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Quarter 1 Study Guide Flashcards

1
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How was Zoroastrianism different than other religions of this time?

A

Monotheistic

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2
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What did the Romans use if an aqueduct was more than 6.5 feet high?

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Arches

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3
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Who turned Athens into a naval empire?

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Pericles

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4
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Which era came first?

A

Paleolithic Era

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5
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How many people could the Coliseum hold?

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50,000

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6
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In the “case of the barber”, who did the Romans blame?

A

The slave

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7
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What was the end result of the Peloponnesian War?

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The end of Greece’s Golden Age

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8
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What was NOT an aspect of early cultures in Mesopotamia, the Indus Valley, the Yellow River Valley, and Mesoamerica?

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Religion based on human sacrifices to gods

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9
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Why did Alexander stop his invasion into India?

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Army was tired and wanted to go home

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10
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What emperor participated in the gladiator games and was going to be crowned Consul?

A

Commodus

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11
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What two bodies of water did Darius’s great canal connect?

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Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea

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12
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Ziggurats were massive structures built by the Sumerians for what purpose?

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Religion

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13
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Who was the earliest known King of the Akkadians (and the first recognizable person in history)?

A

Sargon I

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14
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Who said, “ I found Rome built of bricks; I leave her clothed in Marble.”?

A

Augustus

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15
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Who ended the Roman Republic?

A

Caesar

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16
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Why was the philosopher Seneca opposed to the gladiator fights?

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It was boring

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17
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Nicolaus of Damascus wrote an account of Caesar’s death, which of the following is true?

A

He was not present during the assassination

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18
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What side won the Peloponnesian war?

A

Sparta

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19
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Which battle saw a handful of Spartans and Thessalonians stall an enormous Persian Army?

A

Thermopylae

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20
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Who wrote the story of Aeneas?

A

Virgil

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21
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Pliny described the explosion of Mount Vesuvius as looking like a what?

A

Pine Tree

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22
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How does Sparta ultimately defeat Athens?

A

A plague hits Athens

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23
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What does the word “Cuneiform” mean in Latin?

A

Wedge-shaped

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24
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Which was not an achievement of the Olmecs in Mesoamerica?

A

Bronze Weapon

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How were Cicero’s writings similar to Confucius?

A

About relationships with government and citizens

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26
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What was not an original event of the Ancient Olympics?

A

Archery

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27
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The Khyber Pass allowed for easier access to what river basin?

A

Indus River

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28
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Where did the Greeks get their alphabet from?

A

Phoenicians

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29
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What were the two main crops in Rome?

A

Grapes and Olives

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30
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How long was a Roman soldier’s enlistment for?

A

25 years

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31
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What was not a Sumerian first?

A

Iron

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32
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The games at the Coliseum were divided into 3 presentations, which came first?

A

Slaughter of wild animals

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33
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Which Roman Scholar tried to hold together the principals of Republic as they fell into civil war?

A

Marcus Cicero

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34
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What great change occurred during the Neolithic Revolution?

A

Agriculture

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35
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Caesar had to build a bridge across the Rhine River, how long did it take him?

A

10 Days

36
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What king united the upper and lower kingdoms of Egypt?

A

King Menes

37
Q

Who said, “every disease had a natural cause.”?

A

Galen

38
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Which emperor ended the persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire?

A

Constantine

39
Q

What happened to Agamemnon’s daughter, Iphigenia?

A

Sacrificed by Agamemnon

40
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Why did it take so long for people to find ancient Troy and Mycenae?

A

Sea levels are different today

41
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Who was a Roman writer that detail the lives of notable Romans?

A

Plutarch

42
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What did Xerxes do to Athens after he conquered it?

A

Burned it down

43
Q

Why didn’t the early Chinese of the Yellow River build large monuments?

A

Lack of quality building materials

44
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What people were from north of India (central asia) and migrated to the Indus Valley, where they settled and later created the Vedas?

A

Aryans

45
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Who was the escaped slave that led a widespread slave revolt?

A

Spartacus

46
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What was the naval battle in which the vastly outnumbered Greeks defeated the Persians?

A

Salamis

47
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The following statement would be true for which era? “Most human societies consisted of small groups of hunters and gatherers.”

A

Paleolithic

48
Q

Who is generally considered the last great Pharaoh that probably knew Moses?

A

Ramses II

49
Q

Where did the royal road connect?

A

Indian border to the Mediterranean Sea

50
Q

In the Zhou Dynasty, the Mandate of Heaven meant that rulers could what?

A

Stay in power if they ruled wisely

51
Q

Which of the following is not a characteristic of the early civilizations?

A

Travel (roads)

52
Q

What did Heinrich Schliemann supposedly find?

A

Troy

53
Q

What age comes after the Stone Age?

A

Bronze Age

54
Q

Which of the following conveniences did Harappa NOT have?

A

Laundry Mats

55
Q

Why were only the wealthy able to be senators?

A

The job didn’t pay

56
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According to BC battles, how did the sea part for Moses?

A

A tidal anomaly

57
Q

What was a Metic?

A

an Athenian born outside of Athens

58
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The Delian League was under the leadership of what city-state?

A

Athens

59
Q

Who was suspect 1 for starting the fire that burned down most of Rome?

A

Nero

60
Q

Who do we call the father of geometry?

A

Euclid

61
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Why was Julius Caesar murdered?

A

He ended the Roman Republic

62
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What civilization were sea-faring people that had a trade network that spread all across the Mediterranean Sea.

A

Phoenicians

63
Q

Who was the “first citizen”

A

Octavian (Augustus)

64
Q

Father of Western philosophy?

A

Socrates

65
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Who were the helots?

A

Slaves in Sparta

66
Q

What direction does the Nile River flow?

A

South to North

67
Q

What 9,000 year old Turkish town remains were recently found?

A

Catal Huyuk

68
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What battle assured the defeat of the Persian Empire by Alexander the Great?

A

Gaugamela

69
Q

What job did most Romans have?

A

Farming

70
Q

Who killed Achilles?

A

Prince Paris

71
Q

What class of Roman citizens were freemen but could not own property or run the government?

A

Plebian

72
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What was the most common building material used in Rome?

A

Concrete

73
Q

Who was the first king to have a written law code?

A

Hammurabi

74
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What kind of government did Athens have?

A

Direct Democracy

75
Q

Modern homo-sapiens can trace their ancestry to what part of the world?

A

East Africa

76
Q

Who did the Romans battle in the 3 punic wars?

A

Carthage

77
Q

Approximately, how many years ago did humans tame fire?

A

750,000 years ago

78
Q

What does Pax Romana mean?

A

A Roman peace

79
Q

What culture preceded the Ancient Greeks on the peninsula?

A

Mycenae

80
Q

What happened to the culture of the Mycenaeans?

A

Invaded by Indo-Europeans

81
Q

Who was the great conqueror that emerged around 550 BC in the Middle East?

A

Cyrus the Great

82
Q

The Greeks assisted the Ionians during their revolt. Who were the Ionians revolting against?

A

Persians

83
Q

The Fertile Crescent goes from the Persian Gulf to what other body of water?

A

Mediterranian Sea

84
Q

What was Bucephalus known for?

A

Wild and untamable

85
Q

What 2 modern day countries are located where the Ancient Indus Civilization was once located?

A

India and Pakistan

86
Q

“Egypt is the gift of the Nile.” - Herodotus, Greek Historian. What did he mean by that?

A

Nile supports the civilization of Egypt

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