World History 1St Semester Review

Front 1

People settling close to the River Valleys were a major cause of the Neolithic Revolution.

Back 1

True

Front 2

Judaism originated in the Middle East.

Back 2

True

Front 3

One characteristic of the Golden Age of Muslim culture was the creation of hospitals.

Back 3

True

Front 4

The Neolithic Revolution refers to the time when early humans developed agriculture and domesticated animals.

Back 4

True

Front 5

The development of buildings and science was a major effect of farming in the river valley civilizations.

Back 5

True

Front 6

One similarity between the Gupta Empire and the caliphates of the Islamic Golden Age is that they both made advances in math and science.

Back 6

True

Front 7

An artisan would be an example of a specialized worker found in a civilization.

Back 7

True

Front 8

Hammurabi's code reveals social inequality.

Back 8

True

Front 9

The theocracy of ancient Egypt was a belief in the divinity of the pharaoh.

Back 9

True

Front 10

A caliph was a leader in the Muslim world.

Back 10

True

Front 11

Islam and Christianity are both related to Judaism.

Back 11

True

Front 12

Confucius believed that the family should serve as a model for society.

Back 12

True

Front 13

Innocent until proven guilty and equality before the law originated in Rome.

Back 13

True

Front 14

The wheel was invented to ancient Mesopotamia.

Back 14

True

Front 15

One result of the Crusades was increased trade.

Back 15

True

Front 16

Aryan priests were at the top of the Hindu social class.

Back 16

True

Front 17

The Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire were similar in that both developed extensive trade networks.

Back 17

True

Front 18

The soul is reborn after death is a belief shared by both Hindus and Buddhists.

Back 18

True

Front 19

Reincarnation was a belief shared by both Hindus and Buddhists.

Back 19

True

Front 20

The belief in the Ten Commandments is closely associated with the teachings of Siddhartha Guatama.

Back 20

True

Front 21

Greece had a big impact on the development of Rome.

Back 21

True

Front 22

Buddhism is associated with self-denial, mediation, the Four Noble Truths, and Nirvana.

Back 22

True

Front 23

Chinggis Khan translates to universal ruler.

Back 23

True

Front 24

The Greeks learned the alphabet from the Phoenicians.

Back 24

True

Front 25

Mathematics and science were Greek ideas which diffused from Alexandria.

Back 25

True

Front 26

The adoption of Christianity is closely associated with the Gupta Empire.

Back 26

True

Front 27

The scholar gentry of China took Civil service examinations.

Back 27

True

Front 28

Philosophers of ancient Greece included Socrates, Plato, Aristotle.

Back 28

True

Front 29

Rome's biggest achievement was in engineering.

Back 29

True

Front 30

"Tolerant" describes the Persian attitude toward conquered people.

Back 30

True

Front 31

A major goal of the Catholic Church during the Crusades was to capture the hold land from Muslims.

Back 31

True

Front 32

The Japanese adopted are and Chinese characters from China.

Back 32

True

Front 33

The caste system in India and the feudal system in Europe divided society into hereditary social classes.

Back 33

True

Front 34

One major characteristic of the Renaissance was that the classical cultures of Greece and Rome were studied and imitated.

Back 34

True

Front 35

A reason that the Roman and Han empires fell was because both empires became too large to be effectively govern and controlled.

Back 35

True

Front 36

The printing press had a great impact on the Protestant Reformation.

Back 36

True

Front 37

The Sumerians influenced the Greeks in their establishment of city-states like Athens and Sparta.

Back 37

True

Front 38

The Roman Empire collapsing caused travel to become unsafe and cities to become abandoned.

Back 38

True

Front 39

Trial by jury was established by the Magna Carta in 1215.

Back 39

True

Front 40

A major effect of the agricultural revolution was that more people became hunters and gatherers.

Back 40

False - People settled close to rivers became farmers and created cities.

Front 41

Monotheism refers to the belief in man gods.

Back 41

False - Means one God

Front 42

A cuneiform tablet would be an example of an advanced city.

Back 42

False - an example of record keeping

Front 43

The Egyptian, Indus, Chinese, and Mesopotamian civilizations were developed close to deserts.

Back 43

False - were developed close to rivers

Front 44

Papyrus was used as a surface for the Egyptian writing system called cuneiform.

Back 44

False - called Hieroglyphics

Front 45

Mild climate was a reason for the development of Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt.

Back 45

False - rivers

Front 46

Government is controlled by citizens is a characteristic of a theocracy.

Back 46

False - Democracy

Front 47

The holy book for Muslims is called the Torah

Back 47

False - is called the Koran

Front 48

The caste system in India was characterized by equality between men and women.

Back 48

False - 5 classes of people

Front 49

Overall, the rights of women from the Neolithic Revolution to ancient River Valley civilizations increased.

Back 49

False - Stayed the same

Front 50

The concepts of "innocent until proven guilty" and "equality before the law" originated in Greece.

Back 50

False - Rome

Front 51

Egypt is given credit for the development of silk.

Back 51

False - China

Front 52

The Colombian Exchange resulted in the end of the slave trade.

Back 52

False - Exchange of food, animals and disease

Front 53

In the Byzantine Empire, one important development was Islam.

Back 53

False - Eastern Orthodox

Front 54

In China, the development of civil service examination and a belief in filial piety reflect the influence of Shinto.

Back 54

False - Confucius

Front 55

The Hagia Sophia was a greek play.

Back 55

False - Church

Front 56

After Spanish conquest of the Aztecs and Incas, the Indians died by the hundreds of thousands through a system of enforced labor called el fuerte.

Back 56

False - Due to disease

Front 57

The Toltec used mathematics and astronomical observations to predict eclipses

Back 57

False - Maya

Front 58

Pax Romana was a reason for the spread of Christianity.

Back 58

False - a time of piece in Rome

Front 59

Women enjoyed freedom in the Tang and Song Dynasties.

Back 59

False - Were inferior

Front 60

The development of Greece led to the centralization of government.

Back 60

False - City State Goverments

Front 61

The Aztecs invented the wheel.

Back 61

False - Mesopotamia

Front 62

"Eye for and eye" was a legal process that developed in Rome.

Back 62

False - Mesopotamia

Front 63

Christians and Jews were forced to convert to Islam under Ottoman rule.

Back 63

False - Tolerated them and made them pay a tax

Front 64

The construction of roads were an accomplishment that helped unify the Persian empire.

Back 64

True

Front 65

During Pax Mongolia innovation stagnated

Back 65

False - Trade and peace prospered

Front 66

Two immediate results of the fall of the Roman Empire were growth of cities and wealth

Back 66

False - decline in populated cities and trade stopped

Front 67

the Daimyo was the ruler of Japanese society

Back 67

False - Shogun

Front 68

An increase of the sale of indulgences was a suggestion for the church by Martin Luther

Back 68

False - Luther wanted the Church to stop selling indulgences.

Front 69

Protection of individual rights was the primary characteristic of feudal society in medieval Europe.

Back 69

False - There were few laws that protected rights of people.

Front 70

The Vandals cut off Russian trade with Constantinople and devastated Russia's development

Back 70

False - Mongols

Front 71

The Greeks understood negative numbers, developed the theory of gravity, and utilized algorithms and algebraic equations.

Back 71

False - Arabs