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Nike is Greek for.....
Why was the China's Great Wall built?
World History End of year exam
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Why was the China's Great Wall built?
help China trade
discourage attacks by nomadic Mongols
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Nike is Greek for.....
Winner
Victory
Runner
God
3
Define: Checks and Balances
Divides the government into three branches
Protected by the Bill of Rights
Limits the actions of the other branches
Gives powers to the states
4
What was the Neolithic Revolution?
People lived in caves
People learned to farm
People were hunters
5
What is the Judicial Branch?
The pharaoh
branch that includes the court system
branch did makes the laws
branch with the president
6
What is a surplus?
Not enough supplies.
Enough for everyone.
So much that there is an extra amount.
7
Mandate of Heaven is....
Ruler has no say in god.
Gods chose rulers good moral character or they will lose their power.
Ruler picked by god even if he is bad.
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What is an oligarchy?
Rule by many
Rule by a King or Queen
Rule by one person
9
What did the Mediterranean Sea provide?
protection
water
trade
food
10
What is a Caste?
Social Order of India
Social Order of Rome
Social Order of Egypt
11
Which group gave us the first writing abilities?
Greeks
Egyptians
Romans
Phoenicians
12
How is Athenian and U.S. democracy similar?
non citizens could vote
Political power held by citizens
women could not vote
only land owners could vote
13
The Caste includes:
Karma
Brahmins, Kshatriya, Visayans, Sudras
Indigo
14
Which part of the U.S. government resembles a Roman government ?
Executive Branch
Legislative Branch
Judicial Branch
15
What part of the Roman government controlled the money?
Councels
Emperor
Assemblies
Senate
16
The order of the Roman government....
Monarchy, Empire, Republic
Republic, Empire, Monarchy
Monarchy, Republic, Empire
17
Phoenicians helped spread.....
religion
their shipbuilding
glass blowing
their written language (alphabet)
18
The Silk Road was important because....
Led armies to China
Exchanged of scientific and cultural materials
they built the Great Wall
19
The American government is a....
Representative Democracy
Direct Democracy
20
What is a drought?
A lot of rain
No rain
No sun
Summer season
21
Greeks believed in many gods...they practiced....
Polytheism
Monotheism
22
What is climate?
Food/farming
building tools
weather
23
Who was Asoka?
Mrs. Hicks' dog
He fought Homer
He spread Buddhism
He was a captain in Rome
24
What is a monarchy?
Rule by many.
Rule by a king or queen
Rule by the military
25
What led to the decline of the Roman Empire?
Long period of peace
Split into three separate units
Bad rulers placed huge tax burdens (taxes on small farmers)
Could not grow enough food
26
How did the Himalayan and Hindu Kush mountains effect the development of India?
geography of India location led to early settlements on the subcontinent.
led to development of Urbanization
all of the above
27
What is the Rule of Law?
King goes to jail if he is guilty of breaking the law
All citizens must follow the law
All of the above
No one is above the law
28
What is scarcity?
plenty of something
not enough of something
none of the above
29
What is Prehistory?
The time before AD and BC
The time between Roman and Greece
After Jesus was born
A time before writing was invented.
30
Which U.S. Branch is the largest ?
Executive Branch
Judicial Branch
Legislative Branch
31
The Legislative Branch
The courts
The president
Branch that makes the laws
32
Ancient Greece gave us
Democracy
Drama
all of the above
Philosophy
33
Which Indian period had unification of India and revival of Hinduism?
Karma
Aryan Migration
Gupta Empire
34
Indus Valley in northwestern India built buildings, roadside drainage systems and homes. This is an example of?
the development of urbanization
cultural diffusion
Neolithic changes
rule of law
35
What achievements did the Egyptians give us?
all of the above
hieroglyphics
agriculture farming
creation of writing systems which impacted other civilizations
36
What led people to specialize in a craft?
creation of food surpluses
Making tools
Not enough food
37
What was the Holocaust during WW ll?
Passover
The murder of six million Jews
The leaving of Egypt by the Jews
38
When you see Hammurabi, you think of?
Roman leader
Farming
Government
39
Why were the Israelite's different from the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans?
they practiced monotheism
they practiced polytheism
they practiced human sacrifices
They believed in many gods
40
Which Roman branch of government has the least authority on military decisions?
Councils
Empe
Senate
41
Athens and Sparta were similar how?
Ruled by Kings and officials
Men had more rights than women
Democratic government
42
Why did the Egyptians settle around the river valley civilization?
Trade routes were easy.
The Nile gave them water while the rest was a desert.
First people settled there.
43
What Ancient China farming technique help them.
fertilizers
terrace farming
Crop rotation
Irrigation Systems
44
Who were Nomads?
Egyptians
People who moved around a lot.
Romans
Greeks
45
What does economic mean?
Ice age/caves
money/finances
food/surplus
animals/farming
46
What does similar mean?
something that is a like
something that is different
47
What was special about Amenhotep IV in ancient Egypt?
He was the first pharaoh in Egypt.
Changed his name and believed in ONE GOD
48
Who was Hammurabi?
Mesopotamia King who created laws.
Egyptian Phararoh
King Tut
Leader of the Roman Empire
49
What is cultural diffusion?
Through contact, ideas were exchanged and then spread out.
Both A and B
India gave the world the number zero.
50
What concepts influence the Egyptians when they built their pyramids?
geometry
algebra
adding
slaves
51
What main achievement did the Mesopotamian s give us?
pictographs
ziggurat
All of the above
Cuneiform
52
What is polytheism?
Christians
Belief in one god.
Israelite's
Belief in many gods.
53
What development enabled early people to develop civilizations?
advances in agricultural production
creation of democratic government
spread of monotheism
Advances in written language
54
Who spread Christianity and created the basic beliefs of Christianity?
John from the New Testament
Paul and his writings are in the New Testament
Matthew from the New Testament
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What did the Nile river provide?
Fish
Fertile soil
Water
all of the above
