The long period of time before the invention of writing
Prehistory
During Egypt’s Old Kingdom, pyramids were built to
Honor great military achievements
Provide everything a pharaoh needed in the afterlife
Serve as early astronomy laboratories
Provide a place for daily worship
Provide everything a pharaoh needed in the afterlife
A region named for its rich soils and wheat fields
Fertile Crescent
How did geography help shape Greek civilization?
People settled along fertile river valleys
Mountains and islands led to smaller, isolated communities
People moved inland where farming was common
People settled mainly along the coasts
Mountains and islands led to smaller, isolated communities
Which geographic factor supported Italy’s growth?
Italy’s great stability
Italy’s many fertile plains
Italy’s rugged mountains
European migration to Rome
Italy’s many fertile plain
Artifacts play a key role in the study of
Ancient plants and animals
How ancient peoples lived
Ancient forgeries
Human physical traits
How ancient peoples lived
Most people in ancient Egypt were
Laborers
Warriors
Farmers
Slaves
Farmers
Chinese rulers claimed the Mandate of Heaven, or
The divine right to rule
Support from local lords
The dynastic cycle
The right to pray to many gods
The divine right to rule
Alexander’s career as a conqueror came to a halt
When his army was defeated by an Indian army
When he died at the early age of 32
When he was assassinated at a wedding
Because three generals divided up his empire
When he died at the early age of 32
To which civilization did Roman culture owe the greatest debt?
Greek
Egyptian
Babylonian
Sumerian
Greek
The Neolithic Revolution describes the transition from
Nomadic life to settled farming
Stone to metal tools
Africa to Asia and Europe
Settled farming to nomadic life
Nomadic life to settled farming
Sumerian scribes wrote wedge-shaped marks on
Clay tablets
Pictographs
Papyrus scrolls
Temple walls and ceilings
Clay tablets
Clans
The subject of the Odyssey
Heroic deeds of Odysseus in the Trojan war
Kidnapping of Helen of Troy by Odysseus
Famous friendship of Odysseus and Achilles
Struggles of Odysseus to return home after the war
Struggles of Odysseus to return home after the war
A martyr is...
a person who suffers and dies for his or her beliefs
A ziggurat is...
In ancient Mesopotamia, a large, stepped platform thought to have been topped by a temple dedicated to the city’s chief god or goddess
A papyrus is...
a writing material made from a river plant
A notable feature of the Indus Valley civilization was is
Cuneiform writing
Large, well-planned cities
Nomadic way of life
Rigid society based on wealth
Large, well-planned cities
a Greek city-state
Polis
Which was a major factor in the decline of Rome?
Numerous attacks on Rome by mercenaries
Drastic rise in population
The fall of income tax
The division of the empire
The division of the empire
The earliest civilizations to develop were
Simple, with traditional economies
Established on the mediterranean sea
Located near major rivers
Large and powerful
Located near major rivers
Hammurabi’s Code addressed both
Egyptian and Babylonian law
Irrigation and religious practices
Civil and criminal law
Military justice and prisoner treatment
a system of government in which local lords owe support to the ruler
Feudalism
What was the cause of the Peloponnesian War?
Athenians resented Spartan domination
Spartans resented Athenian domination
Sparta and Persia formed an alliance to defeat Athens
Macedonia attacked the Greek city-states
Spartans resented Athenian domination
What is the Parthenon?
a temple dedicated to the goddess Athena