Ancient Civilizations Final Review

What does Ziggurat mean in the Akkadian language?

As the Aryans settled in India, many of them began to build towns along what river?

Before the monarchs, who ruled Sumerian states?

What are the main geographic features of Greece?

Who made up the upper class in Egypt?

What is the term for someone who taught boys in ancient India until they attended school?

What is the faith of the Israelites known as?

Who founded the city of Rome?

Forced payments sent to the pharaoh by conquered people are called:

Who created and ruled the Babylonian Empire?

What theory did Indian astronomers propose about the earth?

What is a mixture of tin and copper called?

Today we call it Sudan, ancient Egyptians called it:

What do you call an embalmed body wrapped in cloth?

How were Kushite pyramids different from Egyptian pyramids?

Who was the king of Upper Egypt?

What was one of Rome’s significant contributions to later civilizations?

A series of ancient texts that describes the search for Brahman

When did civilization first develop in Mesopotamia?

What do you call workers who make metal products, cloth, or pottery?

A political leader in Rome who strongly supported representative, republican government

What is the Mahabharata?

What language was the Greek alphabet based on?

Describe what the Sphinx looks like…

Xerxes was the king of what area?

What title did Octavian take?

What was the capital of The Chaldean Empire?

The scrolls of the Torah are kept in a cabinet called what?

Who is believed to have written many of the Psalms?

How did Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus try to change society?

What type of land borders the Nile River in Egypt?

How long is the Nile River?

“Life is full of suffering” is one of the ?

Identify the members of the upper class in Mesopotamia.

Why did Cleopatra want to form an alliance with Antony?

Identify the important contributions of Indian mathematicians of the Gupta Empire

Where do scientists think the first humans originated?

Since Spartan men lived away from home, what were Spartan women allowed to do?

What Indian leader conquered weak kingdoms left by Alexander the Great?

What were the wise sayings of Solomon called?

How did humans live differently once they learned how to grow crops and tame animals?

What was the result of communities being separated by mountains and valleys?

The belief that people pass through many lives is called what?

According to the Hebrew Bible, whom did Samuel anoint as the first king of Israel?

A dictator who ruled for only 16 days

A line of rulers from the same family is called:

In Athens, what were boys expected to do when they reached the age of 18?

When was Rome founded?

Buddhism became popular in part because it did not support what?

Who did the Council of the Plebs elect to voice their concerns to the government?

Which God do the Olympic Games honor?

India’s ancient people relied on three major rivers for what?

List one major difference between the Persian and Greek states.

Why were the Greeks able to defeat the Persian fleet at the Strait of Salamis?

The first general to lead his army in order to seize the power to become a dictator?

Though the Greeks were defeated, the bravery of the Spartans at which location was celebrated?

Who was the king who drove the Hyksos out of Egypt?

Where did the Greeks defeat the Persians in which a Greek messenger raced?

What happened to Athens after the Persian Wars ended?

Where did Egyptian families typically spend time together?

What was the capital of Kush?

Persia was located in what present day country?

Who was the king who defeated the Chaldeans and allowed the exiled Jews to return to Judah?

What occurred as a result of an abundant food supply being produced?

What do you call the organized growing of food on a normal schedule?

Where do Sumerian Kings claim they got their power from?

Who introduced the Greek language and culture to Judah?

According to the Hebrew Bible, who was the father of the leaders of the twelve tribes?

List one new idea put forth by the religious teacher Zoroaster.

The Jews met here on the Sabbath to pray and discuss their religion.

Ezra was a scribe who guided the writing of what book?

How did Julius Caesar die?

What job did the bureaucrats of Egypt have?

Which religion believes that the way to stop suffering is to stop desire?

Who founded a school that became a center for Torah studies?

What did Qin build to keep China safe?

What type of government did early civilizations have?

In what modern day state is Mesopotamia located?

The hilltop where forts stood and where Greeks built temples to honor local gods was..

What was the first written language?

What determines a person’s job, social group, and marriage in early India?

What did Paleolithic people construct shelters out of?

What prevents a body from decomposing?

What reforms did Julius Caesar introduce to Rome?

Why did Sparta’s leaders favor a military society?

Rome’s first set of written laws

According to the Hebrew Bible, who led the Israelites out of Egypt?

What is the most significant change that took place between the Paleolithic and Neolithic Age?

What did Chaldean astronomers map out?

Who was the chief god of the Egyptians?

What event led to the fall of the Persian Empire?

Where did the first civilizations develop?

According to the Hebrew Bible, who was Goliath?

Which Akkadian king conquered all of Mesopotamia?

How did Minoans make their living?

What does an archeologist study?

The Phoenicians started using the alphabet as a way of keeping track of…..

What two factors influence where people settle?

The worship of ONLY one God is called…..

When did the Paleolithic Period begin?

What do you call a person who consistently moves from place to place?

What is the religious significance of the Temple Mount?

Which type of government has few wealthy people holding power over a large group of citizens?

What is Mohenjo-Daro?

Why were the Roman senators afraid of Caesar?

The mainland of Greece is in what natural shape?

List a development of the Paleolithic Age.

What is the Chaldean Empire also known as?

Who translated the Hebrew Bible into Greek, spreading Jewish ideas?

Which king eventually rejected violence and embraced Buddhism?

Why were Sumerian cities cut off from one another?