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Semester 1 Review (Mesopotamia - Rome)

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Throughout history, these people followed (and still follow) herds and growing seasons

a)

Nomads

b)

Voyageurs

c)

Artisans

d)

Immigrants

2.

During the early stone ages, people ______________ food.

a)

hunted and gathered

b)

farmed

c)

used science

d)

used technology to find

3.

During the late stone ages, people began to _____________ for their food

a)

settle down and farm

b)

hunt and gather

c)

beg and grovel

d)

combine other foods

4.

This was the first known system of writing developed in the Sumerian Civilization:

a)

Sanskrit

b)

Cuneiform

c)

Ziggurats

d)

Hieroglyphics

5.

The belief in many gods;

a)

Pantheon

b)

Monotheism

c)

Theology

d)

Polytheism

6.

Abraham is the father or patriarch of what three modern world religions?

a)

Judaism, Hinduism, and Buddhism

b)

Judaism, Christianity, and Sikhism

c)

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

d)

Christianity, Catholicism, and Animism

7.

This book comprises the first 5 books of our Old Testament and serves as Jewish Holy Scripture and the basis for Jewish traditions?

a)

Torah

b)

Quran

c)

Vedas

d)

Bible

8.

Indians rely on these seasonal winds and rains for subsistence; and, Indian Ocean traders used these to transport goods to and from India?

a)

Monsoons

b)

Typhoons

c)

Vedas

d)

Cyclones

9.

First Indian civilizations sprang up where?

a)

Indus River

b)

Nile River

c)

Yellow River

d)

Mediterranean Sea

10.

Indian society defined itself when these fighting peoples moved into the Ganges River plain?

a)

Aryans

b)

Indus

c)

Hindus

d)

Buddhists

11.

Hindu society in India was divided into rigid classes called

a)

The Caste System

b)

The Civil Service System

c)

The Inquisitorial Squad

d)

The Three-field System

12.

Early Chinese beliefs centered around?

a)

Raising horses and herding cattle in vast grasslands

b)

Worshipping a single god from a central temple

c)

Honoring family relationships and clan ancestry

d)

Working hard to achieve enlightenment

13.

Government where a few land owning nobles have all the power?

a)

Bureaucracy

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Democracy

d)

Tyranny

14.

Hindus and Buddhists both believe in rebirth after death, or…

a)

Reinvigoration

b)

Consumption

c)

Assumption

d)

Reincarnation

15.

These people were early pioneers in sea trading creating many of the first colonies across the Mediterranean?

a)

Phoenicians

b)

Romans

c)

Greeks

d)

Babylonians

16.

Greek city-state known for its philosophers and thinkers?

a)

Athens

b)

Sparta

c)

Babylon

d)

Baghdad

17.

The tiny outmanned Greeks defeated this large empire, thus ushering in its golden age?

a)

Persia

b)

Byzantium

c)

Rome

d)

Mycenaeans

18.

Period following Alexander the Great's conquests which connected western and eastern cultures and ideas?

a)

Vedic Age

b)

Hellenistic Age

c)

Paleolithic Age

d)

The Renaissance

19.

Roman citizens who held the most political power in the early days of the Republic?

a)

Patricians

b)

Plebeians

c)

Latifundias

d)

Barons

20.

Rome's rival empire who they fought for control of the Mediterranean in the Punic Wars?

a)

Carthaginians

b)

Greeks

c)

Persians

d)

Byzantines

21.

First Roman Emperor of the Pax Romana

a)

Julius Caesar

b)

Caesar Augustus

c)

Justinian

d)

Constantine

22.

Herod's accomplishments in Jerusalem?

a)

Re-established the old order of Jewish high priests

b)

Promoted a new understanding of Jewish law

c)

Worked with the Romans to persecute Christians

d)

Built up Jerusalem and also rebuilt the Jewish temple

23.

Spread Jesus's gospel message far and wide across the Mediterranean in his many journeys.

a)

St. Paul

b)

St. Peter

c)

St. Patrick

d)

St. Cyril and Methodius

24.

This Roman Emperor converted to Christianity and made it legal to practice in the Empire.

a)

Constantine

b)

Nero

c)

Hadrian

d)

Diocletian

25.

Eastern Roman Empire was centered in what city?

a)

Rome

b)

Venice

c)

Ravenna

d)

Constantinople

26.

The only remaining Roman institution following the collapse of the Western Roman Empire

a)

Roman Catholic Church

b)

Roman Senate

c)

Roman Roads

d)

Roman Military

27.

The markets of China were connected to Europe and the Middle East by a series of trade routes known as the:

a)

Silk Road

b)

Monsoon Marketplace

c)

Royal Road

d)

Toad's Turnpike

28.

Starting with the Greeks, what became the most important symbol of status in Western society?

a)

Owning land

b)

Having opportunity

c)

Inheriting wealth

d)

Belonging to a particular religion

29.

Romans modelled many of their ideas, institutions, and infrastructure after the ____________?

a)

Greeks

b)

Persians

c)

Babylonians

d)

Hebrews

30.

What two empires largely tolerated local beliefs and kept local rulers in charge?

a)

Persia and Rome

b)

Greece and Rome

c)

Babylon and Assyria

d)

Egypt and Mesopotamia

31.

St. Paul is an example of a ____________ or one who spreads a faith to faraway lands

a)

Missionary

b)

Priest

c)

Friar

d)

Monk