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Duplicate of 8th Grade World History SGO REVIEW
Duplicate of 8th Grade World History SGO REVIEW
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1
Using artificial means of bringing water to crops is called
adulation
inflation
initiation
irrigation
2
What do Aristarchus and Eratosthenes have in common?
They both worked on physics
They both studied the stars
They were both mathematicians
They both studied Earth.
3
Wedge-shaped Sumerian writing
cuneiform
rule of law
feudalism
dynasty
4
Which two scientists made advances in geometry?
Hypatia and Pythagoras
Euclid and Pythagoras
Archimedes and Hippocrates
Aristarchus and Hipparchus
5
Called this because people made their tools from stone during this time
anthropologists
Stone Age
Bantu Migration
dynasty
6
The Egyptians believed that the pharaoh was the son of
Re
Bel
Osiris
Isis
7
The long era of peace that began with Augustus is called the
Roman Empire
Pax Romana
Second Triumvirate
Praetorian Guard
8
Concept explained by Indian mathematicians
republic
Dynasty
Infinity
anthropologists
9
The world's longest river is the
Niger
Amazon
Nile
Tigris
10
Idea that laws should apply equally to everyone
cuneiform
rule of law
constitution
feudalism
11
A place where tombs for the pharaohs were cut into the rock walls
Valley of the Nile
Valley of the Spirits
Valley of the Kings
Valley of the Sun
12
Sumerian women had the rights to buy and sell property and
go to school
become rulers
run businesses
write wills
13
The weekly day of worship and rest is called the
weekend
synagogue
Sabbath
Rabbi
14
The reason why all Africans share some common traditions
feudalism
anthropologists
Bantu migrations
infinity
15
Who was the Israelite king known for his wise sayings, or proverbs?
Tutankhamen
Solomon
Sargon
Nebuchadnezzar
16
Mesopotamia, the cradle of civilization, lay between the
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Nile and Niger Rivers
Rhine and Rhone Rivers
Nile River and Red Sea
17
A system based on a shift of power from kings to nobles
feudalism
rule of law
constitution
cuneiform
18
Hammurabi's ideas for his legal code came from
long sea voyages
trips to the desert
taking dictation on Mt. Sinai
the laws of the lands he conquered
19
The first humans were
farmers
artisans
hunter-gatherers
scribes
20
In
the History of Herodotus,
who did the Greeks kidnap?
Aea
Io
Argive
Europe
21
The king of _______ sent a herald into Greece to demand his daughter back.
Aea
Tyre
Minos
Crete
22
The Egyptians used this for baskets and for papermaking
jute
papyrus
flax
gypsum
23
The Greeks wanted their art to reflect their ideals of
peace and happiness
wealth and power
utility and friendliness
balance, reason, and moderation
24
A family of rulers who pass power down through the family
dynasty
Bantu migrations
republic
cuneiform
25
The __________ separate India from the rest of Asia
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
monsoons
castes
Himalaya
26
People who study how humans developed and how they relate to each other
feudalism
anthropologists
Bantu migrations
Stone Age
27
A plan of government
Constitution
rule of law
dynasty
Stone Age
28
Twenty-five thousand years ago, humans moved in which direction across Asia?
southeast
west
south
northeast
29
Government in which citizens vote to elect leaders
dynasty
republic
constitution
feudalism
30
Which Greek scientist said the Earth is round?
Pythagoras
Hypatia
Eratosthenes
Euclid
31
Life in ancient Egypt depended heavily on the
fish harvest
balance of trade
good will of the pharaoh
Nile River
32
The Greek peninsula is
often flooded
fertile
flat
mountainous and dry
33
The Jews who lived scattered around outside of Judah are called the
plethora
menorah
Diaspora
aurora
34
The mountain ranges of Italy
isolated towns from each other
cannot be crossed
include the Appalachians
are not as rugged as those in Greece
35
Early humans spread to which continent first?
Australia
Asia
Europe
Africa
