Benchmark Review Game
1) What geographic feature were ancient civilizations located near?
2) What separates pre-history and history?
3) What 2 things do all civilizations have in common?
4) Why was the first farmer probably a woman?
5) Why was Hammurabi’s Code unfair?
6) What is Sumerian writing called?
7) What type of religion did most people practice in ancient times?
8) What is Egyptian writing known as?
9) What does it look like?
10) How were Egyptian pharaohs and Roman emperors similar to one another? 2 things.
11) What river is located near Egypt?
12) What was the “gift of the Nile”?
13) What was the purpose of Hammurabi’s Code?
14) Who did Hammurabi’s Code apply to?
15) What made the Hebrews different from other ancient religions?
16) What is polytheism?
17) What were the set of rules the Hebrews used?
18) Who was given the 10 Commandments?
19) What was special about Zoroastrianism?
20) Where was the Sanskrit language used?
21) Who made the alphabet that we now use today?
22) What is the other important fact about the Phoenicians?
23) What group of people restarted Indian civilization after the fall of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro?
24) What books did they bring with them?
25) What is important about India’s Gupta Empire?
26) What are the 2 main rivers located in India?
27) What is a Golden Age?
28) What are the two religions that developed in India?
29) What is important about Asoka?
30) How did Hinduism start?
31) What is the name of the holy books of Hinduism?
32) What are the Untouchables?
33) How did Buddhism start?
Siddhartha leaves the palace, sees untouchables, and begins meditations.
34) What are the 2 sets of rules Buddhists try to follow?
Eightfold Path and the Four Noble Truths
35) Who do Buddhists worship?
NOBODY
36) What river did ancient Chinese civilizations settle near?
Yellow River
37) What philosophy did the Zhou Dynasty use to rule?
Mandate of Heaven
38) What is the Mandate of Heaven?
Believe the rulers were chosen by god
39) How did the Qin Dynasty come to power?
They took over from the Zhou Dynasty
40) What philosophy did the Qin Dynasty use to rule?
Legalism- force people to do what you want
41) What was 1 accomplishment of the Qin Dynasty?
Great Wall
42) What were some of the teachings of Confucius?
Proper relationship between people & government
43) What dynasty used Confucius’ teachings to govern?
Han Dynasty
44) What is a patriarchal society?
When men rule
45) In addition to China, where else did Confucianism become popular?
Korea
46) What was the purpose of the Greek Polis?
Protection
47) What was the difference between Sparta and Athens?
Athens= democracy; Sparta= militaristic
48) What was the name of the war between Sparta and Athens?
Peloponnesian War
49) How did the Roman Republic start?
Revolution, aristocrats set up the Senate
50) Who was Spartacus?
Led slave revolt
51) What is a republic?
People elect politicians
52) Who were Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle?
Philosophers
53) What was Alexander the Great’s biggest accomplishment?
Spreading Greek culture- Hellenism
54) Where did he spread Greek culture to?
Middle East/ Central Asia
55) What do we also call Greek culture?
Hellenism
56) What is the Greek word for city-state?
Polis
57) What type of religion did the classical Greeks practice?
Polytheism
58) What was the law code used in Rome called?
Twelve Tables
59) Who had to follow the rules of the Twelve Tables?
Everybody
60) What is important about Constantine?
Spreads & converts to Christianity
61) What does religious tolerance mean?
62) Accepting other people’s beliefs
63) What are some of the reasons for the collapse of the Roman Empire?
64) What religion replaced the Roman gods and goddesses?
Christianity
65) Whose death marks the end of the Roman Republic?
Julius Caesar
66) Who was the first Roman Emperor?
Augustus Caesar
67) What does Pax Romana mean?
Roman Peace, under Augustus
68) What was a popular sporting event in classical Rome?
Chariot racing, gladiators… anything in the coliseum
69) What is different about America’s government and Greek or Roman government?
Women can vote in America