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
The only significant foreign influence in ancient China was what?
Buddhism
During the First Punic War, what island did the Romans and Carthaginians want to control?
Sicily
Where was Hannibal defeated by the Romans?
Zama
After being declared dictator for life, he was assassinated by a group of senators.
Julius Caesar
This city was destroyed during the Third Punic War.
Carthage
Julius Caesar became a victorious military commander in Gaul?
True
First hand accounts are primary sources?
True
Cincinnatus defeated Marius in a civil war?
False
A.D. stands for “After Death”?
False
Tiberius Gracchus served as a tribune before his assassination?
True
Xerxes marched an army through the Alps to invade Roman territory?
False
Hatshepsut fought many wars to expand the Egyptian Empire?
False
Dishonored Roman legions were punished with decimation?
True
The Hittites spoke a Semitic language?
False
The twelve Tables were a set of laws that protected plebeians in Rome?
True
Clay trade seals are the only remnants of Harappan writing?
True
The Olympic Games allowed male athletes to demonstrate military skills?
True
Chandragupta became the first Indian emperor by conquering rival kingdoms?
True
Asoka turned away from warfare when he converted to Buddhism?
True
Wudi forced peasants to complete the Great Wall of China?
False
Legalism stated that rulers should be kind and generous to their people?
False
Who was the Chaldean king who built the Hanging Gardens?
Nebuchadnezzar
What is the Rebirth of a soul in a new form?
Reincarnation
What is the stalemate between Ramses II and the Hittites?
Kadesh
Name the Victory for Hannibal; military disaster for Rome.
Cannae
Who were the Mysterious Raiders defeated by Ramses III?
Sea People
What is the Sun Tzu’s military treatise still studied today?
Art of War
What is the Athenian victory over the Persians led by Darius?
Marathon
What is the name for a Greek city and the surrounding countryside?
Polis
What was the largest settlement during the Neolithic Revolution?
Catalhuyuk
What city served aa the final Assyrian capital and home to a great library?
Nineveh
What pharaoh led the Egyptian army during the Battle of Kadesh?
Ramses II
What city was destroyed during the Third Punic War.
Carthage
Is disease a risk that is associated with agriculture?
YES
What was the name of Sun Tzu’s military treatise still studied today?
The Art of War
What is the term for the art form involving the writing of Chinese symbols?
Calligraphy
What is the term for “the way” or a force which provides harmony and order in nature?
Tao
What were heated and cracked to predict the future?
Oracle bones
Who was defeated by Julius Caesar at the Battle of Pharsalus?
Pompey
What beliefs was included in the religion of the Shang Dynasty?
1) Oracle bones
2) Animism
3) Ancestor worship
Who held power and influence in the Qin Dynasty?
Emperor
What region rebelled against Persian rule in 499 BC?
Ionia
Who established the Persian Empire by defeating the Medes around 550 BC?
Cyrus the Great
Did Confucius personally write his philosophy in the Analects?
NO
Did thousands of workers die while building the Great Wall of China?
YES
Did the Mahayana Buddhists worship the Buddha as a deity?
YES
Is a patriarchal society controlled by women?
NO
Did the Persians build roads to transport messages, taxes, and soldiers?
YES
Did Pericles lead Sparta during the Peloponnesian War?
NO
Did Athens win the Peloponnesian War?
NO
Did the Greek Empire collapse after Alexander the Great was assassinated?
NO
Did Roman soldiers usually march in a “testudo” formation?
YES
Did the Romans behead 6,000 slaves after Spartacus was defeated?
NO
Who was the Gladiators that escaped and led a slave revolt?
Spartacus
What was the famous last stand that ended in defeat by Ramses III?
Thermopylae
What was Alexander’s greatest victory?
Gaugamela
