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100

Hammurabi was most famous for?

The code of Hammurabi found on the stele

100

Catal Hoyuk was built on a deposit of what?

obsidian

100

What is a civilization?

a large number of people together in a group that is too large to consist only of an extended family group which allows them to discover and develop writing, mathematics, religion, etc.  

100

What discovery made civilizations possible?

Agriculture

100

Which three periods of Egyptian history were relatively peaceful and stable?

Old Kingdom

Middle Kingdom

New Kingdom

200

Who forged the world's first true empire by conquering Mesopotamia and uniting the regions of Akkad and Sumer?

Sargon the Great

200

Where does the story of civilization begin?

Mesopotamia

200

What is a patriarchal society?

A society led and dominated by the older men of the group

200

Who developed math, wagons, and astronomy?

Mesopotamians

200

Which system gave Indian society one of its most distinctive traits?

The caste system

300

Which King was the first to unite Lower and Upper Egypt?

Narmer

300

The first true cities emerged in the southern region of?

Sumer

300

What is the Verdic Age named after?

a set of religious texts known as the Vedas

300

Who was considered the last great pharaoh and supervised the construction of the Great Temple of Abu Simbel? 

Ramses II

300

It was believed a ruler lost the Mandate of Heaven when what occurred in great number?

Natural disasters

400

What was unique about Amenhotep IV, also known as Akhenaten?

He created a new religion with only one god

400

What is the Western or Wailing Wall?

The ruins of the temple built by Solomon

400

Why do some scholars say the Olmec were not an empire?

They didn’t have a large enough population to have an army and a capital hasn’t been identified. Another reason is that they didn’t dominate the surrounding areas.

400

During which Egyptian period of time were the pyramids built?

The Old Kingdom

400

True or false? The Olmec were possibly the first civilization in the Western Hemisphere to develop a writing system.

True

500

Quin Shi Huang is famous for placing these in his tomb?

Terracotta warriors

500

Which civilization was the earliest in Mesoamerica?

Olmec

500

The word monotheism comes from the Greek words "monos" and "theos" which means?

"single" and "god"

500

What was the new religion that challenged the dominance of Brahmanism?

Buddhism

500

Whose 12 sons became the ancestors of the 12 Tribes of Israel?

Jacob