World History First Semester Exam Review

Egypt Fertile Crescent

Ancient Greece

Hellenistic Greece Grab Bag

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Question 1 - 10

I united the kingdoms of Upper and Lower Egypt

Answer 1 – 10

King Menes

Question 1 - 20

These were built as tombs for Egyptian rulers

Answer 1 – 20

Pyramids

Question 1 - 30

This was the spiritual idea of faith, justice, and order and harmony in Egypt

Answer 1 – 30

Ma’at

Question 1 - 40

We invaded from West Asia, bringing the compound bow and horse drawn chariots

Answer 1 – 40

the Hyksos

Question 1 - 50

These are the three parts of the soul according to ancient Egyptians

Answer 1 – 50

the Ba, the Ka, and the Akh

Question 2 - 10

This word means “land between two rivers”

Answer 2 – 10

Mesopotamia

Question 2 - 20

Without this civilization’s inventions, we wouldn’t have cars, trains, or wagons

Answer 2 – 20

The Sumerians

Question 2 - 30

I was built by the Chaldean king Nebuchadnezzar II as a gift for his wife

Answer 2 – 30

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Question 2 - 40

I was a great prophet of Persian religion.

Answer 2 – 40

Zoroaster

Question 2 - 50

I tell the story of a fictional Sumerian king

Answer 2 – 50

The Epic of Gilgamesh

Question 3 - 10

The Palace at Knossos was built on this island

Answer 3 – 10

Crete

Question 3 - 20

I am known as the “Father of Democracy”

Answer 3 – 20

Pericles

Question 3 - 30

My code was known for its harsh laws

Answer 3 – 30

Draco

Question 3 - 40

We were teachers of higher education in ancient Athens

Answer 3 – 40

Sophists

Question 3 - 50

There were 5 of us who oversaw the General Assembly in Sparta

Answer 3 – 50

Ephors

Question 4 - 10

This temple to Athena was at the top of the acropolis in Athens

Answer 4 – 10

the Parthenon

Question 4 - 20

DAILY DOUBLE!!!

This is the cause of a Greek hero’s fall from grace in a typical tragedy

Answer 4 – 20

Hubris

Question 4 - 30

I am famous for making this sculpture

Answer 4 – 30

Myron

Question 4 - 40

I came up with the idea that the Earth rotated around the sun

Answer 4 – 40

Aristarchus

Question 4 - 50

These four schools of philosophy originated in Hellenistic Greece

Answer 4 – 50

Skepticism, Stoicism, Cynicism, Epicureanism

Question 5 - 10

Early civilizations needed to develop calendars for this reason

Answer 5 – 10

To predict the yearly floods

Question 5 - 20

These long tales tell of heroes and teach moral lessons

Answer 5 – 20

Epics

Question 5 - 30

Xerxes led thousands of Persians in a victory at this mountain pass

Answer 5 – 30

Thermopylae

Question 5 - 40

I created the theory of the Golden Mean

Answer 5 – 40

Aristotle

Question 5 - 50

If not for me, the world would not have found the tomb of the “Boy King”

Answer 5 – 50

Howard Carter

FINAL JEOPARDY

What three seas border the Greek peninsula?