World History Fall Semester Final

Unit of Roman armies

How can a geologist help a archaeologist at a dig site?

The first five books Hebrew

What was the result of the Peloponnesian War?

Who led the Israelites out of Egypt?

Seasonal winds the bring the wet season in India

Belief in many gods

Local military leader

Why were scribes valuable?

Why was Hammurabi's Code important?

Body of Islamic law

Who was the great Carthaginian general that nearly defeated the Romans?

Why were merchants in Mecca hostile to Muhammad?

Triangular area of marshland formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of some rivers.

Member of a city

Group of families with a common ancestor

Why did large numbers of Germanic peoples cross into Rome in late 300's?

The Sacred Word of God as revealed to Muhammad is contained in the

Which of the following statements are true about Jesus of Nazareth?

government where power is held by a small group of wealthy people from the middle class

Practice used to banish people against democracy

What form of government has a hereditary ruler who exercised central power?

A holy day for rest and worship.

Who did the ancient Romans develop their religious beliefs from?

Who was the most powerful Greek god?

System of social classes

The sum of a persons actions

Who did Rome defeat in the Punic Wars?

What helped the early villages to grow?

How do the beliefs of Shiites differ from the Sunnis

Holy book of Islam

Constantinople sits on a strait that connects the Mediterranean Sea with...

ruler with absolute power

Fine, windblown, yellow soil.

City where the Silk Road and the Bosphorus Straight crossed

Elite force of the Ottoman armies

Study or origins and development of ancient people and their societies.

Town named after a great leader; has the Great library and Lighthouse

What important change did Constantine make in 313 AD?

System of writing the ancient Mesopotamian people used.

Why was Julius Caesar assassinated?

What did Muslims do when they conquered a new land?

Prehistory, development of the most primitive stone tools

Where did the Ottoman's move their capital to in 1453?

Why did Shi Huangdi construct the Great Wall

What do we call the area between the Tigris and Euphrates river?

Author of the Iliad and the Odyssey

Ruler who gained power by force

Stone used to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics.

How far east did Alexander the Great's empire go?