1. Ancient and Classical Civilizations
Unit 1 Review
Ancient and Classical Civilizations

2. Which classical Mediterranean society had a representative form of government made up by a senate?
Rome

3. What is the name of the Sumerian writing system?
Cuneiform

4. Floods, population pressures, and the spread of agriculture led to the migration of what group of peoples in Africa starting around BCE?
Bantu

5. This place was the center of all Roman politics?
Forum

6. This civilization was one of the first in the central America
This civilization was one of the first in the central America. It passed many of its characteristics onto later groups.
Olmec

7. He founded the Mauryan empire in India.
Chandragupta Maurya

8. The trade network that contacted the Roman Empire in the west and the Han Dynasty in the East?
Silk Road

9. What form of government was least likely to be used in classical Greek city-states?
Theocracy

10. After the collapse of the western Roman Empire the eastern portion lived on. What was the name of the eastern portion?
Byzantium or Byzantine Empire

11. He divided the Roman Empire into two parts.
Diocletian

12. These were religious structures built in Mesopotamia?
Ziggurat

13. This is the term that means to believe in many gods.
Polytheism

14. From the time the Roman Republic to the end of the Pax Romana what happened to roman territory?
It continued to expand

15. This river brought life to the Egyptian civilization?
Nile River

16. What are the traits of a civilization?
Complex institutions
Advanced cities
Advanced technology
Record Keeping
Specialized Jobs/ workers

17. The succession of rulers from the same family/ group described what system?
Dynastic Cycle or dynasties

18. What was the greatest city of all the Sumerican city states in Mesopotamia?Ur

19. He reigned at the hieght of the Babylonian Empire and is known for his uniform code of law.
Hammurabi

20. The combining cultures, such as Indian, Persian, Egyptian, and Greek, created a new culture called?
Hellenism

21. What was the polis?
A Greek city-state

22. What Roman emperor put an end to the persecution of Christians?
Constantine

23. How did Egypt differ politically when compared to the Indus River Valley and the Mesopotamian civilizations?
Egypt retained a unified state

24. The earliest forms of Chinese writing can be found on?
Oracle bones

25. What is the century if given the year 1215?

26. The enemy of all the Greek city-states was?
Persia

27. Politics was to the Greeks as ___________________ was to the Romans?
Engineering

28. What sailing technology used in the Indian ocean allowed sailors to travel longer distances?
Lateen Sail

29. The ultimate goal of Confucianism is to?
Create a peaceful society (5 relationships)

30. He was a Macedonian that conquered most of the known world?
Alexander the Great

31. The system of government where a king or queen rules is?
A monarchy

32. What two features have helped develop the religious and cultural identify of the Jewish people
The Torah and the covenant of Abraham

33. Ones occupation, and to an extent how they practice their religion, in India is determined by what societal characteristic?
Caste system

34. Which Greek philosopher taught through persistent questioning?
Socrates

35. Which Greek philosopher had the greatest influence on Alexander?
Aristotle

36. The divine right to rule describes what Chinese political characteristic?
Mandate of Heaven

37. The Phoenicians greatest legacy was?
Alphabet

38. What is the name of the Egyptian form of writing?
Hieroglyphics

39. The Tigris and the Euphrates rivers form the boundaries of what early river valley civilization?
Mesopotamia

40. What is the best way to characterize Hammurabi’s code?
Harsh (eye for an eye)

41. When the ruler is both the head of politics and religion describes what government system?
Theocracy

42. What did the Roman empire and the Han dynasty have in common?
They both saw long periods of centralized government and expanding economies