Quiz Flashcards

1
Q

created a government system that broke the country up into provinces, governed by a satrap

A

persians

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

sumerians developed this

A

cuneiform

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

King Hammurabi was a king if the babylonians. He is famous for his development of this

A

code of laws

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

they ruled the world with their trade network, and everybody learned their alphabet

A

phoenicians

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Zoroastrianism is seen as important today because historians identify the fact that it was this

A

monotheistic

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Alexander the great known for

A

conquering the world and Hellenistic culture

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Neolithic Revolution

A

development of farming

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

developed weapons and tools

A

hitties

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Neolithic Revolution brought about this

A

greater interdependance

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

became official religion of roman empire and became part if European culture

A

christianity

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Why the nile river is so valuable

A

fertile soil

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Located in Turkey

A

Anotolian Plateau

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Not a single permanent river

A

Arabian peninsula

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

connects red sea to meditterranean

A

suez canal

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

leads into persian gulf

A

strait of hormuz

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Rub-Al-Khali is know as the

A

empty quarter

17
Q

largest number live between atlas mts and med. sea

A

people in Maghreb

18
Q

Has altas mts and sahara desert

A

maghreb

19
Q

Largest country on the Arabian Peninsula

A

saudi arabia

20
Q

have to take your both through the Bosporus to get there

A

black sea

21
Q

located in Iran

A

iranian plataue

22
Q

name for the land between the tigrus and euphrates river

A

mesopotamia

23
Q

Largest empire in the world. Eventually split into eastern and
western halves

A

Romans