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What does Mesopotamia mean?
Who created the statue of David?
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Who created the statue of David?
Raphael
Michelanglo
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What does Mesopotamia mean?
"Between three rivers"
"Land between two rivers"
"Between Upper and Lower Egypt"
"Between the Fertile Crescent"
3
What political motivations did Christians in Western Europe have for fighting alongside the Byzantine Empire?
Both Christian and the Byzantine's felt threatened by Muslim Empire
Knights in Western Europe had became bored with warfare in the west
The Western Christians were poorer expected to be rewarded with treasure
Western Europeans wanted to become one with the Christian Byzantine Empire
4
Who is the founder of Hinduism?
Abraham
Siddhartha
No one knows
Jesus
5
What type of Government did Ancient Greece have?
Monarchy
Free
Republican
Democracy
6
The holy text of Judaism
Vedas
Bible
Koran
Torah
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What is 'Confucianism'?
A religious/philosophical system based on the teachings of Confucius
A political system based on the morals of John F Kennedy
A religious system based on the teachings of the city of Constantinope
8
What did Ashoka preach?
Violence and war
That the only religion was Buddhism
That every one must act the same
Nonviolence, Mortality, and Buddhism
9
What are the four river valley civilizations?
American, Brazilian, Mesopotamia, Indus
Indus, Mesopotamia, China, Egypt
Indus, Mesopotamia, Chinese, Canadian
Arabian, Egypt, Chinese, Russian
10
What bounded people together by their belief in God and the teachings of the church?
Excommunication
The Middle Ages
The Catholic Church
11
What is Mesopotamia?
a desert city in Tibet
a fertile valley between the Caucasus and Ural mountains
a desert city in Egypt
a fertile valley between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
12
What River Valley is this?
Yellow
None of the above
Nile
Indus
13
Mesopotamia's religion was Polytheistic.
False
True
14
Who drew the Last Supper?
Raphael
Michelanglo
Da Vincci
15
Which river valley civilization is described: "the Fertile Cresent"
Indus
China
Mesopotamia
Egypt
16
What is the Neolithic revolution also known as?
Scientific Revolution
Agricultural Revolution
American Revolution
17
During the Renaissance, the philosophy of humanism emphasized the:
Natural sinfulness of the human race
Unquestioned acceptance of religious authority
Value of the individual
Superiority of the philosophy of the medieval period
18
Who led the Third Crusade?
Richard the Lion-Hearted
Saladin
Julius Caesar
19
Who was the founder of Islam?
ABRAHAM
Muhammad
THE POPE
20
The site of wild chariot races in Constantinople was the …
Hagia Sophia
Middle Way
Roman Colosseum
Hippodrome
21
What River Valley is this?
Indus
None of the above
Yellow
Nile
22
What were the Twelve Tables?
They contain all the information about art and culture.
Part of the Roman Palace
Roman Law
A sculpture in Rome
23
Ancient Greece was divided into
city states
regions
states
territories
24
The Neolithic Age is also called the
Old Golden Age
New Stone Age
New Age
25
What religion developed from Brahmanism, worships 3 main gods, and believes in reincarnation?
Hinduism
Judaism
Christianity
26
In what way did Alexander the Great NOT grow his empire?
linking together trade and communication
everyone liked him as their leader
victories across Persian territories
founding over 70 cities that stretched across 3 continents
27
What were the benefits of farming?
You can stay in one place
A more reliable food source
All of these are benefits of farming
28
What was Justinian's greatest contribution?
Creating the Roman language
Creating a kingdom
Codification of the Roman Laws
Uniting the Franks into one kingdom
29
The land in Ancient Greece was flat.
True
False
30
Which of the following is not one of the five characteristics of a civilization?
Advanced cities
Complex Institutions
Stone tools
Record Keeping
31
The Indus River valley civilization had a very complicated and efficient
Plumbing system
Election system
Postal system
Trade system
32
What three religions are related?
Judaism, Islam, Christianity
Taoism, Confucianism, Hinduism
Hinduism, Buddhism, Daoism .
33
What was the Neolithic Revolution?
obtaining subsistence by humans before agriculture
technological changes in organization;led to agriculture
period in which adaptation of sedentary agriculture occurred
use of evolving stone tools and hunting and gathering
34
What type of art (style of painting) was used during the renaissance?
Abstract
Modern
Perspective
Surrealism
35
The holy city of Islam
Hadith
Mecca
Kaabah
Sharia
36
Who drew the Mona Lisa?
Michelanglo
Donatelo
Raphael
Da Vincci
37
What was the main cause of the spread of the Black Death?
The cold weather
A unclean society
Fleas on Rats
38
Which of these things was NOT invented during the Stone Age?
Fire
Written Language
Tools
39
What philosophy did the Qin emperor follow?
Buddhism
Legalism
Confucianism
Daoism
40
What is Egypt often called?
The gift of the Nile"
"The gift of the Indus"
"The gift of the Gods"
41
What was the name of the war between Athens and Sparta?
The Crusades
Peloponnesian War
100 Year's War
Delian League
42
Where did the Renaissance begin?
Italy
Turkey
Spain
France
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After the Western Roman Empire was overrun by Germanic tribes, the Eastern Roman Empire became known as the ________.
Byzantine Empire
Greco-Roman Empire
Constantinople
Orthodox Empire
