Ancient Civilizations 1
The archaeological principle that material from upper layers must be more recent than that from lower layers.
Stratigraphy
The general term referring to all humans and their ancestors
hominins
__________is the belief in only one god.
Monotheism
The term barbarians was used:
by the Greeks to describe foreigners
Islam has elements of a ______, but it is really a ________ __________.
religion
political system
The landmass that connected the tip of Siberia with the northeast corner of Alaska:
Beringia
The first complex societies in North America were:
Mississippian and Anasazi
The hallmark of the Persian government system was the use of governors called:
Homer’s most important contribution to Greek culture was:
The most famous Greek reformer, who helped Athens establish democracy was:
providing a common set of values for Greeks to embrace.
Solon
They were successors of Muhammad who exercised political authority
caliphs
The writing system of the Sumerians was known as________
cuneiform
The largest city in the Americas before 1500:
Teotihuacan
The last great Assyrian king was ___________. He created one of the world's earliest __________
Ashurbanipal
libraries
The Roman lawyer and official famous for his descriptive letters, especially about the eruption of Vesuvius:
Pliny
Muslims make hajj to Mecca because (3 reasons):
they seek to have sins forgiven
it is one of the Five Pillars of Islam
Muhammad made hajj to Mecca
By definition, Neolithic peoples:
Developed stone tools and cultivated crops.
King ________, captured the Assyrians in 626 BC, and rebuilt the city of _________.
Nebuchadnezzar
Babylon
The ___________were sea-traders who gave away their most valuable possession, _____________, for free.
Phoenecians; alphabet
___________declared himself ___________of Rome and was murdered by his own senators.
The most powerful body in the Roman Republic
Julius Caesar
emperor
the Senate
The six articles of the Islamic faith include:
Allah
Angels
Inspired books
Prophets
The Day of Judgment
Predestination
Evolutionary anthropologists suggest that humans began as hunter-gatherers and later evolved to become farmers. Did hunter-gatherers precede farmers? Explain. Formulate your answer using biblical evidence and at least two archaeological findings.
No. In the Bible, Adam was farming at the beginning of Creation. (Genesis 1)
Evidence of different crops in Turkey, Israel, Syria, Iraq, and Iran.
Storage facilities, mortars and pestles for grinding, and evidence of a variety of cultivated grains—both wild and domesticated—are found at numerous excavations in Jericho and Iran
Which of the following best describes the relationship the Chinese and Aztec empires had with their respective peripheral states during the 15th century?
Both empires established tributary relationships with their peripheral states
King ________, leader of the Persians, conquered_______________. In 536, he allowed the ______ to return to their homeland, freeing them from captivity.
Cyrus
Babylon
Jews
The Roman emperor who issued the Edict of Milan, allowing freedom of worship:
Emperor who made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire
Constantine
Theodosius I
Respond to ONE of the following myths about the Crusades using historical fact, biblical truth, and/or sound logic.
THE CRUSADES REPRESENTED AN UNPROVOKED ATTACK BY WESTERN CHRISTIANS ON THE PEACEFUL MUSLIM WORLD.
WESTERN CHRISTIANS DID NOT BELIEVE THEIR OWN RELIGIOUS PROPAGANDA; THEY HAD MATERIALISTIC MOTIVES.
THE CRUSADES TAUGHT MUSLIMS TO HATE AND ATTACK CHRISTIANS.
THE ENLIGHTENED MUSLIM WORLD WAS LEFT IN RUINS BECAUSE OF THE CRUSADERS.