World History 1st exam review terms

Question 1

Peleg

Answer 1

Name means divison

Question 2

Nimrod

Answer 2

first great empire builder

Question 3

southern plain of mesopotamia

Answer 3

plain of shinar

Question 4

first post-deluvian civilization

Answer 4

sumer

Question 5

ruled at the height of ur,also gave it a law code

Answer 5

urnamu

Question 6

the school house

Answer 6

adduba

Question 7

the most prominent arcitatural acheivement

Answer 7

ziggurats

Question 8

believing heavenly bodys control life

Answer 8

astrology

Question 9

first literary work known to man

Answer 9

epic of gilgamesh

Question 10

first people to use iron

Answer 10

hittites

Question 11

famous capital that someone went to to preach

Answer 11

ninevah

Question 12

captured the northern kingdom of israel

Answer 12

assyrians

Question 13

Conqured the fertile cresent and southern israel

Answer 13

Nebuchadnezzar

Question 14

who create the first postal system

Answer 14

darius I

Question 15

false religon of persia

Answer 15

zoroastriamism

Question 16

who was the husband of queen esther

Answer 16

xerxes I

Question 17

what is another name for israel

Answer 17

promise land

Question 18

the cup holder guy

Answer 18

nehimia

Question 19

a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god.

Answer 19

theocracy

Question 20

first people to enter india

Answer 20

dravidians

Question 21

what religon is worshipping bhrama

Answer 21

hinduism

Question 22

what is the point of buhddism

Answer 22

to reach nirvana

Question 23

who created buddhism

Answer 23

siddarthu gautama

Question 24

israel was split into what

Answer 24

pakistan,bangledesh

Question 25

the worlds best iron

Answer 25

damascene

Question 26

means middle country

Answer 26

chun qo

Question 27

first to rule over a united china

Answer 27

shih wang ti

Question 28

Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu

Answer 28

4 main islands of japan

Question 29

Original inhabitants of the islands of japan

Answer 29

ainu

Question 30

Who created a constitution for japan

Answer 30

prince shotoku

Question 31

longest lasting religon in japan

Answer 31

shinto

Question 32

feudal lords of japan

Answer 32

shogun

Question 33

little countries of egypt

Answer 33

nomes

Question 34

who gave egypt its nicknames

Answer 34

herodotus

Question 35

who was the singular pyramid in egypt in honor of

Answer 35

khesop

Question 36

The three outstanding monarchs of the Old Kingdom

Answer 36

Khufu (Cheops), Khafre, and Menkaure

Question 37

who brought egypt to its main height

Answer 37

thutmose III

Question 38

capital of egypt

Answer 38

cario

Question 39

first people of greek

Answer 39

minoans

Question 40

greece is on what penninsula

Answer 40

balkan

Question 41

the city-states of greece

Answer 41

polis

Question 42

rule by the people

Answer 42

democracy