World History First Semester Final Study Guide

Archaeologists learn about ancient people by studying

Lucy was a skeleton of a

Paleolithic means

The developement of fire and clothing meant that prehistoric people could

Neanderthals were different from hominids because they

Cave paintings in France and Spain are a

During the Mesolithic Age, people

Understanding that food could be grown from seeds marked the beginning of the

The people most likely to advance rapidly were those who

Permanent settlements generally requiredd

Forming large, permanent settlements meant that people could

Trade between cultures let to

History basically begins when people start to

The Iron Age shows a higher level of development than the Bronze Age because

Egyptians could move goods up the Nile because

The Rosetta Stone was imporant because it

Hatshepsut was unusal among Egypttian rulers because

Despite the changes in hynasties, Egyptian culture remained stable because

Egyptians belived that in the afterlife, people were

Cuneiform was

One of the important contributions of the Sumerian people was

Sumerians believed in

The Code of Hammurabi was

The Hitties' laws included

Cyrus the Great

Phoenicians were famous for their

Commodities are

The Twelve Tribes of Israel united under

Ethical monotheism is a system of

The Indian subcontinent is separated from the rest of Adia by the

Ancient Indus River valley cities based their protection around

During the Vedic Age, the military leader, lawmaker, and judge of a settlement was the

The teachings of the Upanishads were passed along in the form of

Pariahs were

The ultimate goal of Hindus was to

Siddhartha Gautama became known as the

The Buddha taught that the way to salvation was

Right action is

Mahayana Buddhists viewed the Buddha as a

Chandrogupta Maurya ruled by

More people became Buddhists after

One reason the Guptas lost power was because

Stupas were

Indian physicians saved lives throught the use of

The three major rivers of China are the Huang, the Chang, and the

The Chinese built dikes along the bank of the Huang to

The Chinese developed a sense of superiority because of their

The rulers over the Neolithic people in China were the

The Shang might have cemented their power by

The Chang religion combined animism and

Chinese writings became an art called

Rebels overthrowing a dynasty could justify their action by claiming

The Zhou dynasty fell because of

One of the reasons for the disoncent among the people under the Qin dynasty was

The leveling system

Conducius taught about the importance of family, respect for elders, and

Unlike Confucious, Laozi's teaching did not

Legalism stated that people were

The rise of Buddhism accompanied the

The earliest known Greek civilization were the

The Minoan contribution to Greek developement was

Most Greek city-states developed around a

The Illiad tells the story of the

The purpose of the Olypic games were

City-states run by groups of nobles were known as

In Sparta, the ephors

under the rule of Cleisthenes, Athens established a

Athenians believed in spending mmoney on

Athenians women

The persians in Salamis Strait were defeated by a superior

Pericles angered other members of the Delian League by

Sparta won the peloponnesian war by

The Parthenon was a

Greek art broke away from Egyptian influence because they were

Some Greek sculptors made their work more lifelike by

Greek art expressed its belief in

Early philosphers were called cosmologists because they

Socrated believed that students should

Plato believed in a government ruled by an aristocracy, or

Aristotle believed that

Hippocrates's work sums up Greek science because it

Thucydides believed that

Philip's admirations for Greek ways

Alexander desired to

The spread of Hellenistic culture

hellenistic doctors increased their knowledge by

Italy is cut off from the rest of Europe by the

The consuls

The engraving of Roman laws on the Twelve Tables was prompted by the

The Romans defeated Hannibal in the

People who came under the rule of rome after the Punic Wars became

the expanding Roman empire created a class of business people known as

Roman allies fought the Social War to

Ceasar's government

The Pax Romana kept Rome stable, but reduced the power of the

Hadrian and Marcus Aurelius were part of a group known as the

Roman engineers used all of the following except

Roman lifestyles were criticized in the work of

The Romans put Jesus to death because

The Goths were tribes from