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First Semester World History Review 2015
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Quoting Mr Nagis..."Without writing one is merely ...."
A Math teacher
Dead
Guessing
Ignorant
2
Lucy was a(n)
Australopithecine
Primate
Homo Habilis
Homo Erectus
3
Which civilization was noted for its toleration of the people that it conquered?
Bablylonians
Herbrews
Sumerians
Persians
4
Which political group within the Roman Republic possessed
imperium?
the Assembly of Tribes
the Assembly of the Centuries
the Senate
the Consuls
5
The "ideal Roman citizen" was primarily was a(n)...
optimate
farmer
politician
proletariat
6
Ancient Athens practiced a true but limited democracy. It was limited because...
Not all Athenians were citizens
All Athenians were citizens except women
All decisions were not made by all citizens
All decision makers were not elected by all citizens.
7
The civilization that was the first to control the Fertile Crescent was the...
The Babylonians
The Persians
The Assyrians
The Phoenicians
8
The "out of Africa movement" began with...
The Agricultural Revolution
Homo Sapiens
Homo Erectus
Lucy
9
The Romans got their view of culture from which of the following?
Latins
Greeks
Carthaginians
Etruscans
10
The individual pictured on the left is...
Gilgamesh
Hammurabi
Moses
Ramses
11
Athens, Sparta, or Corinth...Laconic
Athens
Corinth
Sparta
12
The mountainous land in Greece encouraged the Greeks to...
live in small isolated communities
become farmers
follow a peaceful way of life
follow an isolationist foreign policy
13
The ankh, pictured here, is meant to symbolize...
Rebirth
Life
Ka
Death
14
Writing was first developed in order to record...
religious ceremonies;
inventory records and prices of goods.
historical event
laws
15
The artistic device of creating depth on an otherwise flat surface is called...
Foreshortening
Sophrosyne
Counterpoise
Ostracism
16
Sumerian writing is called...
Counterpoise
Calligraphy
Cuneiform
Hieroglyphics
17
The Romans got their view of a patriarchal society ("pater familias") from the...
Cathaginians
Latins
Etruscans
Greeks
18
Julius Caesar's death will come at the hands of the...
Emperor
Proletariat
his own Generals
Senate
19
He painted "the death of Socrates".
Michelangelo
Jacques Louis David
Raphael
Leonardo Di Vinci
20
Of the following, which class is at the bottom of the Roman Republic social system?
Proletariat
Plebeians
Patricians
Optimates
21
Won the Peloponnesian War...
Sparta
Athens
22
According to Homer..."there is no greater glory for a man...than what he achieves with his..."
Hands and feet
Heart and guts
Body and mind
Brain and soul
23
What present day country is most commonly associated with the Ancient Persian Empire?
Syria
Afghanistan
Iran
Iraq
24
The Punic Wars were initially fought over control of ...
Carthage
Sicily
the Italian peninsula
the Mediterranean Sea
25
According to Mr Nagis ..."History is generally written by the ..."
Historians
Winners
Losers
Generals
26
Athens, Sparta or Corinth...inspired Raphael.
Sparta
Corinth
Athens
27
The pharaoh responsible for the first treaty between the Hittites and the Egyptians was...
Hatshepsut
Ramses
Thutmose III
Akhenaton
28
The true winners of the Punic Wars were the...
the Emperors
the Optimates
"ideal Roman citizens"
Gracchus Brothers
29
An anthropologist studies...
Artifacts
Written records
Maps
Bones
30
Athens, Sparta...defeated the Persians...
Athens
Sparta
31
Athens, Sparta, or Corinth...Trade, Money, Taxes...
Corinth
Sparta
Athens
32
What term would be used to describe the government created under the Roman Republic?
An oligarchy headed by priests
A true but limited democracy
a representative democracy
an oligarchy headed by an autocratic Emperor
33
The Pharaoh who brought monotheism and realism in art to Ancient Egypt was...
King Tut
Akhenaton
Hatshepsut
Ramses
34
The Great Schism (pronounce it correctly…please) was a split between...
Christians and other Christians
Jews and Christians
Rome and Greece
Athens and Sparta
35
Alexander the Great's empire stretched from the Balkan peninsula (Greece) to as far east as...
the Indus River
Po River
Iran
Afghanistan
36
In the First Punic War, Rome and Carthage competed for control of...
Asia Minor
North Africa
Greece
the western Mediterranean
37
During the Roman empire, a system of law developed that
allowed judges to write their own law codes
ignored the customs of people in the provinces
considered the accused innocent until proven guilty
gave women equal political as well as well legal rights
38
The Romans got their view of government from which group?
Etruscans
Greeks
Latins
Carthaginians
39
A painting done on wet plaster is called a(n)...
Stoic
Fresco
Epic
Mosaic
40
The first "treaty", negotiated between the Ancient Egyptians and the Hittites was the Treaty of
Katmandu
Kadesh
Kovtar
Kilimanjaro
41
An archaeologist studies...
Written records
Bones
Artifacts
Culture
42
The modern alphabet, which focused on sounds rather than pictures, is credited to the...
Egyptians
Phoenicians
Greeks
Persians
43
The Egyptian sun god was...
Ra
Isis
Maat
Anubis
44
"It was man's first sacrifice of Liberty for the sake of security" best describes...
The Agricultural Revolution
The "discovery" of fire
"The Out of Africa" movement
The "discovery" of tools
45
Sumer was located in what present day country?
Iran
Israel
Iraq
Afghanistan
46
It was in the second Punic War that the Carthaginians were defeated at the battle of...
Zama
Marathon
Cathage
Salamis
47
The form of government most commonly associated with the Ancient Greeks was a...
Confederation
Federation
Democratic-Republic
Representative Democaracy
48
The key military victories of Julius Caesar will come in...
Gaul
Britannia
the Italian peninsula
North Africa
49
Rome suffered from an unfavorable balance of trade because it
relied on slave labor
imported more than it exported
exported only luxury goods.
devalued its coinage
50
The individual pictured on the left is...
Euclid
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
51
The earliest of the Ancient Greeks were the...
Mycenaeans
Hittites
Trojans
Minoans
52
The mountain range that borders the Italian peninsula to the north is the...
Appenines
Andes
Alps
Balkans
53
The birthplace of early man was in ...
Asia
Central Africa
Egypt
the Fertile Crescent
54
According to Pericles, if you are not part of the polis then you "might as well be..."
Laconic
In Athens
Dead
A Spartan
55
In Athens, women...
were elected to the Assembly
could buy and sell property
had no political or legal rights
like in Rome, could vote but not hold political office.
56
Greek architecture is noted for all of the following traits except...
"The golden ratio"
Size
Proportion
Pragmatism
57
Homer's Iliad and Odyssey account the stories of what Ancient Greek civilization?
The Macadameans
The Macedonians
The Mycenaeans
The Minoans
58
The Nile River flows from North to South.
True
False
59
All are true about Hammurabi's Code except...
It practiced gender discrimination
It believed in retaliatory justice
It practice class discrimation
It outlawed slavery
60
During the Pax Romana, Rome...
won control of the Italian peninsula
lost its empire to the Germanic tribes
enjoyed a stable and prosperous government
adopted a true but limited democracy
61
The form of government in Sumer was a ...
Federation
Representative Democaracy
Confederation
True Democracy
62
The Egyptian goddess who represented truth, justice, and all that is good was...
Maat
Isis
Nefertiti
Nefertari
63
Alexander the Great’s most enduring achievement was to..
strengthen Persian civilization
preserve Greek as well asPersian culture.
establish democracy in his empire
unify the Greek city-states;
64
All are orders of Greek columns except...
Ionic
Corinthian
Romanian
Doric
65
Which of the following was a Roman contribution to architecture?
the concrete dome
the fresco
the use of pediments and friezes
the decorative column
66
During the Roman Republic, the highest ranking member of the Assembly of the Tribes was the...
Emperor
Censor
Tribune
Dictator
67
The famous piece of Sumerian literature was entitled...
Hammurabi's Code
"The Epic of Gilgamesh"
The book of Genesis
"The Iliad"
68
The individual pictured here is...
Akenhaton
Osiris
Ramses
Aten
69
The type of government associated with Ancient Egypt was a(n)...
Theocracy
True Democracy
Oligarchy
Confederation
70
That positive human trait to which all Ancient Greeks strove to achieve was...
Hubris
Arête
Diaspora
Nirvana
71
The massive temple to honor Ramses the Great was called...
Memphis
Giza
Abu Simbel
Cheops
72
Athenian gadfly and scapegoat...
Pericles
Plato
Socrates
Aristotle
73
The invaders of Egypt during the Middle Kingdom were the...
Amorites
Assyrians
Hittites
Hyksos
74
The Paleolithic Age preceded the Neolithic Age.
True
False
75
The term that describes the removal an "undesirable" from the polis is...
Ostracism
Isolation
Conscription
Impeachment
76
Following their Golden Age, the Greeks were conquered by the...
Persians
Franks
Macedonians
Romans
77
The only pharaoh associated with the Old Kingdom is...
Thutmose III
Khufu
King Tut
Ramses
78
The word "civilization" is from the Latin word "civitas" which means...
Home
City
Benet
Town
79
A historian studies...
Artifacts
Written records
Bones
Culture
80
This famous structure is located in...
Egypt
Constantinople
Athens
Rome
81
The Egyptian god of the underworld was...
Anubis
Ra
Osiris
Maat
82
Historian of the Peloponnesian War...he quoted Pericles...
Thucydides
Homer
Pericles
Herodotus
