mid-term

Question 1

What term means “Old Stone Age”

Answer 1

Paleolithic

Question 2

Who is considered by many as being the greatest of the New Kingdom Pharaohs

Answer 2

Ramses 3

Question 3

The first 5 books of the Hebrew Bible

Answer 3

Torah

Question 4

In Greek means the land between the rivers

Answer 4

Mesopotamia

Question 5

Jewish weekly day of worship

Answer 5

Sabbath

Question 6

using artificial means of bringing water to crops

Answer 6

Irrigation

Question 7

a mixture of the metals, copper and tin

Answer 7

Bronze

Question 8

complex societies that have organized governments, culture, and writing

Answer 8

Civilization

Question 9

a group or band of traveling merchants

Answer 9

Caravan

Question 10

Wrote a legal code that covered most aspects of daily life

Answer 10

Hammurabi

Question 11

the western Asian people who conquered the Egyptians

Answer 11

Hykosos

Question 12

a family of rulers who pass power down through the family

Answer 12

Dynasty

Question 13

wrote many of the Psalms(or hymns)of the Hebrew Bible

Answer 13

David

Question 14

Was the name for the Egyptian writing system

Answer 14

Hieroglyphics

Question 15

was better known as the “boy king”

Answer 15

King tut

Question 16

The belief in 1, single god

Answer 16

Monotheism

Question 17

the worlds largest “hot” desert

Answer 17

Sarah Desert

Question 18

the woman pharaoh that was focused on trade and the economy

Answer 18

Hatsheput

Question 19

the structure in which the first pharaohs were buried

Answer 19

Pyrimid

Question 20

the name for the Sumerian writing system

Answer 20

Cuneiform

Question 21

the chief god of the Egyptians

Answer 21

RE

Question 22

led the Israelites out of Egypt and into the Sinai Desert

Answer 22

Moses

Question 23

the worlds longest river

Answer 23

Nile

Question 24

times of extreme cold, when great sheets of ice covered the world

Answer 24

Ice Age

Question 25

the archaeologist who found King Tut's tomb

Answer 25

Howard Carter

Question 26

a short tale that teaches a moral lesson

Answer 26

fable

Question 27

the author of the epic poem the Odyssey

Answer 27

Homer

Question 28

Tallest mountain in the world which is located in the Himalayan mountains

Answer 28

Mt. Everest

Question 29

A long poem about heroic deeds

Answer 29

Epic

Question 30

What's considered by many to be the greatest historian of the ancient world

Answer 30

Thucydides

Question 31

Was Alexander's famous last words

Answer 31

"To the strong"

Question 32

What a person leaves behind when he or she dies

Answer 32

Legacy

Question 33

Became the king of Macedonia at the age of 20

Answer 33

Alexander the great

Question 34

Was the Buddha's real name

Answer 34

Siddhartha Gautama

Question 35

The term for an Indian prints or leader of a tribe

Answer 35

Raja

Question 36

Is a major river in western India

Answer 36

Indus

Question 37

The universal spirit in Hinduism- creator

Answer 37

Brahman

Question 38

A body of land with water on three sides

Answer 38

Peninsula

Question 39

Was a priest or priestess who could tell the future

Answer 39

Oracle

Question 40

Means enlightened one

Answer 40

Buddha

Question 41

Was the lowest class in India's caste system

Answer 41

Untouchables

Question 42

Means the "love of wisdom"

Answer 42

Philosophy

Question 43

Often taught upper cast boys in India

Answer 43

Guru

Question 44

Xerxes was the king of where?

Answer 44

Persia

Question 45

Was the highest mountain in Greece home to the gods and goddesses

Answer 45

Mount Olympus

Question 46

The worlds tallest mountains are found in this mountain chain

Answer 46

Himalayas

Question 47

Is the belief that people passed through many lives

Answer 47

Reincarnation

Question 48

What is the language developed in India

Answer 48

Sanskrit

Question 49

What is a time when Greek ideas spread to the non-Greek world

Answer 49

Hellenistic Era

Question 50

Who was known as the "father of history"

Answer 50

Herodotus

Question 51

What is the practice that requires kids to respect their parents and older relatives

Answer 51

Filial Piety

Question 52

What is how much of China's Land that was good for farming

Answer 52

1/10

Question 53

Romulus and Remus founded the city

Answer 53

Rome

Question 54

This word is Latin means "I forbid"

Answer 54

Veto

Question 55

the ruling class of top officials was from this class in Rome

Answer 55

Patricians

Question 56

Antony fell in love with this woman from Egypt

Answer 56

Cleopatra Vll

Question 57

A phrase that was used in Rome in times of great anxiety

Answer 57

"Hannibal is at the gates"

Question 58

Who is Jupiter in Roman mythology Greek(Greek)

Answer 58

Zeus

Question 59

Who is Venus in Roman mythology (Greek)

Answer 59

Aphrodite

Question 60

Were a series of wars fought between Rome and Carthage

Answer 60

Punic wars

Question 61

Who is Ares in Greek mythology (Roman)

Answer 61

Mars

Question 62

Who is Hermes in Greek mythology (Roman)

Answer 62

Mercury

Question 63

Lead a rebellion that overthrew the Shang dynasty of China

Answer 63

WuWang

Question 64

Was a group of 6000 soldiers in Rome

Answer 64

Legions

Question 65

Was Julius Caesar's famous last words… LATIN

Answer 65

"Et tu' Brute"

Question 66

What does "pax Romana" mean

Answer 66

Roman peace

Question 67

Was Julius Caesar's great Nephew (original name)

Answer 67

Octavian

Question 68

the Carthaginian general who fought against Rome

Answer 68

Hannibal

Question 69

Was Pluto in Roman mythology… Greek

Answer 69

Hades

Question 70

Was Poseidon in Greek mythology... Roman

Answer 70

Neptune

Question 71

What is the goddess of wisdom in Greek mythology

Answer 71

Athena

Question 72

Is a Christian holy person

Answer 72

Saint

Question 73

Were military leaders in ancient China with their own army

Answer 73

War lords

Question 74

What is the hero of the epic poem the Odyssey

Answer 74

Odysseus

Question 75

What is Odysseus's epic flaw

Answer 75

Pride