World History A Final Exam Review

1.  Why were the inventions of hieroglyphics and cuneiform important achievements of the Egyptians and Sumerians?

•    Because it gave civilizations the ability to communicate and pass on information
•  It enabled them to establish trade network
• It allowed for further exploration and navigation
•     It allowed early religions to expand

1.  The world’s first civilizations developed in

• a)  Europe
• Caves
• River Valleys
• The Old Stone Age

1.  The spread of ideas and other aspects of a culture is called

• cultural diffusion
• culture shock.
• a)  a division of labor.
•        civilization.

1.  What Babylonian king had a major law code written to create stability in his empire?

• Menes
• Hammurabi
• Yahweh
• Amenhotep IV

The belief in many gods is called

• Reincarnation
• ethical monotheism.           reincarnation.
• Polytheism
•  The Eightfold Path.

In Hinduism, the rebirth of the soul in the body of another being (human or animal) is known as_______.

• dharma
• karma
• Reincarnation
• Ethical monotheism

1.  The Chinese philosophy that emphasizes family and ancestors, proper behavior, and duty to society is

• Legalism
• Hinduism
• Daoism
• Confucianism

1.  Which activity was most important to the Spartans?

•    military service
• a)  religious festivals
• a)  trade and business
• a)  taking part in government

1.  The two most important city-states in Ancient Greece were

• a)  Athens and Thebes
• a)  Thebes and Corinth
• a)  Corinth and Sparta
• a)                         Athens and Sparta

The unification of Greek city-states and the establishment of the Greek empire was completed by what great military leader?

•  Ceasar
•  Marc Antony
• Darius I
• a)                         Alexander the Great