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
Answer
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 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
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?
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 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 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
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 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...
Who wrote in Cuneiform?
Who wrote in Sanscrit?
Who wrote in Calligraphy?
What two physical features make invasion
difficult?