Final Exam Review - Global 9

The expansion and adoption of a cultural element, from its place of origin to a wider area, is called ______.

• Cultural Diffusion

• Cultural Assimilation

• Cultural Isolation

• Cultural Rejection

One of the earliest known mass movements of the ______ people who spread down into Central and South Africa. This migration led to the spread of languages and cultures through Africa to the South.

• Bantu

• Zulu

• Berber

• Khoisan

"Land between two rivers". Area located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers is known as ______.

• Mesopotamia

• Sahara

• Andes

• Gobi

(10,000 - 8,000 BCE) The development of agriculture and the domestication of animals as a food source. This led to the development of permanent settlements and the start of civilization. This period is called the ______.

• Neolithic Revolution

• Industrial Revolution

• Bronze Age

• Renaissance

Four important early civilizations were flourishing in major river valleys of the ancient world; Mesopotamia (Tigris-Euphrates), Egypt (Nile), China (Huang-He/Yellow), India (Indus). These are known as the ______.

• Early River Valley Civilizations

• Classical Empires

• Medieval Kingdoms

• Nomadic Tribes

The cultures of these two Greek city-states were very different, and the people did not understand or trust one another, primarily because the geography of Greece separated the regions. These city-states are ______ and ______.

• Athens and Sparta

• Athens and Corinth

• Sparta and Thebes

• Corinth and Delphi

The set of laws drawn up by Babylonian king Hammurabi dating to the 18th century BC, the earliest legal code known in its entirety, is called the ______.

• Code of Hammurabi

• Twelve Tables

• Magna Carta

• Edicts of Ashoka

(321-185 BCE) This was the first centralized empire of India whose founder was Chandragupta Maurya. This region is marked by monsoon cycle, and the Himalaya Mountains. This empire is called the ______.

• Mauryan Empire

• Gupta Empire

• Mughal Empire

• Chola Empire

27 BCE - 476 CE. Post-Republican empire. Later called Augustus. Pax Romana. Roman Roads - link Rome with Asia (Silk Road). Christianity. Jesus. This empire is known as the ______.

• Roman Empire

• Byzantine Empire

• Ottoman Empire

• Persian Empire

The monotheistic religion that originated with the Hebrews and is characterized by a belief in one God and the teachings of the Torah is called ______.

• Judaism

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Shintoism