History Exam Mid-Term Multiple Choice Section
History Exam Mid-Term Multiple Choice Section the password for this is my 7th grade teachers name... hint it isn't roman
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- Roman Dictators
- Most famous Cincinnatus; only 6 months and only during a difficult war
- Woman's rights in Athens
- Least of all of Greece; almost none
- New Persian Capitol
- Persepolis
- Hunter-gather societies
- Developed language, art, and religion; Migrated-helped people learn to adapt; made clothes; spread to India, China, South East Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East; New tools- hooks, fishing spears, bow and arrow, canoes, and pottery;
- Fall of the Roman Empire
- 476 AD
- Mesopotamia
- On the Tigris and Euphrates river; means "Between the Rivers," in Greek; on the fertile crescent
- River of Rome
- Tiber River
- The three parts of the Roman Republic
- Magistrates; senate; assembly and Tribunes
- Sumerian Writing
- Cuneiform; involved using a sharp tool called a stylus; represent syllables; wrote on clay tablets
- Romance languages
- Latin developed into many languages such as French
- Egypt VS. Kush
- These people were trading partners; One of them feared the other one would get too powerful; attacked and one of them and they were under their control for 450 years then revolted and the other one became the central power system
- Adrianople
- Germans (I think it is goths but he said Germans) won over Romans: Iron Stirrups
- Julius Caesar
- Partnership with Pompey and Craissus; Was a dictator after ten years then was killed later
- Han dynasty and center of Chinese society
- Family Life
- First Kushian pharaoh
- Piankhi
- Hammurabi
- Babylon's king and greatest monarch, or ruler of a kingdom; Brilliant war leader who brought all of Mesopotamia into his Babylonian empire; Oversaw Building and irrigation projects and improved the tax system; his code was a set of 282 laws he created that dealt with almost every part of daily life- (Prisons, Royal Judges, Innocent till proven guilty)
- Siddhartha Gautama
- Young Prince "Enlightened one" developed Buddhism; he is buddah
- Pharaoh
- The head of all Egypt ruled as both king and god; first was Menes
- Delta
- A Triangular shaped piece of land at the mouth of the Nile river; in lower Egypt that has the most fertile land
- Embalming
- Developed to preserve bodies and keep the link between the body and the spirit; wrapped in cloth and were called mummies
- Persian religion
- Zoroastrianism
- Zhou Philosophy
- Confucius: order in society comes from moral values or ethics; Daoism: Live in harmony with guiding force; Leigalism: society needs strict laws to keep people in line
- Jewish holy books
- Torah; Commentaries; Dead Sea Scrolls; Hebrew Bible
- Roman Republic
- 509 BC elected officials ran the city; protected of anyone staying too long; Consuls; Senate; Tribunes; Checks and balances; written laws; forum
- Athenian Tyrant
- Peisistratus
- Socrates
- A teacher that taught by asking questions; came up with the Socratic method; believed knowledge was sacred
- Kush's downfall
- Loss of resource (Cattle overgrazed land, leaving nothing to hold the soil down and allowing it to be blown away; Iron makers used up the forests near Meroe; Military power declined when weapons were not produced)
- Crucifixion
- A type of execution in which a person was nailed to the cross; normally died from asphyxiation
- Qin Military
- Unified China; always had the army prepared for war
- First Empire
- Samaria
- Indian Caste
- 1: Brahmanism 2: Kshatriyas 3: Vaisyans 4: Sudras
- Famous Jewish women
- Queen Esther, Judge Deborah; Miriam
- Egyptian Empire
- The New Kingdom was the only point in time that Egypt was an this; didn't last for long
- Pax Romana
- Roman Peace for 200 years
- Etruscan contributions
- Temples; sewers; phases; shoes
- 1st Democratic constitution
- Cleisthenes came up with it; overthrew the aristocracy; citizen participate
- Moses
- led the Hebrews to Canaan; demanded the pharaoh to free his people; plagues; 10 commandments given to him by GOD
- Tribunes
- Elected by Plebians
- Spartan Life
- Dominated by military; kids started training at 7 were full time army at 30 and citizens, stayed in the army til 60; women had the most rights; ruled by 2 Kings and had Satraps
- Pyramids
- built as tombs for the pharaoh; displayed amazing engineering; built because the Egyptians wanted the spirits to be happy
- New farming techniques
- Led to greater farm productions, then more food, then more people, larger cities
- Diocletian
- Divided the empire because it was too large for one person to rule
- Plebeians
- common people of Rome
- Specialization
- Mesopotamia developed this; A division of labor; Potter, Weavers, and Metal work were the first few
- Saul
- 1st Israelite king
- Mountains of Italy
- Alps and Apennines
- First Emperor
- Sargon I
- Delian League
- Greece City-states of Athens and Sparta joined alliance with each other called this
- Phoenician travel
- Ceder logs which made boats and harbors; access to the sea for trade
- Jewish holidays
- Hanukah; Pass over; High holy days (Rosh hashonah, Yom Kippur)
- Hellenistic Age
- Alexander the Great started it; it means Greek-Like
- Hatshepsut
- "Bearded Lady;" encouraged trade and used the profits to support the arts and architecture
- Location of the Minoans
- The Island of Crete on the Mediteranean Sea
- Consuls
- Head officials; 2 for a 1 year term; magistrates
- Helots
- Slaves
- Age Sparta began military training
- 7
- Paul's letters
- converted Christians; spread Christianity; Wrote Half New Testament
- Greek mythological heroes
- Theseus: traveled to Crete killed Minotaur; Jason: sailed across seas in search of great treasure; Hercules: most famous, fought many monsters, performed nearly impossible tasks
- Savior of the Twins
- She wolf
- Hyksos
- attacked in 1750 BC which started the Middle kingdom which was a time of disorder; Ahmose of Thebes declared himself kind and drove the these people out; This began the new kingdom
- Battle of Marathon
- last battle between Greece and Persia; First Marathon was ran
- Constantinople
- New capitol of Rome no power remained in Western Rome
- Patricians
- Almost all political power; rich powerful people of rome
- Locations of the Indus River Valley
- Located in present day Pakistan
- Rise of the Persian Empire
- Became and empire under Cyrus the Great; Won independence from Medes; People kept customs which kept people from rebelling
- Octavian
- Avenged Caesars death; became the 2nd sole ruler
- Judah's conqueror
- Chaldeans; Babylonians; Persians
- Wealth of Kush
- Traded with Egypt the took over Egypt and became trading power; rich because of iron and wood; Menroe the capital became the center of trading network
- Nile
- River in Egypt; gave life to the Egyptian desert; Biannual flooding; longest river in the world (Over 4000 Mi. long) Had cataracts or rapids; provided fertile soil
- Unified Egypt
- Menes
- Aeneas
- Trace history back to this Trojan; Aeneid was an epic poem written by Virgil about him; Formed alliance with Latin
- Trojan War
- Iliad was the epic poem written about it; cause by the Trojans taken Helen who was known for her beauty
- Early tools
- Hooks, fishing spears, bow and arrow, canoes, and pottery
- Gospels
- Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John told about Jesus's life
- Plato
- Socrates student; created the school, the academy; wrote the Republic which is a book that he wrote about the ideal society
- Battle of Salamis
- One on the major turning points was the Greeks luring the Persian navy into this place where the more maneuverable Greek shops destroyed the Persian Navy
- Jesus's birth
- Born in Bethlehem; studied carpentry and Judaism
- Ashurbanipal
- Assyria's most famous ruler; created the world's first library
- Immortals
- A group of 10,000 men that were chosen for their skill and bravery
- Two parts of Egypt
- Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt
- The Punic wars
- 3; fought against Carthage
- Aryans
- Invaded and took over the Indus River Vally
- Mycenaean wealth
- Olive Oil