World History iLeap Quiz 1-4 and FF

belief in many gods

writing used by ancient China where characters combine two or more picture symbols

System that governed the relationships between lords and vassals during the Middle Ages

Ancient group that gave us our modern alphabet

From whom did the Romans borrow their myths and gods?

Roman Emperor, converted to Christianity & made it the official Religion of the Roman Empire

How did early Cave man leave clues about themselves?

Type of democracy where everyone votes on every issue

Which is not a Primary Source?

Where is the Huang He River, aka Yellow River, located?

Egypt is ordered to the East and West by what Geographical feature(s)

A division of Indian society into groups based on rank, wealth or occupation

The language of the Ancient Aryans

The Egyptian Term that means "Great House"

Early man moved from place to place for what reason?

What river was in Mesopotamia?

Early man began in what continent?

The holy Roman Empire grew out of what ?

which is not a reason that people migrated?

Cunieform was written on what type of material?

mixture of fertile soil and tiny rocks that can make land ideal for farming is called

Deadly Plague brought to Europe by fleas on the backs of rats;killed millions of Europeans

The military like city state of Greece

The rigid division of Indian society based on wealth, rank or occupation

Lines that run North and South but measure how far East or West a point is on the map

Built by the Emperor Claudius to bring water to Rome

A political theory in Ancient China that power was given to rulers by a divine source

The picture represents the writing of the ancient culture of Sumer. What is it called?

Which two land features gave Mesopotamia its name?

What natural condition contributed to the development of early civilizations?

Triangle shaped land at the mouth of the Nile river

The democratic founding city state of Greece

no country can produce all that it needs & must depend on each other for some goods & services

Historians refer to the Eastern Roman Empire as what.

transport water from its source to the fields used in Egypt and other cradles of civilization

ideographs,warrior class,mandate of heaven,silk.These things are most identified with

transport water from its source to the fields used in Egypt & other cradles of civilization

"Early man cut trees, waited for them to die and then planted seeds in the ashes"

Which is not a secondary source?

stone slab inscribed with hieroglyphics, key to understanding hieroglyphics

Early people came to america across what geographic feature?

Term that means "Land between the rivers".

Most Spartan boys were expected to become 

Which was not an advantage of rivers for early civilizations?

Herodotus called Egypt the gift of the Nile because

North, South, East and West are examples of what?

The 0 degrees line of Latitude divides the earth into which two Hemispheres

The early Sumerians believed in many Gods. What is a word that reflects the belief in many Gods

What is one reason that people made the first civilizations near rivers?

The most famous Roman Road that the Romans built

The areas indicated on the picture above are collectivly called What

Soft, light fabric Highly prized in China

The spreading of ideas from one culture to another

All of the early civilizations developed near ____

To make plants and animals more useful for humans.

Lines that run east and west but measure how far North or South a location is on a map

What instrument is used to write Cunieform?

People that move from place to place but do not have a home?

Reeds Egyptians used for paper.

The family of languages that developed from Latin are known as the ____ languages.

The Middle Ages is also called the __________period—from the Latin words for “middle age.”

the Crusades increased ___ after soldiers returned from the Middle East with silk and spices?

Where is the Nile located?

from SW Asia;used horses,chariots& iron weapons to conquer lower Egypt;ruled Egypt for 200yrs

The Greek city state that began the Golden Age of Greek wealth and glory

form of government in which the people elect leaders to govern them

where the Nile river met the Mediterranean Sea, a triangular shaped area of land 

The writings of the Ancient Egyptians

The "Key" to Hieroglyphic writing

Where is the Indus River located?

What famous arena is shown below where Gladiators would compete to the delight of the masses?

What is one advantage of farming to the development of civilizations?

Which of these were sent out of China by the Silk Road?

first written legal code (Made by a Babylonian King), it included the idea of an "eye for a eye

How did Alexander the Great spread Greek culture?

An account by some one who was there when the event happened.

another word for Greek city-state

The belief of the Chinese that they received their powers to rule from heaven

Worlds oldest written legal code?

Rapids in the Nile river

The 0 degree line of Longitude 

Pharaohs, pyramids, mummies are most identified with which civilization?

The Romans, in their early history, elected Senators to represent them.What form of government

What is one advantage of farming to the development of civlizations.

Tombs for the Pharoahs

1st two civilizations in India

Which of the following characteristics do you think that a feudal Lord would most value

Sumerican Writing

what was the economic activity of the first people?

Created a huge empire in modern France, became Emperor of the Romans, built schools in Europe.

Economic plan, a knight allowed peasants to farm land on his estate for food or payment

Early mans first tools were made out of what material?

Seafaring traders of the African Continet they developed the Alphabet we use today

A long series of wars fought between Christians and Muslims over control of the holyland

Temple to the Gods in ancient Summeria that looks like a wedding cake

Time period when people moved from hunter and gatherers to farmers and herders

Farming as an economic activity

How did serfs pay rent to the lord?

main religion of Ancient India

In the Middle Ages they were the Head of the Christian Church

Macedonian King who spread Greek throughout parts of three continents.

A piece of land that is now water but was once above sea level and was exposed land.

geographical feature is believed to have allowed people to migrate to North and South America

A Hindu and Buddhist belief that souls are born and reborn many times, each time in a new body.

A series of trading routes that stretch from China to the Mediterranean Sea.

 the Political,Social, and Economic system that developed in Europe after the fall of Rome

What is the rich area of farmland indicated in the picture

Why did the earliest Chinese people live in the Huang He valley

What idd Alexander the Great try to spread throughout his empire?

Long periods of freezing weather

Large estate owned by a lord or a knight