WorksheetsWHI Study Guide for exam
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 35mins
Which civilizations created a 22 character alphabet to help them trade along the Mediterranean coast?
Phoenicians
Hebrew
Which empire was renowned for Imperial Bureaucracy, developing roads, Zoroastrianism and its policy of tolerance towards the people it conquered?
Persian Empire
Maurya Empire
Which Hindu belief means that all thoughts and actions result in future consequences?
Reincarnation
Karma
Rebirth based on karma is associated with which Hindu belief
reincarnation
Enlightenment
Between 100,000 to 400,000 years ago, what took place?
The silk routes opened for trade
Homo sapiens emerged
What did early hunter-gatherers rely on to survive?
Many wild plants and animals
Commercial agriculture
-Nomadic
-Fire
-Simple tools
-Cave Art
-Oral language
are all associated with?
Settled Communities
Hunter-gatherer Societies
Which scenario shows evidence of the development of permanent communities during the Neolithic Age?
communities coming together to farm growing wheat, wheat and barley, and raising goats
A man starting a fire to help cook the gain he retrieved from hunting
What is the main objective of an archaeologist's research?
Study past societies through the examination of past cultures and material remains
Study of human behavior and psychology
why did early civilizations develop near river valleys become a good location for settlement?
Rich soil for farming and easy to defend
Commercial trading opportunities existed
Look at the map and then identify the river located as number 3
Mesopotamia
Nile River Valley
Look at the map and then identify the river located as number 2
Jordan
Nile
Which civilizations developed on the Huang He River?
Chinese
Indian
Which civilizations developed on the Nile River?
Egyptian
Hebrew
Which civilizations developed on the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Mesopotamian
Hebrew
Which civilizations developed on the Indus River?
Chinese
Indian
Which civilizations developed on the Jordan River?
Mesopotamian
Hebrew
Which civilizations developed on the Mediterranean Sea and were known for trading?
Phoenicians
Chinese
The Phoenicians developed the alphabet, what did the people of Sumerians develop?
Hieroglyphics
cuneiform
Which two rivers were the most important to the early Indian subcontinent?
Indus & Ganges
Indus & Euphrates
Early humans made sense of the world around them by creating stories that developed into practicing _________________________ (many gods and goddesses)
monotheism
Polytheism
As permanent settlements developed, leaders developed based on religion, and they often were _______________________ (passed to the next generation of the same family).
Hereditary
Democracy
What type of writing did the Egyptians develop?
hieroglyphics
Alphabet
Jews were displaced or spread to other parts of the world. What term is used to describe this spread of people? _______________________-
Which belief from Hinduism means all thoughts and actions result in future consequences? ________________________
Define reincarnation- _______________________________________
The Hindu belief that a person's soul stays in the same body after death.
The Hindu belief that a person's soul is reborn into a new body after death.
Which religion is associated with the following? ________________
Four Noble Truths
Eightfold Path to Enlightenment
Who was responsible for sending Buddhist missionaries to China and other parts of the world? ______________________.
Asoka
Which Indian empire was described as the Golden Age for achievements in medicine, astronomy, and math? ____________________________
Which empire had the following? ____________________
Roads
Imperial bureaucracy
Tolerant of conquered people
Zoroastrianism
Harmony with nature, humility, living a simple life with inner peace is associated with which religion? ________________
Taoism
A ruler in China could stay a leader as long as his rule was just (fair). This is called the ________________________.
Mandate of Heaven
Mandate of Hell
Trade routes that connected China to places as far away as Rome (Italy) is called the _____________________Routes.
Black Sea Routes
Why did they build the Great Wall of China? _______________________
The Greeks (and later the Romans) created ____________________ that explained natural events, human qualities, and natural phenomena.
monotheism
Polytheism
Which number represents Athens?
2
Which number represents Sparta?
Which number represents Troy
3
4
Which number represents Macedonia?
3
4
__________________ and ___________________ were two tyrants that tried to reform Greece.
Draco and Solon
What is the legacy of the Greek leader Pericles? _____________________________
Expansion of democracy, construction of the Parthenon, and promotion of arts and culture
Which city-state was militaristic, aggressive, and was ruled by an oligarchy? ___________________________
Define oligarchy- _________________________________
What was the main consequence of the Peloponnesian War for Athens and Sparta? ___________________________________________________
Sparta became the most powerful city-state
Both Athens and Sparta became weak, paving the way for Macedonian conquest
_________________________ had conquests that stretched to western India, and spread Hellenistic culture into Egypt and other parts of the world.
_____________________ was best known for writing The Odyssey. It is an epic ______.
Shakespeare: Play
Homer: Poem
Socates, Plato and Aristotle are a List the 3 famous Greek ________________________________________________________________.
What style of Greek Column is being displayed?
What style of Greek column is being displayed?
What style of Greek column is being displayed?
The Romans were influenced by other cultures in their mythology. Who were these influences primarily from?
Persians
Greeks
The Punic Wars were between Rome and _________________.
The image presented is of Justinian. This was a style of art in the Byzantine Empire that utilized glass tiles to create artwork -
Icon
mosaic
Constantinople was a strategic location because
its strategic position. It was a crossroads of trade between Europe and Asia
Germanic invasions, geographic size, cost of defense, devaluation of Roman currency was the cause of which of the following
Fall of the Western Roman Empire
Pope accepted in the west, Patriarch accepted in the East this lead to
The Great Schism. Division between the churches took place
Which is true of the role of Constantinople?
Was a link to the past preserving classical Greco-Roman culture
Was considered the capital of theWestern Roman Empire
The Western Church became centered in which city?
Constantinople
Rome
What ways did the Byzantine culture influenced Eastern Europe and Russia –
Ideas spread through trade routes of the Black and Baltic Seas, adoption of Greek Alphabet and Christianity, transmission of religious art, architecture, and literature
Emperor Constantine chose the location for a new capital partly for its distance from
Germanic invaders.
trade routes
Plays and Fables Round Earth, concept of zero, concept of round earth, are associated with which empire?
What is an example of a democratic characteristic exhibited by the Roman Republic?
Recommendations were passed by a Senate
Rule was dominated by a powerful king
All are ways the Byzantine culture influenced Eastern Europe and Russia EXCEPT –
Adoption of the RomanCatholic Church
ideas spread through trade routes of the Black and Baltic Seas
adoption of the Greek alphabet for the Slavic languages
aspects such as religious art and architecture were adopted
Innocent until proven guilty is associated with which set of Roman legal codes?
Ten Commandments
12 tables
Ancestry worship, code of politeness, respect for elders, education are associated with which religion?
Who founded taoism?
Lao Tzu
Which mountain range as displayed provided migration routes for Aryans into the Indian subcontinent?
Himmalayas
Hindu Kush
Which river system is labeled B on the Map
Indus
Ganges
Which river system is labeled B on the Map?
Indus
Ganges
Which mountain range is labeled c on the map
Hindu Kush
Himmalayas
