8th Grade World History SGO REVIEW

Who was the Israelite king known for his wise sayings, or proverbs?

Life in ancient Egypt depended heavily on the

The Egyptians believed that the pharaoh was the son of 

People who study how humans developed and how they relate to each other

The Egyptians used this for baskets and for papermaking

The reason why all Africans share some common traditions

Government in which citizens vote to elect leaders

The Jews who lived scattered around outside of Judah are called the

Using artificial means of bringing water to crops is called 

What do Aristarchus and Eratosthenes have in common?

Sumerian women had the rights to buy and sell property and

The mountain ranges of Italy

The king of _______ sent a herald into Greece to demand his daughter back.

Which two scientists made advances in geometry?

Mesopotamia, the cradle of civilization, lay between the 

The Greeks wanted their art to reflect their ideals of

A place where tombs for the pharaohs were cut into the rock walls

Early humans spread  to which continent first?

The long era of peace that began with Augustus is called the

Which Greek scientist said the Earth is round?

The __________ separate India from the rest of Asia

Wedge-shaped Sumerian writing

In the History of Herodotus, who did the Greeks kidnap?

Idea that laws should apply equally to everyone

The world's longest river is the

The Greek peninsula is 

Called this because people made their tools from stone during this time

The first humans were

Twenty-five thousand years ago, humans moved in which direction  across Asia?

Concept explained by Indian mathematicians

A plan of government

A family of rulers who pass power down through the family

The weekly day of worship and rest is called the 

A system based on a shift of power from kings to nobles

Hammurabi's ideas for his legal code came from