World Civilizations Midterm Review
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- The land of these poeple is today called Iran. They built the largest empire in the ancient Middle East. Kings included Darius I and Xerxes. They built the Royal Road from Susa to Sardis
- Persians
- The Jewish holiday of _____ celebrates the night that death took the firstborn sons of the Egyptians, but spared the children of the Hebrews who painted their doorways with lamb's blood.
- Passover
- Once ruled by King Nebuchanezzar, these people were also called "New Babylonians"
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Chaldeans
- Bronze is made out of _____ and _______.
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Copper and Tin
(Cu and Sn) - _______ invented silk, porcelain, and paper.
- Chinese
- "Lucy" got her name from "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", a song by the _______.
- Beatles
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Order these Chinese Dynasties from oldest to youngest:
Zhou, Shang, Han, Qin -
*Shang
*Zhou
*Qin
*Han -
Put these time periods in order from oldest to youngest.
Mesolithic, Paleolithic, Neolithic, The Bronze Age -
*Paleolithic
*Mesolithic
*Neolithic
*The Bronze Age - 80% of India's population is ________
- Hindu
- Cave paintings discovered at Lascaux, France were made 15,000 years ago by ________.
- Cro-Magnons
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Place these hominid groups in order from oldest to youngest:
Australopithecus, Homo Erectus, Neanderthals, Homo Habilis, Cro Magnon -
*Australopithecus
*Homo Habilis
*Homo Erectus
*Neanderthals
*Cro Magnon -
A stone tool was made in 2,200 BC. This makes the tool ___ years old.
- 4,202 years old
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Place these events in order from oldest to youngest:
Asoka converts to Buddhism
Aryans invade India
the Vedic Age begins
Buddha is born -
*Aryans invade India
*the Vedic Age begins
*Buddha is born
*Asoka converts to Buddhism - "Lucy" was an Australopithecus discovered by Dr. Tom Gray and Dr. ________.
- Don Johanson
- Laozi : "The Old Master" :: Buddha : "___________"
- The Enlightened One
- The Huang or Yellow River is sometimes called "the Great _____" because of the flooding it often brings which kills people and destroys villages.
- Sorrow
- goddess of water, children, love and magic. wife of Osirus
- Isis
- Sudras
- unskilled laborers and servants
- "_________" means that when societies come into contact, they trade goods and ideas.
- Cultural Diffusion
- The ancient Chinese called their land "Zhong Guo" which translated means "______ Kingdom". This reflected a belief in China's superiority and a regard for all outsiders as merely barbarians.
- Middle
- Cheops : Khufu :: Narmer : ________
- Menes
- Pariahs
- the "untouchables"; slaves, the lowest social class
- King ______ of Aksum converted his kingdom to Christianity.
- Ezana
- The modern nations of India, Bangladesh and ______ Pakistan trace their roots to the early Indus River Valley civilization.
- Pakistan
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place these events in chronological order from oldest to most recent:
Great Pyramid built, Narmer unites Egypt, Aswan Dam built, Hyksos invade Egypt -
*Narmer unites Egypt
*Great Pyramid built
*Hyksos invade Egypt
*Aswan Dam built - Vaisyas
- the middle class; the common people; merchants, artisans, farmers
- _______ are scientists who examine the artifacts left behind by earlier peoples.
- Archaeologists
- Seasonal winds called _____ affect the climate of India. In the summer they bring heavy rains.
- monsooons
- Lord ________ was the financial sponser of Howard Carter. He is alleged to have died as a result of the "curse" on King Tut's tomb.
- Carnarvon
- Kshatriyas
- warriors and government leaders
- This group of people most likely invented the art of writing in order to keep important records, such as the offerings of people to the city temple.
- Priests
- The two great mountain ranges of the India/South Asia region are the Hindu Kush and the ______ mountains.
- Himalaya
- he ordered the worship of only one god and put an end to polytheism
- Akenaton
- Brahmans
- the priests and highest social class
- Communities that trace ancestry through the mother are termed to be ________ societies.
- Matrilineal
- According to the beliefs of Tibetan Buddhists, the _____ _____is the reincarnation of the "Buddha of Compassion"
- Dalai Lama
- great warrior Pharaoh and step-son of Queen Hapshetsut
- Thutmose III
- _______ has the oldest continuous civilization in the world.
- China
- land that is suitable for farming
- arable
- Khufu : Cheops :: Kongzi : ______
- Confucius
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place these rulers in order from oldest to most recent:
Ahmose, Narmer, Thutmose III, Tutankamen, Hapshetsut, Seti I, Ramses II, Akenaton -
*Narmer
*Ahmose
*Hapshetsut
*Thutmose III
*Akenaton
*Tutankamen
*Seti I
*Ramses II - He led the Hebrews out of slavery in Egypt
- Moses
- sum of all ideas, arts, customs and ways of a given people at a given time
- culture
- While only a boy, this future King fought and killed the giant "Goliath" with his slingshot
- David
- AKA _______ the Great, he is thought to be the Pharaoh in the biblical story of Exodus
- Ramses II
- His name means "Drawn from water"
- Moses
- Radio-carbon dating and ______, or the study of the layers of soil that a fossil was found in, are two methods of determining the age of a fossil.
- stratigraphy
- Son of King David, this King was known for his great wisdom
- Solomon
- the "_______ Stone" was the key that allowed Jean-Francois Champollion to decode and translate hieroglyphics.
- Rosetta
- God made a covenant with him to "make of him a great nation"
- Abraham
- accumulated knowledge and skills of a people in making objects for survival
- technology
- Hebrew scribe who collected the holy writings into the Torah
- Ezra
- falcon-headed god, ruler of the heavens(sky) and son of Osiris
- Horus
- The _____ langauge group is the most widespread in Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Bantu
- king of the gods and "sun king", the Pharaohs were believed to be his sons
- Ra
- The "Iceman" discovered in the Alps in 1991, was found to date back to the ________.
- Neolithic
- started the first ruling dynasty in ancient Egypt
- Narmer
- This early African culture settled on the banks of the Niger river between 700-200 BC. They used iron tools and produced terra-cotta crafts and artwork.
- Nok
- ruler of the dead
- Osiris
- The Mesopotamian, Harappan-Indus, Huang, and _______ were the world's four oldest river civilizations.
- Egyptian
- archaeologist Howard Carter discovered his tomb
- Tutankahmen
- ________ systems allowed early farmers to have ready and reliable sources for water.
- Irrigation
- The Hyksos invasion was successful because they had bronze weapons and _______.
- chariots
- ability to walk upright on two feet
- bipedal
- jackal-headed god of embalming and judge of the dead
- Anubis
- ________ was the epic God-King of Uruk who ordered the construction of a defensive wall around the city in 2700 BC.
- Gilgamesh
- he fathered between 100-200 children
- Ramses II
- This ancient African kingdom conquered Eqypt in 700 BC. Its first capital city was Napata. Later, it established the iron production center of Meroe as its capital city. This kingdom conducted a successful trade economy featuring ebony and ivory goods.
- Kush
- a "_______" was the official 'signature' of the Pharaoh. It was oval-shaped and contained the royal symbols for the Pharaoh's name.
- Cartouche
- items left behind that have been made, shaped, or affected by human hands
- artifects
- the living spirit of Aton
- Akenaton
- In Benin, as well as other traditional African cultures, the _____ is at the center of society.
- king
- the ______ plant was the symbol of Lower Egypt and was used to make a variety of items including rope, mats, and most importantly, paper.
- Papyrus
- According to Biblical sources, the Ethopian Queen Makeda traveled to Jerusalem to meet King Solomon. They had a son named Menelik. Today she is remembered as the Queen of _______.
- Sheba
- The _____ _____ of Babylon were considered to be one of the "7 Wonders" of the ancient world.
- Hanging Gardens
- Famous family of anthropologists. (Louis, Mary, Richard, Maeve)
- Leakey
- they controlled the land trade routes of the ancient Middle East
- Aramaens
- The teachings of the Hebrews exist today as...
- Judaism
- According to the "Epic of Gilgamesh", this Noah-like mysterious old man built a ship in which he, his family, and the seed of all living creatures survived a great flood.
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Utnapishtim
- King David established this city as the capital of Israel
- Jerusalem
- A "Vizier" in ancient Egypt most closely relates to the political office of a ______.
- Prime Minister
- These warlike people developed the three-man chariot. Known for their shaved heads and ponytails.
- Hittites
- "______ Figures" were statues that were used in Mesopotamian religious rituals.
- Votive
- capital of the Hittite Empire
- Hattusas
- This Akkadian King was supposedly abandoned as a baby in a basket, which was later found floating down the Euphrates river. He later built the first empire in Mesopotamia. He also exiled Hebrews to Assyria.
- Sargon I
- These people were the most brutal and cruel conquerors of the Ancient Middle East. They were known for torturing and killing the people they captured. They had the most highly organized army.
- Assyrians
- The system of writing used by the ancient Mesopotamians is properly termed ________.
- Cuneiform
- capital of the Assyrian Empire
- Ninevah
- "Mesopotamia" literally means...
- "Land between the Rivers"
- capital of the Chaldean Empire
- Babylon
- In addition to Hebrew, Jesus of Nazareth also spoke the language of these people
- Aramaeans
- capital of the Persian Empire
- Persepolis
- the people of the city-state of Carthage were descended from these people
- Phoenicians
- the Greek "diaspora" means...
- scattered
- Hammurabi's Code can best be described as an ancient collection of _________.
- laws
- Name 4 Phoenician city-states.
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Sidon
Byblos
Tyre
Berytus - Mesopotamian scribes were educated at special schools called "________".
- "Eddubas"
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Match the names to the correct statement:
Ankesenamun, Nefertiti, Nefertari, Hapshetsut
1.she has been called "the first great woman in history"
2.The favorite wife of Ramses II
3.the wife/half-sister of Tutankahmen
4.m -
1.Hapshetsut
2.Nefertari
3.Ankesenamun
4.Nefertiti - they lived in Asia Minor and had plentiful natural resources such as gold
- Lydians
- According to legend, Princess ________ was the founder of the City-State of Carthage.
- Elissa
- The ______ _____ in Washington D.C. was built to look like an obelisk.
- Washington Monument
- their alphabet used 22 characters and was the basis for the Greek alphabet
- Phoenicians
- The "Twin Rivers" which now flow through the "Fertile Crescent" are the _____ and the ______.
- Tigris and the Euphrates
- Monotheism is the belief in ...
- one God
- the Greek poet Homer described them as "Greedy Rogues"
- Phoenicians
- The barter system is an economic system in which goods are traded for _______.
- other goods
- The worship of many gods is correctly termed as "_______"
- polytheism
- their capital was Damscus
- Aramaeans
- The Greek historian ________ called ancient Egypt "the gift of the Nile".
- Herodotus
- the biblical giant Goliath belonged to this warlike group of people
- Philistines
- "Palestine" means "Land of the _______"
- Philistines
- The Phoenicians introduced the use of the Bill of Sale and _________ as business practices.
- written contracts
- These poeple minted the first coins with a standard value as a medium of exchange
- Lydians
- Hebrew word for God
- YAHWEH
- A ______ was a Mesopotamian temple that resembled a step-pyramid. The Biblical "Tower of Babel" may have been one of these.
- Ziggurat
- first people to use a money system rather than bartering
- Lydians
- most famous sailors, shipbuilders, and navigators of the ancient Mediterranean Sea
- Phoenicians
- Who was the Phoenician goddess of love?
- Ashtarte
- Name four things credited to ancient Sumarians.
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Arches
Bronze
Sundials
The Wheel - these people lived primarily in what is today modern Lebanon
- Phoenicians
- According to Greek historian Plutarch, they were "...people of bitterness...so strict as to dislike all humor and kindness"
- Phoenicians
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Match the terms:
Australopithecus, Homo Erectus, Homo Habilis, Homo Sapien
1.man who walks upright
2.southern ape
3.man who thinks
4.Man with ability -
1.Homo Erectus
2.Australopithecus
3.Homo Sapien
4.Homo Habilis - they established colonies throughout the Mediterranean Sea region
- Phoenicians