WH Semester Exam (20/21)

Invaders from Persia brought an end to the ____ Empire in the third century A.D. In its place, the ____ Empire sprang up

What were the basic political units of Sumerian civilization?

The Kushites were driven out of Egypt by the Assyrians

in astronomy, the Sumerians charted the

Which Aryan varna, or social group, was considered the highest and purest?

The Sumerian priests had the power to

Why do some philosophers consider Buddhism to be a philosophy rather than religion?

Another term for the Greek city-state was polis.

In Athens, during the Age of Pericles, every male citizen

After losing the battle of Thermopylae to the Persians, the Athenians

Which Hindu religious poem describes reincarnation and tells the stories of the gods?

In Hindu tradition, a person’s status in society was not considered to be a matter of chance. What concept accounted for

The reforms of Cleisthenes

It has been proposed that belief in the Hindu gods and goddesses developed

During the Dark Age, some Greeks settled

What was the first Mesopotamian civilization?

The development of Egyptian civilization was influenced most powerfully by

Egyptian pharaohs had absolute power over their kingdom.

how did people in the fertile crescent adapt to their environment

Egyptian history is divided into three major periods, known as the...

according to the beliefs in the ancient theocracy of Sumer, kings received power from

The Buddha’s Four Noble Truths were meant to end

The rich soil of the Fertile Crescent was the result of

In Hinduism and in Buddhism, respectively, the single force governing the universe was called

The most important physical structure in a Sumerian city-state was the

Religion provided the Egyptians with a sense of security, and Egyptian rulers were viewed as

Which of the following did the Sumerians invent

Ancient Indians excelled in the science of

Which statement is most accurate?

Reincarnation is the Hindu

During the Middle Kingdom Egypt became the most powerful empire in the near east

Which of the following claims that a single force governs the universe?

According to Plato, a good life can only be achieved if a person

A form of written language

The Mesopotamian religion, which featured nearly 3,000 gods and goddesses, can be described as

Greek sculptors sought to achieve realism.

The ideas of Aryan settlers in ancient India helped to form

A large political unit or state, usually under a single leader, controlling many territories is known as

The teachings of Homer promoted

During the time of the Middle Kingdom,

The ancient Greeks considered religion

Why were towns and villages established along the banks of the Nile

The Egyptians developed an accurate 365-day calendar by basing their year

Egyptian society, with the god-king at the top, was organized like

Why did large numbers of Greeks establish colonies in distant lands between 750 B.C. and 550 B.C.?

After the collapse of the New Kingdom, the area known as Nubia became the independent state of Axum.

In 479 B.C., a large and unified Greek army

Herodotus wrote what is considered to be the first

The Buddha believed that suffering is caused by

Greek history was influenced by Greece’s

Hieratic script, a simplified version of Egyptian hieroglyphic writing, was used

The greatest new development made by Sumerians was

The social structure of the caste system in India

The Egyptian Empire collapsed with the invasion of the Akkadians.

Which of the following was the first Greek state?

The golden age of Indian culture occurred under the

A main characteristic of civilizations is

The Peloponnesian War, which began in 431 B.C., was a result of

In the first century B.C., the pharaoh Ramses II tried to reestablish Egypt’s independence.

Because trade brought new civilizations into contact with one another,