World History Unit 1 Test Review

The belief in many gods is called __________ while the belief in one god is called________.

• Islam, Christianity.

• Multhitheism, Monotheism.

• Polytheism, Monotheism.

• Paganism, Christianity.

This is the name for the Ancient River Valley Civilization located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, meaning "the land between two rivers."

• China

• Egypt

• Indus Valley

• Mesopotamia

This is the early form of writing created by the Sumerians, consisting of pictographs drawn on clay tablets with a stylus.

• hieroglyphics

• cuneiform

• phonics

• script

Sumerian structure used for religious purposes.

• pyramid

• mosque

• synagogue

• ziggurat

This is the name given to one of the oldest known set of written-down laws in world history, and is named for the Babylonian king who enacted them in the 1700s BCE.

• Code of Hammurabi

• Code of Shi Huangdi

• Code of Ashoka

• Code of the Pharoahs

This term refers to the ruler of a dynasty in Ancient Egypt.

• messiah

• papyrus

• pharaoh

• karma

A system of government in which priests rule in the name of a god.

• oligarchy

• monarchy

• democracy

• theocracy

Served as both royal tombs and religious temples in ancient Egypt.

• ziggurat

• pyramid

• synagogue

• temple

This is a thick paper-like material made from a plant grown on the banks of the Nile River in Egypt, used as a writing surface for hieroglyphics.

• bamboo

• leaves

• sanskrit

• papyrus

This is located in Western India and was the site of one of the earliest civilizations in the world.

• Indus River

• Yangtze River

• Yellow River

• Danube