World History Semester 1 Review

what ancient city was found on the banks of the Euphrates River?

What did the pyramids show about the Old Kingdom dynasties of Egypt?

What did Egyptian and Mesopotamian society have in common?

What are trade, government, record keeping and advanced technology characteristics of?

Which of the following is NOT one of the Five Pillars of Islam?

What were Luther's followers called?

Mesopotamia is also known as

Hammurabi's code applied to

How do we know that the people of the Indus valley traded with the Sumerians?

The main purpose of the pyramids of Egypt was to function as

China's first cities arose along which river?

Most important contributions of the Greek city-state of Athens

How did Sargon of Akkad form the first empire?

A mock battle that served as a training exercise for young knights

What was the first full-sized book Guttenburg printed?

The most sacred writings of the Jewish religion are the first five books of the Hebrew Bible

Group most responsible for the spread of the Black Plague

All were achievements of homo erectus and homo sapiens during the Stone Age EXCEPT?

A lord's estate

What was the Renaissance the rebirth of?

What was a major advantage of the Chinese system of writing?

This religion has no noted founder

The Phoenicians contributed greatly to written communication by introducing the first use of

How did the Mandate of Heaven affect government in China?

This is often considered a philosophy more than a religion

How did feudalism in China fail in the end to fulfill its original purpose?

The supreme god during China's first several hundred years as a civilization was...

The main result of the domestication of animals was that humans

During the Middle Ages, Europeans did not eat potatoes or corn because:

The social class system that came to be known as the caste system was established in India by

System of government based on the exchange of land for protection and services

Toward what city do Muslims pray?

Which kings consulted the gods through the use of oracle bones?

All of the following were activities for Paleolithic nomads EXCEPT

What religion does Jackie Chan adhere to?

Early civilizations began along ___

Slash-and-burn farming refers to

Which ruler was considered to be both king and god?

What ancient village is known for its obsidian products and colorful wall paintings?

What can the Crusades be considered?

The design of Roman aqueducts made significant use of the architectural structure of the:

Carolingian leader who reunited Western Europe and was crowned Emperor by Pope Leo III

The Indo-European peoples that migrated from the steppes were mainly

Greek art (classical art) exhibits all the characteristics EXCEPT

Which of the following is NOT one of Luther's beliefs?

What was the system of writing that the Sumerian scribes created?

Motheism is described as the belief in

Code that knights were expected to follow

In what way did Leonardo da Vinci represent the Renaissance Man

What economic activity characterized the advanced cities in Sumer?

What is the term of the unique way of life of a group of people?

The act of taking away a person's right to membership in the church

The temples in Ur were called a

Hinduism & Buddhism have a common belief in

For what is the Medici family famous?

Which early civilization had the first carefully planned cities with sophisticated plumbing?

What kind of person represented the ideal of the "Renaissance man"?

What substance did Sumer's metalworkers create to make their tools harder than copper?

The Hittites were able to excel at war because of their knowledge of

Religion most dominant in Latin America

The impact of the printing press on 16th century Europe demonstrates ability of technology to

Constantinople's largest church

The Qu'ran is the scripture of this religion

Buddhism spread across Asia mostly as a result of

What was the chief goal of the Crusades?

Christianity grew out of this older religion

In which form of Egyptian writing did pictures stand for both ideas & sounds?

What is the belief in many gods?

Luther protested the selling of indulgences. What was this practice?

The disappearance of which species of hominids 30,000 yrs ago still has archaeologists baffled?

Why do we know so little about the Indus Valley civilization?

The head of the Tibetan Buddhists is called the

These religions both originated in India

Whose rights did the Magna Carta originally intend to defend?

What was the outcome of the First Crusade?

The hunter-gatherer way of life made it impossible for people to live

Body of civil law created for the Byzantine Empire

Most people in India are followers of this religion

A grant of land from a lord to a vassal (knight)

The belief that you get what you give is called

What did the Magna Carta guarantee?

This river in India is considered sacred to the Hindus

A community of Christian men who gave up all private possessions to serve God

What was the dramatic and far-reaching change in human life caused by the discovery of farming?

What is the region in Southwest Asia where the first civilization arose?

Which of the following distinguished the cities of the Indus Valley?

Body of rules and regulations governing religious practices such as marriage

What was the name of the chronic disease at the end of the Middle Ages?

The term empire is best defined as:

What ruler was famous for a uniformed code of laws that unified his empire?

The main reason for Henry VIII's split with the Roman Catholic Church

In Buddhism, the release from selfishness & pain that comes from complete understanding is

What did King John do after signing the Magna Carta?

Name of the pilgrimage each Muslim strives to make at least once in a lifetime

The Ten Commandments became the basis for

The legendary figure of Menes is famous for being

What is a series of rulers that come from a single family?

The word ziggurat means

In which form of writing did pictures stand for ideas?

The Neolithic Revolution refers to the time when early humans

Good deeds done in one's lifetime are called ___ by the Hindus.

What species was first to migrate, use tools & fire, and develop the start of spoken language?

The most able seafarers of early Mediterranean were the

Two Branches of Christianity in the Western World because of Luther's influence

Why were Egyptian farmers more fortunate than the farmers of Mesopotamia?

Holy Wars

Olympic games poems of Homer & Hellenistic culture are associated to this ancient civilization