9th Grade World History-Midterm
Writing
Cuneiform is a form of:
Egyptians
From papyrus, the _______ made a type of paper.
Greek
The Olympic games began with the ancient:
Aegean Sea
The most important body of water in the history of the Greek people was the:
The Bible
divine revelation
ka
tiny spirit image
caste system
"pillar" of Indian society
Sophists
"wisdom mongers"
Genesis
1. Story of Creation 2. Accounts of the Flood are contained in both the Gilgamesh Epic and:
prophetess (an oracle)
A famous Greek ___________________ lived at Delphi.
Buddhism
After being struck by the misery of the poor an aristocrat founded what new religion?
Babylonia
Assyria was located north of:
The Greek Empire
DID NOT rise from the ashes of the old Roman Empire.
Christ
Full dominion of the earth will not occur until ______________________returns.
rainbow
God's promise of no more floods.
Pythagoras
Greek mathematician
law
Hammurabi is best known for his ____________________ code
Great
In Egypt, the_______________ Pyramid was built for Pharaoh Khufu.
Zeus
In Greek mythology, the chief god was
Byzantium
In Greek times the modern city of Istanbul was called ____________________.
royal governor
In Persia, a satrap was a:
Romulus and Remus
In Roman legends, the city of Rome was founded by two brothers, ______________________and ____________________________
post roads
In ancient Persia, messages could be sent rapidly because of an excellent system of:
Plato (Society)
In who's ideal society were the rulers philosopher-kings?
Moses
Israelite law giver who was raised by a pharaoh's daughter
patricians
Members of the upper class in Rome were called:
one
Monotheists believe in ___________ god(s).
evolutionists
Most _____________________________ believe that there was no six-day Creation.
Crete
Most historians agree that the Greek civilization began on the island of:
numbers
Pythagoras developed a philosophical system based on:
primitive ones
Scholars believe advanced civilizations have higher moral codes than:
cruelty
The Assyrians treated their conquered enemies with great
Math Rules because
The Babylonians introduced such mathematical ideas as multiplication, division, and the concept of zero.
embalming
The Egyptian process of preserving the dead is called:
Marc Antony
The Roman who married the queen of Egypt and later committed suicide was:
Egyptian hieroglyphics
The Rosetta Stone allowed scholars for the first time to read and translate:
Persian
The _______ rule of Israel was called the Restoration.
Old Kingdom
The _________________of Egypt spanned six dynasties.
Polytheistic
The ancient Egyptians were monotheistic.
flooded
The delta region of the Nile River in Egypt was very fertile land for farming because every year it:
Babel
The first city built in the Babylonian empire was
reason
The importance of Greek philosophy was not that its conclusions were always correct, but that for the first time it was based on:
Aristotle
The most famous student of Plato is
Jeremiah
The prophet ______________________ warned the kings of Judah against resisting Babylon.
Absolute Ruler
The rule of Hammurabi can best be described as a ______________________ in which every citizen did not have a voice.
Hellenic
The term that referred to anything Greek was:
fairly
Unlike other states of its time, Rome treated most of the peoples it conquered:
Paris
abducted Queen Helen
Solon
came to power in Athens in order to make peace between warring factions.
Mencius
follower of Confucius
The Himalayas
form part of the border of India.
polytheism
having many gods
Caesar
killed by Roman Senate
primitive societies
lack political organization
Sparta
militaristic city-state
hieroglyphics
oldest Egyptian writing
Twelve Tables
set of Roman laws
Egypt
the "gift of the Nile"
Socratic method
the method of learning by asking
Sanskrit
was the language of ancient India.
Plato
wrote The Republic
