Midterm Review

Early Civilizations

100

This monumental Egyptian structure was a tomb for their divine leader in the Old Kingdom. 

Pyramid  

200

These two rivers in Mesopotamia were known for their erratic flooding.

Tigris and Euphrates

300

Besides being near rivers, this is a characteristic shared by all early civilizations. 

Job specialization 

400

Harappa and this city were apart of the Indus Valley Civilization.

Mohenjo-Daro

500

This was the name that Mesopotamians called the Indus Valley civilization.

Meluhha

Ancient Mediterranean and the Americas

100

The Minoan civilization started on this island, later the inspiration for the home of the Minotaur. 

Crete

200

This groups of mesoamericans had access to rubber trees, earning them this name which translates to "rubber people" 

Olmec

300

This Aztec city had a sophisticated layout and monumental structures, and it was attacked by Hernando Cortez in 1519. 

Tenochtitlan

400

Alexander the Great is credited for the spread of this, characterized by "greek imitation" 

Hellenistic/Hellenism

500

Alexander the Great conquered this culture establishing Ptolemaic rule there. 

Egypt/Egyptian

Ancient China

100

The Han empire utilized this philosophy in its statecraft.

Confucianism 

200

This tradition from the Hundred Schools of Thought encouraged inaction or "non-action"

Daoism 

300

True or False: Confucian thought dictated that leaders needed to exhibit moral leadership and virtuous conduct. 

True

400

The merit based approach to government roles in the Han dynasty was the result of State Confucianism and resulted in these to confirm eligibility for job roles.

Civil Service Exams 

500

State Confucianism was the model for Han bureaucracy, it combined Confucian thought with this other, harsher, philosophy from the Hundred Schools era.

Legalist

Roman Empire

100

This leader named himself dictator for life in 47 BCE, and was assassinated just a few years later. 

Julius Caesar 

200

These Roman officials  could veto the actions of the Roman law courts, popular assemblies, and the Senate. 

Tribunes 

300

This conflict in the Roman republic was between the plebeians and the patricians, where the plebeians felt underrepresented in government. 

Struggle of Orders

400

Roman daily life, and political life, placed a male in charge who was called this. 

Paterfamilias 

500

This imperator named himself the "revered one" and brought "Romanization" to his growing empire. 

Augustus/Octavian

Medieval Europe and the New World

100

The Black Death spread along these trade routes, known for bringing goods and ideas.

Silk Roads

200

Kublai Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan, formed this empire in China. 

Yuan 

300

This was the exchange of goods, culture, and diseases between the Old and New Worlds, after European contact with the New World. 

Columbian Exchange

400

This was a deadly transport of kidnapped Africans and represented the second of the three legs of the Triangular Trade. 

Middle Passage

500

This writer and abolitionist published works about his own experiences being kidnapped and enslaved which helped to advance the abolitionist cause. 

Olaudah Equiano