Honors World History Unit 1 SS

Question 1

What was the trade route called that connected the Roman Empire and Han China by land and sea?

Accepted Answer

Silk road

Question 2

Ancient Athenians held _ in highest regard, where the Spartans considered _ accomplishments to be of utmost importance.

Accepted Answer

Philosophy and Military

Question 3

Hinduism and Buddhism have a common belief in ?

Accepted Answer

Reincarnation

Question 4

what is the Neolithic Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Agriculture

Question 5

Chinese leaders ruled according to what belief?

Accepted Answer

mandate of heaven

Question 6

Who converted the Roman Empire to Christianity?

Accepted Answer

Constantine

Question 7

What does "pre- historic" mean?

Accepted Answer

before the inventio on writing

Question 8

What was the name of the battle between the Persian Arm vs 300 Spartans?

Accepted Answer

Battle of Thermopylae

Question 9

The culture that developed in Egypt was unique largely because of ?

Accepted Answer

egypt natural isolation, Egypt's natural insulation and essential self-sufficiency.

Question 10

What was one reason why Christianity grew?

Accepted Answer

Gave hope to the powerless

Question 11

The earliest historically documented people of mesotamia were the ?

Accepted Answer

samerons

Question 12

The emperors purpose for dividing the Roman Empire was ?

Accepted Answer

to make control of the empire more efficiently

Question 13

Mesopotamia i known as ?

Accepted Answer

Land between 2 rivers

Question 14

What is the Greek term for city- states

Accepted Answer

polis

Question 15

Which philosopher was condemned to death for "corrupting the youth of Athens"?

Accepted Answer

Socrates

Question 16

Which person created the first written law code?

Accepted Answer

Hammurabi

Question 17

The ten commencement become the basis for ?

Accepted Answer

civil and religious laws of Judaism

Question 18

Which natural resource was of particular interest to the migrating Bantu- speaking peoples?

Accepted Answer

Iron Ore

Question 19

The romans were influenced by which other civilizations when they created their polytheistic belief system?

Accepted Answer

Greeks

Question 20

The Zhu Dynasty believed that they were given the mandate of heaven. This means that ?

Accepted Answer

Gods gave them the right to rule China

Question 21

The Aryan conquerors brought to India ?

Accepted Answer

Distinctive religious ideas

Question 22

Which Chinese Dynasty experience a "Golden Age"

Accepted Answer

Han

Question 23

Who wrote The Republic, a book that set forth his vision of a perfectly governed society?

Accepted Answer

Play-to

Question 24

After the Romans drove the Etruscans monarch from power, they established republic, a government in which ?

Accepted Answer

power rest with citizens who have the right to select their leaders

Question 25

What society created many large statues of round heads?

Accepted Answer

Olmec

Question 26

Why were Egyptian farmers more fortunate than the farmers of Mesopotamia?

Accepted Answer

The Nile flooded regularly but the Tigris and Euphrates flow irregularly

Question 27

How did Shi Huangdi unify China?

Accepted Answer

By defeating invaders and crushing internal oppositions

Question 28

The central figure in the ancient Egyptian state and believe to be an early manifestation of the gods was the ?

Accepted Answer

the Pharaoh

Question 29

Who was Aristotle most famous student?

Accepted Answer

Alexander The Great

Question 30

The Socratic method emphasized the importance of ?

Accepted Answer

Questioning

Question 31

What are some reasons for the fall of the roman empire?

Accepted Answer

drop in populations due to series of plagues

Question 32

Where did the Bantu people migrate and settle?

Accepted Answer

Sub- Saharan, Africa

Question 33

According to Homers Epics, how did the Trojan War start?

Accepted Answer

Trojan prince kidnaps Helen wife of a Greek King

Question 34

The spark that began the spread of Hellenistic culture throughout the Middle East and Asia was ?

Accepted Answer

Conquest of Alexander The Great

Question 35

A collection of sacred books containing diverse materials concerning the practices of Israelites is the ?

Accepted Answer

The Torah

Question 36

The two main cities of early Indian civilization are ______ and ___________.

Accepted Answer

Harappa and Rohnjo - daro

Question 37

Which is the correct order or all of Classical Chinas Dynasties?

Accepted Answer

Zhou, Qin, Han

Question 38

What characteristics do the cities of the Indus River Valley Bear?

Accepted Answer

Cities were planned, own pluming and sewage system

Question 39

What was the name of general who took is army, horses, and elephants into the Alps in the winter?

Accepted Answer

Hannibil

Question 40

What made it difficult for the Greek city-states to unify?

Accepted Answer

Rocky terrain and separation by the sea made networking city-states hard

Honors World History Unit 1 SS

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Honors World History Unit 1 SS

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