World History I Pre Test

What is the blending of Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman traditions known as?

Who is considered the founder of the Israelite nation?

Who wrote the Illiad and The Odyssey?

Why was Italy a logical place for the Renaissance to begin?

Sumerians were polytheistic, meaning they believed in...

Who played the most influential role in the spread of Christianity?

This river is the "lifeblood" of Egypt.

What does "philosophers" mean?

What does Renaissance mean?

What was the name of the trade route that connected China to the west?

What are the two main rivers of the Fertile Crescent?

Archaeology is the study of what?

Israelites were monotheistic, meaning they...

What was Alexander the Great's most lasting achievement

Geography is the study of what?

What was the first written set of laws?

Rome began as a small what in Italy?

Deciphered in the 1800s, this was used to uncover the meaning of many hieroglyphics.

What is common law?

Why did the emperor Diocletian divide the empire into two parts?

The Odyssey is an epic poem about what?

At which battle in 1066 did Duke William defeat defeat Harold to take over control of England?

What is a colony?

The Illiad is the chief source of information for what?

Who was Plato's most famous student?

Euclid wrote The Elements, which was a basis for modern what?

What do historians study?

Nomads were people who...

Who was the founder of Christianity?

South Asia is the birthplace of which two major religions?

Who was the Carthaginian general who invaded Rome with war elephants?

Why did the Visigoths, Ostrogoths, and other Germanic peoples seek safety in Roman territory?

Who was Confucius?

What is a direct democracy?

Who led the Spartans at the Battle of Thermoplyae?

What is a subcontinent?

What is the oldest period of human history called?

Siddhartha was the founder of which religion?

Where did the first humans live?

The system of social groups into which you are born and which you cannot change is called what?