necessary for permanent settlements along the Fertile Crescent?
Assyria and Akhad
Ching and Yao
Rhine and Danube
Tigris and Euphrates
4
What Egyptian god was the sun god?
Amon
Sobek
Osiris
Ra
5
In construction, the Sumerians developed the
pediment
balcony
window
arch
6
An achievement of Sumerian culture was the development of the
press
printing press
wagon
wagon wheel
7
In Ancient Rome, what was the term for the wealthy landowning ruling class?
Diplomats
Patrician
Consul
Plebian
8
Early humans followed pacts of animals for
adventure
shelter
fun
food
9
An administrative organization that relies on non elective officials and regular procedures
hieroglyphics
cuneiform
pharaoh
bureaucracy
10
What is considered to be one of the greatest architectural achievements of the Greeks, and it still mostly stands today?
The Amphitheater
Greek Columns
The Parthenon
Mount Olympus
11
The majority of the people who farmed the land during the Shang dynasty were
priests
peasants
members of the royal family
members of the aristocracy
12
Term in Greece for the city-state, the central focus of Greek life.
Acropolis
Polis
Agora
Arete
13
What is the term for a way of life a people follow?
culture
city-state
civilization
social structure
14
What is the term for the Good Emperors of Rome?
Pax Romana
Octavian Era
Augustinian Romana
Tiberius
15
What resource did Hannibal use in his attack on Rome during the Second Punic War?
giraffes
rabbits
elephants
rhinos
16
What was the lasting impact of Alexander the Great extending Greek and Macedonian rule over such a large territory?
spread Roman ideas
spread wealth
stopped the spread of ideas
spread Greek ideas
17
Who sat at the top of the Egyptian social structure?
priests
unskilled workers
nobles
pharaoh
18
Having sufficient food brought an end to
the New Stone Age.
farming villages.
the Ice Age
nomadic ways of life.
19
Who won the Peloponnesian War?
Aegeans
Mycenaeans
Athens
Sparta
20
The revolutionary change in the Neolithic Revolution was the shift from
living in villages to living in walled fortresses
using stone tools to manufacture bronze
having no control over fire to using fire as a tool
gathering food to growing and raising food
21
What Egyptian god was the god of life and fertility?
Osiris
Amon
Sobek
Ra
22
Rome is located along what river?
Yellow
Tiber
Nile
Thymes
23
Six of the most important characteristics of civilizations are
villages, temples, trade, tools, fire, army
vehicles, fire, lifestyle, hunting, technology
metals, weapons, houses, food, religion, art
cities, government, religion, social structure, writing, art
24
In the Punic War, the Romans defeated what group?
Carthaginians
Egyptians
Greeks
Persians
25
The Egyptian pyramids were
temples of worship.
storehouses for crops.
tombs for pharoahs.
royal palaces.
26
What is the term for the study of past societies through an analysis of the items people left behind?
Rheumatology
Archeaology
None of the above
Anthropology
27
What type of government is set up as rule by the people?
tyranny
republic
oligarchy
democracy
28
Term for a system of writing in ancient Egypt.
hieroglyphics
pharaoh
cuneiform
bureaucracy
29
He wrote the Iliad and Odyssey.
Mo
Achilles
Shakespear
Homer
30
Egyptian advances in mathematics
were nonexistent
allowed them to build massive pyramids and survey flooded lands
resulted from the emergence of Sanskrit
depended on the Phoenicians
31
Which of the following was part of the agricultural revolution?
significant artistic activity
widespread use of bronze
domestication of animals
the beginning of agricultural rituals
32
Type of government in which only a few people rule
tyranny
dictatorship
democracy
oligarchy
33
Term for the most common title for ancient Egyptian monarchs.
bureaucracy
hieroglyphics
cunneiform
pharoah
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a form of government in which the leader is not a king and certain citizens have the right to vote
Consul
Republic
Partition
Monarchy