W.H. First Semester Exam Review 2022-23

Farming in ancient Mesopotamia resulted in an abundance of food, which......?

The Kush of Africa declined because of the rise of

The Sahara desert is one of the World's largest deserts

The Augustan Age has been called the.....

Those people of Africa who lived in the desert regions relied on farming to survive

After Muhammad's death Muslim scholars drew up the shari'a which was

Muhammad began to meditate in the hills because

The real change in the Neolithic Revolution was the

Reincarnation by Hindu's believe that the soul.........

Believe by Hindu's its the end of self and reunion with the great soul - freeing of soul

Rome defeated, then destroyed Carthage in the

The Edict of Milan proclaimed

What is the dominant geographical feature of Africa?

Seafaring people who taught Greeks about sea travel

Revolt led by Hussein in the early period led to

The Assyrians were especially known for

The Parthenon was built in honor of Aphrodite

The Greek mainland was sutable for farming

About 70% of Africa is desert

Which of the following is the period before writing was developed?

Who discovered bone of a hominid at Olduvai Gorge believed to be 3 million years old?

Paleolithic peoples were nomads because they had no choice but to.....?

Locate along the northern fringe of Africa

The Berber camel caravans became known as the

India's ________was created by the Aryans

What did poet Juvenal mean by "there's only two things concerning them: Bread and Circuses"?

Direct Democracy is when citizens elect officials to vote on issued for them

One of the 5 Pillars of Islam, the Hajj is

What did Diocletian do as Emperor of Rome to better rule over his vast empire?

Led Athens through a Golden Age following the Persian Wars

System of gov't where large number of citizens vote (Athens was birthplace of)

Another name often given to Mesopotamia

As you get close to the equator in Africa you begin to see a tropical rain forest climate

Ancestors were key in African religion because......

Sparta was a militaristic city-state

The lawmaking branches of gov'ts are the Legislative Brances

Africa is a continent which is diverse in climate & culture as well as wildlife

Great ruler of Babylonia, Hammurabi is remembered for

The southernmost border of Africa

Use of rational thinking

In ancient Greece, someone who gains power by force was known as a ______________

After _____Africa is the largest of the continents

The Persian Wars temporarily unified the Spartans and Athenians

Silk was ________most valued product in

Altogether, desert cover about ______% of Africa

Seafaring people of Mesopotamia who were traders

This connects the Mediterranean Sea & the Red Sea

In Greek society women had many rights & freedoms equal to men

The Kush declined because of the rise of

Julius Caesar, the first dictator of Rome, was.......?

Africa is the 2nd largest continent to......?

Christianity differed from other religions in that it......

Earliest form of writing invented by the Sumerians?

Axum Africa owed its prosperity to

Hindu law.....what must be followed to achieve Nirvana & free soul from reincarnation

Christianity and Judaism are two dominate religious practices in Africa

The Paleolithic Age is

Historians have identified basic characteristics of civilizations as....?

Which of the following was a period of peace & prosperity in Rome for 200 years?

Who became the first Christian emperor?

Greek historian who once said "all of Egypt is the gift of the Nile"

A crucial part of Muslim cities was the _____, which was a covered market place

To raise & control plans & animals for own needs of society

Axum Africa owed much of its prosperity to

Gov't ruled by hereditary landholding elite is known as a _____?

The______ invaded the Minoan's & Greeks. Went to war with Troy in the Trojan War

Watercolor paintings on plaster found in homes of the Minoans

Mesopotamian religion identified 3,000 gods & goddesses, can be described as......?

It was through the Muslim world that the Europeans

It was believe by Greeks that their gods live on Mt Olympus

Early African Kingdom was the first great trading post in West Africa?

Son of Phillip II and great Macedonian leader who created the Hellenistic culture

Which of the following were the first invaders to sack Rome?

Which of the following was the 1st great trading state in West Africa?

Which battle was site where 300 Spartans fought to their death vs the Persians?

Athens Greece is considered the birthplace of democracy

Belief that nature & animals were filled with spirits

Plato was a great leader of Athens and led them through the Golden Age after the Persian Wars

The Silk Road was

The Roman Senate came to hold important position in Rome's republic, was......?

Which is a form of gov't where leader is not a monarch and some citizens have right to vote?

Who was kidnapped and the cause for the Trojan War (according to legend)

Many African societies were matrilineal, meaning....

Items left behind by early people often studied by archaeologists & Anthropologist?

Rome's first code of laws was the

Made Christianity the official religion of Axum, Africa

The Odyssey was a epic by Homer focusing on events of the Trojan War