Midterm Review

In ancient Egypt, the people responsible for recording important information were called...

The teachings about the origins of Judaism come from...

How did the Sumerians' development of bronze help them as a society?

Why did artisans paint images of daily life on the burial chambers and interior pyramid walls?

The first Indian cities arose...

What do Jews believe to be the most important way to show their faithfulness to God?

Why was it illegal to export silk worms from China?

When early people first began to farm, what materials did they use to build their dwellings?

Which of the following were central ideas in Confucianism?

Drawings that represent a word or complete idea are known as...

Phoenicia did not have its own ivory, so it traded for ivory with others. To them, ivory was an

Using Legalist principles, the First Emperor...

In order to construct the pyramids, the Egyptians needed knowledge of engineering and...

Ideas spread from Egypt to other lands through the buying and selling of goods and services, or

While rivers aided China's development, deserts and mountains...

What benefit did a standardized currency bring to China?

One characteristic of a Legalist government is the idea that...

In order to overcome death like Osiris, Egyptians believed that they needed to...

Because of the groups of rocky rapids called the Nile cataracts...

What aspects of its culture did Nubia take from Egypt?

What effect did continued trading with Egypt have on Nubian civilization?

Information about goods and services, and their production and use, define a society's...

In order to keep the economy stable, Han emperors...

Which difference between Egypt and Nubia were the Nile cataracts responsible for?

By following the Eightfold Path, Buddhists hope to...

Many experts believe that certain early burial practices are evidence of...

Who were the first kings in Sumerian civilization?

How did the Phoenician alphabet improve up on the cuneiform writing system?

Early cities needed more government than farming villages did because...

What city became the center of Hammurabi's Mesopotamian empire?

The development of a written language during the Shang dynasty is important partly because...

The Phoenician alphabet was based on...

People were first able to start living in settled communities when...

How did sailors' use of the North Star help Phoenician trade?

Which technology had a major effect on early human development?

Why did the earliest civilizations appear in areas like Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley?

In Hinduism, a person's duty to do what is right is called...

What pattern did the laws in Hammurabi's Code follow?

What important resources did early people need to create a food surplus?

With the development of farming, people could spend most of their time doing one job, or...

Because Nubians had less land to farm than Egyptians...

Agriculture on the Indian subcontinent depends heavily on the...

The Silk Road contributed to the Han dynasty by providing a route for both ____ and ____ .

What geographic features were extremely important to Sumerian farming?

Hindus believe in a supreme God called...

The strength of the Maurya empire depended on which of the following?

Which word characterizes the soil of the Fertile Crescent?

Which of the following was true of hunters and gatherers?

Why do scholars believe that the Indus Valley had an advanced civilization?

According to the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism, what must be overcome to end suffering?