WH Review ch. 1-14

WH Review ch. 1-14

World History Detective

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The desert that is found within China's vast territory is the:

• Sahara

• Sonoran

• Mojave

• Gobi

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The Assyrian king responsible for building an impressive library--a library that was sadly destroyed by the Babylonians.

• Cyrus

• Ashurbanipal

• Sargon

• Nebuchadnezzar

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The Fertile Crescent includes the following modern-day countries:

• Iran, Turkey, Jordan

• Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia

• Syria, Iraq, Kuwait

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The two rivers that flow through Mesopotamia are:

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Huang and Yellow

• Yangtze and Nile

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The five books of the Law, as recorded in the Hebrew Bible, is called the:

• Tanakh

• Upanishads

• Torah

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The Hittites were able to conquer the Babylonians by using what type of weapons?

• Bronze

• Copper

• Iron

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The Babylonian king responsible for codifying laws and publicly displaying them:

• Cyrus

• Hammurabi

• Nabopolassar

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Possibly the oldest written story:

• The Iliad

• The Bible

• Epic of Gilgamesh

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A calendar that is based on the movements of the moon:

• Moonder

• Solar

• Lunar

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People that traded in cloth and timber, but had a particularly lucrative trade in purple dye.

• Hittites

• Phoenicians

• Minoans

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Law code that valued the sanctity of life and the fundamental role of the family.

• Law of Moses

• Hammurabi's Code

• Persian Law

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In Persia each province had a ruler called a:

• governor

• counselor

• satrap

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The capital of the Assyrian empire:

• Babylon

• Nineveh

• Susa

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The son of Cyrus, who expanded the Persian Empire into Egypt:

• Darius I

• Herodotus

• Cambyses II

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The capital of the Southern Kingdom of Judah:

• Jerusalem

• Samaria

• Bethlehem

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Year that the Northern Kingdom of Israel fell to Assyrian invaders:

• 586 B.C.

• 612 B.C.

• 722 B.C.

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Form of writing that used wedge-shaped symbols to represent syllables:

• Linear A

• Phoenician alphabet

• Cuneiform

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Most honored Chinese person in history, he believed the ideal life is achieved through self-control and proper conduct.

• Lao Tzu

• Confucius

• Siddhartha Gautama

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A major trade route from China through Central Asia to the Middle East.

• The Royal Road

• The Silk Road

• The Fertile Road

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The father of the Minotaur:

• King Aegeus

• King Minos

• Theseus

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Year that the Southern Kingdom of Judah fell to the Babylonians:

• 586 B.C.

• 612 B.C.

• 722 B.C.

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Civilization that showed amazing modern advancements by including indoor plumbing into their housing structures:

• Chinese

• Indian

• Mesopotamian

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Religion that coincides with the idea of a caste system--a level in society that you are born into and cannot move out of except through reincarnation.

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Taoism

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The Terracotta Soldiers can be found in what country?

• India

• China

• Iran

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The discovery of this important artifact enabled ancient Greek and Egyptian hieroglyphics to be deciphered.

• Linear A

• Pentateuch

• Rosetta Stone

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The religion of the Persians was called:

• Buddhism

• Taoism

• Zoroastrianism

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A position where your mind reaches perfect peace as a result of giving up your possessions, as taught by Siddhartha Gautama, is called:

• Reincarnation

• Nirvana

• Dhoti

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A seven-story pyramid-shaped tower-temple used for worshiping gods:

• Ziggurat

• Oracle

• Temple

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The second king of Israel:

• Solomon

• Saul

• David

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How many tribes formed the Northern Kingdom of Israel?

• 2

• 10

• 13

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A Greek city-state is called a:

• satrap

• province

• polis

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The capital of Saudi Arabia is:

• Doha

• Riyadh

• Ankara

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The written language developed by the ancient Indians is called:

• Sanskrit

• Hieroglyphics

• Cuneiform

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The capital of the Northern Kingdom of Israel was:

• Susa

• Samaria

• Nineveh

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If you broke a bone in the ancient world, it would be best if it happened in ___, as the doctors there knew how to set bones.

• China

• India

• Egypt

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The Persian king responsible for freeing the Jews and allowing them to return to Palestine. He even supplied materials for the Jewish people to rebuild their cities and temple.

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Cyrus

• Cambyses

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The year that the modern day nation of Israel was established:

• 135 A.D.

• 1972

• 1948

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The Greek historian who extensively recorded Persian and Greek history:

• Herodotus

• Thucydides

• Homer

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The king who was responsible for building the "Hanging Gardens of Babylon," one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World:

• Nabopolassar

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Cyrus

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What northern barrier slowed the barbaric invasions by the Huns into China?

• Himalayan Mountains

• Great Wall of China

• The Huang River