Semester 1 Exam Review Ancient World History

20. The large natural barrier to outsiders for Egypt, called the World's Biggest Sandbox, is the

25. Ancient China had several natural barriers to outsiders. Which is NOT one of them?

41. The leader of the Greek gods was

44. The home of the first democracy was

39. The religion without one specific founder that believes in many different gods is

13. The reason for measuring time with BCE and CE was to not reference

21. Egyptian kings were known as

32. Belief that your actions bring consequences

29. Belief in more than one god

11. BC stands for

4. Man made objects that have historical significance are called

9. Early civilizations always developed around

3. The remains of living things are called

1. The period of time before recorded history was known as

16. Classifying people by rank in society is called a

36. The religion that was founded by Jesus, studies the Bible, worships in Jerusalem and believes in one god is

8. The first form of writing occured by pressing papyrus reeds into wet clay. This was known as

45. Democracy in Athens consisted of all citizens having a vote. This is a

28. Belief in only one God

2. The transition from prehistory to modern history came about with the invention of

43. The type of government that was first developed in Greece is

5. Someone who studies fossils is a

6. Someone who studies artifacts is an

46. The only people who were considered citizens in Athens were

48. The city-state in Greece that was known for its military strength was

17. The hard work of farming led people to pass off the work to others by incorporating

10. The development of writing led to the creation of a calendar system. The two early calendars were the

24. Historians were unable to translate heiroglyphics until the discovery of the

33. The idea that after a person dies, they are reborn as someone/something else is

22. Egyptians prepared the bodies of the dead for the afterlife using

19. The Nile River flowed

30. The set of beliefs taught by a religion

14. The first law code was the

27. Trade happened across Ancient China using the

49. Greek culture was spread throughout a vast empire after Greece was conquered and united by

42. The geography of Greece was key to the way it developed politically, which was with the formation of

23. The history of Ancient Egypt was recorded using

26. To protect China from invaders from the North, they built the

7. Prehistoric people who moved from one place to another to follow their food source were

34. The journey to an existence of calmness and relaxation is to become

38. The religion that was founded by Siddartha Gautama on his journey to find Nirvana is

18. Ancient Egypt developed along the

37. The religion that was founded by Muhammed, studies the Quran, and pilgrimages to Mecca is

12. AD stands for

47. Our government today selects representatives to make decisions for the citizens. This is called a

40. Greek mythology is based on a group of Greek gods that lived on

15. Dividing a group of people working together into different tasks that they specialize in is called

31. Being excluded by a religion is called being

35. The religion that was founded by Abraham that studies the Torah, worships in Jerusalem and believes in one god is