Ancient Civilizations Final Review

What is a mixture of tin and copper called?

Who made up the upper class in Egypt?

How were Kushite pyramids different from Egyptian pyramids?

Today we call it Sudan, ancient Egyptians called it:

What prevents a body from decomposing?

The first general to lead his army in order to seize the power to become a dictator?

When was Rome founded?

What was the capital of The Chaldean Empire?

According to the Hebrew Bible, who was Goliath?

List one new idea put forth by the religious teacher Zoroaster.

Rome’s first set of written laws

What is the term for someone who taught boys in ancient India until they attended school?

According to the Hebrew Bible, who led the Israelites out of Egypt?

Who did the Council of the Plebs elect to voice their concerns to the government?

What was the capital of Kush?

Why did Cleopatra want to form an alliance with Antony?

Why were the Greeks able to defeat the Persian fleet at the Strait of Salamis?

What happened to Athens after the Persian Wars ended?

What is the Mahabharata?

Which religion believes that the way to stop suffering is to stop desire?

What theory did Indian astronomers propose about the earth?

What is Mohenjo-Daro?

Which type of government has few wealthy people holding power over a large group of citizens?

How did Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus try to change society?

Since Spartan men lived away from home, what were Spartan women allowed to do?

Where did the first civilizations develop?

How did Minoans make their living?

What does an archeologist study?

Where do scientists think the first humans originated?

The scrolls of the Torah are kept in a cabinet called what?

When did the Paleolithic Period begin?

Xerxes was the king of what area?

Identify the important contributions of Indian mathematicians of the Gupta Empire

In what modern day state is Mesopotamia located?

The Phoenicians started using the alphabet as a way of keeping track of…..

What is the faith of the Israelites known as?

Why were Sumerian cities cut off from one another?

Ezra was a scribe who guided the writing of what book?

In Athens, what were boys expected to do when they reached the age of 18?

A political leader in Rome who strongly supported representative, republican government

Who introduced the Greek language and culture to Judah?

Describe what the Sphinx looks like…

What do you call an embalmed body wrapped in cloth?

As the Aryans settled in India, many of them began to build towns along what river?

Who was the king of Upper Egypt?

Which God do the Olympic Games honor?

The Jews met here on the Sabbath to pray and discuss their religion.

What was the first written language?

Which Akkadian king conquered all of Mesopotamia?

What language was the Greek alphabet based on?

What Indian leader conquered weak kingdoms left by Alexander the Great?

What are the main geographic features of Greece?

How did Julius Caesar die?

What occurred as a result of an abundant food supply being produced?

Before the monarchs, who ruled Sumerian states?

What is the religious significance of the Temple Mount?

What did Chaldean astronomers map out?

List a development of the Paleolithic Age.

Why did Sparta’s leaders favor a military society?

Who translated the Hebrew Bible into Greek, spreading Jewish ideas?

According to the Hebrew Bible, who was the father of the leaders of the twelve tribes?

Who was the king who drove the Hyksos out of Egypt?

What did Qin build to keep China safe?

The belief that people pass through many lives is called what?

What do you call a person who consistently moves from place to place?

What title did Octavian take?

Who was the king who defeated the Chaldeans and allowed the exiled Jews to return to Judah?

List one major difference between the Persian and Greek states.

Forced payments sent to the pharaoh by conquered people are called:

What reforms did Julius Caesar introduce to Rome?

Where did the Greeks defeat the Persians in which a Greek messenger raced?

What do you call the organized growing of food on a normal schedule?

What type of government did early civilizations have?

Who founded the city of Rome?

A line of rulers from the same family is called:

What was the result of communities being separated by mountains and valleys?

The mainland of Greece is in what natural shape?

Who created and ruled the Babylonian Empire?

The worship of ONLY one God is called…..

What does Ziggurat mean in the Akkadian language?

Persia was located in what present day country?

According to the Hebrew Bible, whom did Samuel anoint as the first king of Israel?

How did humans live differently once they learned how to grow crops and tame animals?

What did Paleolithic people construct shelters out of?

Which king eventually rejected violence and embraced Buddhism?

Who founded a school that became a center for Torah studies?

Where do Sumerian Kings claim they got their power from?

What was one of Rome’s significant contributions to later civilizations?

India’s ancient people relied on three major rivers for what?

What determines a person’s job, social group, and marriage in early India?

How long is the Nile River?

Who was the chief god of the Egyptians?

Where did Egyptian families typically spend time together?

What type of land borders the Nile River in Egypt?

What is the most significant change that took place between the Paleolithic and Neolithic Age?

Who is believed to have written many of the Psalms?

What event led to the fall of the Persian Empire?

What were the wise sayings of Solomon called?

Buddhism became popular in part because it did not support what?

What two factors influence where people settle?

A dictator who ruled for only 16 days

What job did the bureaucrats of Egypt have?

What do you call workers who make metal products, cloth, or pottery?

The hilltop where forts stood and where Greeks built temples to honor local gods was..

When did civilization first develop in Mesopotamia?

Identify the members of the upper class in Mesopotamia.

Why were the Roman senators afraid of Caesar?

“Life is full of suffering” is one of the ?

Though the Greeks were defeated, the bravery of the Spartans at which location was celebrated?

A series of ancient texts that describes the search for Brahman

What is the Chaldean Empire also known as?