Prehistory
In what era was cave art invented?
Paleolithic Era
Nubia is located along what river?
Nile River
What mountains create a barrier between India and China?
Himalayan Mountains
Who is the Greek goddess of love and beauty?
Aphrodite
What word means "belief in many gods"?
Polytheistic
What vocabulary word means "growing crops for food"
Agriculture
What kind of writing was invented in China?
characters
True or false: Persia treated its conquered people harshly and forced the people to change their cultures.
FALSE. Persia was tolerant of the people they conquered.
What sea is in-between the Balkan Peninsula and Asia Minor?
Aegean Sea
What religion believes karma will determine your path of reincarnation?
Hinduism
Name one of the two famous ancient Neolithic cities found in the Fertile Crescent
Aleppo or Jericho
Where did the Phoenicians make their colonies?
around the Mediterranean Sea. Ex: North Africa and Spain
What trade route connected China to the rest of Asia?
Silk Road
Is Greek mythology polytheistic or monotheistic?
Polytheistic
What religion, founded by Abraham, was the first to be monotheistic?
Judaism (Hebrews)
Neolithic people were NOT nomadic or hunting and gathering. Instead, they developed...
Settled communities
What strict written law code also had very strict punishments?
China
Because of a lack of arable land and overpopulation, the Greeks traveled and created...
Colonies
Shintoism is the unique cultural religion of...
Japan
What word refers to taming animals so that they can help humans?
Domestication or Domesticated Animals
Which ancient civilization has a system of writing that we have not been able to translate or name?
Indus River Valley (ancient India)
Which Indian Empire invented the number zero, said the Earth was round, and is remembered as the Golden Age?
Gupta empire
Greece's government was made up of independent city-states because Greece's geography had a lot of...
mountains
Siddhartha Gautama believed that suffering comes from...
selfish desires