Ancient Civilizations
Religions
Governments
Industrialization and Expansion
Revolutions and World Wars
100
This civilization, made famous by Cyrus the Great, was organized into provinces and governed by satraps. Bonus: Who conquered this empire?
What is the Persian Empire. Bonus: Who was Alexander the Great.
100
These three main monotheistic religions have similar roots in the Middle East. Bonus: This is the shared holy city of all three?
What are Judaism, Christianity and Islam? Bonus: What is Jerusalem?
100
In this type of government, it is the duty of every eligible citizen to play a role in the governing process by voting in elections.
What is democracy?
100
This canal was built in order that the United States would have a faster naval route between the east and west coasts.
What is the Panama Canal?
100
This revolution was a people's reaction to an incompetant monarchy, unfair taxes, and food shortages. It resulted in the rise of a new, powerful emperor. Bonus: This was the name of the most turmultuous phase of this revolution, in which thousands were killed by the guillotine.
What is the French Revolution? Bonus: What is the Reign of Terror?
200
This civilization created the world's first republic ruled by elected consuls. It later became a powerful empire stretching across and around the Mediterranean.
What is the Roman Empire?
200
These two religions believe in karma and reincarnation.
What are Hinduism and Buddhism?
200
This is a concept of classical Athens that is central to modern political thought. A. What is the role of a monarchy? B. What are the rights and responsibilities of citizens? C. What is a representative democracy?
B. What are the rights and responsibilities of citizens?
200
This person invented the steam engine, which was used in factory production and transportation such as the steam boat and locomotive train.
Who is James Watt?
200
Led by Eisenhower, over a million troops (the largest invasion force in history) stormed the beaches at Normandy and began the process of re-taking France. This was the turning point of World War II.
What is D-Day?
300
This person brought the Greek states under one control and defeated the Persian Empire before his death at the age of 32.
Who was Alexander the Great?
300
In Confucianism, this idea meant respect for one's elders. A. appeasement B. nirvana C. filial piety D. veneration
What is Filial Piety?
300
The Roman Law Code, organized into one single code of law, contributed the idea that an accused person is innocent until proven guilty. Bonus: The first law code of ancient Rome was the ________ Tables
What is Justinian's Code? Bonus: Twelve Tables
300
This resulted in the increase in cities, a gap between the upper/middle class and the lower working class, and the expansion of overseas empires.
What is the Industrial/ commercial revolution?
300
Name one way in which the Great Depression contributed to tensions between countries before WWII.
Multiple answers
400
The Egypt, Mesopotamia, Indus, and Huang He (Yellow) are the 4 __________ ___________ civilizations.
What are river valley civilizations?
400
This polythistic religion, with its belief in reincarnation and the caste system, is still a primary religion of India. Bonus: Name the religion which began as a reaction against the caste system?
What is Hinduism? Bonus: What is Buddhism?
400
This was the political system of the Middle Ages in which fiefs of land were greanted in return for military service. What was the economic system?
What is feudalism? Manorialism
400
This was the name given to the exchange of crops, animals and diseases between the Old World and the new world during the age of exploration. Bonus: What was triangular trade?
What is the Columbian Exchange? Bonus: European goods were traded for slaves in Africa to work plantations in Latin America. Cash crops from plantations were then sent back to Europe.
400
Tensions leading to WWI began to build in the _________ states, which had recently separated from the Ottoman Empire. These states had a strong sense of nationalism which erupted when a terrorist group known as the _______ ________ (Bonus) assassinated the archduke of Austria-Hungary.
What are the Balkan States? Bonus: What is the Black Hand?
500
This was the earliest writing form, created by the Mesopotamians. A. Heiroglyphics B. Cuneiform C. Quipu Bonus: Name which civilization created the two other forms of writing.
What is B. Cuneiform Bonus: Egypt- heiroglyphics Inca- Quipu
500
The fall of this empire created the Byzantine Empire and the countries of Europe. These two religions were predominantly practiced. A. Greece- Islam and Christianity B. Ottoman Empire- Islam and Hinduism C. Han- Eastern Orthodox Christianity and Lutheranism D. Rome- Eastern Orthodox Christianity and Roman Catholocism Bonus: What was the main city of the Byzantine Empire?
D. Rome- Eastern Orthodox Christianity and Roman Catholocism Bonus: Constantinople
500
These two countries, discussed in class, had a communist revolution influenced by the ideas of Karl Marx. Bonus: This is the difference between communism, capitalism and socialism.
What are Russia (Soviet Union) and China?
500
This empire controlled trade between Europe and Asia with tarriffs and fees. The Age of Exploration began when European countries tried to find routes to avoid these fees.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
500
This man emerged as the leader of the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution. His New Economic Policy allowed food production and the economy to improve.
Who is Vladimir Lenin
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