Pre-Test Modern World History

a person who studies human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains.

• Prehistory

• Scribe

• Archeologist

• Budda

an ancient civilization located in what is Pakistan and northwest India today, on the fertile flood plain of the Indus River and its vicinity.

• Indus River Valley

• Nile River Valley

• Huang Ho Vally

• Tigris & Euphrates River Valley

a member of a people having no permanent abode, and who travel from place to place to find fresh pasture for their livestock.

• Pharaoh

• Nomad

• Archeologist

• Republic

was the divine source of authority and the right to rule of China’s early kings and emperors. Stated that if the ruler did not use power to help his people they would have their power taken away.

• Islam

• Judaism

• Democracy

• Mandate of Hevan

the doctrine or belief that there is only one God.

• Polytheism

• Monotheism

• Hinduism

• Mandate of Heaven

a class structure that is determined by birth. Loosely, it means that in some societies, if your parents are poor, you're going to be poor, too.

• Mandate of Heaven

• Polytheism

• Caste System

• Buddhism

Followers of this don’t acknowledge a supreme god or deity. They instead focus on achieving enlightenment—a state of inner peace and wisdom. When followers reach this spiritual echelon, they’re said to have experienced nirvana.

• Islam

• Judaism

• Christianity

• Buddhism

relating to ancient Greek or Latin literature, art, or culture. - (of art or architecture) influenced by ancient Greek or Roman forms or principles.

• Classical

• Kratos

• Christianity

• Cycle

the belief in or worship of more than one god.

• Judaism

• Polytheism

• Mandate of Heaven

• Monotheism

umbrella term which encompasses the social behavior, and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities and habits of the individuals in these groups.

• Cycle

• Classical

• Republic

• Culture