world history exam

Question 1

what the was first foundational civil ordinance

Answer 1

capital punishment (deal penalty)

Question 2

man “evolved” from animals; removes God as the Creator

Answer 2

evolution

Question 3

worship of man

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humanism

Question 4

Gods supreme power over all nations, rulers, and individuals

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sovereignty

Question 5

beginning of recorded history to the fall of rome

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ancient history

Question 6

marks the end of ancient history

Answer 6

fall of rome

Question 7

institution with the authority and power to control, direct, and rule in the actions of others

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government

Question 8

large groups of people who think of themselves and act as one

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nation

Question 9

name means “division”; in his day the earth was divided

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peleg

Question 10

builder of the first world empire

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nimrod

Question 11

also called the “cradle of civilization”

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fertile crescent

Question 12

place where noah and his family settled after the flood

Answer 12

plane of shinar

Question 13

southernmost region of mesopotamia; 1st postdiluvian civilation

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sumer

Question 14

way of life for a group of people

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culture

Question 15

led ur to rule over the sumerians

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ur nammu

Question 16

“tablet house” (school) where children were trained in the art of cuneiform

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edubba

Question 17

building the ____ was the sumerians most famous architectural acomplishment

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ziggurats

Question 18

false belief that heavenly bodies influence human affairs and destinies

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astrology

Question 19

worlds oldest workf of literature other than the bible

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epic of gilgamesh

Question 20

first empire to use iron weapons

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hittites

Question 21

place where jonah was sent (capital of assyria)

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ninevah

Question 22

estabished the worlds first postal service

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darius I

Question 23

conquered the fertile crescent and southern isreal (built the hanging gardens)

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nebuchadnezzar

Question 24

cupbearer to artexerxes

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nehemiah

Question 25

false religion of persia

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zorastrinism

Question 26

three names for isreal

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canaan, promised land, and palestine

Question 27

father of the nation of isreal (called out of ur)

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abraham

Question 28

these rulers made isreal the most powerful nation in the world

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david and solomon

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nation ruled by God

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theocracy

Question 30

followers of islam

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muslims

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holy book of islam

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koran

Question 32

largest of the 7 continents

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asia

Question 33

lowest point on earth

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dead sea

Question 34

considered a subcontinent because of its size

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india

Question 35

earliest known people in asia

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dravidians

Question 36

becoming one with the spirit of brahma

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hinduism

Question 37

social classes of hinduism

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caste system

Question 38

founder of bhuddism

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siddharta guatama

Question 39

highest quality steel

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damascene steel

Question 40

world oldest living civilization

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china

Question 41

called themselves ____ meaning “middle country”

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chung-kuo

Question 42

longest ruling dynasty (shortest sounding name)

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chou dynasties

Question 43

cast bronze, harvested silk, and created a system of writing

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shang dynasty

Question 44

first to rule a united china

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shih huang ti

Question 45

ruled at the height of ancient chinas power; had the great silk road

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han dynasty

Question 46

great wall of china built under this dynasty

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ch’in dynasty

Question 47

descendants of ghengis khan

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yuan dynasty

Question 48

explored china

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marco polo

Question 49

4 main japanese islands

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hokkaido, honshu, kyushu, and shikoku

Question 50

original inhabitants of japan

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ainu

Question 51

oldest surviving religion

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shinto

Question 52

fuedal lords of japan

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shogun

Question 53

has crippled many nations in southeast asia

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communism

Question 54

isthmus that originally connected egypt to asia

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isthmus of suez

Question 55

small city states of early egyptian history

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nomes

Question 56

1st to rule over a united egypt

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menes

Question 57

named egypt the gift of the nile

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herodotus

Question 58

written language of egypt

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heiroglyphics