Midterm

Question 1

What happens in a Direct Democracy?

Answer 1

Citizens vote directly for the law

Question 2

What is Irrigation?

Answer 2

Means to move water to farmland

Question 3

What region did Judaism begin?

Answer 3

Israel/Palestine/Canaan

Question 4

Where was Democracy invented?

Answer 4

Athens

Question 5

What are Amphitheaters?

Answer 5

Semi-Circle buildings for plays or performances

Question 6

What does Monotheistic mean?

Answer 6

Belief in one God

Question 7

Where did Buddhism begin?

Answer 7

India

Question 8

What geographic feature limited the Gupta Empire’s growth?

Answer 8

Himalayan Mountain

Question 9

What was the Byzantine Empire a continuation of?

Answer 9

Roman Empire

Question 10

Theocracy is a government ruled by what?

Answer 10

Priest or head of church

Question 11

Where did Confucianism begin?

Answer 11

China

Question 12

What are examples of a project completed by the Qin dynasty?

Answer 12

Great Wall of China

Terracotta Army

Question 13

Where did Hinduism begin?

Answer 13

India

Question 14

What is a body of land surrounded by water on four sides?

Answer 14

Island

Question 15

What geographic feature of the Roman Empire helped unify their empire?

Answer 15

Mediterranean Sea

Question 16

What is Polis?

Answer 16

Greek City State

Question 17

How big was the Roman Empire?

Answer 17

It scanned 3 continents

Question 18

What does Paleolithic mean?

Answer 18

Old Stone Age

Question 19

What is a Ziggurate?

Answer 19

A Mesopotamian Temple

Question 20

What is a Republic?

Answer 20

Citizens vote for representatives

Question 21

What is an Acropolis?

Answer 21

Meeting place for city politics

Question 22

What does Confucianism focus on?

Answer 22

Relationship between people

Question 23

Where was Republic invented?

Answer 23

Rome

Question 24

What is a Nomad?

Answer 24

Someone who wanders

Question 25

Where did Hinduism begin?

Answer 25

India

Question 26

What is Athens?

Answer 26

Powerful Greek City State

Question 27

What religion features a strict Social Hierarchy?

Answer 27

Hinduism

Question 28

Ashoka Rock Edicts are meant to spread what?

Answer 28

Ideas and beliefs

Question 29

What does Polytheistic mean?

Answer 29

Belief in many Gods

Question 30

What is a Peninsula?

Answer 30

Body of land surrounded by water on 3 sides

Question 31

Democracy is ruled by …

Answer 31

Many

Question 32

How did Buddhism spread to India?

Answer 32

Along trade routes

Question 33

What is Social Hierarchy?

Answer 33

Division of society into classes

Question 34

What geographic feature of Greece led to the development of City-States?

Answer 34

Mountainous Terrain

Question 35

Why did Constantinople thrive?

Answer 35

It was a crossroad of trade

Question 36

What concept did the Qin Dynasty follow?

Answer 36

Legalism

Question 37

What is Neolithic?

Answer 37

New Stone Age

Question 38

Golden Age is a prolonged period of what?

Answer 38

Peace and Prosperity

Question 39

Where did Christianity begin?

Answer 39

Israel/Palestine/Caanan

Question 40

Where did Islam begin?

Answer 40

Arabian Peninsula

Question 41

What is an Oracle Bone?

Answer 41

A tool to see what ancestors want?

Question 42

The Twelve Tables of Rome and Hammurabi’s Code are both:

Answer 42

Written Laws

Question 43

Why did the Han and Roman Empires thrive?

Answer 43

Stable Governments

Question 44

What is Sparta?

Answer 44

Powerful Greek City State

Question 45

What invention enabled Win Dynasty to conquer China?

Answer 45

Cast Iron and Crossbows?

Question 46

What geographic feature of the Roman Empire was the center of their trade?

Answer 46

Mediterranean Sea

Question 47

Agriculture means …

Answer 47

Farming

Question 48

What is Monarchy?

Answer 48

Ruled by one

Question 49

What is the Parthenon?

Answer 49

Large temple in Athens

Question 50

What is an archipelago?

Answer 50

Chain of islands

Question 51

What does Sacred mean?

Answer 51

Something dedicated to religious purposes

Question 52

What is an Oligarchy?

Answer 52

Ruled by a small group

Question 53

What religion did Ashoka of the Gupta Empire convert to?

Answer 53

Buddhism

Question 54

What is a dynasty?

Answer 54

Family/group that maintains control over generations

Question 55

What does Legalism believe?

Answer 55

Laws are necessary to bring order