World History Midterm Review

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Across

  1. What term means “rebirth of the soul”?
  2. The Chinese system of writing was difficult to learn because it used _______ of characters
  3. Under fuedalism local lords excercised
  4. A scientist who studies homonid bones and other fossils is a(n)
  5. Laozi’s rejected formal
  6. The Parthenon at Athens is an example of a Greek innovation in
  7. India enjoyed a golden age during the Gupta dynasty because the government promoted
  8. The invention of hieroglyphs came about because of the need to
  9. Egyptians learned about human anatomy by
  10. _________ is important to history it shows us the connections between people, places, and events.
  11. The Nile River was most important to ancient Egypt as a source of
  12. What was a key feature of early civilizations?
  13. The Aryan social system relates to the Hindu belief in reincarnation and karma that says one who lives a good life would probably be born into a
  14. The __________ is the idea behind the Dynastic Cycle
  15. In an Indian household, the head of the family was the
  16. Which of the following geographic characteristics of Greece provided a link to the outside world?
  17. A line of rulers from one family is a
  18. A chief of an Aryan tribe was called a
  19. One remarkable achievement of the ancient Egyptians was their ________ Knowledge
  20. The reign of _______ marked the beginning of the first Egyptian dynasty.
  21. A Greek city and the surrounding villages and fields was called a
  22. Because they knew the secret religious rituals, the _____________ replaced the Kshatriyas as the leading Varna in the Aryan social system.
  23. During the Vedic age, the Aryans changed from
  24. According to Aristotle, the best government was one that was ruled by a strong and ________ leader.
  25. What evidence suggests that the Indus Valley cities had a well-organized government?
  26. Laozi’s teachings are known as
  27. Hindus believed that caste could be changed by the law of
  28. Both Hindus and Buddhists believe in
  29. Confucius’ ideas were strongly opposed by
  30. The prince who found Buddhism was
  31. In Egypt’s polytheistic religion, a person’s fate after death was determined by
  32. The job of a historian is to study _____ evidence about the past
  33. Moved from central Asia to the Balkan Peninsula
  34. Archaeologists find out about early peoples by digging to find
  35. Who established an empire that extended from Greece to Egypt and India?
  36. The _________ explains why China changes power from dynasty to dynasty
  37. An ideal related to Daoism is the concept of
  38. Daoism emphasized ________ with nature
  39. Alexander’s most lasting achievement was the spread of

Down

  1. Eventually, people in the Indian social system were further classified into subgroups, or jati, determined by
  2. Government by the people
  3. What most likely contributed to the decline of civilization in the Indus Valley
  4. Title used by the ruler of the Qin, meaning “First Emperor” is
  5. Doing one’s duty was important for ________ in Indian society.
  6. Which philosophy taught that government should pass strict laws and enforce them with harsh punishments?
  7. Unlike the ancient Egyptians, the ancient Greeks believed that their deities had totally _______ forms
  8. The emperor who ruled the Han dynasty at its peak was
  9. Greek theater evolved out of
  10. From childhood, Spartan boys were trained to be
  11. The golden age of India took place during the rule of the
  12. How did ancient Egyptians view their pharaohs?
  13. Conflict between Athens and Sparta resulted in the
  14. Wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
  15. The geography of Greece helped create many small
  16. Alexander the Great wanted to build an empire that combined ______ cultures
  17. The Delian League was an alliance of city-states headed by
  18. The writing with picture symbols used by early Egyptians is called
  19. Han rulers based their policies on the teachings of
  20. Lived on the island of Crete, southeast of the Greek mainland
  21. The Greek people never United under one government because ______ made travel and communication difficult
  22. Land features in China caused it to be _______ from the world
  23. The Huang He was nicknamed the ____________ bacause It often flooded and destroyed crops.
  24. the first cities emerge in
  25. The principle by which Chinese rulers governed is called
  26. The trade route that linked China with the west became known as the
  27. The establishment of an empire and, hence, the greatest period of cultural diffusion in Egypt occurred in the
  28. The type of government in which the king ruled as a high priest is called a
  29. The political center of a typical city-state was the
  30. One period of unity among the Greek city-states took place during the
  31. Sparta can best be described as a _______ society
  32. A form of government controlled by a small, powerful elite from the business class is called a(n)
  33. Athens enjoyed a golden age under the leadership of
  34. Confucius taught the Chinese people that their most important duty was respect for
  35. What aided cultural diffusion among ancient peoples?


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