24/25 Review

How did the mountains of the countryside affect ancient Greece?

• The climate was very cold

• They limited the availability of farmland

• Rock slides were common

• Early Greeks lived in caves

Which of these answer choices is an example of cultural diffusion?

• Egypt attacking and conquering Nubia and Nubia keeping their unique cultural identities.

• Nubia and Egypt avoid interacting with each other

• Nubia building pyramids and worshiping the same gods as the Egyptians because of their interactions with each other through trade and war

• Egypt sending a political ambassador to Nubia to discuss diplomacy and open trade.

What was the impact of Legalism on China?

• It stressed the importance of family.

• It stressed the importance of virtue and fairness.

• It stressed the importance of absolute authority of the leaders.

• It stressed the importance of nature and religion.

How did the rule of Philip II of Macedonia impact the Hellenistic Period?

• It brought democracy to the Greek city-states

• It unified the Greek city-states

• It spread Greek culture into the Middle East and Asia

• It brought Judaism into the Hellenic Empire

Why did Confucius focus on social relations, proper conduct and social harmony?

• People didn't know how to follow a sage.

• People weren't allowed to follow their natural course.

• People didn't know their place/role and leaders lost morals.

• People were too focused on the past.

A system that balances the distribution of power in a government

• checks and balances

• veto

• majority rules

• voting

The Sumerians developed ____________, the world's first system of writing.

• cuneiform
• scribe
• epics
• cylinder seals

_______________- supply water to land

• acceleration
• humiliation
• irrigation
• irritation

Which statement below best describes hieroglyphics?

• A type of art using letters and sounds

• A form of writing using picture symbols

• A fancy way of writing the Greek alphabet

• A type of writing similar to cursive

All of the following are reasons why Sumerians believed gods were powerful EXCEPT:

• Gods controlled the harvest.

• Gods controlled natural disasters.

• God's controlled people's health.

• Gods controlled the farmers.