The Neolithic Revolution occurred when people discovered how to:

List two effects from domesticating animals

What is one difference between classical civilizations and river valley civilizations?

What creation marked the beginning of civilization?

List two major characteristics of Christianity

How did the Jewish view of God differ from the beliefs of most people in the ancient world?

List one characteristic of the "Golden Age" of Muslim culture

Sikhism blended the beliefs of Islam with those of what religion?

List two different beliefs between Hindus and Buddhists

Buddha taught that a person could achieve enlightenment through:

How did the Hindus believe the caste system would change for a person?

The idea of a superior (ruler, husband, father, elder brother) being socially above Inferior (subject, wife, son, younger brother) show the ideas of:

Which religion is most closely associated with self-denial, meditation, the "Four Noble Truths", and nirvana?

Which are the duties (5 pillars) for followers of Islam?

List two accomplishments from the Gupta Empire

How did Han emperors select officials to run the government?

What are two similarities between the ancient civilizations of Egypt and China?

What characteristics about the Indus River Valley civilizations would show they had a strong centralized government?

The Aryans divided people into classes by:

An archaeologist discovered a preserved mummy, hieroglyphics written on stone walls, and an embalmed pharaoh. Where was this site most likely found?

The river valleys of the Tigris-Euphrates, the Nile, the Indus and the Yellow River were centers of civilization because they:

Describe the role of government in the Shang Dynasty

What is the Mandate of Heaven?

List 3 examples of "cultural diffusion" in early Chinese history

What was brought to India by the Aryans?

Which principle of Babylonian society does this excerpt from the Code of Hammurabi illustrate?

The Code of Hammurabi was a major contribution to the development of civilization because it:

What religions were practiced in Ancient China?

What is this illustrating?

Which emperor was most influential in spreading Buddhism and peace in India?

What duty did Confucius say was the most important in Ancient China?

What do the architectural achievements of the Colosseum, Pyramids and Great Wall of China indicate?

List three important social differences between the ancient city-states of Sparta and Athens

List three differences of citizens in Athens and Sparta

The rocky islands and isolated valleys of Greece contributed to:

List the geographic factors that influenced the creation of Greek city-states

Which culture created marble temples such as the Parthenon with ideal proportions and the first works of drama and history?

Citizens of Athens had the right to openly discuss issues and vote in the assembly. This is an example of:

Which feature of Western democratic government reflects Aristotle's views as given above?

Ancient Athenian democracy led to what characteristics that is central to the American democracy?

A direct democracy lets:

The quotation above illustrates the importance ancient Athenians placed on individual participation in the:

The Lincoln Memorial was influenced by what piece of Greek architecture?

"Of forms of government in which one rules, we call that a_____; that in which more than one but not many rule, we call_____: when citizens at large administer the state for the common interest, the government is called a_____.

What conclusion can be drawn from the "Development of the Alphabet" chart?

What geographic characteristic of Greece provided a link to the outside world?

Which society was the first to practice a democracy?

One way in which the actions of Cyrus the Great and Alexander the Great were similar was that each:

Alexander the Great's most lasting achievement was:

Greece's mountainous terrain and its series of small islands encouraged the Ancient Greeks to develop:

The main effect of the events above was the:

Why did Constantinople become the center of the Byzantine Empire?

What period in history does this statement by a historian best describe?

Two immediate results of the fall of the Roman Empire were:

List three effects from the fall of the Roman Empire in Western Europe

How long did the "fall of Rome" take?

How were the collapses of the Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty similar?

The Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire were similar in that both:

Where did Rome do the majority of its trading?

Theory that the Roman Empire united the Mediterranean region under its control because:

In what way were the Code of Hammurabi and the Twelve Tables of Rome similar?

Why was the Ancient Roman system of justice considered a milestone?

Roman art with their emphasis on preciseness or exactness is called:

The biggest accomplishment of Roman engineering was:

Describe the role of trade in the Byzantine Empire

The main idea of this passage is that:

What was the role of the Roman Catholic Church in Western Europe during the Middle Ages?

In the Byzantine Empire, one important feature of life was the development of:

A major goal of the Catholic Church during the Crusades (1096-1291) was to:

What did the caste system in India and the feudal system in Europe have in common?

Which group made up the largest part of the population in feudal society?

Feudalism evolved in response to a need for:

What was the primary characteristics of feudal society in medieval Europe?

In Western Europe, feudalism developed after the:

The Black Death spread to Europe as a result of contact with:

Why was the Magna Carta an important English document?

What was an important outcome of the Hundred Years War?

What was the location of the Islamic defeat at the Battle of Tours?

List three effects of the Crusades on Europe

The history of the Crusades is:

What phrase best completes the list above?

Describe Ibn Battuta's point of view in this passage

Which goods were traded in Timbuktu?

Which conclusion can best be drawn about the region of Africa?

One important way in which the Silk Road and West African trade route were similar was that along these routes:

What prevented Islamic conquest of Subsaharan Africa?

How did Hernan Cortes and Montezuma differ in their points of view of their encounter?

A study of the Aztec, Mayan and Inca agricultural systems would show that these civilizations:

What did the Incan civilization rely on to connect the empire?

What was part of pre-Columbian Inca civilization?

List two reasons why Spanish conquistadors were able to conquer to Aztecs

The Aztec calendar and the Mayan use of zero both illustrate that pre-Columbian cultures in the Americas:

An Aztec temple and Machu Picchu indicate that ancient pre-Columbian civilizations:

Central to classical Athens and Western political thought today were the ideas of: