Foundations of World History - Chapter 1

What religion has no clear starting point or founder and has its roots in the Vedas?

Who is the Greek god of war?

What does it mean when we say humans have opposable thumbs?

This early version of man existed 1.6 million to 30,000 B.C. and were the first to migrate and begining of language

Who is the Greek ruler of the Olympians and God of the sky?

What is the view or belief that the existence of god is unknowable?

Which definition properly matches the word artifact?

This early version of man existed 2.5 million to 1.5 million years ago and made tools of lava rock

Which type of source is a document or record created by people who were present during the events?

Which is not a belief of Islam?

Which not one of the reasons to learn history that we discussed?

What is the largest religion in the world?

What was the Egyptian form of writing that means "sacred carving"?

Which is not an example of an institution?

Why do we know less about the Indus River Valley than other similar civilizations?

What important thing did the pyramids demonstrate to historians?

What is the absence of belief in the existence of god or gods called?

Which of the following is a change caused by agriculture?

Where did agriculture begin first?

Which is not a belief of Christianity?

Who created the world's first empire?

Islam is Arabic for what?

What do we call shared beliefs, practices, and traditions of a group of people?

What was the name of the wars fought between Rome and Carthage?

What allowed people to begin specializing in labor outside of food creation?

Who is the Greek god of love?

Who discovered the famous hominid "Lucy"?

What river was important to the Egyptian civilization?

Which of the following groupings correctly identifies the 6 major religions?

Who is the Greek god of blacksmiths, fire, and volcanoes?

Which of the following is a reason that civilizations arose?

Which of the major religions is one of the first monotheistic religions ever?

Who is the prophet of Islam?

Where was the world's first civilization?

Which of the major religions is the only polytheistic one?

What form of government did the Romans develop?

Who is the Greek godess of love, desire, and beauty?

Who was the Roman leader that was part of the 1st Triumverate and was stabbed to death on the floor of the Senate?

Who is the Greek god of the sea?

What are the five characterisitcs of a civilization

What do we call a scientist that deals with origins, cultural development, characteristics, social cutoms and beliefs?

What major religion was formed in China and is less a religion than a philosophy and way of life?

Which is not a belief of Hinduism?

Which is not one of the two parts of the Stone Age?

Who is the Greek god of music, light, and sun?

What is Hammurabi famous for?

Who is the founder of Judaism who made a covenant with god?

What do we call a scientist who studies human history by digging up remains and artifacts?

What is a hominid?

Who was the Macedonian king who overruns the Persian empire and captures everything from Egypt to India?

In Greek mythology, who is the strongest of all the mortals who becomes a god after death?

This early version of man existed 4 million to 1 million B.C. and was the first to walk upright

What massive structure was built in China to protect them from invaders?

Who is the Greek god of the underworld and dead?

Who is the Greek godess of marriage, childbirth, and empires?

Which is not a belief of Confucianism?

What modern day country would you find Rome in?

What do we call a large political unit in which a number of different people or lands have a single ruler?

How was Jesus killed?

This early version of man existed 200,000 to 30,000 B.C. and was the first to have ritual burials and religion

Who is the Greek virgin godess of reason, intelligence, and literature?

Which is not a belief of Judaism?

Which type of source is a document or record created by people who were not present during the events?

What two rivers are important to Mesopotamia?

Who is the Greek godess of grain, harvest, and agriculture?

Which is a belief of Buddhism?

The first Christians came from what other religion?

Who founded Buddhism?

Who is the Greek godess of chastity, hunting, and nature?

Christianity is based on the life and teachings of who?

What language spread whereever Islam did because the Qur'an was only supposed to be in that language?

What is the difference between a city and a village?

Who is the Greek god of commerce and messenger of the gods?

What do we call a scientist who studies the forms of life existing in former geologic periods?

What Greek city state is responsible for creating the direct democracy?

Who is the Greek god of fertility, wine, and celebration?