Semester 1 Exam Review Ancient World History

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

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

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

27. Trade happened across Ancient China using the

14. The first law code was the

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

9. Early civilizations always developed around

30. The set of beliefs taught by a religion

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

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

12. AD stands for

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

41. The leader of the Greek gods was

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

29. Belief in more than one god

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

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

44. The home of the first democracy was

32. Belief that your actions bring consequences

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

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

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

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

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

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

4. Man made objects that have historical significance are called

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

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

6. Someone who studies artifacts is an

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

16. Classifying people by rank in society is called a

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

11. BC stands for

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

3. The remains of living things are called

19. The Nile River flowed

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

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

18. Ancient Egypt developed along the

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

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

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

23. The history of Ancient Egypt was recorded using

21. Egyptian kings were known as

5. Someone who studies fossils is a

31. Being excluded by a religion is called being

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

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

28. Belief in only one God