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7th - Ancient Greece
Chapter 11
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which physical feature provided the people of Greece with the following... trade routes, fish to eat and trade, and a way to connect places that weren't easily reached over land? | seas |
| Which item from this list was not invented in China? wheelbarrow, silk, Buddhism, paper | Buddhism |
| Which direction did the Bantu people migrate from their homeland? | southeast |
| Was Greek religion polytheistic or monotheistic? | polytheistic |
| Which modern-day country was Mesopotamia located in? | Iraq |
| The Egyptians worshiped many gods so their religion was _______. | polytheistic |
| In Greece, the ________ were people who were descended from noble ancestors. | aristocracy |
| seasonal winds that shape the climate of the Indian subcontinent | monsoons |
| the religion that was started by Siddhartha Gautama and is still practiced in many Asian nations today | Buddhism |
| India's modern religion that developed out of Brahmanism | Hinduism |
| a social class in India that is based on a person's job | caste |
| Ancient Greece used a ________ democracy and the US uses a ________ democracy | direct; indirect |
| Sparta and Athens fought together against the ________. | Persians |
| Why did the people of China have little interaction with other civilizations early in their history? | physical barriers |
| The Spartans forced the people that they defeated to become slaves called ________. | helots |
| Which process allowed the Egyptians to grow crops in land that would otherwise have been desert? | irrigation |
| An ________ connects the Peloponnesus to the rest of Greece. | isthmus |
| Which rivers surround Mesopotamia? | Tigris and Euphrates |
| To the Greeks, a ________ was a person with the right to take part in ruling the city-state. | citizen |
| The idea of ________ was one of the most important advancements in math that was developed in India. | zero |
| a set of written rules | code of law |
| a collection of many people and lands under the control of one ruler | empire |
| acceptance of beliefs, habits, and practices of others | toleration |
| A blind man named Homer composed many of the most famous ________ in Ancient Greece. | epic poems |
| The Greeks believed that the 12 major gods and goddesses lived on ________. | Mount Olympus |
| In Greek, the word for city-state was ________. | polis |
| A storyteller named Aesop is credited with writing many Greek ________ that used animals to teach moral lessons. | fables |
| a political unit that includes a city and it's surrounding farmland | city-state |
| human society with an advanced level of development in social and political organization and in the arts and sciences | civilization |
| a person who specializes in writing and serves as a record keeper | scribe |
| a belief in many gods or goddesses | polytheism |
| fertile soil deposited by a river | silt |
| Because mountains divided Greece into many small regions, the ________ was the basic form of government. | city-state |
| an account of a historical event that was created by someone who witnessed the event | primary source |
| an account of a historical event that was created by someone who did not witness the event | secondary source |
| 0 degrees longitude | Prime Meridian |
| 0 degrees latitude | Equator |
| a land area with its own distinct government and culture | country |
| one of the 7 largest landmasses on Earth | continent |
| the vertical lines on a map that measure distances east and west of the Prime Meridian | longitude |
| the horizontal lines on a map that measure distances north and south of the Equator | latitude |
| a human-made object with historical significance | artifact |
| the remains of early life that has been preserved | fossil |
| a group of years with some distinctive feature(s) in common | age, era, epoch |
| half of a globe or sphere | hemisphere |
| ________ is a government in which citizens make political decisions | democracy |
| the ancient Chinese philosophy that stresses respect and proper relationships in a society | Confucianism |
| a group of west-African people that slowly migrated south and east, bringing their language and methods of farming and herding to new regions | Bantu |
| the spread of ethnic ideas and customs to other parts of the world | cultural diffusion |
| a king of ancient Egypt; the title means "great house" | pharaoh |
| favorable for the growth of crops | fertile |
| involving the continents of Europe and Asia | trans-Eurasian |
| Which group of people played a key role in overthrowing the oligarchy in Greece, paving the way for democracy? | tyrants |
| What is the name for the shift from food gathering to food raising? | Agricultural Revolution |
| At age seven, Spartan boys moved into military houses called ________. | barracks |
| The Greeks created ________ to explain the creation of the world and of human beings | myths |
| Who are the earliest known people to have lived in the Indus Valley? | Harappan Civilization |
| The mainland of Greece is a ________ that sticks out into the Mediterranean Sea. | peninsula |
| In Greece, a ________ was someone who took power in an illegal way | tyrant |
| Where did civilization first develop in China? | North China Plain |
| What were the requirements to be considered a citizen in ancient Greece? | free, adult, male |
| a skill in one type of work | specialization |
| the watering of crops | irrigation |
| group of people with similar customs, training, income, and backgrounds | social class |
| an amount produced in excess of what is needed | surplus |
| the cultivation of soil to produce useful crops | agriculture |
| In an ________, people rule because of wealth and land ownership and not based on social class | oligarchy |
| The Greek alphabet developed out of one that they picked up from the ________ between 900 and 800 BC | Phoenicians |
| The ________ were held every 4 years as a part of a festival honoring Zeus | Olympics |
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