SEMESTER EXAM REVIEW

The term prehistoric

means before the

time of homo sapiens.

FALSEBefore written records

The main result of

domestication of animals was

that humans had a ready supply

of meat and animal products.

TRUE

The purpose of slash

and burn was to clear

land for farming.

TRUE

Neolithic refers to a

time before

farming.

FALSE Neolithic refers to the time

farming began.

Nomads were

Neolithic People.

False – Nomads were

Paleolithic, moving from

place to place in search of

food.

Polytheism is the

belief in many gods.

True

A dynasty is a

established through a

family of rulers.

True

The soil deposited by

flood waters is called

delta.

False

Soil deposited by flood

waters is called silt.

The first form of

writing was

hieroglyphics.

False

The first form of

writing was cuneiform.

A political unit that has its

own government, army and

culture is called a city-state.

True

The process in which ideas,

beliefs, and products are

exchanged among groups of

people is known as assimilation.

False

The exchange of goods and

products among people is

known as cultural diffusion.

Rivers were geographic

barriers for Egypt in

ancient time.

False

Deserts were Egypt’s

natural barriers.

Egypt’s form of

government was a

theocracy.

True

A phalanx was a type

of government in

Greece.

False

Phalanx is a military

formation.

In Buddhism, the release from

selfishness and pain that comes

from complete understanding is

known as moksha.

False

Nirvana is the release from

selfishness and pain in

Buddhism. (moksha=Hinduism)

The most sacred writing of

the Jewish religion is the

Torah.

True

Hindu and Buddhist

followers, both believe in

reincarnation.

True

Unlike other River Valley

civilizations, the Indus had

no advanced technology.

False

The Indus had an advanced

civilization including technology

and a system of writing.

Acropolis means the

highest place in the

city-state.

True

A tyrant was different from

other rulers because he was

always the second son.

False

A tyrant seized power

illegally.

During the Peloponnesian

War 1/3 of the Athenians

died of the plague.

True

Athens won the

Peloponnesian War.

False

Sparta won the

Peloponnesian War.

Plato was the Greek

philosopher condemned to

death for teaching against the

gods and corrupting the minds

of the youth.

False

Socrates was put to death for

corrupting the minds of the youth

and teaching against the gods.

Philip II was a student

of Socrates.

False

Phillip II was the father

of Alexander the Great.

Darius III was the

ruler of Persia.

True

Demosthenes was a Greek

who warned the city states

to unite against Macedonia.

True

Alexander the Great

conquered lands in Greece,

Persia, Egypt, and China.

False

ATG conquered lands in

Greece, Persia, Egypt, and

India.

Alexandria Egypt was

the center of

Hellenistic culture.

True

Consuls were two men who

headed the Roman

government with a term of

one year.

True

The Etruscans were the

farmers and shepherds

who first inhabited the

area of Rome.

False

The Latins were farmers and

shepherds who first inhabited

the area of Rome.

The first government of

Rome was an oligarchy.

False

After the overthrow of Tarquin the

Proud, the first government was a

monarchy which was overthrown

to establish a republic.

During the Roman

republic, the Patricians

were powerful, wealthy

aristocrats.

True

The Romans based their

gods on the gods of the

Egyptians.

False

Roman gods were based

on the Greek gods.

Hannibal led Carthage

against Rome in the

Punic War.

True

The Punic wars were

fought over control of

trade in the

Mediterranean Sea.

True

Hannibal, the Roman

general used war elephants

against the Carthaginian

soldiers.

False

Hannibal, the Carthaginian

general, used war elephants

against Rome.

Pax Romana was a

200 year period of

Roman peace.

True

The last ruler in the

Roman Republic was

Julius Caesar.

True

Constantine divided

the Roman Empire

into east and west.

False

Constantine converted to Christianity

and moved the capital of Rome to

Constantinople.

(Diocletian divided the empire)

Legions were divisions of

the Roman military

assigned to protect Rome

and the provinces.

True

The major struggles of the

Roman Republic were

between the rich and the

poor.

True

Plebeians were the

Roman commoners.

True

The Diaspora was the

scattering of Romans

throughout the provinces.

False

The Diaspora was the

dispersal (scattering) of Jews

from the land of Israel.

Homer wrote the

Aeneid.

False

Virgil wrote the Aeneid.

The Hajj is the

modest clothing

worn by Muslim

women.

F

False

Hajj is the pilgrimage

Muslims make, once in a

lifetime to Mecca.

The Qur’an is the

holy book of Islam.

True

The Islamic house of

worship is called a

temple.

False

An Islamic house of worship

is called a mosque.

Genghis Khan united the

Mongol tribes and

conquered a large portion

of Europe.

False

He united the Mongols but

conquered large portion of

Asia.

Justinian’s Code was a

body of civil law for the

Roman Empire.

False.

Justinian’s Code was a body of

civil law for the Byzantine

Empire.

The Byzantine Emperor,

Leo III, supported the

iconoclasts.

True

The creation of the Cyrillic

alphabet strongly influenced the

cultural development of Russia.

True.

When the Russian and Mongol

armies refused to fight the

result was freedom for the

Mongols from Russian rule.

False.

The refusal to fight meant

freedom for the Russians from

Mongol rule.

A pastoralist makes a

living by serving in a

church.

False.

A pastoralist makes a living

by herding animals.

The magnetic compass is one

of the important inventions of

the Tang and Song Dynasties.

True.

Kublai Khan ruled most

of his life in China.

True.

The Germanic tribes were

united because of a

common language.

False.

The Germanic tribes spoke many

different languages and did not begin

to be unite until Clovis united the

Frankish tribes.

The Treaty of Verdun divided

the kingdom of Clovis.

False.

The Treaty of Verdun divided the

kingdom of Charlemagne among

his grandsons.

A vassal was one in the

European Middle Ages who

received land.

True.

An interdict on the king’s

subjects would keep them

from participating in the

sacraments of the church.

True

The chief goal of the Crusades

was to protect the Byzantine

Empire from Muslim invaders.

False

The purpose of the Crusades

was to recapture the Holy

Lands from the Muslims.

Portugal’s initial interest in

Africa was for the purpose of

trade.

True.

The chief means of social and

political organization in the

African stateless societies was

Islamic Law.

False

The chief means of social and

political organization was

lineage groups.

The central issue of the

Hundred Years’ War was the

throne of France.

True.

The Crusaders were most

responsible for spreading

the Bubonic Plague.

False.

Traders were most

responsible for the spread of

the Bubonic Plague.

The Magna Carta guaranteed

basic legal rights to the English

lords who forced King John to sign

it.

True

The effect of the Three

Field System was that

crops could be grown on

1/3 of the land.

FalseThe effect of the Three Field System

was that more farmers could grow more

food for the growing population.

The rulers of Ghana grew

rich through controlling

the gold and salt trade.

True.

Utopia literally means

“highest place.”

False

Utopia means “no place”. It was

the title of Thomas More’s book,

Utopia.

The birthplace of the Renaissance was in Germany.

False

It was in Italy.

Henry II declared himself the head of the English Church.

False.

It was Henry VIII.

St. Ignatius of Loyola organized a group of missionaries to convert non-Christians to Catholicism.

True.

The rest of the test will

consist of questions over

Renaissance and Reformation.

Good Luck!