World History Midterm Review

The golden age of India took place during the rule of the            

Which of the following empires that was the largest?

Who were great sailors, great traders, and great colonizers?

What was one of the major reasons that the Persians had such a successful empire?

River valleys mostly provided ____________________ and _______________________.

What term describes a society where men make most of the decisions (especially about marriage)?

Whois the founder of Buddhism?      

Name the scientific test used to measure radioactive decayto date organic materials?

What is an alphabet?

Thecaste system was reinforced by          

The Indian subcontinent juts into what ocean?

The religion of Abraham becomes the foundation for what three world religions?

What is the set of laws called that governed the Hebrew people?

Whatis the term that means to arrange and set down laws in writing?

Who established the world’s first alphabet?

Whatis the Greek word for the “land between two rivers”?

Modern Homo Sapiens first appeared approximately

Whichof the following geographic features had the greatest influence on ancientEgypt?

River valleys are often called “cradles of civilization.” Why?

What was the Neolithic revolution?

During the ___, permanent settlements appeared in river valleys andaround the Fertile Crescent.

The Indo-European people who invaded the Indian subcontinent called themselves  

Most Egyptians were members of which of the following groups?

Modern Homo Sapiens were thought to originate where?

Sumer was made up of_____________

How do archaeologists find out about early peoples?

What is the name of the site pictured above?

What was the later religion of the Persians called?

Who gave the world great roads, common coins, silk, paper, and porcelain?  

The writing system pictured is known as    

2 mountain ranges isolating India and making invasion from other nomadic peoples difficult

Weknow about Aryans through their writings called

The spreading of Jews outside of their homeland is called

The need to keep records led to the development of which of the following in Egypt?

Mathematics, textiles, medicine and literature are accomplishments of what civilization?  

Whattype of writing is pictured here?

Theoldest examples of Chinese writing are found on _____________.  

The term that describes the belief in many gods is_____

Who spread Buddhism across Asia? 

The term that describes the belief in one god is___

The most sacred text of the Hebrews is called the

Who was the founder of Judaism?

A“Golden Age” is a time of prosperity and          

Which two water bodies influenced early Indian civilization?

The Code of Hammurabi was a major achievement for which of the following reasons?

Forcing someone to leave their home and not be allowed to return is called

TheAryans divided people into classes based on their      

TheVedas formed the basis of   __________________,the religion of the Indian Subcontinent.  

The earliest Chinese civilization around 1500 BCE (Neolithicperiod) developed on this river