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Ancient/Medieval
This will help with the mid term exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Sumerians of Mesopotamia developed this first writing system that used symbols to represent sounds | cuneiform |
| We know so much about the Sumerians because they wrote on this material, that would dry and last to this day | clay |
| These were Sumerian long stories, usually written about their gods and heroes | Epic |
| This Sumerian Epic is believed to be the oldest surviving story from Sumeria | The Epic of Gilgamesh |
| This rule book or code was the written law for Babylonians, it stated clear rules with clear punishments, eye for an eye... | Code of Hammurabi |
| This is the leader of Ancient Egyptians, and they believed that they were not human, but gods on Earth | Pharaoh |
| Egyptians used this writing system, it used symbols for words and some symbols stood for sounds | Hieroglyphics |
| There were three Egyptian Dynasties, or Families of Rulers, the three are referred to as the | Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom |
| During the Old Kingdom Khufu built the largest of these as an Tomb, his wives had smaller ones built | The Great Pyramid |
| This city in Ancient Israel is sacred to Muslims, Christians and Jews | Jerusalem |
| This is the most important religious text in the Jewish faith | Torah |
| He is one of the most important figures in Hebrew tradition, he left polytheistic Ur, in Sumeria traveled to Israel where he began the practice of Monotheism | Abraham |
| At the age of 90 Sarah, the wife of Abraham, gave birth to him | Isaac |
| Abraham's grand son is him, who has twelve sons who become the twelve tribes of Israel | Jacob |
| The Jewish escape from slavery in Egypt is recorded in this book of Torah | Exodus |
| This Disney Film covered the story of Exodus | Prince of Egypt |
| According to Exodus, what sea did Moses divide to escape Egyptian soldiers | Red Sea |
| According to the Egyptian social structure what type of people are just below Pharoahs | Priests and high government officials |
| The Egyptians invented this, made from reeds it made writing easier and more compact and lighter to carry | Papyrus |
| This is a nickname for the Yellow River in China, it is so because of from time to time it floods and causes much death and destruction | River of Sorrow |
| This road was a lifeline of trade from China overland to Constantinople and Europe | Silk Road |
| This was built to prevent invaders from entering China from the North and Mongolia | The Great Wall |
| This is the Imperial Palace in Beijing, so called because only certain people are allowed to enter | The Forbidden City |
| His basic beliefs system included the Five Great Relationships | Confucius |
| Today China is ruled with this form of government | Communism |
| This square was the site of a student protest against government regulations in many aspects of life and freedoms in 1989 | Tiananmen Square |
| Today, China is almost the sole trading partner with this Asian country that has a totalitarian government | North Korea |
| The time period in Japan between early 1600 to the 1850's are known as | Shogunate Japan |
| How many ruling families have been Emperors in Japan | One |
| These are powerful military rulers in Japan, they controlled the land for over 200 years | Shoguns |
| These were the warriors in Japan | Samarai |
| Toyotomi Hideyoshi was a great Samarai who unified Japan, he could not become a Shogun because he was born a | Peasant |
| Where did Tokugawa Ieyasu force all Daimyo to live part of the time to keep an eye on them | Edo |
| This form of Japanese poetry follows this pattern of syllables: 5-7-5 | Haiku |
| This form of poetry is an extension to Haiku and includes 31 syllables | Tanka |
| The Greeks had to settle colonies because they lacked good | farmland |
| Greek Civilization developed out to this Ancient Civilization | Mycenaean |
| These two Greek city states became great rivals, but would join each other in times when they were threatened by outside forces | Athens and Sparta |
| This Empire was the greatest threat to the Greeks around 300 BCE | Persia |
| What is considered the Greatest Greek victory over the Persians? | Battle of Marathon |
| Xerxes decided to punish the Greeks after his father lost at Marathon, his plan was to attack Greece by | land |
| It was at this narrow valley that 300 Spartans held off more than 340,000 Persians for a whole day to buy time for his other troops | Thermopylae |
| Though Xerxes defeated the Spartans at Thermopylae and burned Athens to the ground, his navy was destroyed at ___________ ending the Persian attempt to conquer Greece | Salamis |
| This was Xerxes fate, committed by governors he appointed to rule satrapies | Assassinated |
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