Ancient Civilizations 1
Which river system is found in Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
What was an early form of government in the Greek city-states in which hereditary rulers exercised central power?
Monarchy
What was an important result of the Neolithic Revolution?
Domesticated plants and animals resulted in more food.
An accused person is innocent until proven guilty, first, appeared in which civilizations laws?
Rome
A system of law that developed under the Roma republic and applied to citizens was called
Civil Law
China
What helped Alexander the Great to conquer the Persian Empire?
Persia was already in decline
Some scholars think that Old Stone Age people created cave paintings:
As part of religious rituals
In the early Roman Republic, members of the landholding upper class were called
Patricians
This Persian ruler encouraged the development of a monetary system?
Darius
What geographic features did the earliest civilizations in Egypt, India, and China have in common?
Rivers
What did Cleisthences do around 507 B.C. (BCE) that changed the government of Athens?
Created a limited democracy (est. a legislature)
Scholars believe that the colossal carved heads of Olmec culture are portraits of Olmec:
Rulers
What important change did the Roman emperor Constantine make in AD 313?
Granted religious toleration and converted to Christianity.
This legacy of the Phoenicians is still used today:
Alphabet
Why did Shi Huangdi order the construction of the Great Wall?
Discourage invasion from the north
What was a form of government in the Greek city-state where power was in the hands of a small, wealthy elite that came from the middle class (merchants)?
Oligarchy
Iron was important in the ancient world, mainly because
It could be made into harder and sharper weapons
Who represented the Plebians?
Tribunes
This war started as an economic rivalry between Mycena and Troy or because of Helena
The Trojan War
The Code of Hammurabi was designed to
Create a stable society. Predictable punishments.
Some Spartan women had the responsibility of running the family's estate because:
Frequent warfare kept Spartan men away from home.
What Sumerian innovation did later civilizations build on?
Cuneiform
Which technological advancement helped unify both the Roman and the Inca Empires?
Roads
This classical Civilization had the most influence on Western concepts of civil and natural laws?
Rome