Mid term review

Question 1

Which of China’s rivers is known as ‘China’s Sorrow’?

Accepted Answer

the yellow river

Question 2

How has the discovery of human remains at Stonehenge changed our understanding of Neolithic culture?

Accepted Answer

Showed equality between men and women

Question 3

How did the Greeks view the Macedonians?

Accepted Answer

friendly till the Macedonians took over Greece

Question 4

What were the basic beliefs of the Legalists?

Accepted Answer

Actions promoted by self benefit.

Question 5

How was Macedonia able to easily conquer Greece in the 340s BC?

Accepted Answer

Conquered other cities and was on a streak

Question 6

Who is Abraham and what is his importance to the Israelites?

Accepted Answer

the "Father"

Question 7

Why was Alexander well prepared to lead Macedonia’s army when he became king?

Accepted Answer

already had some experience.

Question 8

What are the characteristics of Jainism?

Accepted Answer

no living animal should be harmed and that every living animal has a soul

Question 9

What were some of the challenges of settlers in Mesopotamia?

Accepted Answer

major flooding

Question 10

What are Indo-European languages?

Accepted Answer

Asian peoples who migrated to many different places.

Question 11

What are the contributions of the Phoenicians?

Accepted Answer

created alphabet

Question 12

What are the characteristics of Hinduism?

Accepted Answer

doesn't form one single system, Not founded by a single person

Question 13

What were the strengths of each side during the Peloponnesian War?

Accepted Answer

Athens had better navy-Sparta military

Question 14

What were the attributes of a Sumerian city-state

Accepted Answer

walls, pottery, writing

Question 15

What is Pericles greatest political legacy?

Accepted Answer

made athens a democracy

Question 16

Where is Greece located and how did geography affect Greek culture?

Accepted Answer

isolated because of mountains

Question 17

What are the characteristics of lyric poetry?

Accepted Answer

Emotional

Question 18

What caused the rise and fall of each of the Egyptian Kingdoms (Old, Middle, and New)?

Accepted Answer

invaders

Question 19

What was business like in ancient Ur?

Accepted Answer

imported copper and exported wool

Question 20

How did the deserts affect the Egyptian settlements?

Accepted Answer

acted as a barrier

Question 21

What advantage did the Athenians have over the Persians in the Battle of Marathon?

Accepted Answer

better strategy

Question 22

Which race created the world’s first empire?

Accepted Answer

Sumerians

Question 23

What warfare advantages did the Hittites have?

Accepted Answer

Chariots and iron weapons

Question 24

How did the Kush Empire attain its wealth?

Accepted Answer

traded with different people

Question 25

What were the basic beliefs of the philosophers Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle?

Accepted Answer

justice

Question 26

What were the effects of the agricultural revolution?

Accepted Answer

population growth and agriculture practices

Question 27

What were some of the major developments during the Zhou Dynasty?

Accepted Answer

iron was used

Question 28

What is cuneiform?

Accepted Answer

form of writing, wedged shaped characters.

Question 29

What made Hatshepsut a different kind of New Kingdom ruler?

Accepted Answer

She was a female

Question 30

How did Pericles reform Athenian democracy?

Accepted Answer

government paid citizens to attend meetings

Question 31

How did Cyrus choose to rule within his Persian Empire?

Accepted Answer

treated the people he conquered fairly

Question 32

What advantages did farmers have over hunters?

Accepted Answer

They could produce more food supply

Question 33

How do Cro-Magnons differ from Neanderthals?

Accepted Answer

had more advanced skill in spoken language, they were taller, less muscular, and had smaller brain size.

Question 34

Why is Sumer considered to be one of the world’s first civilizations?

Accepted Answer

first written language and cities

Question 35

What are the benefits of settled life?

Accepted Answer

More protected

Question 36

What caused the decline of the ancient Harappan cities?

Accepted Answer

major earthquake

Question 37

What were the basic characteristics of Spartan society?

Accepted Answer

military

Question 38

What contributions did the Egyptians make toward writing?

Accepted Answer

created hieroglyphs

Question 39

How did the Minoans affect the development of the Mycenaeans?

Accepted Answer

artistic ways

Question 40

How did Pericles pay for many of his reforms within the Athenian society?

Accepted Answer

people paid taxes

Question 41

How does climate influence history?

Accepted Answer

huge factor-wiped out civilzations

Question 42

What are some of the most important attributes of ancient Chinese culture?

Accepted Answer

family and balance

Question 43

What caused the decline of Greek culture after the Trojan War?

Accepted Answer

empire collapsed

Question 44

What were some of the characteristics of the Harappan culture?

Accepted Answer

used same sized blocks for building

Question 45

How did the Hyksos gain control of Egypt?

Accepted Answer

Chariots

Question 46

Why is little known about early Indus river civilizations?

Accepted Answer

No one can decipher their writings

Question 47

What Persian king did Alexander defeat during his Persian campaigns?

Accepted Answer

King Darius III

Question 48

What was unique about the ancient Harappan city of Mohenjo-Daro?

Accepted Answer

wells were used

Question 49

What is the chronological order of the ancient Chinese dynasties?

Accepted Answer

Xia, Shang, Zhou, Qin, and Han.

Question 50

What were the details concerning the Israelites living in Egypt?

Accepted Answer

they became slaves and had to escape

Question 51

What were the characteristics of Hellenistic culture?

Accepted Answer

mixture of cultures but mostly about art

Question 52

What are the characteristics associated with civilizations?

Accepted Answer

Government, social structure, Technology, Religion

Question 53

What were the basic beliefs of Confucianism?

Accepted Answer

To honor elders

Question 54

What are the differences between Stonehenge and ‘Superhenge’?

Accepted Answer

Superstonehenge is larger

Question 55

What were the details concerning the Israelites living in Babylon?

Accepted Answer

they were exiled and had to live there for many years

Question 56

What was the status of Sumerian women?

Accepted Answer

could own land

Question 57

How did Darius change the way the Persian Empire was governed?

Accepted Answer

divided empire into two provenience's

Question 58

Who defeated the Assyrians and restored the city of Babylon?

Accepted Answer

Babylonians from the south

Question 59

How did the invention of tools benefit early modern humans?

Accepted Answer

hunt, improve agriculture, and survival.

Question 60

What is hieroglyphic?

Accepted Answer

Formal writing system used in Ancient Egypt, uses pictures.

Question 61

How did the Assyrian kings rule conquered peoples?

Accepted Answer

divided the empire into districts

Question 62

What are the differences between Homo sapiens and Homo erectus?

Accepted Answer

Bigger heads

Question 63

Which group of early humans was the first to develop technology?

Accepted Answer

Homo Habilis

Question 64

What effect did geography have on early Indian civilizations?

Accepted Answer

flooding created good soil

Mid term review

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Mid term review

Questions 79