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WorksheetsWorld History Semester I Exam
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 26mins
land between Tigris and Euphrates rivers
Mesopotamia
present day Israel, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria
Fertile Crescent
all of the choices
first law system of laws and punishment
Mesopotamian code
Babylonian code
Hammurabi codex
Hammurabi code
famous for being the capital city of the Babylonian Empire, had the hanging gardens
Babylon
Chaldean
Ninevites
Assyrians
Chaldean king of the Babylonian Empire; famous for attacking Judah and destroying Solomon's temple; rebuilt Babylon;
Nebuchadnezzar
Balthazar
Babylon
Hammurabi
Stone was transported to the pyramids by rolling the stones onto _____, loading them onto barges and floating them down to the building sites.
donkeys
camels
pillars
logs
Egyptians learned_________ from embalming bodies; how to set bones; how to treat different body parts
human anatomy
mathematics
about viruses
none of the choices
Pyramid building led to advancements in ____________by using measurements and geometry and by aligning pyramids with astronomy
math and science
literature and science
math and geology
none of the choices
__________ focused their time on the after life by making great plans and burial chambers. They saw the afterlife as most important
Egyptians
Mesopotamians
Phoenecians
Persians
______ era of peace, prosperity, and expansion; golden age of art; became an empire from the Fertile Crescent to Nubia.
New Kingdom
Old Kingdom
Middle Kingdom
all of the above
first powerful female pharaoh who focused on trade rather than war
Phoenecia
Hatshepsut
Isis
none of the choices
a reed plant used for making baskets, sandals, rafts, and paper
sugar cane
cotton
papyrus
hemp
__________women's rights: own property, buy and sell goods, make wills, get divorced
Mesopotamian
Chaldean
Phoenecian
Egyptian
signified unity between upper and lower Egypt
double crown
double staff
double headress
double coin
_____is located south of Egypt along the Nile and it also has a port on the east side of the Red Sea
Phoenecia
Chaldea
Babylon
Kush
Lots of ______ goods traveled through Kush to other places
common
exotic
household
domestic
was located along the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea
Persia
Chaldea
Phoenecia
none of the above
cedar wood, metal goods, pottery, glass, animal skins, red dyed cloth are major goods traded by:
Phoenecia
Egyptians
Persia
Assyria
_______ alphabet had 22 symbols for consonant sounds and was used for trade and business; it was simple to use and increased literacy
Egyptian
Phoenecian
Chaldean
Babylonian
The _________controlled much of southern Greece from 1500 to 1100 BCE.
Myceneans
Persians
In Athens, all people were citizens who had one voice and one vote.
true
false
_______ was a culturally rich city-state with art, music, and literature.
Athens
Sparta
_______ was a militaristic city-state where all of its citizens were trained warriors.
Sparta
Athens
Athens and _______ fought each other in the Peloponnesian War.
Persia
Sparta
Athens and _______ fought each other in the Peloponnesian War.
Persia
Sparta
________ used a method of teaching involving questioning known as the Socratic method.
Plato
Socrates
__________ the Great conquered Persia and spread Greek ideas and culture throughout the world.
Cyrus
Alexander
The Hellenistic Age was the time period after Alexander the Great, where Greek and _______ cultures mixed.
Roman
Asian
Where was Alexander the Great from?
Macedonia
Greece
North Africa
Spain
Alexander's father was:
Philip II
Aristotle
Sophocles
Hammurabi
Which city-state first fell to the Macedonians?
Athens
Sparta
Corinth
Troy
When did Alexander take power over Macedonia?
After Philip II was murdered
After Alexander's mother died
After Alexander killed his father
After Philip II became ill and died
TRUE OR FALSE: As Alexander conquered other regions, he adopted some of their culture.
True
False
Who is the god of the sea?
Perseus
Poseidon
Percy
Pegasus
