9th Grade World History-Midterm – Flashcards
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The rule of Hammurabi can best be described as a ______________________ in which every citizen did not have a voice.
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Absolute Ruler
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The first city built in the Babylonian empire was
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Babel
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Assyria was located north of:
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Babylonia
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divine revelation
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The Bible
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Full dominion of the earth will not occur until ______________________returns.
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Christ
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The Assyrians treated their conquered enemies with great
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cruelty
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the "gift of the Nile"
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Egypt
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The Rosetta Stone allowed scholars for the first time to read and translate:
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Egyptian hieroglyphics
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From papyrus, the _______ made a type of paper.
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Egyptians
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The Egyptian process of preserving the dead is called:
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embalming
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Most _____________________________ believe that there was no six-day Creation.
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evolutionists
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The delta region of the Nile River in Egypt was very fertile land for farming because every year it:
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flooded
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1. Story of Creation 2. Accounts of the Flood are contained in both the Gilgamesh Epic and:
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Genesis
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In Egypt, the_______________ Pyramid was built for Pharaoh Khufu.
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Great
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oldest Egyptian writing
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hieroglyphics
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The prophet ______________________ warned the kings of Judah against resisting Babylon.
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Jeremiah
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tiny spirit image
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ka
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Hammurabi is best known for his ____________________ code
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law
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The Babylonians introduced such mathematical ideas as multiplication, division, and the concept of zero.
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Math Rules because
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Israelite law giver who was raised by a pharaoh's daughter
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Moses
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The _________________of Egypt spanned six dynasties.
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Old Kingdom
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The _______ rule of Israel was called the Restoration.
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Persian
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having many gods
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polytheism
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The ancient Egyptians were monotheistic.
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Polytheistic
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In ancient Persia, messages could be sent rapidly because of an excellent system of:
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post roads
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Scholars believe advanced civilizations have higher moral codes than:
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primitive ones
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lack political organization
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primitive societies
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God's promise of no more floods.
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rainbow
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In Persia, a satrap was a:
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royal governor
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Cuneiform is a form of:
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Writing
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The most important body of water in the history of the Greek people was the:
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Aegean Sea
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The most famous student of Plato is
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Aristotle
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After being struck by the misery of the poor an aristocrat founded what new religion?
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Buddhism
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In Greek times the modern city of Istanbul was called ____________________.
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Byzantium
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killed by Roman Senate
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Caesar
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"pillar" of Indian society
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caste system
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Most historians agree that the Greek civilization began on the island of:
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Crete
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Unlike other states of its time, Rome treated most of the peoples it conquered:
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fairly
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The Olympic games began with the ancient:
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Greek
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DID NOT rise from the ashes of the old Roman Empire.
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The Greek Empire
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The term that referred to anything Greek was:
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Hellenic
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form part of the border of India.
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The Himalayas
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The Roman who married the queen of Egypt and later committed suicide was:
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Marc Antony
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follower of Confucius
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Mencius
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Pythagoras developed a philosophical system based on:
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numbers
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Monotheists believe in ___________ god(s).
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one
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abducted Queen Helen
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Paris
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Members of the upper class in Rome were called:
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patricians
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wrote The Republic
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Plato
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In who's ideal society were the rulers philosopher-kings?
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Plato (Society)
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A famous Greek ___________________ lived at Delphi.
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prophetess (an oracle)
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Greek mathematician
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Pythagoras
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The importance of Greek philosophy was not that its conclusions were always correct, but that for the first time it was based on:
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reason
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In Roman legends, the city of Rome was founded by two brothers, ______________________and ____________________________
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Romulus and Remus
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was the language of ancient India.
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Sanskrit
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the method of learning by asking
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Socratic method
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came to power in Athens in order to make peace between warring factions.
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Solon
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"wisdom mongers"
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Sophists
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militaristic city-state
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Sparta
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set of Roman laws
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Twelve Tables
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In Greek mythology, the chief god was
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Zeus
