World History Honors Exam Review

Considered the greatest thinker of all times in the area of politics, psychology, and ethics.

Diffrent culture shaped this empire becasue sections of the Silk Road passed through it

Why did Egyptians resist Akhenaten's religious refrom

Was a teacher of Aristotle, influeneced western philosophy by developing several of its branches.

Which of the following did the Sumerians invent?

Spent most of his lefe asking questions, always in search of the truth.

Why were the priest so important?

The first Han emperor discarded

Expanded the Chinese Empire into what is now Vietnam

What was the first metal used in tools

The Chaldean King later restored Babylon to glory.

A basic principle of Chinese governmnet, which allows a revolution and replaces a corrupt ruler is called

Sister of Apollo, goddess of moon and the hunt

The Odyssey

The First Greek Civilization

The Egyptians developed an accurate 365 day calendar by basing their year off of

Buddhist believe that it is possible to reach enlightenmnet by

Egyptian History is divided into three major periods, known as

The cradle of Indian civilization, which enjoyed a moderate climate in ancient times

God of the Sun and Poetry

A person's caste was difficult to escape because it was based on

The leader who established the world's first empire

religion whose goal is to achieve ultimate reality with a single universal force

Administrative offices of a government which are awarded based on a competitive exam

Which leader of the Persian Empire expanded it into the largest empire the world had yet seen?

Large city in Mesoptamia

One of the three chief gods in the Hindu religion

Sumerian writting

Where did scientist believe that Homosapiens first appeared between 150,000 and 200,000 years ago.

The brahmins, Kshatriyas, and Sudras were four divisions of ancient Indian Society

the way

God of War

Sister of Apollo, goddess of moon and the hunt

A way in which dead bodies of wealthy Egyptians were preserved from the time of the Old Kingdom

The arc of rich soil between the Mediterranean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico

Checked on government officials to make sure they were doing their jobs.

Prosperous cities rose along the main trade routes throughout India during this empire

Religion that claims all be can achieve Nirvana

Goddesses of Love

City in Kush

The Divine Law that requires karma and requires all people to do their duty based on their status in society

Proposed theat human beings were evil by nature

Hammurabi is remembered for

Founder of Stoicism

Period during which the Great Pyramids of King Khufu of Giza was constructed

Brother of Zeus and god of the seas and earthquakes

Belief that the soul is reborn after death

Egyptian society, with the god-king at the top was organized like a

Who believed that the physical surroundings of humans- the material world- were simply illusions

Goddess of wisdom and crafts

A massive step tower

The name of Kush while it was still part of the Egyptian Empire

Longest River

A large political unit, usually with a single leader

Herodotus wrote what is considered to be the first?

The pharoah who later changed his name to Akenaten

Chief god and father of the gods.

The second Chinese dynasty, which was mostly, a farming society but also concerned with warfare

Important Greek colony on the Bosporus Strait

Determined the type of job people could have, who they could marry, and with whom they could socoalize with

What were the basic political units of Sumerian Civilization?

Built the "Wall of Ten Thousand Li"

Cyrus the great showed such wisdom and compassion when he conquered Babylon that

The Qin and Han dynasty both

How did people of the Fertile Crescent adapt to their enviroment?

The Empire of Cyrus the Great

Most powerful god in Sumerians

In Hammurabi's Code, punishment generally followed the principles of retaliation, or the idea that one must

Age that began with Alexander the great's conquests

the founder of the Han dynasty was

Confucius believed that peole should be governed by

A system of ideas based on the reachings of "Master King"

Theorem that helps you solve the area of a triangle.

Modern medicine is influned heavily by his work. His work is compiled in over 60 medical books

Used the Principles of Legalism to govern

A system of ideas based on the reachings Laozi

Ruled almnost 800 years and claimed he possessed the Mandate of Heaven