Adv. World History Midterm Exam

Question 1

Greece's northern neighbor

Accepted Answer

Macedonia

Question 2

One of the oldest known cities, in present day Turkey

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Catal Huyuk

Question 3

Taught that the universe followed the same rules as music and numbers

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Pythagoras

Question 4

Taught that happiness came from reason and doing one's duty

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Stoics

Question 5

Jews living outside Judah; Greek word meaning scattered

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Diaspora

Question 6

New Stone Age

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Neolithic

Question 7

A myth is a traditional story about gods and heroes.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

Khufu built the Great Pyramids at Giza

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

Period of time when Jews were sent to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar

Accepted Answer

Babylonian Captivity

Question 10

Grand temple with a shrine at the top, like a giant wedding cake

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Ziggurat

Question 11

Capital of Egypt during the Old Kingdom

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Memphis

Question 12

Highest mountain in Greece

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Mount Olympus

Question 13

Canaan is present-day Lebanon, Israel, and Jordan

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True

Question 14

The Gupta Empire was India's golden age of learning and culture

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True

Question 15

Egyptian name for Egypt, means "the Black Lands"

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Kemet

Question 16

Astronomers are people who study heavenly bodies

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

Brought by Aryans when they invaded India

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Iron plows

Question 18

Sophists taught that there was no absolute right and wrong

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True

Question 19

Sophocles was a dramatist who used painted scenery and three actors to tell a story

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True

Question 20

Ramses II was the greatest of the New Kingdom pharaohs

Accepted Answer

True

Question 21

Meaning "divine law," it directs Hindus to do the duty of their caste.

Accepted Answer

Dharma

Question 22

Palestine is the name given to Judah by Romans; refers to the Philistines

Accepted Answer

True

Question 23

First large army to use iron weapons

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Assyrians

Question 24

Alexander was a commander in the army at 16 , king at 20, and dead by 33.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 25

A time when Greek culture spread throughout the non-Greek world

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Hellenistic Era

Question 26

Descendants of Abraham who left Mesopotamia and settled in Canaan

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Israelites

Question 27

Western Asian people who conquered Egypt

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Hyksos

Question 28

First great Buddhist king

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Asoka

Question 29

Herodotus is considered the greatest historian of the ancient world

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False

Question 30

Grew from a mixture of Aryan beliefs and those of the Harrapans

Accepted Answer

Hinduism

Adv. World History Midterm Exam

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Adv. World History Midterm Exam

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