FINAL study guide Flashcards
The city of Timbuktu is located in:
West Africa
Ashoka was a great dynastic ruler in:
India
Four of the men listed below were near contemporaries. (They lived at about the same time.) The other lived nearly 1000 years later. Who lived much later than the others?
Muhammad (560 AD)
The most significant development at the start of the Neolithic Era was the:
Invention of Agriculture
Mohenjo Daro and Harappa are located:
Indus River valley in Pakistan
Which timeline/event came first?
Paleolithic era
In the 1400s these two European states began maritime explorations:
Spain and Portugal
Where have the fossil remains of the earliest human ancestors been found?
East Africa (Kenya and Ethiopia)
The greatest ruler of the dynasty that unified most of Europe in the 9th century was:
Charlemagne
Which of the following was NOT an ancient center of Greek culture and civilization?
Corinth
The Old Kingdom is a period in the history of
Ancient Egypt
If you wanted to visit the place where the ancient Inca flourished, which modern country would you visit?
Peru
Who fought in the Hundred Years War?
England and France
Which of the following is the chief god to millions of Hindus?
Vishnu
To visit the remains of the Parthenon, where would you go?
Athens
The “caste system” is most closely associated with which religion?
Hinduism
Darius I (the Great) ruled in:
Persia
Who fought in the Peloponnesian War?
Athens and Sparta
Which of the following occurred in Europe during the 14th century?
Invasions of Mongols, Magyars, Vikings, and Muslims
The main city of the Byzantine civilization was:
Constantinople
The Qin and Han dynasties ruled in:
China
The correct chronological order for the lives of these four people is
Moses, Buddha, Jesus, Mohammed
What did Zheng He do?
Led a series of maritime expeditions in the Indian Ocean
The main linguistic and ethnic group that settled sub-Saharan Africa was the:
Bantu
