River Valleys
This was the transition from hunting and gathering to farming that resulted in the establishment of civilizations.
What is the Neolithic Revolution?
This was the mother civilization of Mesoamerica.
Who were the Olmecs?
A Greek city-state was called ___
What is a polis?
When the Romans overthrew Tarquin the Proud in 509 BC, they put a new government in place, forming the Roman ___.
What is Republic?
This man was the most significant Emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
Who was Justinian?
This is the spreading of ideas and goods from one culture to another.
What is cultural diffusion?
The Bantu are best known for spreading language, farming and ____ throughout Africa.
What is ironworking?
The Greeks began holding the Olympics to honor this King of the Gods.
Who is Zeus?
This man established the First Triumvirate and was assassinated by the Roman Senate.
Who was Julius Caesar?
Before the Western Roman Empire collapsed, the Byzantine Empire was known as ___
What is the Eastern Roman Empire?
This was the Sumerian system of writing.
What is cuneiform?
The Jewish holy book is called ___
What is the Torah?
This son of Philip II of Macedon was educated by Aristotle at the Academy in Athens, and built a massive empire.
Who was Alexander the Great?
The Romans fought against this north African empire in the Punic Wars.
What is Carthage?
After the Great Schism, the church was split into the Eastern Orthodox Church in the east and ____ in the west.
What is the Roman Catholic Church?
This was the "class system" in India.
What is the caste system?
This man is considered the "Father of Monotheism" and is a significant prophet in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Who is Abraham?
The city-state of Athens is considered the birthplace of this political system.
What is democracy?
The main language used in the Roman Empire was ____.
What is Latin?
Genghis Khan's grandson Kublai Khan established the ____ Dynasty in China.
What is Yuan Dynasty?
A school would be an example of this characteristic of civilization.
What is complex institutions?
The very first monotheistic religion began in Persia and was called this.
What is Zoroastrianism?
Women were allowed to own property in this Greek city-state.
What is Sparta?
This Roman Emperor legalized Christianity on his deathbed by passing the Edict of Milan.
Who was Constantine?
The Mongols originated as nomadic clans living in the harsh grasslands of the Eurasian ___
What is steppe?