Midterm Review Quiz

Who invented the modern alphabet?

What is rule of law?

Mesopotamia lies between which two rivers?

Which day do Jews observe the Sabbath?

Phoenicians made a blue dye from sea snails.

Why was a standing army beneficial?

Earth has had 4 ice ages.

Who came up with the idea of a common currency?

There are 8 elements of civilizations.

Papyrus is made from wood.

What is between the Mediterranean Sea and lower Egypt?

The shift to farming from hunting and gathering was so important, it is called the

How did the Phoenicians link diverse people and cultures around the Mediterranean region and beyond?

Israelites were polytheistic.

Which army include some of the world’s first cavalry?

Irrigation was used by artisans.

Social, family, beliefs, values, technology, art, clothing, shelter, rituals and more are all a part of what?

A revolution is a war to create change.

Sumerian system of writing is called

To domesticate is to

What continent is this?

Symbols that represent letters are

Polytheism is the belief in one God.

Which era did farming start?

Communities of Jews living outside of their ancient homeland are called what?

Are you going to study?

Kush needed _______, Egypt needed ______, so they developed a ________ relationship with one another.

What continent is this?

What is the idea of spreading culture from place to place called?

Kush resided in Upper Egypt.

To change your way of life is to

Cyrus the Great captured the Israelites and enslaved them.

Hominins originated in Africa.

Who was the only female judge?

Which calendar consisted of 365 days that Egyptians adopted as their calendar to assist in farming?

  ________ had a complex language, were taller and leaner, and had more complex ways of thinking compared to neanderthals.

The first centers for farming began in

A ziggurat has four, triangular shaped sides.