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
