Which theme of history relates to laws, government, and who holds power in society?

Which theme of history relates to how people interact with one another and live together in groups?

Which theme of history relates to people's ways of thinking and living that are passed from generation to generation?

Which theme of history relates to how natural and financial resources are used and distributed?

History can't be a 100% accurate and objective record of the past. Instead it is made up of many...

If you have a cyclical view of history, you believe history...

If you have a linear view of history, you believe history...

The definition of historiography is:

A narrative of world history that focuses primarily on Europeans is...

What is the definition of ethnocentrism?

What is a person's power to make choices and change history?

A narrative that focuses on the powerful is...

A narrative that focuses on those without much power is...

What scientific theory proposes that the universe was created in an explosion about 14 billion years ago?

What scientific theory proposes that the Earth's crust is split into pieces that move?

What's the name of the supercontinent that existed 175-330 million years ago?

What is the best definition of "technology"?

Which species was the "southern ape" that lived in Africa 1-4 million years ago? ("Lucy" was one.)

Which species was the "upright man" that lived 2 million-500,000 years ago and migrated out of Africa?

What is your specific biological classification?

Which group lived primarily in Europe and disappeared 30,000 years ago?

What is the most common term used by many historians to refer to the time before writing was invented?

What is the term for the early (or "old") stone age when no humans farmed?

What is the term for the late (or "new") stone age when some humans began to farm?

What is the general academic term for the cultivation of plants and raising of animals?

What is the correct definition of domestication?

If a farmer produces more food than he needs to live, he has produced...

Division of labor means that...

What is the broad region of the Middle East stretching from Iraq to Egypt where agriculture began?

What is the term for an advanced society with cities, organized government, social classes, writing, and other features?

What term means "rule of the father," referring to male dominance in society?

What was the world's first writing system, invented in Sumer in Mesopotamia?

What term means belief in many gods?

What were the large structures often with temples on top built in ancient Mesopotamia?

Which of the following was one of the world's earliest written law codes, with nearly 300 different laws?

What is the religion of the Hebrews, started in the ancient Fertile Crescent?

What term means belief that many gods may exist, but only one should be worshipped?

What term means belief in only one god?

What era lasted from 4000-1000 BC in Mesopotamia, seeing the invention of many new technologies, including tools made by combining copper and tin?

What's the term for a ruling family that produces successive kings, queens, pharaohs, or other rulers?

What's the largest hot desert in the world, splitting the world's second-largest continent into two distinct regions?

Which of the following enabled the deciphering of Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics in the modern era?

What was the first civilization of South Asia, including cities with advanced plumbing?

What is the best definition of the caste system?

Which of the following religions is usually polytheistic, includes belief in reincarnation, and has over one billion believers?

Which of the following religions is the fourth-largest in the world?

What term means "action" and refers to acts that can influence how a soul is reincarnated?

What term refers to a state of enlightenment or complete peace with the universe?

Which sacred river in India has a fertile river valley with a population of over 400 million people?

Who was the most famous ruler of the Mauryan dynasty and conquered almost all of India before giving up violence and converting to Buddhism?

Which ancient Indian empire is considered to have had a "golden age" of learning and technological advancement?

Which of the following is a nomadic way of life based on using domesticated animals?

What is the traditional Chinese idea of a fundamental natural balance in the universe?

What is the idea that Chinese emperors ruled with the approval of the gods, or could be overthrown if they lost that approval?

What is the term for political and social systems where vassals controlled smaller territories and owed allegiance to a higher power?

Who was an ancient Chinese teacher and philosopher who emphasized values like traditional hierarchical relationships?

Who united ancient China, called himself the first emperor, and followed the harsh philosophy of legalism.

Which of the following was the long-lasting Chinese dynasty that existed at the same time as the Roman Empire and supported Confucianism?

How did Han dynasty China select officials for its civil service system?

What is the name of the system of trade routes that linked China to the rest of Eurasia, started during the Han dynasty?

Which technological age started about 3,000 years ago in the Middle East?

Who created the earliest civilization in Greece, located on the island of Crete?

What is the term for independent governments based around a single urban area and its surrounding territory?

What term is defined as "the quality of being part of history or being historically accurate"?

Who was the Athenian philosopher who pushed his students to question everything but didn't leave any written works?

Who was the student of Socrates who criticized democracy, founded the Academy in Athens, and wrote "The Republic"?

Who was the student of Plato who laid the foundations for Western science in many fields?

Who was the student of Aristotle who conquered Egypt, Persia, and most of his known world?

Which system is "rule of the people" in which all citizens can vote on all laws and important decisions?

Which system is "rule of the people" in which citizens elect representatives to make laws and decisions for them?

Which of the following is a philosophy focused on improving society and people's lives through reason?

Which of the following governments had a senate, two consuls, and lasted for almost 500 years?

What was the name of the three wars in which the Roman Republic defeated and destroyed its rival Carthage?

Which successful general in the Roman Republic seized power after a civil war became "dictator for life" before getting assassinated?

Who won a civil war to become Rome's first emperor, establishing the Roman Empire?

What's the Latin term for the "Roman peace," or period of about 200 years when the Roman Empire's control allowed for extended peace?

Which Roman general and emperor tried to restore the empire, built a new capital, and promoted Christianity?

What's the term for the "migrations of people" in which many groups like the Huns, Goths, and Vandals came into the Roman Empire?