World History 1st semester exam

The Zhou dynasty claimed it ruled China because

Sumerian city states were conquered by the Akkadians under their leader

They Mauryan empire flourished under Asoka, who did all of the following EXCEPT

collection of laws devised in Babylon

The people known as the Israelites were

The ability to acquire food on a regular basis meant humans

people who travel to religious places

king who extended the Persian Empire to India

The king of the Chaldeans who rebuilt Babylon was

Persian Provinces

Harmony with nature and the universal order are beliefs of

religious teachers whose words became a source of ideals

items left behind by early peoples

In Hindu belief, karma is a force that

Modern historians have divided Egyptian history into three major periods

The development of Egyptian civilization was influenced most closely by

keeping animals and growing food on a regular basis

Paleolithic peoples were nomads because they had to

Persian Route from Lydia to Susa

The Immortals were professional cavalry and infantry forces

traders who lived in a narrow strip of land along the Mediterranean coast

Reincarnation is the Hindu belief that the individual souls

The Legalists believed that a strong ruler was needed

This made farming in ancient Mesopotamia possible

Confucianism encouraged the idea of

set of rigid, social categories

The most famous piece of Mesopotamian literature is

term for a large political unit or state

The Jews believed that God made a contract with them called a(n)

highest mountains in the world

Zoroaster taught all of the following EXCEPT

Cyrus was called "the Great" because the

migrating groups who domesticated animals for food and clothing

4000 mile transportation route stretching from China to Syria

belief in a single, universal force called Brahman

"new stone"

the study of human life and culture

peroid of time before writing was developed

belief in one god

Hieratic script was used

According to Jewish belief, there is only one God called

The Aryans developed their writing system

Sumerian writing system

arc of rich soil between Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf

Persian Religion

Persian Route from Lydia to Susa

determines an object's age by measuring the amount of C-14

independent city state in Sumeria

ruler who built the temple in Jerusalem

the study of past societies through the analysis of what people have left behind

Persian governors

Which is not a Sumerian invention?

Indo-Europeans who invaded northern India

"wise human being"

multiple gods and goddesses