pre ap world history falll semester exam review Flashcards

121649150	what were some activities of paleolithic nomads?	digging up plants, making and repairing tools, finding secure places to rest.	0
121649151	the hunter-gatherer way of life made it impossible for people to life?	in permanent dwellings	1
121649152	the neolithic revolution refers to the time when early humans did what?	developed agriculture	2
121649153	what is slash-and-burn farming?	clearing the land for farming using fire	3
121649154	the main result of the domestication of animals was?	people had a ready suppply of meat and animal products.	4
121649155	the main purpose of the pyramids of egypt was to function as?	tombs	5
121649156	the process of mummification was connected to the egyptian belief in?	an afterlife	6
121649157	why do we know so little about the indus valley civilization?	the language has not yet been deciphered	7
121649158	how did the mandate of heaven affect the government in china?	it allowed the rulers to justify the overthrowing of declining dynasty.	8
121649159	define the hebrew idea of monotheism	belief in only one God	9
121649160	which group in the india established the caste system?	aryans	10
121649161	the most able seafarers of the early mediterranean were who?	phoenicians	11
121649162	the phoenicians contributed greatly to written communication by introducing the first us of?	phonetic symbols	12
121649163	wht is a phalanx?	military formation	13
121649164	what was the solon known for?	introducing political and ecomic reforms to athens	14
121649165	in ancient greece, a tyrant differed from other leaders in that he?	seized power illlegally.	15
121649166	the type of government that existed in sparta could be described as?	an oligarch	16
121649167	the most severe restrictionon democracy in athens under cleisthenes concerned?	which members of society wer considered citizens	17
121649168	the persian army that invaded greece in 480 bc and was defeated at the sea near salamis was lead by?	xerxes	18
121649169	lis characteristics of athens direct democracy.	had executive branch, political power was limited to citizens, lasw wer directly proposed and voted on by citizens.	19
121649170	during the peloponnesian war, more then one third of the athenians, including pericles died as result of?	disease	20
121649171	whic philosopher was condemned to death for "corrupting the youth of athens" and " neglecting the citys gods"?	socrates	21
121649172	jesus based many of his teachings on monotheism, the ten commandments, and other ideas from what religion?	jewish	22
121649173	most of the information about jesus life comes from the first four books of the new testament called?	the gospels	23
121649174	the bishop of ____ was considered the pope, leader of the entire christion church.	Rome	24
121649175	in ad 162, the roman empire forced what group into exile in a dispersas called the diaspora?	jews	25
121649176	the first roman emperor to accept christianity was	constantine	26
121649177	the people of the roman town of pompeii were killed by?	a volcano	27
121649178	the great roman epic, the aeneid was written by?	virgil	28
121649179	the family of languages that developed from laten is called?	romance languages	29
121649180	list important principles of roman law.	a person is innocent until proven guilty, actions are punishable - thoughts are not, all citizens have the right of prtection under the law.	30
121649181	what became aclosely guarded secret in china?	silk production	31
121649182	what did indians discover when they learned about the silk roads?	they could profit by acting as middlemen.	32
121649183	what scienfific concept did indian astronomers prove long befor europeans did?	the earth is round	33
121649184	what form of government did the han dynasty empire replace?	rival kingdons	34
121649185	how were the han dynasty and the roman empire alike?	both built roads and defensive walls	35
121649186	what happened to the chinese empire after the han dynasty fell apart?	it was restored by the tang dynasty	36
121649187	what desert was avoided by a split in the silk road?	tatlimakan desert	37
121649188	for a traveler on the silk road going east to west, hom many times did the silk road split in to twwo routes?	three	38
121649189	did the silk road stretch from sea to sea?	yes	39
121649190	what is desertification?	an evironmental problem that dries the soil of the savannas	40
121649191	what region is know as mesoamerica?	the area that stretches south from central mexico to northern honduras.	41
121649192	what crop was most import to the survival of the early americans?	maize	42
121649193	what does islam mean in arabic?	submission to the willl of allah	43
121649194	in what form of art can the greatest cultural blending of the muslim world be seen?	architecture	44
121649195	what do muslims believe about muhammad?	he was the last and greates of the prophets	45
121649196	what division of islam believes thta only a relative of muhammad is qualified to be calph?	shia	46
121649197	toward what city do muslims pray?	mecca	47
121649198	who invented the alphabet thta is used by many slavic languages?	saint methodius and saint cyril	48
121649199	name the body of civil las created for the byzantine empire?	justinianius code	49
121649200	russian culture was strongly influenced by what alphabet?	cyrillic	50
121649201	justinian 1 and yaroslav the wise both created?	effective leagal codes	51
121649202	marriage was used as a political tool by which russian leaders?	effective legal codes	52
121649203	the chronological order of chinese dynasties was?	shang, zhou, quin, han, sui, tang, song, yuan, ming, eing, republic, mao and deng	53
121649204	list inventions of the tang and song dynasties.	porcelain, paper money, nagnetic compass	54
121649205	what did japanese samurai expect of women?	to live upto the same values of honor and courages as men.	55