Final: 2019 Midterm Study Guide

What were homes in the Indus Valley made from?

Which female ruler avoid military conquests and expanded economy through trade?

What was an Indian achievement in mathematics?

Who are skilled craftsmen who made metal products, cloth, or pottery?

What animal did Ancient Greeks raise for a living?

Who were nomadic people who changed India in many ways?

What was the promised land of the Israelites?

What do historians call the earliest period of human history?

Who qualified for citizenship in Ancient Greece?

In which war did Sparta and Athens fight against each other?

What kind of government did Egypt have?

What did the city-state of Sparta focus on?

Why is King Tutankhamen Egypt’s most famous pharaoh?

What was the Code of Hammurabi?

What is the Ancient Israelite faith known as today?

Why was the Neolithic Revolution a turning point in world history?

What were 2 well-known Neolithic communities?

Which holiday celebrates the Maccabees victory over the Greeks?

Who founded Buddhism?

What was the main benefit of flooding in Mesopotamia?

What did Egyptians make paper from?

What did Indian astronomers recognize about the Earth?

Which pharaoh conquered many territories and increased slavery?

Who did Athens and Sparta join together to fight against?

What was the first civilization to arise in Ancient Greece?

Who ran Greek city-states?

The Great Pyramid was built for which pharaoh?

What was the Sumerian form of writing?

Which system dictated a person’s job, marriage, and social group?

What was the most important factor in the development of civilizations?

Why was the Nile the lifeblood of Egypt?

Who was the great Buddhist king who built roads and hospitals?

What was the Egyptian form of writing?

Who were the two groups of Buddhists who spread Buddha’s ideas?

What were tombs for pharaohs?

What did god do to bring the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt?

What is the idea that the law should apply to everyone equally?

What is the belief that people pass through many lives?

Who is a person who claims to be instructed by God to share God’s word?

Which famous building is Pericles responsible for constructing?

What is food prepared according to Jewish dietary law?

What did Greeks call their city-states?

Who united Upper and Lower Egypt and became the first pharaoh of Egypt?

During which time period did Egypt conquer Nubia and Syria, make improvements, and had peace and order?

What did the Buddha believe should be given up in order to find truth?

What is one of the oldest religions in the world and the third largest?

What is the weekly day of rest and prayer?

Why is Ruth a role model for Jewish girls?

What activity caused human groups to form around during the Paleolithic Age?

Which foods are Jews not allowed to eat?

What are the first five books of the Hebrew Bible?

What book did Egyptians study to obtain life after death?

What is the universal spirit in Hinduism?

Who were the first people to live in the Indus River valley?

What are India’s two most important rivers?

How could the Nile’s flooding be described?

What is the spread of Jews and their customs outside of Judah?

What process helped Egyptians become specialists in the field of medicine?

Who defeated Goliath, wrote Psalms, and became the greatest king of the Israelites?

What is the first of the Four Noble Truths?

Which pharaoh tried to establish a new religion but was unsuccessful?

Which holiday celebrates the Israelites’ escape from slavery and the Last Plague?

Who is the Father of the Hebrews?

What was the agora?

Which factor first influenced the migration of early humans?