Final Exam 2024 Flashcards
What is the study of society’s interaction with the past?
History
What was a victory parade held in honor of a victorious Roman commander?
Triumph
What means “land between the rivers? in Greek?
Mesopotamia
This is a Roman army unit with approximately 4800 men.
Legion
What systems use canals and dams to bring water from rivers to fields?
Irrigation
What is the belief in only one god?
Monotheism
What title means “great house”?
Pharaoh
Name the tablet that enabled the French to decipher hieroglyphics.
Rosetta Stone
Who were the nomads who used chariots to conquer Egypt around 1660 B.C.?
Hyksos
What was the trade route called that brought Chinese goods as far west as Rome?
Silk Road
Wind patterns that bring heavy rainfall to India during the summer are called what?
Monsoons
An escape from self, suffering, and reincarnation in Buddhism is called what?
Nirvana
What is the pass that provides access to India through the Hindu Kush Mountains called?
Khyber
What is the title that means “Enlightened One”?
Buddha
The first traces of human activity were found where?
The Great Rift Valley
Who was the king that built the first temple in Jerusalem to honor Yahweh?
Solomon
“prehistoric” refers to the period before the development of what?
Writing
What was the development that defined the Neolithic Revolution?
Agriculture
What innovation was developed in Sumer?
The wheel
What civilization first developed an alphabet?
Phoenicia
Who was the pharaoh that brought the Egyptian Empire to its largest size ever?
Thutmose III
Who was the ruler that united the northern and southern Egyptian kingdoms around 3100 B.C.?
Menes
The first female pharaoh in Egyptian history to rule was who?
Hatshepsut
Each Egyptian pharaoh’s most important responsibility was what?
To preserve maat
Who was the pharaoh that led the Egyptian army during the Battle of Kadesh?
Ramses II
What caused the decline of the Harappan civilization around 1700 B.C.?
Indus River gradually changed its course
What river was the center of the Harappan civilization?
Indus River
What was the name of the empire that united the small kingdoms in northern India for the first time?
Mauryan Empire
Hinduism’s one true being which is manifested in many gods and living things is called what?
Brahman
Who was known as the Buddha by meditating under the tree to find enlightenment?
Siddhartha Gautama
Who enjoyed the highest level of respect in the caste system?
Brahmins
What group was excluded from the caste system?
Pariahs
What was the craft perfected by Shang artisans?
Bronze casting
Who was the longest reigning emperor in the Han Dynasty?
Wudi
What dynasty was the longest dynasty in Chinese history?
Zhou
Who was the first Chinese emperor to conquer all of the warring states?
Shi Huangdi
What ideas did Confucius teach to his students?
Children should respect their elders