World History Midterm

The Eastern Roman Empire became known as

What city was not only the capital of the Assyrian empire but also a city where Jonah preached?

Which dynasty ruled the areas of Macedonia and Greece following Alexander the Great’s death?

As a result of the Persian war, which of the following became the leading city-state of Greece?

Which two rivers cradled the first civilizations?

What is the Muslim term for holy war?

Purple dye and cedar trees were two valuable natural resources of the

Primary sources include all the following except ___________.

What city on the Dnieper River was the center of the Russian state?

The great female ruler of Egypt was

The most important result of the Peloponnesian War was...

Chinese writing consists of

What is the earliest known form of writing?

Which descendant of Seth remained a faithful worshipper of God while the world around him became fully corrupt?

What was the name of the precise Mayan calendar?

What was the religion of most of the people in sub-Saharan Africa?

Which period of Egyptian history is known as "The Age of the Empire"?

The king at the height of the Chaldean Empire

What group of people was favored in Egyptian society but not in many of the other ancient civilizations?

The prophet Ezekiel foretold the destruction of which Phoenician city?

Which of the following was not a Persian King?

Assyrians were known for all of the following except...

What name was given to the union of the Aztecs and the city-states of Texcoco and Tlacopan?

The kingdom of Kush fell to the kingdom of

During which ruler’s reign did the New Babylonian Empire reach its height?

What was a group of several families that shared common customs?

which of the following was a philospher who was Stoicism as the solution to Rome’s moral decline

Sumerian temple towers were called

The greatest merchants in Canaan were the

The sacred writings of Zoroastrianism are called the

The Messianic line is through...

Through which son of Adam and Eve did the line of Christ come?

The Byzantine secret weapon that would burn on water was called:

What two rivers enclose Mesopotamia?

Which city was the meeting place of East and West and the vital link in both land and sea trade routes?

What group of Indians in South America had a system of runners for communication?

Which one of the following peoples was NOT polytheistic?

Who decreed Christianity to be the official religion of the Roman Empire?

Giza is the location of

Spartan slaves were called

What caused the collapse of the Gupta Empire?

Which of the following peoples had their capitals at Babylon?

Which of the following civilizations was used by God to protect and provide for His chosen people?

Which literary figure was also a leading politician, scholar, lawyer, master of latin prose, & a leading orator

Jesus was born in the Roman province of...

One of the most enduring achievements of the Byzantine Empire was the preservation of which law code?

Who were the first people to live in cities?

The major problem after Muhammad's death was

The Chaldeans can also be called the...

The Peloponnesian War developed over...

The Epic of Gilgamesh gives an account of what biblical event?

The Dark Ages are also called the Homeric Age because Homer

The Byzantine church became known as

Which of the following civilizations included all other civilizations

The dispersion, or scattering, of the Jews is known as the

Which of the following civilizations was not used to punish or afflict God’s people?

What is the name of the period in which Greek culture was spread throughout the ancient world?

Whose efforts did God use to save the human race from the Flood?

Who committed the first murder?

Which period of Egyptian history is known as “The Age of the Pharaohs”?

The Law of Twelve Tables was important primarily because it...

What Mesoamerican civilization believed that the sun fell into the underworld each evening?

The twelve tribes of Israel divided over what issue?

Which civilization did God use to protect and provide help for the Jews?

If Bantu migration occured sooner than the Tower of Babel, which wasn't a possible change in C & S Africa from migration

Much of the first peanut war was fought over the control of the island of.

The Arameans are called what in the Old Testament?

What term means the worship of many gods?

The greatest Egyptian warrior-king, sometimes called the "Napoleon of Egypt"

what language was the go between language of the middle east

The Royal Road was part of which civilization?

What is the finest example of Byzantine architecture?

what ruler conquered Sumer, built the first empire and made Akkad his capital

The Umayyad caliphate and the Abbasid caliphate differed in that the

Which of the following is not associated with the Sumerian civilization?

Which of the following is not one of the three steps the historian goes through to compile his record?

The goal of a learned Chinese man was a career in ________.

The alliance formed by Athens to protect Greece from further Persian attack was called the

The first official Roman persecution of christianity began under the emperor

What period of Greek history followed the invasion of Mycenae in 1200 BC

What geographic factor contributed to the unity of Egypt?

The kingdom of Judah was made up of the tribes of

What is the most important type of primary source?

What geographic factor helped preserve the monuments, the documents, and the bodies of ancient Egyptian rulers?

What term denotes the tendency for humans to love themselves supremely & not love God or other humans as they should?

Which people established a commercial empire by land?

At what crucial Battle did the Visigotha defeat the Romans?

The first people known to have a solar calendar

What is the name of the command for man to control the earth by exercising preeminence over it?

The language spoken by Jesus and His disciples

The Arabs trace their beginnings to

What is the term for man-made items used as sources to study history?

Who established Orthodox Christianity as the state religion of Russia?

Crete became the center for which early Greek civilization?

Which came first, the Persian War or the Peloponnesian War?

Which of the following is NOT a primary source?

Israel's history can be traced back to...

Legends, religious beliefs, and social customs are examples of 

What city is associated with the Phoenicians?

Sparta formed which league to thwart the advance of Athenian democracy?