Final Review 2023

According to Islamic teachings, Muhammad received messages from

What kind of government is based on the direct involvement of the citizens?

TRUE OR FALSE: The Greek gods and goddesses were believed to live on Mount Olympus.

During the New Kingdom, the Egyptian Empire reached its peak. What was one way it showed its power?

The Greek armies were mostly made up of _____________, or heavily armored foot soldiers.

Who said that "the unexamined life is not worth living"?

Reincarnation is the Hindu:

The Code of Hammurabi paints a portrait of a society in which ___________________

Which two rivers border Mesopotamia?

TRUE OR FALSE: The 300 Spartans were alone at the Battle of Thermopylae.

Which of the following did the Sumerians invent?

Where do scientists believe that Homo sapiens sapiens first appeared between 150,000 and 200,000 years ago?

The Zoroastrian religion is ____________.

The founder of the Han dynasty was:

What were the basic political units of Sumerian civilization?

The first empire in world history was the _________________ empire.

According to one story, a young Spartan warrior was told by his mother to return from the war ______________

What is a theocracy?

Because the Mongols brought almost all of Eurasia under a single rule, they

Where were the Vikings from?

How were government officials chosen in the Han dynasty?

One way that Buddhism differed from Hinduism was that Buddhists rejected

The Indus Valley civilization is also known as the ________________ civilization.

_____________________ are skilled workers who creates items such as weapons or jewelry.

The first dynasty in China was the _____________.

_______________ spread Greek culture throughout Western Asia and Northern Africa.

Who was Siddhartha Gautama?

What was the technological advancement of the Han Dynasty?

Cyrus the Great showed such wisdom and compassion when he conquered Babylon that __________________

The religion of ancient Mesopotamia was _______________.

In Athens, during the Age of Pericles, every male citizen ___________

The most important contribution of the early Israelites was their:

The poet who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey was named __________.

The first system of laws in Rome was the

The prophet Zoroaster taught that _________________.

The simplified form of writing in ancient Egypt was called:

Why was crop rotation important to agriculture in the Middle Ages?

Anthropology is the study of _______________________.

Italy has a fairly large__________________________ that helped Rome expand.

What was the cause of Alexander the Great's death?

By the fifth century, the western part of the Roman Empire was controlled by

Darius’s elite cavalry and infantry forces were known as the Immortals because _________________

The rulers of Egypt were called:

The government of Sparta was an oligarchy, which meant it was __________

The name of the Zoroastrian god is ________________.

The religious writing in ancient Egypt was called:

The Conflicts between nobles in England who sought to control the monarchy are known as the

The _____________ is a famous temple to Athena

___________________ is considered to be the first Greek civilization.

The _______________________ explains how control of China changed from family to family.

The Minoans lived on the island of:

Which is the correct order of Greek philosophers from first to last?

The Islamic religion was created as a direct result of

What are the two elements that stand out in Confucianism?

Unlike Sparta, the people of Athens dedicated their society to ___________

The city that both Muslims and Christian most wanted to control was

The rulers in China claimed the _______________ gave them the right to rule.

The pyramids were built to be used as:

About 80% of the geography of Greece is _______________.

Buddhists believed that it is possible to reach enlightenment by:

Who unified the Mongols under one ruler?

The Israelites were:

The Olmec and Maya civilizations both built massive:

Ramses II tried to maintain the Egyptian Empire’s strength, he failed because he was unable to hold out against the

The king of the Chaldeans who rebuilt Babylon was _______________.

Warriors who rode on horseback and served their lords were called

The Neolithic Revolution was followed by the ___________________.

The Persians mostly practiced the religion of _________________.

Which of the following was a result of the Crusades?

The Sumerian's most important invention was their system of writing, known as _________________________.

TRUE OR FALSE: The Iliad and the Odyssey were written by Plato.

Which of the following is a study of past societies through an analysis of what people have left behind?

Alexander the Great conquered _______________ at the age of 25.

Who was the first major civilization in Mesoamerica?

The change that led to all other changes in the Neolithic Revolution was the ______________________.

TRUE OR FALSE: The Egyptian pyramids were built by slaves.

Which empire traded with China, Southeast Asia, and the Mediterranean?

___________________ was a Macedonian king who conquered Greece in 338 BCE.

Cyrus was called "the Great" because he ________________.

Which leader of the Persian empire expanded it into the largest empire the world had yet seen?

An important concept that became a crucial part of Chinese history was the

What sets the pharaoh Hatshepsut apart from other pharaohs?

The first Han emperor discarded

The Egyptian civilization was built around the:

The Civil Service Examination was used to

Before trade routes were established in their territories, Arabs were primarily

The Assyrians had the first large armies who carried weapons made of ______________.

Which of the following was an impact of geography on Mesopotamian culture?

Around 2340 b.c., the Sumerian city-states were conquered by the Akkadians under their leader _______________.

Indus Valley cities had which of the following?

When was the Bronze Age?

Using their advanced engineering skills. Romans developed a complex system of

The Paleolithic Age is also known as the:

Why was feudalism developed?

Harmony with nature and the universal order are beliefs of:

The best way to describe Paleolithic peoples and their way of life is by calling them _____________________________.

The Minoans were the basis of the myth of ____________________.

The most important physical structure in a Sumerian city-state was the ______________________.

___________________ were people captured by the Spartans and forced to work as slaves.

As the First Crusade began, Pope Urban II promised the people that