WORLD CIV. Unit 1 Review-“Rise/Flowering of Civilization”
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Identify the following people.
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Menes
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Homer
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Tiberius Gracchus
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Gaius Gracchus
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Gaius Marius
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Pompey
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Crassus
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Julius Caesar
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Octavian (Augustus)
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Marc Antony
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Caligula
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Claudius
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Nero
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Diocletian
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Constantine
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List three major beliefs of the Hebrew people.
Explain the difference between polytheistic and monotheistic.
Explain the four noble truths, according to Buddha.
List the four major early civilizations known in world history, and correctly identify the river
valley that caused each to flourish.
What one factor caused the nomadic lifestyle to change, tying people down to one permanent
place?
List the 6 aspects of culture.
List the 6 basic features of civilization.
Among nomadic tribes, there would often emerge a single leader. What are the characteristics of
the one who would rise to leadership?
Describe the characteristics of both the Neanderthal man and the Cro-Magnon man.
Describe how social levels often followed the city’s layout.
What river is the longest river in the world, flowing into the Mediterranean Sea?
Which mountain range is important to both the Indian and Chinese civilizations?
After Solomon’s time, Israel was divided into two kingdoms. Name them.
What is the significance of Mt. Olympus?
The Minoans, one of two great civilizations, were eventually destroyed by what?
How did Greeks envision their gods?
What famous festival was started as a tribute to Zeus?
Name the group actually living in Rome before it became a great republic and empire.
The Punic Wars were fought between the Romans and who else?
What was the title Julius Caesar gave himself as he became absolute ruler of Rome?
Which emperor initiated a 200 year era of peace known as the “Pax Romana?”
Which Germanic tribe was actually the last tribe to defeat Rome, causing the fall of the Roman
Empire?
Define or explain the following terms.
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tyrant
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legionaries
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plebeians
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patricians
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polis
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acropolis
theocracy
democracy
Dharma
Karma
Mesopotamia
pre-history
civilization
culture
technology
artisans
nomads
archaeologist
anthropologist
economy
pictograms
Confucianism
Taoism
Illiad
The Odyssey