World History Mid-Term 12-20

The basic political unit of Greece was the polis or city state.

The hanging gardens were from the Babylon culture.

The city of Pompeii was destroyed, yet preserved, by a volcanic eruption.

The Spartan way of life centered on military training.

Diaspora means to scatter.

Dates of the New Kingdom are 1550-1070 BC.

The Nile river was the geographic factor that contributed to the unity of Egypt.

The Olympic games began as an attempt to please the Greek gods through physical prowess.

Cain committed the first murder

The Greeks greatly influenced Roman culture.

Plato was a famous philosopher who taught Aristotle.

Julius Caesar established a calendar that is the basis of our own.

The mountains that run down the middle of the Italian Peninsula are the Apennines.

The southern tribes of Israel were taken into exile by the Babylonians in the year 586 BC.

Anthropormorphic is a term used to describe humans giving gods their attributes.

The Assyrian culture is considered to be the most brutal.

Mesopotamia means land between the rivers.

Stephen was the first Christian martyr.

The Tigris & Euphrates rivers cradled the first civilization.

Between each Kingdom is a time of unrest called an Intermediate period.

Which of Octavian's names was a family name?

3 styles of Greek architecture were Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian.

The Illiad & Odyssey are two poems that give a glimpse of Greek life between 2013 AD to 2017 AD

The government of Athens under Pericles was a democracy.

A monarchy is "rule by a few".

Virgil was the Roman historian who wrote 142 books on Roman history.

Hippocrates is known as the "Father of Time".

Pax Romana lasted a total of 1200 years.

Alexander was a king of Persia.

Greece is in the continent of North America.

Who was the emperor at the start of the Pax Romana?

The German culture had a story of a great flood.

Satrapies are Persians of states.

A polytheistic culture worships one God.

The Roman poet who described the dangers of living a life of luxury was Horace.

The capital of the eastern Roman Empire was Constantinople.

Augustus was a title given to Octavian by the Senate.

All of these are cultures have a story of a great flood except

The Roman Procurator that had Christ crucified was Julius Caesar.

The northern tribes of Israel were taken into exile by the Assyrians in the year 722 BC.

The Olympic Games were originally held in honor of Zeus.

A shaduf is an irrigation system.

Augustus was emperor when Christ was born.

A polytheistic culture

The period of peace in Rome that lasted for almost 200 years is called Pax Romana.

The Illiad & Odyssey are two epic poems written by the Greek poet Homer.

Julius Caesar was assassinated in the first century BC.

The female pharaoh who dressed like a man is Hatshepsut.

In the Roman Senate each senator served for life.

The Epic of Gilgamesh gives the first account of the Flood.

The Mississippi river was used by Xerses to build a bridge of boats for his army to cross.

The writing style of Sumer is known as Cuneiform.

Mesopotamian pyramid like structures are known as Ziggurats.

The earliest center of civilization was in Crete in the Aegean region.

The Nile river is more than 5,000 miles long.

The Nile River is used for painting hieroglyphics.

Jonah was sent to the ancient culture of Assyria.

Rome was established on the Tiber river.

The Aegean culture that displayed a love for military pursuits was Joplin.

Egypt's timeline is broken into 3 Kingdoms.

Dates of the Old Kingdom are 2650-2150 BC.

The meeting that affirmed Christ's deity & doctrine of the Trinity was the Council of Nicaea.

Pontifex Maximus was a title given to Octavian which identifies him as chief priest.

Hammurabi is best remembered for his Code of dress.

The ancient city of Troy was discovered by Heinrich Schliemann.

Papyrus is a paper like parchment made of weeds.

A democracy is "rule by the king".

Cleopatra was a ruler of Egypt.

Akhenaton is famous for having a wife who ended up dressing like a man.

Artifacts are man-made items that are the sources used to study history.