World History exam review sheet ch5-7.
Define or identify the following key terms, people, or places. Please provide all information you feel is
needed to accurately describe the terms.
Zoroaster
Darius
Iran
Litter
Nebuchadnezzar
Persepolis
Astronomer
Caravan
Marduk
Ishtar Gate
Ashurbanipal
Smelting
Nineveh
Assyria
Province
Sabbath
Psalm
Descendant
Judge
Prophet
Zhou
Dynasty
Oracle bones
Noble
Spirit
Harappan civilization
Citadel
Lapis lazuli
Planned community
Kiln
Ahriman
Ahura Mazda
Persians
Chaldeans
Aramaic
Saul
David
Solomon
Joshua
Moses
Torah
Lydia
Exodus
Immortals
Babylon
“Phoenician”
Answer the following questions in complete sentences.
Where did the Sabbath begin?
What material did the Harappans use to build their homes?
What two countries does the Indus River run through?
What were people allowed to keep if captured by the Persians?
How many symbols were used in the Canaanite alphabet?
Where is Carthage located?
What was the Phoenicians most important gift?
Who captured Nineveh?
What were the names of the two groups that made up the Canaanites?
What was the occupation of the Philistines?
What was usually in the center of a Chinese city?
Why were the people of the Eastern River Valleys isolated from other civilizations?
What did the Chaldeans call themselves?
What type of reputation did the Assyrians have?
What were the possible explanations for the decline of the Harappans?
Why were the cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro unusual?
When did the Hebrew Kingdom split into the kingdoms of Judah and Israel?
Where is the oldest form of Chinese writing found?
What was the Phoenicians’ most important gift?
Who were the first people to grow cotton?
In ancient times, what was the name of the piece of land that lay between Egypt and Mesopotamia
called?
What did Yahweh promise Abraham if the Hebrews worshipped Him as the one true God?
What do historians believe weakened the Shang civilization?
How did the kings use oracle bones?
What two river valleys make up the Eastern River Valley civilizations?
What group of astronomers built one of the first sundials?
Why were Hebrew religious ideas so unusual?
What guarded the approaches to Babylon?
How far did the Persian Empire stretch?
What were the religious beliefs of the Harappans?
How was the Phoenician government organized?
What material did the Shang use to create their works of art?
Mostly, Shang soldiers were?
Along which river did the oldest civilization in India thrive?