World History Unit 1
An event occurring in the year 1110 BC could be said to have taken place during the _______ century BC.
12th
During the reign of __________, the worship of one god was enforced.
Akhenaten
_________ expected his subjects to worship the Aten.
Akhenaten
________________ was overtaken and destroyed by barbarian invaders.
Akkadian empire
Who were the people that ruled Babylonia on its rise to power?
Amorites
____________ includes the study of human fossils.
Anthropology
____________ involves the discovery of human remains and artifacts.
Archaeology
____________ is one of the primary scientific techniques for obtaining information about people without a written history.
Archaeology
_________, _________, _________, and ___________were buried with the rulers of ancient China.
Artifacts of Bronze, Servants, Animals, and Oracle bones
Dates occurring "Before the Common Era" are marked
BCE
Who, at different times, was ruled by Hammurabi, Nebuchadnezzar and Belshazzar?
Babylonian Empire
The ancient city of Babylon was located near the modern-day city of __________.
Baghdad
______ is the supreme creator god of the ancient Indians.
Braham
It was important for a family to have boys in ancient _______ because they needed someone to carry on the family name.
China
There is much uncertainty about the beginnings of ________ civilization due to a lack of written records.
Chinese
_________ reflects the experience and events of society; Latin word for "develop."
Culture
Who was the author of the book, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, in 1859?
Darwin
According to ____________ evolution, humans exist because they evolved from a single cell hundreds of millions of years in the past.
Darwinian
Which theory or story states that amoeba-like forms over billions of years eventually evolved into humans?
Darwinian evelution
_________ script was used for writing business letters.
Demotic
Who was the French philosopher and scientist that compared the human body to machines?
Descartes
_________ includes the study of the management of resources by a people.
Economics
The Shang writing system used characters similar to those of the ____________.
Egyptian hieroglyphs
The ancient __________ understood the importance of the annual flooding of the Nile.
Egyptians
_________ is a technique or method for finding, removing, and recording physical remains.
Excavation
_______ was the basis for the Vedic society.
Family
Identify the Zhou system of government.
Fengjian
In the ________, Eve was the first to eat of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Garden of Eden
Who was the 6th king of the Babylonian Empire?
Hammurabi
The first female pharaoh was ______________
Hatshepsut
__________ used a system of pictures and letters to communicate.
Hieroglyphs
The _________ mountains protected the ancient people of the Indian subcontinent from invaders.
Himalayan
The _______ were "rulers from foreign lands" who brought great division to the Egyptians
Hyksos Semite kings
The underlying meaning of the symbols on the __________ is not known.
Indus Seals
The _______ civilization developed the first compass-like instrument.
Indus-Sarasvati
_______________ is the last age of the Three-Age System.
Iron age
Bodies were embalmed to prevent decay and to keep the ____ happy.
Ka (soul)
The technique of radiocarbon dating was developed in 1949 by _____.
Libby
Which of the following was written during the reign of the Kurus?
Mantra texts
The city of ___________ has been dated C. 6500 BC, the oldest in the world.
Mehrgarh
The Egyptian state formed during the reign of king __________.
Menes
__________ is located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers,
Mesopotamia
The Pharaohs changed the design of their tombs during the _______ Kingdom.
Middle
During the _______, the Pharaohs made many important contributions to the welfare of the people.
Middle Kingdom
The streets of ___________ and ________ were laid out in a grid.
Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa
According to the Three-Age System chart, people lived in caves during the ____________ and _________ periods.
Paleolithic and Mesolithic
The three periods of the Stone Age are ______, ______, and ______.
Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic
Identify the two most powerful kingdoms of the Vedic Civilization.
Panchula and Kuru
Egyptian art shows female _______ wearing false beards and dressed like men.
Pharaohs
_________ includes the study of governments and their impact on people.
Political science
__________ is the worship of many gods.
Polytheism
_______________ is the period before the invention of writing and keeping historical records.
Prehistory
The ____ was a warrior-ruler.
Rajan
The last of the great pharaohs was ______________.
Ramesses II
_________ fought many wars and signed the world's first peace treaty.
Ramesses II
The _________ protected the Egyptians from invasions
Red Sea
A collection of sacred hymns is called _______.
Rigveda
Which of the following was the classical language of India?
Sanskirt
Who was considered a god by his subjects?
Sargon
According to the monument engraved with the code of Hammurabi, the laws were given to him by the sun god, __________.
Shamash
The existence of the ______ dynasty has been confirmed by inscriptions on oracle bones.
Shang
The Shang worshiped their ancestor and the god, _____________.
Shang-Ti
Religious literature intended to "tie" everything together is called _______.
Sutra
___________ advances were made when people exchanged goods because they would exchange ideas at the same time.
Technological
What was significant about the standard ratio of the Indus bricks?
They could easily be reproduced
Who was the Danish archaeologist and inventor of the Three-Age System (Stone Age, Bronze Age, and Iron Age) in 1816?
Thomsen
In _________ society, married sons remained in their parents' household and continued to live under the authority of the oldest male.
Vedic
Ancient Chinese civilization began along the __________ and Huang He Rivers in east central China.
Yangtze
During which Chinese dynasty was iron first used for tools and weapons?
Zhou
The ______ worshiped a supreme god but not the supreme god of the Shang.
Zhou
The ________ kings called themselves the "sons of heaven" and claimed to have been given the authority to rule by "the Supreme God of Heaven."
Zhou
A city-state is ________________.
a large, independently governed city
The Nile Delta is _______________________________.
a large, triangular area along the Mediterranean Sea
The Egyptians made papyrus from _________.
a plant that grows along the Nile
A complex society is characterized by __________. Select all that apply.
a social hierarchy, institutional government, a distinct language, codified religion, and artistic activity
The term Circa is Latin meaning _______.
about
The Middle Eastern principle of retaliation is best described as ______________________.
an eye for an eye
The Three-Age System is useful for the study of _________.
ancient European cultures
Some __________ were considered sacred to the ancient Egyptians.
animals
Excavation is the main technique of discovery used by _________.
archaeologists
A ______ is an object made or used by humans.
artifact
Studying and understanding the ________, the __________, the __________, and the __________ of people from the past will enable you to make good decisions for yourself and future generations.
artifacts, discoveries, significant dates, and experiences
The Shang used ______ to make weapons.
bronze
_______________ is the second age of the Three-Age System.
bronze age
In the narrative of the ________, Kaang brought the first man up through a hole in the earth.
bushmen of Africa
The Zhou worshiped their ancestors indicating the high regard ________ were expected to have for their _______.
children, parents
The average weather of a region is called ____________.
climate
A system of belief that has been written down is called a ____________ religion.
codified
A society or region is usually divided into two subcultures: ____________ and __________.
common culture and popular culture
The Zhou adopted the Shang __________ but did not live among them.
culture
Most of what is known about Sumerians daily lives was learned from their ________.
cuneiform writing
What technique involves the examination of records of the movements of the sun and moon?
date markers
AD is the abbreviation for the Latin term "anno domini" which refers to _________.
dates occurring after the birth of Christ
The _____ techniques available today are somewhat accurate, but they are not perfect or exact.
dating
What technique compares tree-ring growth?
dendrochronology
To make ready for human use is to _________________.
domesticate
A(n) _________ is the succession of rulers from the same family.
dynasty
The main technique for finding artifacts is ____________.
excavation
What significant change occurred during the Neolithic Revolution?
farming
The study of the earth's surface and the life it sustains is called __________.
geography
The Garden of Eden included a tree with the knowledge of __________.
good and evil
Taxes were paid with _____
goods and services
Mesopotamia comes from the ______ word meaning "the land between the rivers."
greek
The Pharaoh ____________
had absolute authority
The map of the Fertile Crescent suggests that the region _________.
had an abundance of water that made farming easy
The Natufians lived near the Euphrates and are believed to be the first people to _________.
harvest crops
According to Darwinian evolution, apes and humans ___________.
have a common ancestor
According to ancient religious texts, how were women to be treated in Vedic society?
honorably
The Sumerians used ____________ to make crop production more efficient.
irrigation ditches
__________ dominated Sumerian civilization.
men
A seasonal wind that brings vast amounts of rainfall is a _______________
monsoon
What were the two purposes of the pyramids?
monuments to the dead and resting places for the dead on their journey in the aftherlife
The houses and building of the Indus River Valley were made with _____ bricks.
mud
A simple story about the beginning of time and other complex events in history is called a ______.
myth
The gods of the Egyptians were associated with ____________.
natural forces
During which kingdom did the Pharaohs build the first pyramids?
old kingdom
Which period is considered the "Age of the Pharaohs?"
old kingdom
The three periods of Ancient Egyptian history in chronological order were the __________, the ___________and the ____________.
old kingdom,middle kingdom, and new kingdom
Monotheism is the worship of _________.
one God
The preservation of history and culture by way of speech is called __________________.
oral tradition
Mesopotamia was a strict __________ society, where fathers were given the dominant roles.
patriarchal
The _____ environment can greatly influence the course of human events.
physical
Much of what is written in history books about the origin of humans is based on __________ left by the first humans. Select all that apply.
physical artifacts, trash, food remains, human remains
The Sumerians first used ________, but later developed the _________________. 100 of 100
pictograms, cuneiform script
______ culture is enjoyed by the majority of people in a society.
pop
What technique is used in the dating of certain types of rocks?
potassium-argon dating
The first people of China are believed to have known how to make _______, ________, and __________.
pottery, silk and stone tools
A simple, less advanced civilization is considered to be __________.
primitive
This technique measures carbon 14 in dead organisms.
radiocarbon dating
_________ is important to understanding the ideals, traditions, and motivations of a people.
religion
_________ and ___________ play a huge role in shaping history.
religion and philosophy
The code of Hammurabi was based on the ancient Middle Eastern principle of ________________.
retaliation
What was discovered in 1799, engraved with several ancient languages that permitted the first translation of hieroglyphs?
rosetta stone
Sumer is thought to gave been ruled by priests at one point because ______________.
rulers were chosen using religious rituals
According to the map of Mesopotamia, the Tigris River _______________.
runs parallel to the Euphrates River
________ means holy, set apart.
sacred
__________ helps historians determine the truths of human history.
science
________ were the people that ruled Akkad during its rise to power.
semites
Oracle bones were made from bones and _________.
shells
A distinct group of people with a common culture and interest is called a _________.
society
The Neolithic Revolution occurred during the ___________ Age.
stone
_______________ is the first age of the Three-Age System.
stone age
What technique evaluates dating based on the stratum in which the artifact is found?
stratigraphy
______________ is a means of survival.
subsistence
______________ was essential to the Sumerian economy.
subsistence agriculture
___________ used mud bricks to build ziggurats, arches and domes.
sumerians
As a god-man, Pharaoh acted as the __________________.
supreme high priest of Egypt
Advances that change the economy of a nation are called ___________.
technology
The Hymn of the Aten states that the world was created for the pleasure of ____.
the Aten
The Gregorian Calendar is based on __________.
the assumed date for the birth of Jesus Christ
The Chinese were protected from invasion due to ____________.
the geography of their land
The Sumerian number system is based on ________________.
the numbers 6 and 10
According to the Watchmaker analogy ___________________.
the universe has been designed with intelligence
The ancient religious texts of India are known as _________.
the vedas
The Sumerians are credited with the invention of ______.
the wheel
"__________," in the Cherokee narrative, watched Selu fill her basket with beans and corn.
the wild boy
A person's varna was determined by __________.
their spirtitual qualifications
How did the Göbekli Tepe ruins contradict the standard thinking about Neolithic people?
they had skills and abilities similar to modern people
For what purpose did Zeus create Pandora, the first woman?
to avenge himself
According to the code of Hammurabi, if a man could not pay his debts, why did he have to sell himself, his wife, or his children?
to work for 3 years to pay off the debt
The sewage and drainage system of Mohenjo-Daro included ________.
toliets
What do the punishments of the code of Hammurabi indicate about the Babylonians?
took right and wrong seriously, valued justice
People ____________ and __________ goods before the use of money.
traded and bartered
Most of the Indian subcontinent is in the shape of a ______________.
triangle
The ________ managed the government of Egypt.
vizier
The picture below best illustrates which of the following progressions of civilization?
written language