World History I Midterm Review

The Yin Yang represented the opposite between Confucianism and _______.

What is the Holy city of Judaism?

Which statement best describes "The Kings Eyes and Ears?"

Triangular piece of fertile soil at the mouth of a river...

Which nearby civilization had the strongest influence on the culture of Kush (Nubians)?

What country does that map show?

The ________ is the divine approval of the gods that allow families to rule over Ancient China.

What is polytheism?

_______ is also know as Agricultural Revolution

The only accurate representation of the Earth is a map because it is shaped like the Earth.

In traditional India, the caste system and Hindu beliefs in karma most directly resulted in __.

Which statement BEST relates the origin of Buddhism to the evolution of Hinduism?

What is monotheism?

A ______ is a government controlled either by its people directly of through representatives.

The _____ were an ancient civilization located on the upper Nile River in Southern Egypt

The _____________ is also known as the Old Stone Age.

Athena was the goddess of _______ and battle strategy, as well as the patron goddess of Athens.

What civilizations of the Indus Valley created seals that had pictures of unicorns and bulls.

What country does that map show?

The ________ was the time when Moses led the Hebrew slaves put of Egypt.

The ________ ruled over Greece during the Dark Age as there were little to no written records.

Artemis was the twin sister of Apollo and the goddess of _______ and wildlife.

_______ is the religion of Ancient Persia that believes in two opposing forces in the universe.

What type of language was developed by Paleolithic man?

What country does that map show?

What country does that map show?

During the Gupta Empire, major contributions were made in the areas of...

The Mycenaeans built cities on the Peloponnesus, and adopted all of the ______ culture.

Which of the following is NOT a true statement?

Which of these civilizations had religious practices that involved the use of oracle bones?

What country does that map show?

What country does that map show?

______: a city and its surrounding land functioning as an independent political unit

___________ is the Greek word for city-state.

Early people stopped roaming with the

_____ is the development of skills in a specific kind of work.

The significance of the Persian War was that-

Stream of water with considerable volume

Sparta is located on the _________ (Southern Greece).

Sparta valued-

The ancient empire of ______ is located in the modern day country of Iran.

The leader of Athens in it's Golden Age of democracy and creativity was-

A hunting and gathering society would most likely develop in an area where

Which of the following is a true statement regarding he Indus River Valley?

What country does that map show?

The development of agriculture civilizations occurred during the New Stone Age, also known as

Who were the Olympians?

The Hindu belief of ________ involves the idea that the individual soul is reborn.

Greeks believed that the gods lived on Mount Olympus. How did they view these gods?

Which civilizations developed an alphabetic scripts?

The Minoans were located on the island of ________.

What ARVC is know as "The land between two rivers?"

The belief in reincarnation, karma, many forms of one god, and the caste system represents ___.

_______ was the goddess of beauty and love; her son Eros was the god of romantic love.

The Chinese Emperor Wudi is famous for ____.

The _________ are the religious and civil law of Judaism.

___: a government in which power is in the hands of a few people, which rule is based on wealth

______________ effected Greece's economic, social, and political development.

Paper, porcelain, silk, and civil service system most likely came from

Political maps focus on showing countries, states, capitals, and boundaries, using color.

The Mycenaeans attacked the port city of ______ in Anatolia destroying the city.

_______ maps focus in showing ________, rivers, oceans, and deserts.

Prehistory is the time span before written records were developed.

_________: the term that Confucianism stresses that refers to respecting parents and elders

In traditional Chinese culture, which philosophy encourages social order and organization?

The ______ included the religious holy law of the Hebrews that they were expected to follow.

The "upright man"-

Athens became the most powerful city-state in ancient Greece as a result of-

Religion became more organized & shifted from worshiping nature to worshiping gods & goddesses

What religion is followed by the most people in the world?

_________ ruled over the gods and the sky.

________ is the act of moving from one place to settle in another.

In traditional India, the caste system and Hindu beliefs in karma most directly resulted in __.

The most important reason man's earliest civilizations begin in river valleys is because they

Man-made waterway...

One of the first written codes of law was

_________ are human-like primates that appeared 3.6 million years ago.

What enabled all of the river valley civilizations to support their growing population?

In what river valley did the Ancient Egyptian civilization emerges?

Mercator maps are examples of flat maps used by early sailors and are often distorted.

The Dark Age of Greece was between 431-404 BC.

What country does that map show?

Who is the founder of Islam?

How do you think you are going to do on the test? Be Honest.

Which of the following accurately gives the order of Ancient Persian rulers?

_________ was the twin brother of Artemis and the god of the sun and of music.

What country does that map show?

_________ are heavily armed infantrymen or foot soldiers that ere part of the Spartan army.

What geographical features made contact with India more difficult?

Lack of _______ and _______ for irrigation made for unsuitable land for farming.

Land completely surrounded by water...

The Indo-Aryans major impact on Indian Civilization was

A member of a nomadic group whose food supply depends on hunting animals and collecting plants

Droughts and food were to the Sumerians as monsoon rains were to

Kings of Ancient Egypt were also known as _____________, and worshiped as ________.

The Hebrews were the first to practice Monotheism, or belief in one God.

The _____ was important to China because it provided contact with other cultures through trade.

The Kushite city of Meroe played a special role in ancient East Africa as-

What country does that map show?

Geography is the study of the Earth.

An important advantage of the hunter-gatherer lifestyle was its

What is true about Buddha's philosophical teachings?

______ was married to Zeus and the goddess of marriage and birth.

_______: arc of farmable land stretching from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf