Semester 1 World History Final Review

What was the material that the Romans used in building new structures?

What invention made horseback riding easier in China?

To send a product or service for sale to another country.

T or F:Athenians used the strategy of staying behind their walls during the Peloponnesian wars.

T or F: The Twelve Tables were for everyone that lived in the Roman provinces.

Who tried to erase Hatshepsut from history?

Monks live in ____.

Who created direct democracy?

What was completed by the Sui Dynasty?

Who founded the Islamic religion?

Who was the first person to sail around the world?

Homer wrote this story about the hero named Achilles.

What is the most common of the various titles for ancient Egyptian monarchs?

What is ultimate reality?

What is an upper class whose wealth is based on land&power is passed on from 1 gen. to another?

Goods that are brought into the country.

T or F: Monsoons plagued the civilizations of Mesoamerica.

T or F: Gautama (Buddha) grew up on the streets and knew the struggles of life.

Hannibal used what during his battles with Rome?

What is the code of ethics that knights have to follow on and off the battle field?

What culture/language emerged because of trade between Africans and Arabs?

The Seljuk Turks were known as being hired for what?

Who helped examine heretics at the Inquisition?

What philosopher is known for his courage and fearlessness?

What is a large political unit or state, usually under a single leader?

What is “the rule of the few”?

Where are Muslims supposed to travel at least once in their lifetime if they are able?

Who discovered that the sun was the center of the universe instead of the Earth?

What did Africans trade salt for?

T or F: Charlemagne focused on education because he was literate.

T or F: Olive oil and wine were the biggest trading commodities for the Athenians.

The Arabian peninsula is a what?

What civilizations settled b/c they saw an eagle perched on a cactus coming out of a rock?

This ideal proposes that human beings are evil by nature.

What did purgatory depend on for the Catholic Church?

During the Renaissance, it combined classical learning and reforming the Catholic Church.

What is an administrative org. that relies on on nonelective officials and regular procedures?

T or F: Empires are often easy to create, but they can be difficult to maintain.

What were the two major rival city-states in Ancient Greece?

Christianity is a branch off of what religion?

Who were known as the "rubber people" in the ancient civilizations?

What was the form of writing that was created using wedge shapes on a clay tablet?

Who is the one who follows, especially one who succeeds to a throne or office?

Belief that God has determined in advance who will be saved and who will be damned.

What is the geography of Greece?

The Code of Hammurabi was for what empire?

What country was the leader in the Age of Exploration?

What style of architecture emerged in the Middle Ages?

Who was given the title of Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III?

What did the Vikings use to settle in the center of Europe?

Who is known as the greatest leader in Indian History?

What philosopher started The Academy?

What was Martin Luther's final straw with the Catholic Church?

In Islamic society, where would they go to buy, sell, and trade items?

What religion introduced yoga as a form of meditation?

T or F: Carthage is known for their Army.

An intellectual movement of the Renaissance based on the study of the humanities.

T or F: The Spartans are known for their Army.

Who is considered one of the richest and powerful kings in African history?

How was wealth measured in Ancient Greece?

Caesar illegally crossed this river in order to fight Pompey's forces.

What country did the Peace of Augsburg effect?

What is tracing the lineage through the father?

Who did the Senate what to be the next leader out of the men in the first triumvirate?

TorF:Aristotle agreed w/his teacherabout there being a higher reality that we can't comprehend.

Who took the first census since Ancient Roman times during the Middle Ages?

T or F: Temples are dedicated to the men that are in charge of the city-states.

What kind of building was the Angkor Wat?

Mesopotamia was located between two rivers. What rivers were they?

The land between the two rivers is called?

What funded the Spanish expeditions in the America's?

What percentage of Africa is considered a desert?

T or F: Augustus became a dictator after the fall of the Roman Republic.

What major city-states were republics in Italy?

What country is an archipelago?

Who started the first punic war over the island of Sicily?

Who was Plato's teacher?

What is a fortified gathering place at the top of a hill?

What type of government is established by divine authority?

Where are the Pre-Columbian Americas societies located?

What is the "rule of many"?

What kind of cases did King Henry II add to the royal courts so he had more power?

The Body of Civil Laws is also known as what?

T or F: Aqueducts were created by the Romans

What was the emperor of the Byzantine empire in charge of?

The fall of the Han Dynasty occurred because of?

What kind of fiction emerged in Japan and China?

What civilization had a system that took household trash from houses to street level?

T or F: Zoroastrianism is polytheistic religion practiced by the Persians.

Where did the first university appear in Europe?

What war did Homer write about in his epic poems?

What empire did Alexander the Great overtake that his father Philip could not?

What philosopher studied other academics other than philosophy like zoology?

Who used the first form of biological warfare?

Who is considered to be the first historian?