World History 1 SOL
World History 1 SOL Review
Question
Humans emerged from what continent?
Humans emerged from Africa how many years ago?
What did early human’s survival depend upon?
People who travel from place to place in search of
food are called?
What does Neolithic stand for?
Scientist who study past cultures by locating and
analyzing human remains, fossils, and artifacts are
call?
Scientist can use tests to date and analyze fossils
and artifacts. What is this called?
What did Neolithic Era societies do?
What was the Neolithic Agriculture Revolution?
What is an example of an archaeological site in
England that was begun during the Neolithic Age
and Completed during the Bronze Age?
What does Paleolithic Era stand for?
What are characteristics of hunter-gather societies?
What did early civilizations start around/near?
What do rivers give to civilizations?
What are river valleys also called?
What type of religion did most early civilizations
practice
The belief in many gods is called
What River is the Egyptian Civilization centered
around?
What River is the Mesopotamian Civilization
centered around?
What is the land between two Rivers called?
What River is the Chinese Civilization centered
around?
People who specialize in a certain craft are called?
Which was the first group of people to practice
Monotheism?
What is Monotheism?
Who is the founder of Judaism?
Who led the Hebrew people out of slavery in Egypt?
What city is important to the Jews?
Where are the written records and beliefs of the
Hebrews Recorded?
What is the moral and religious conduct for the
Jews?
Who wrote in Hieroglyphics?
Who wrote in cuneiform?
Who wrote in Sanskrit
Who created the alphabet?
Which group was tolerant of those they conquered,
build roads, and had Zoroastrianism and an
Answer
Africa
100,000 - 400,000 years ago
Availability of wild plants and animals
Nomads
New Stone Age
Archaeologists
Carbon Dating
Developed agriculture, domesticated animals, used advanced
tools, made pottery, developed weaving skills
People stopped hunting and gathering and started planting
food.
Stonehenge
Old Stone Age
nomadic, invented tools and simple weapons, learned how to
make fire, lived in clans, developed oral language, created
Cave-art
Rivers
Water and rich fertile soil for crops
Cradles of Civilization
polytheism
polytheism
Nile River
Tigris and Euphrates River
Mesopotamia / Fertile Crescent
Huang - He River / Yellow River
Artisans
Hebrews
Belief in One God
Abraham
Moses
Jerusalem
Torah
10 Commandments
Egyptians
Sumerians
Indo-Aryans
Phoenicians
Persians
imperial bureaucracy?
What two Mountains made the invasion of India
difficult?
How did Indo-Aryans enter into India?
What two Rivers were important in India?
What rigid class system did the Indo-Aryans set
up?
What Empire in India contributed mathematics, new
textiles, and literature? They ruled during the
Golden Age of India.
What is the cycle of rebirth?
Future reincarnation based on present behavior is
called?
In Hinduism the duty in one’s life is called?
What are the sacred writings of Hinduism?
Which religion had many forms of one major deity?
How do you get to Nirvana in Hinduism?
Who is the founder of Buddhism?
How do you achieve Nirvana in Buddhism?
Who sends out missionaries to spread Buddhism to
China and other parts of Asia?
What from Hinduism is not associated with
Buddhism?
Why was the Great Wall of China built?
Who built the Great Wall of China?
A line of rulers all in the same family is called what?
How Chinese rulers did believed they received the
right to rule?
What trade route connected China to the
Mediterranean Sea?
What products did China contribute to the world?
What system of obtaining jobs did the Chinese
create?
What is a Civil Service System
Belief that humans are good, respect for elders,
code of politeness, emphasis on education, and
ancestor worship are from what Chinese
philosophy?
Who created the Chinese philosophy of
Confucianism?
Humility, simple life and inner peace, and harmony
with nature are characteristics or what Chinese
philosophy?
Who created Daoism
What is the symbol in China that represents the
opposite forces in Confucianism and Taoism?
Which religion spread to China, Korea, and Japan?
Which philosophy was known for strictness and
harsh punishments?
Classical Greece was centered on which water
body?
What peninsula is Greece on?
What are the two most important city states in
Greece?
Who did Athens and Sparta team up to defeat?
What city did the Greeks try to defeat during the
Himalayas and the Hindu Kush
Through the Kyber Pass
Indus River and the Ganges River
Caste System
Gupta Empire
Reincarnation
Karma
Dharma
Vedas and the Upanishads
Hinduism
Follow your Dharma, have good Karma, move up in the Caste
System, and ultimately understand the Maya (illusion of the
world).
Siddhartha Gautama
Follow the Four Noble Truths and the Eight Fold Path
Asoka
The Caste System
To keep out invaders from the North. Isolate China
Qin Shi Huangdi
Dynasty
Mandate of Heaven
The Silk Road
paper, porcelain, and silk
The Civil Service System
Taking tests to get a job. People working for the government
and having to qualify.
Confucianism
Confucius
Taoism/ Daoism
Laozi
Yin and Yang
Buddhism
Legalism
Aegean Sea
Balkan Peninsula
Sparta and Athens
Persians
Troy
Trojan war?
Where is Troy located
What physical feature helped create separate city
states in Greece?
Why did the Greeks have to create colonies to grow
food?
What religion did the ancient Greeks have?
Zeus, Hera, Apollo, Artemis, Athena, and Aphrodite
are gods and goddesses from which civilization?
What is the Greek word for city-state?
Who were citizens in Athens?
Who did not have rights in Athens?
What are the stages of Government in Athens?
What two tyrants worked for reform in Athens?
Draconian laws are named after whom?
All citizens could participate in Athenian
government. What type of government is this?
What type of government did Sparta have?
A government ruled by the few is?
Which city-state was known for is militaristic and
aggressive society?
What was the importance of the Persian Wars?
Who was the Persian Wars between?
Name two important battles during the Persian
Wars?
Who won the Persian Wars?
During the Peloponnesian War, what were the
Greeks fighting over?
What league did the Athenians create?
What league did the Spartans create?
Who was fighting during the Peloponnesian War?
Who won the Peloponnesian War?
Who was the great leader of Athens?
How did Pericles die?
How did the Spartans win the Peloponnesian war?
What did Pericles do after the war?
What did Pericles spend Dalian League money to
create?
Where is the Parthenon?
What is the Parthenon?
In Greek culture what are Aeschylus and Sophocles
known for?
In Greek culture what is Homer known for?
In Greek culture what are Herodotus and
Thucydides known for?
In Greek culture what are Archimedes and
Hippocrates known for?
In Greek culture what are Euclid and Pythagoras
known for?
In Greek culture what are Socrates, Plato Aristotle
known for? SPA
What are the three types of Greek columns?
Who conquered much of Greece after being capture
and held hostage for many years in Greece?
Who is Philip II of Macedon's son?
What did Alexander the Great spread as he
conquered lands in the middle east and Asia?
What is Hellenistic Culture?
Asia Minor
Mountains
Greece had rocky infertile soil and Greece was overpopulated
Polytheism based on Mythology
Greece
Polis
Adult males who were free and born in Athens
Women, foreigners, and slaves
Monarchy, aristocracy, tyranny, democracy
Draco and Solon
Draco for being mean laws
Direct Democracy
Oligarchy
Oligarchy
Sparta
Sparta and Athens team up to defeat the Persians
Sparta + Athens vs. Persians
Marathon and Salamis
The Greeks
competition for control of the Greek world
Dalian League
Peloponnesian League
Sparta vs. Athens
Sparta
Pericles
From the plague in Athens
Cut off the supply line to the city of Athens
Rebuilt the city
The Parthenon
On the Acropolis in Athens
Temple to Athena
Drama
Poetry
History
Science
Mathematics
Philosophy
Doric, Ionian, and Corinthian
Philip II of Macedon
Alexander the Great
Hellenistic Culture
Combination of Greek and Asian Culture
Where is Rome located?
What was Roman Mythology based on?
What three things did Roman Mythology help to
explain?
Juno, Jupiter, Apollo, Diana, Minerva, and Venus
are gods from which civilization?
What were the three social classes in Ancient
Rome?
What was the name given to the powerful nobles in
Rome?
What was the name given to the majority of the
population in Rome?
Who could be a citizen in Rome?
Name the three stages of government in Rome.
Name the three branches of government in the
Roman Republic.
Roman Law was codified and placed in the Forum
for all to see. The codified Roman laws were called
the...
Rome and Carthage were in competition for trade in
the Mediterranean Basin. What are the wars called
between Rome and Carthage?
What was the name of the famous general from
Carthage that attacked the Italian Peninsula with
Elephants?
What was the outcome of the Punic Wars?
What were the causes for the decline of the Roman
Republic?
Who was in the first Triumvirate?
After Julius Caesar took control of Rome as
Dictator for Life he died shortly after, how?
Who was the first emperor of Rome?
Who did Augustus Caesar have a civil war against
in order to seize power over Rome?
What was the 200 years of peace and prosperity for
Rome called?
What was the social impact of the Pax Romana
What was the economic impact of the Pax Romana?
What was the political impact of the Pax Romana?
Christianity has its roots in what religion?
Who was the originator and leader of Christianity?
What type of religion is Christianity?
How was Christianity spread?
Which emperor legalized Christianity in Rome?
Where was the capital of Rome relocated to?
Why was Rome's capital relocated to
Constantinople?
After the fall of Western Rome, what was the
Eastern Empire called?
What knowledge was saved and preserved by the
Byzantine Empire?
What was Emperor Justinian responsible for?
What is the name of the large domed church built
Italian Peninsula
Greek religion
Natural phenomena, human qualities, and life events
Roman
Patricians, Plebeians, and Slaves
Patricians
Plebeians
Patricians, Plebeians, and selected foreigners
Kingdom, Republic, Empire
Assembly, Senate, Magistrates
Twelve Tables
The Punic Wars
Hannibal
Rome was victorious. Carthage was utterly destroyed.
Migration of farmers to cities, unemployment, Civil war over the
power of Julius Caesar, devaluation of Roman currency
Julius Caesar, Pompey, Crassus
assassinated by members of the Senate
Augustus Caesar
Marc Anthony
Pax Romana
returned stability to social classes and increased emphasis on
family
Established uniform system of money, expanded trade,
guaranteed safe travel and trade on Roman roads, and
promoted prosperity and stability
created civil service and developed a uniform rule of law
Judaism
Jesus of Nazareth
monotheistic
The Apostles, including Paul, spread Christianity throughout
Rome.
Constantine
Constantinople
Protection of the eastern frontier, removed from Germanic tribe
invasions, crossroads of trade, Easily fortified and defendable
site on a peninsula with a natural harbor.
Byzantine Empire
Greco-Roman culture
Codification of Roman Law (Justinian's Code), Recon quest of
former Roman lands, and Expansion of trade
Hagia Sophia
by Justinian?
What caused the division of the Christian Church?
Where was the Eastern Orthodox Church centered?
Where was the Roman Catholic Church centered?
What language did the Eastern Orthodox Church
use?
What language did the Roman Catholic Church
use?
How did the Byzantine Culture influence Eastern
Europe and Russia?
Who was the founder of Islam?
Where did Islam begin?
What religion stretched from Southern Asia,
through Northern Africa to Southern Spain?
Islam is what type of religion?
What is the name of the holy book for Islam?
What are the funda mental principles of Islam
called?
What two religions did Islam accept, calling them
people of the book?
What is the language of Islam that was also used as
a language of trade?
What are the two main groups in Islam?
The Muslims that invaded Spain were stopped from
advancing further into Europe by losing what
battle?
What were the scientific contributions of the Islamic
culture?
What shaped the ideals of daily life in Medieval
Europe?
What became the unifying force in Europe after the
fall of Rome?
Monasteries preserved what culture?
Who was appoint Holy Roman Emperor by the Pope
in 800 C.E.?
Grant of land given to a vassal from a lord?
Person granted land from a lord in return for
services.
Peasants who were bound to the land where they
worked for a lord.
Political system of local government based on
granting of land in return for loyalty, military
assistance, and other services.
Economic system during the Middle Ages that
revolved around a self-sufficient farming estates
where lords and peasants shared land.
What Germanic tribe emerged in Europe as a
dominate force?
Under Charlemagne what culture went through a
revival?
What Germanic tribes settled in England?
What tribe settled in present day Hungary?
What tribe traded with Russia and settled in
Scandinavia and later northern France?
What system became strengthened because of
constant barbarian raids?
What trade route went from China to the
Disagreement over the authority of the Pope. Also the
Iconoclastic controversy.
Constantinople
Rome
Greek
Latin
Trade routes to the Black Sea and the Baltic Sea, adoption of
Eastern Orthodox Christianity by Eastern Europe and Russia,
Cyrillic Alphabet, Church art and architecture.
Muhammad
Arabian Peninsula, Mecca
Islam
monotheistic
Koran
the Five Pillars of Islam
Hebrews (Jews) and Christians
Arabic
Sunni and Shi'a
Battle of Tours
Arabian numbers (adapted from India), Algebra, Medicine, and
expansion of Geographic knowledge
Christian Beliefs, Classic Roman Heritage, Germanic Customs
Roman Catholic Church
Greco Roman Culture
Charlemagne
Fief
Vassal
Serfs
Feudalism
Manor System`
The Franks
Roman Culture
Angles and Saxons
Magyars
Vikings
Feudalism
The Silk Road
Mediterranean Basin?
What Sea trade route went from the Mediterranean
Basin around Africa and into the Indian Ocean?
What trade route crossed the Northern Area of
Africa?
What trade Europe with the City of Constantinople
and the Mediterranean Basin?
What trade route was located in Western Europe?
Name the nautical trade route located in the vicinity
of East and south China.
What good was traded from West Africa?
Where could a trader find spices?
What areas were known for producing textiles?
What areas were known porcelain producers?
What civilization created paper?
Water Wheels and Windmills were invented by
whom?
Which civilization invented the compass?
What area saw the invention of the lateen sail?
What religion spread from India to China to Korea
and finally Japan?
What if the name of a group of islands?
Chinese writing, architecture, and religion
influenced what Asian civilization?
What Japanese religion places importance on
natural features, forces of nature, ancestors, and
emperor worshipping?
What civilization is located on the Yucatan
Peninsula in Central America?
What was the name of the city where the great
Mayan observatory was located?
What was Mayan economy based on?
What type of religion did the Mayans have?
What civilization was located in present day central
Mexico?
What was the capital city of the Aztec Empire?
What was the economy of the Aztecs based on?
What type of religion did the Aztec civilization
have?
What ancient civilization was located in the Andes
mountains of South America?
What was the name of the great temple city of the
Incas?
What was the Incan economy based on?
What type of a religion did the Incans practice?
What engineering feat did the Incans build in order
to connect their civilization?
What were some of the achievements of the
Mayans, Aztecs, and Incans?
Defeated the Anglo-Saxon army and became king of
England
Started Common Law under his rule.
Signed the Magna Carta; limiting the king's power
Defining England as a country, what war was
fought between England and France?
Established the French Throne in Paris, and his
dynasty gradually expanded control over most of
France
Defining France as a country, this war was fought
The Maritime Routes to the Indian Ocean
Trans-Saharan Trade Route
Northern Europe links with the Black Sea.
Western European river and Sea trade
South China Sea and lands of Southeast Asia Trade Route
Gold
The lands around the Indian Ocean
India, China, Middle East, and Europe
China and Persia
China
India
China
the Indian Ocean
Buddhism
Archipelago
Japan
Shintoism
Mayan Civilization
Chichen Itza'
trade and agriculture
Polytheistic
Aztec
Tenochitilan
Agriculture
Polytheistic religion , based on warfare
Incas
Machu Picchu
High-altitude agriculture
Polytheistic
A road system
Calendars, Mathematics, Writing systems
William the Conqueror
Henry II
King John
Hundred Years' War
Hugh Capet
Hundred Years' War
between France and England
French girl who leads the armies during the
Hundred Years' War; burned at the stake for heresy
Their marriage untied the two kingdoms of Spain.
Also responsible for driving the Muslims out of
Spain
Expanded the Spanish empire in the Western
hemisphere
Russian leader who threw off the rule of the
Mongols, centralized power in Moscow, and
expanded the Russian Nation
Power was centralized in the hands of the leader of
Russia, also called a...
What religion influenced the unification of Russia
Told the Christians that if they died during the
Crusades their sins would be forgiven
What city was captured during the First Crusade?
What Muslim leader was able to recapture
Jerusalem from the Crusaders?
During the Crusades the city of Constantinople was
sacked and looted by whom?
What were the effects of the Crusades
This barbarian tribe invaded Russia and China
while destroying cities and the countryside
Who defeated the Byzantine Empire and took
control of Constantinople in 1453?
How did the Black Death influence European
society?
During the Middle Ages most people who could
read and write were usually
Church scholars would most likely be found living
in these communities...
What is credit?
What is usury?
Where did the Renaissance begin?
Where was the Northern Renaissance?
Why did Italian cities become rich?
What book did Machiavelli write?
What did the book 'The Prince' describes?
Medieval art and literature focused on?
Renaissance art focused on?
Who painted the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper
Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and
the statue The David
Who wrote love sonnets to 'Laura' and was a
humanist scholar?
What was Humanism?
What is a patron?
Who merged humanist ideas with Christianity?
Who invented the printing press?
Joan of Arc
Ferdinand and Isabella
Philip II
Ivan III (The Great)
Tsar
Orthodox Church
Pope Urban
Jerusalem
Saladin
The Christians Crusaders
Weakened the Pope's authority. Stimulated trade between
Europe and Asia. Increased religious intolerance between
Muslims, Christians, and Jews Weakened the Byzantine
Empire
Mongols
The Ottoman Turks
Population decline, Scarcity of Labor, Towns freed from feudal
obligations, decline of Church influence, Disruption of trade
Church Scholars
Monasteries
Buying now, paying later
Charging interest on loans.
Italy
The rest of Northern Europe
They became prosperous because of trade. Their location on
the Mediterranean Sea, made port cities rich.
The Prince
An early treatise on government, supported absolute power by
the ruler, supports the idea of the ends justify the means, and
advises that one should go good if possible, but evil when
necessary.
Church and Salvation
Individuals, worldly matters, and Christianity
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
Petrarch
celebrated the individual, stimulated the study of Greek and
Roman literature and culture, was supported by wealthy
patrons
Someone who gives money to support the arts
Northern Renaissance thinkers
Gutenberg
Who wrote 'The Praise of Folly'?
Who wrote 'Utopia'?
Who wrote in Cuneiform?
Who wrote in Sanscrit?
Who wrote in Calligraphy?
Who wrote in Linear A/B?
What two physical features make invasion difficult?
Which Chinese dynasty practiced legalism?
Erasmus
Sir Thomas More
Sumerians
Indo-Aryans
Chinese
Crete and early Greeks
Mountains and Seas
Qin Dynasty